Bean Bag Tuna

My husband and I were doing some marathon furniture shopping one day and decided to grab lunch.  We were STARVING so we just scanned the area for the first place that looked like it actually served food.  There was a super small, but super cute, café in the strip mall called “The Bean Bag.”  We went in. 

It was one of those places that has three round tables and a chalk board menu. There were soups and sandwiches and various coffee drinks.  My husband ordered a BLT and then asked for my order.  There was turkey, roast beef, ham, and then I saw the tuna sandwich.  The board said “Tuna Salad Sandwich made with sunny yellow raisins, pears, and pecans.”   

“Oh, I’ll have the tuna!” I said. 

“What?” my husband whispered, “Really??” 

“Yeah, I’ll try it.” 

Needless to say, my husband finished up his BLT and I was sitting there with one bite out of my tuna sandwich.  It was…not good.  Let’s just say it had an interesting combination of flavors. “Bean Bag Tuna??” my husband said, “What were you thinking?”

I do this A LOT.  I try things and then end up hating them.  I worked in marketing and promotions for so many years you would THINK I would learn my lesson.  But I am so lured in by the seduction of product marketing.  I walk around the grocery store, see something new, and just HAVE to try it.  Or I go out to a restaurant and get something new off the menu while my husband just rolls his eyes at me.  My biggest mistake is straying away from the ORIGINAL version. Here is a brief list of some foods that turned out to be “Bean Bag Tuna“:

• IHOP Tropical Pineapple Pancakes (The waiter even told me not to order them. I still did.)
• Mango Orange Julius (Again, stick to the original.)
• Candy Corn Hershey Kisses (I don’t even like REGULAR candy corn that much.) 
• Vanilla Creme Frosted Mini-Wheats (I have an attraction to all thing “vanilla.”)
• Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper (See above.)

And I’ve even done it to my innocent children:

• Fruity Cheerios?  Bean Bag Tuna.
• Organic Banana Cookies?  Bean Bag Tuna.
• Curious George Fruit Snacks?  Bean Bag Tuna.

I’ve done it so much that sometimes I don’t even want to admit it.  I once finished an entire container of Tiramisu Coffee-Mate because I did not want my husband to see me throw it in the trash.  (And FYI you Coffee-Mate makers, it does NOT taste like “a combination of delicate ladyfinger cookies, layered in rich mascarpone cream and sweet cocoa.”)