So generally, people seem to think Allie is a lot like me. For the most part she is. We share many of the same likes, she has my emotional side and in many ways my looks.
However tonight when she & Ron started having a wasabi-off, it was clear she was ALL RON!
It's not that I have anything against wasabi and it's not even that I don't really like the taste. But the very strange, "oh my god, I'm having a severe allergic reaction and I'm going to die" feeling I get every time I taste even the smallest amount keeps me far away. I even leave the room when they eat Tim's Wasabi Chips! But tonight really topped all. Allie was sitting with us as we ate our Ahi, me with a simple soy & sesame seed crusting, Ron dipping happily away into his soy/wasabi sauce. Allie asked about it and Ron suggested that she try a little tiny bit. So she did. She put less than half a sesame seed worth of wasabi on her finger and stuck it in her mouth. Being the good mother I am, I was prepared with a tasty spear of asparagus to wipe away the nasty taste...but no, her eyes lit up and I've never seen Ron so proud! Then they continued to taunt each other with increasingly larger amounts, laughing in wait to see who would break out in a bigger sweat & watery eyes. Finally Allie takes a good pea size serving, pops it into her mouth and swallows. Suddenly she throws her fingers to her eyes and sits back as a wave of heat washes over her head. Upset? Not Allie, she decides this is the best thing in the world and she & Ron laugh heartily as I begin to clean up dinner.
Nothing like a father daughter bonding moment! Sigh...
