Anchovies … what a palet …

I may have mentioned it before, however since I’m on the topic of food, I’ll bring it up again.
I love food and don’t have a great palet but the benefits to this is that I like most any food.

Many years ago … My husband used a lot of salt. I was concerned about his health so I decided to replace have of the salt in the table salt shaker to a salt substitute. I was shocked when he noticed that the salt tasted different and because I had asked him many times to cut back on his salt, he knew exactly what I had done. Do I need to mention that he wasn’t happy about it?

I don’t remember why but during that same time, we were talking about foods we don’t like. He said he couldn’t stand anchovies. A sneaky light bulb when off in my head. I was sure that I could hide a bit of anchovies in some meal and he’d never know.

Ok, so my kids and I were practical jokers. We didn’t do anything harmful just annoying at times.

Months went by and I decided that it was time to test my husband’s palet once again. I made spaghetti and bought anchovies. I chopped one, little tiny bit as fine as can be. I thought there is no way anyone could tell there were anchovies in there because it was a huge slow-cooker of sauce with 1/2 teaspoon of anchovies.

One bite and he knew. 😮 Shocking! I have always been amazed at his palete.

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For the sake of those questioning the spelling of the word ‘palet’ as I did …

Palet: Touch your tongue to the top of your mouth. What you’re touching is your palate. Palate is often used when discussing taste in a broader sense, as in: chocolate cake is pleasing to the palate.

Palette: A palette is a range of colors. It is also the board that artists use to hold and mix paint. Picture Picasso in his blue period: He is holding a palette on which you see a limited palette of blue tones.

Pallet: Pallet is a busy noun, but it’s mainly a slab or framework of wood used for carrying things. The most common type of pallet is the kind used to move cargo.

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