Nothing funny about feldspar

I had a dream last night that I was a contestant on Top Chef. Last season they had a vending machine challenge, where the chefs were given $10 in quarters and access to the studio vending machines. They had to come up with an amuse bouche¹.

I dreamed that I was participating, and devised some sort of sorbet made from Sprite and spearmint and cinnamon gum. I was slightly panicking looking for something crispy — could the vanilla gunk be scraped off of the wafers? are there crackers, and if so are they crunchy enough? — that would make the eater think of Thai food.

By the time I woke up, I had convinced myself that it tasted pretty good, but now as I write this, I’m thinking I’m glad it was all just a dream.

1. I had never heard of it before watching the show — it’s a small, not-quite-appetizer pre-meal snacklet↩