Taste Bud Hypothesis

Yesterday I decided to try a new recipe for dinner. The kids get home at different times after school. As each one arrived home, I asked them about their day and then gently added, "There are mushrooms in our dinner tonight." I thought a little bit of warning would ease the reaction when I actually served the meal. Well, it might have worked for some kids but not Kat. She went on and on about daring to serve mushrooms to her. Finally, I explained to her that I got the recipe out of a cookbook written by a mom with ten kids who reported that this was her kid's FAVORITE meal. Her response? "That figures." OK, I'll bite, "What does that mean, Kat?" Well, she explained, Heavenly Father only gives each family 3,000 taste buds. He knows how many kids will be born into each family and each kid is given a pre-determined number of taste buds. So, while she, herself, was given 1,000 taste buds, a child born to THAT mom of ten was only given 300 taste buds.

While I am not totally blaming Kat, I got a migraine after this conversation/explanation. Kat is one of a kind and did NOT eat the mushrooms.