Right, so this one sounded easy enough... Just find a scary food and snarf it down. So, fist stop: the "Ethinic" section at the gorcery store. All sorts of wacky foods end up in this section, from squid jerky to canned haggis. The only problem was that I had either tried everything that was there before, or it was, while odd, not scary. Some of the stuff looked outright revolting, but the task says "a food that frightens," not "a gross food." So, while I may not be a fan of a lot of the foods we (Eris Discordia and myself) found, I could not honestly say that I was frightened by any of them.

Fast forward a week or so...

Went to a D&D game at my brother's house. While there, my sister-in-law brought out some "candy" that her mother had sent for my nephews and niece. I still don't know what they could have done to deserve such harsh treatment from their grandmother. My sister-in-law brought the "confections' out to see if we would eat them, 'cause there was no way in hell that she was going to give them to her children. Apparently they have a better Mexican section in Texan grocery stores.. Anyways, the fist thing I tried was the hard candy (of course I ended up trying it all, it was technically edible) was the hard candies.... Watermenlon with a chili powder center... They were actually pretty good. Then there were the dippin' sticks... again watermelon hard candy, but it was meant to be licked and then dipped into chili powder, and then licked again. This was one of the most God-awful things I have ever had... it was even worse than that whole squid that I tried.... eww.. that left only one more thing to try... luckily, Eris was there and reminded me that I needed to get pictures of at least one of these monstrosities being devourd by yours truely... So we brought home

the "salsagheti."

Again, it is watermelon flavoured, with a chili powder coating (already known to be a bad idea, it should go the other way around) but this time it is served with salsa... Whose idea was this?!

So, I crammed a handful of the chili-watermelon squiggles into my mouth, (not as bad as the dippers, but not good, either) and sprayed in some of the salsa

which was

a VERY

BAD idea.

Now, don't get me wrong.. I like chili, and I like salsa and, while I don't like watermelons, I do enjoy artificial watermelon flavor (can't stand the texture of real ones... it's like a crusty sponge). The problem is these delicious tastes don't taste great together. The experience has not dissuaded me from trying new things, but if said things actually frighten me, well, I may hesitate for a moment or two now.