Once in a while the 52-week challenge introduces us to something that none of us have tried. Like sea beans. I bought them on impulse when I saw them at the store, having never heard of them, but intrigued by their bright green color. After doing some quick research I found out that despite their name, they actually don’t come from the sea, but are carried there by freshwater streams.
ME: “What is this called again? I can’t remember. “
LAUREN: “Sea beans!”
ME: “What does it look like?”
LAUREN: “It looks like sea plants growing out of the water.”
SAM: “This one looks like a shark.”
SAM: “If you bend it down it looks like a rainbow.”
LAUREN: “A spiky rainbow.”
ME: “If you shake them do they make a noise?”
LAUREN: “It makes a slop-slop. But if you do it too hard it breaks.”
ME: “What does it smell like?”
LAUREN: “Mine smells like beautiful flowers.”
ME: “Mine smells like salami.”
LAUREN: “That’s because you just ate salami. You have slimy salami hands.”
ME: “What does it taste like?”
LAUREN: “Hmmmm.”
ME: “I’m going to go for a leaf. WHOA. That does NOT taste like I thought it was going to taste.”
LAUREN: “I thought it was going to taste like lettuce but it tastes like plants that have sea salt on them.”
ME: “It tastes like seawater.”
LAUREN: “Don’t eat the bottom, it doesn’t taste very good.”
ME: “So what do you guys think? Are you into it?”
LAUREN: “Not really.”
SAM: [Spitting it out] “Yuck.”
ME: “I agree. I do not like that AT all. Nasty. Sorry. Didn’t say that.”
LAUREN: “Right.”
