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“What mystery food is it now?”
He smiled.
“Just tomatoes.”
We both laughed.
But before walking away, he added one final sentence.
“Never judge food by how strange it looks.”
He was right.
If I’d thrown those mysterious black cloves into the trash because they looked odd, I would have missed one of the most unique flavors I’d ever experienced.
Sometimes the world’s best foods don’t come in bright packaging with colorful labels.
Sometimes they arrive in a plain plastic bag from a friendly neighbor across the street.
And sometimes, the strangest-looking ingredients become the most memorable discoveries of all.