Little Eric

Tonight we were eating cucumbers, and Eric wanted to put mustard on them. Tess wanted to taste the mustard, so I put a little dot on her plate. She tentatively touched her finger to the mustard and the mustard to her tongue. It was strong mustard, Maille Dijon Originale, which has a strong bite of horseradish.

We could see the bite register on Tess's face as her eyes widened a few seconds after putting the mustard in her mouth. She looked at me with mild alarm on her face, and then, she went back for more. She ate up the whole dot I put on her plate and asked for more.

She apparently loves the burn of spicy foods. Like her Dad. And she loves Tom Waits. Like her Dad. They sat together eating their cucumbers and mustard, bobbing their heads to his music.