Oreo Tasting

Adam has a special talent for making an event out of something seemingly ordinary or pedestrian. Tuesday night was a classic case of Adam's genius. To celebrate the end of our small group, Adam organized a blind Oreo tasting and served as our facilitator. Here's how it went.

• Everyone received a pen and an index card
• We closed our eyes and put our hands out
• Adam would carefully place Oreos into our hands saying, "Oreo #1 of 8"
• With our eyes still closed, we'd attempt to taste and smell these Oreos
• Adam would walk around with a "discard" bowl collecting uneaten Oreos. Kinda like a spittoon for wine tasting, but less gross.
• When everyone was done and the Oreos were discarded or consumed, we all opened our eyes and wrote down what kind of Oreo we thought "Oreo #1" was.
• Repeat eight times for eight cookies. 

The Oreo tasting was surprisingly difficult. Some were easy like Cool Mint and Peanut Butter. Other's were a little tricky like Berry Burst Ice Cream. Adam bent the rules a little on the Berry Burst and counted Strawberry and Raspberry as "close enough" answers. Reduced Fat Oreos were not even worth eating, I called it the "Little Stuff Oreo." Ice Cream Rainbow Shure, Bert was the hardest because the cookie featured three different stripes of filling so depending on which part of the cookie you tried, you tasted something different. 

Only one person, Zick, ate all eight Oreos. The rest of us nibbled and discarded. My favorite wackadoodle answer was "apple cider." I don't even remember which one they thought was "apple cider," but it was way off. Adam's coworker, Zal, took a sampling of Oreos home to her three boys and the kids had a blast tasting all the Oreos and writing down their answers. I have a feeling the Znekvik boys did not utilize the discard bowl at all.