Not Recommended

Scott was out hitting golf balls tonight and Willa was at a friend's house. That meant I was on my own for dinner.

I knew there was nothing of substance in the fridge (we'd finished all the weekend leftovers last night), so I ordered grilled shrimp tacos from Casa Toro, our favorite local Mexican place, which happens to be located exactly halfway between my office and my house.

I had worked late, and was pretty hungry by the time I got the food. Then I picked up Willa and rushed home to eat.

I put the tacos on a plate, grabbed a tub of yogurt out of the fridge (I usually sub plain yogurt for sour cream), and cracked open a beer.

I spooned the yogurt on top of all three tacos, salivating in anticipation of the spicy, tangy taste about to hit me.

Don't they look yummy?

And then I picked up a taco and took a big bite.

Hm. Tastes kinda weird, I thought. Sort of sweet, like maybe they used sugar instead of salt. I didn't remember that taste from the last time I ate them, but I figured maybe a different chef was on tonight. Or maybe it was just me and I'd get used to it.

Anyway, as I continued to eat, the sweetness began to get more cloying. Somehow I thought I'd stop noticing it, but it just got stronger and stronger. Definitely not the Mexican taste vibe I'd been drooling in anticipation of.

After I'd polished off an entire taco that seemed to grow sweeter with every bite, it occurred to me: I had used vanilla yogurt instead of plain.

Yep, not the plain!

And I had slathered all three tacos with it. Damn. This was not the dinner I had hoped for.

But we had no food in the house, and I was hungry. So I scraped it off, and replaced it with plain yogurt and all was well. Or at least not as sweet.

Yeah, I definitely don't recommend vanilla yogurt on shrimp tacos.