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Maybe it is just a dwindling attention span, but I like playing with my food. I don\u2019t mean that if you take me to a fancy restaurant I turn into an orangutan and throw things in the air or peel bananas with my feet.* But things like Rosca de reyes<\/a> make eating a playful experience.<\/p>\n At a local sushi restaurant, Ally and I ordered what they called the Roulette Roll. Served in a circle, one of the eight pieces of sushi was filled with chili seasoning. Each bite of the roll became a risky dare.<\/p>\n So when we bought these Skittles yesterday, I was pretty excited. It\u2019s pretty awesome to be able to buy food that deceives you.<\/p>\n And then Ally pointed out that pretty much every pack of Skittles I eat functions this way. Being colorblind pretty much ensures that I never know exactly what colored candy I\u2019m eating. Jelly Beans, in particular, are a dangerous proposition\u2026<\/p>\n There has to be something rewarding in encouraging kids to hack their food, right? Turn your licorice into a straw, pretend a gummy bear is a festering boil on your face, make those bread rolls do the Charlie Chaplin dance<\/a>\u2026 aside from embarrassing parents, that\u2019s surely fostering valuable out-of-the-box thinking.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n * Though to be fair, if I was actually capable of peeling bananas with my feet, I would probably do so all<\/em> the time and in as public of places as possible.<\/p>\nTell people this is awesome:<\/h3>