Go Ahead, I Dare You

Friday, January 13, 2012
Location: Wildfire - Oakbrook
Task #17 Take a Dare

So we sit down at dinner. Wildfire. Not the fanciest of places but it's still slightly embarrassing when it looks like you've peed on yourself after Jess spills her water all in your lap the minute you sit down. May I mention, too, that it was not exactly comfortable sitting through dinner slightly damp? But we made the most of it none the less. My boss had just given me $100 gift card for the restaurant so we were looking forward to having a feast.

On the way I told Jess and Julie that I still needed to take a dare. Julie thought it would be a good idea to dare me to pee in the snow. Well, seen as it looked like I peed on myself by dinner, I may as well have said  I took that dare, but I like to think I have a little more class than that (which you all know I do).  So after we ordered I was still dare-less.

The artichoke fondu appetizer came  - a little disappointing - and my sisters soup came, along with the standard bread. Julie again tried to dare me to eat the strange bread with raisins etc, and I, not catching on, was all, "Julie, I'm not eating the bread. I've had it before I don't feel like it." She rolled her eyes at me, and tried again.

"Jenny, I dare you to try Jess' soup!"

I looked at her bowl and made that face I make when I see food I don't like. And when I say
"food I don't like" I mean something I've never tried and just decided it must be terrible based solely on it's appearance and implied texture. So Julie knew she had me, and Jess jumped on board. I couldn't refuse or it would be a huge fail. Oh did I mention it was shrimp bisque soup?

Yea so I puckered up and slurped some shrimp bisque. Now, I like shrimp, soup, in general, not so much, but my lord this tasted fishy. It was chunky and lumpy and the after taste...ick! Maybe a taste ok, or even dipping bread or pita in it might be ok. But I could never eat a whole bowl of that. I still shutter thinking about it... Did I mention: ick!

Later, Julie regretted wasting her dare. After mentioning the waiter was cute, she tried to dare me to ask him out. "Oh, Julie! You should have held out for that dare!" Jess told her after she realized it was much better than the soup thing. I laughed a little smugly at my good fortune, avoiding further public humiliation. And at least now I can add a new item to the Food-I-Actually-Don't-Like List.  And for the rest of you, hoping to dare me to do something, sorry, too late!