cotton-mouth and all

So, after lunch, we had a most unusual vegetable for dessert... Not unusual in and of itself, but in being a) eaten raw and b) served as dessert. Secret ingredient is: artichokes. Kind of what you'd expect eating an artichoke raw (you eat the bottoms of the leaves, just like when cooked, and then the heart at the end of it all). Afterward, we had the most intense craving for a chaser--we went with oranges. The cotton-mouth feeling lingered for another hour or so. We're full of antioxidants now, though...