Brussel Sprout soda? No thanks.

So, as part of the exciting New Year's plan for the expectant parents, we finally tried some of the Jones Soda Holiday pack (http://www.beveragesdirect.com/detail-1062-jones_soda_holiday_2005-national.asp). We got these things as a little gift for my brothers and their families this year, and got one that we intended to try around Christmas when we had some family over.

Take a look at the link, I'll wait.
...
Disgusting, no? Cranberry soda? No problem. Pumpkin pie? OK. Wild Herb Stuffing ... um, alright. Turkey and gravy? Hmmm. And there it is ... in it's ugly green glory: Brussel Sprouts and Prosciutto soda.

So, anyway. Amanda and I aren't really up for a major new year's party. She's exhausted from carrying around an ever-enlarging (and continually moving) baby; I've been feeling under the weather lately. We opt, instead, for a quiet night at home. I make a nice steak dinner, she makes a great salad, we have some chilled sparkling pear juice and some Trader Joes chocolate truffles for when the ball drops.

Then I suggest we give the sodas a try. What the heck, we have them and there's not much else we can do with them, right? And I go for the worst. I'll open the Brussel Sprout soda, give us both a small glass full and toast the coming new year.
Then Amanda smells it ... and almost throws up.
"That should be the pregnancy test right there," she says. "Here, smell this ... if it makes you almost throw up, you're pregnant."
Nonetheless, I give it a try. A tiny sip, it barely touches my lips. "Yeah, that's pretty bad." Another sip, enough to make me have to swallow it ... and I almost throw up as well.

I though these things were sorta like those Harry Potter-related jelly beans, the ones that taste like dirt or grass or earwax, but still end up being jelly beans in the end. This stuff was just disgusting.

Anyway, that was our last New Year's Eve before having our first baby. It's one we'll remember, I'm sure.