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Even the most sophisticated palate has, at some point, snuck a spoonful of late-night Cool Whip.

He described taking a spoonful of someone else’s bowl and saying, “Absolutely not” — it was “gelatinous,” he told Thompson.

Add a spoonful of miso for depth, or swap in a bit of smoked paprika and lime for something that hints at patatas bravas.

A pinch of salt isn’t out of place here either — and a small spoonful of miso adds the kind of quiet, savory bass note that makes everything else sing.

A spoonful, a smell — it can be enough to bring someone back to you, if only for a moment.