Grooms

“I have invented a new type of mushroom that tastes like a grape!” exclaimed Professor Singh.

“Why?!”

“Eww”

“What?”

“Are you serious!”

“How?!”

He smiled, “All valid questions, and I will answer you with another. Why not?”

“Well it sounds disgusting for one thing,” his red-headed assistant quipped.

Singh sighed, “Lindsey, are you a culinary expert?”

“No, my best attempt at cooking usually fails in me making microwaved burritos.”

“Exactly,” he picked up a bunch of grapes that can best be described as a mesmerism of colors. Some were a deep concord purple, while others a startling shade of orange, with every range of color in between. “This is a Grooms. Each individual “grape” is in fact a moist den for growing micro pockets of edible fungi. In order to achieve this marvel of science I have dedicated the last 15 years of study to creating this species.”

“15 years? That’s like,” The football player had to pause for a second, “almost four bachelor's degrees.”

“More like the time it takes to train a heart surgeon,” whispered the Filipino girl sitting behind him.

“Precisely,” continued Singh, “I’ve created a bonsai mushroom plant using the basis of the grape structural model. The biggest dilemma I have at this point is that all of the mushrooms have a slight hint of grape flavor to their original essence.

That is why for today’s lesson, I give this challenge to you. Remove the grape.”