Couton

Couton rhymes with coupon and crouton. It came about completely by mistake this past Sunday when I was clipping a coupon from the slick section.  What is a couton?  Well, it is similar to a coupon in that it reduces the overall cost of something. In this case the cost is calories to ones body.  It is like a crouton in that it is crunchy and you sprinkle it on food such as salad.  Some people are known to eat them just for their crunchy yet oily, tasty flavors. 1 bag of coutons hold the salad.

Or take this example of a typical order a your favorite national chain restaurant:  I'd like the Cobb salad but with no peppers, onions, cucumbers, avocado or tomatoes.  keep all of the luncheon meats, hard boiled eggs, add extra cheese and wirh full-fat ranch dressing on the side.  Oh and please add coutons.

Here is the thought process behind that order: okay, Hmm, what do i want to eat?  i should probably watch what I eat so maybe I will order a salad.  Cobb salad sounds nice. Oh but I can't eat peppers because they give me indigestion. I hope to kiss my significant other later so scratch the onions. It is not cucumber season; ugh, they probably came from somewhere south of the border.  Guess that's true for the tomatoes and avocados. There is nothing like a CA avocado...Okay you can't have everything. Focus. Think about the salad.  What else?  I feel like meat! Okay, all the meats sound good and the egg but maybe more cheese for color. And mmmm...ranch but not the watered down crap. Okay, that all sounds good. Hmm, maybe it is a little too fatteneing, better add some coutons to counteract all the protein and fat!  Alright. 

Out loud: okay, I know what I want!

Oh, couton. If only you could enter our lives and sprinkle our salads with delightfully sinless crunch!