Don’t Super-Fancy Restaurants Serve Foam?

It’s the week leading up to Valentine’s Day, and all the Valentine’s candy, flowers, and plants are out. I’m facing the plants near the candy. There is a display near me with foam hearts made from little foam roses labeled as “lollipops”.

A customer is looking around at the candy on the other side of the half-wall I am working on and gets my attention.

Customer: “What do these taste like?”

Me: “I’m sorry? I’m not sure I understand.”

Customer: “These lollipops here — what do they taste like?”

Me: “Oh, those aren’t edible; they’re made out of foam.”

These things are five to eight inches in diameter and are clearly made out of foam or even real miniature roses.

Customer: “Okay, but what do they taste like?”

Me: “They’re… made out of foam. You can’t eat them.”

This went on for another couple of minutes before he finally “understood” and walked away. I’m still not sure what exactly he thought “foam” meant.