Is one bite of dessert enough?

After lunch, the server asked, "Would anyone like to see the dessert menu?"  Our table was strangely quiet.   "It is Brenda's birthday.  Maybe we can share a dessert. " ... Ever the politician, Brenda suggested we take a poll.   We decided to order the chocolate bourbon tarte. One clean spoon, we each had one spoonful.  One bite was good...

"Friendship is one of the sweetest joys of life. Many might have failed beneath the bitterness of their trial had they not found a friend." 

Charles Spurgeon