Chameleon in the Fridge

Just moved to a new place. My new fridge has a water-filter pitcher, just like my old place. Purified water is a good thing.

One thing I've noticed about this particular pitcher, however, is that the water inside of it acquires the flavor of whatever else happens to be in the refrigerator with it (usually the strongest-flavored item). It's uncanny. The pitcher is like a Flavor Chameleon.

So far I have downed large, almost-refreshing glasses of cold Kimchee-water and Ham-water. Neither are what I would call pleasant. Not sure what the solution is, but I'm hard-pressed to think of too many flavors of water that I would be okay with.

I can tell you varieties I will not be okay with, just off the top of my head: Mayonnaise-water, Hummus-water, and Garlic-water. Even as a Bacon Purist, and an advocate of a Bacon Perfume, I would probably veto Bacon-water. (As a man who has eaten cornbread-batter-fried bacon, and who ate a bacon chocolate cupcake last week, I can't believe I just rejected the idea of bacon-flavored anything, but it's the truth.)

Sometimes you just want to keep things nice and simple.