Lorelai: Haven't you already tasted that soup twice, Mom?
Emily: You keeping a running count?
Lorelai: I'm morbidly fascinated.
Emily: Well, Lorelai, when you're tasting anything, the first taste acclimates the palate, the second establishes a foundation, and the third is to make your decision.
Lorelai: Ooh, there's gonna be a third one.
Emily: Isn't it what this is for, to taste the soup?
Lorelai: Taste them, yes. Not to orally deduce their chemical structures.
Emily: Everything has to be at your pace.
Lorelai: Or a pace that can't be measured by the number of times the earth circles the sun.