Just checking about ser vs estar

Question

Ok so I'm making a concerted effort to pay attention to how ser and estar are used in conversation, in texts etc to try to get a better feeling for them.

Now take this sentence:

The churros were delicious.

(just to give a bit of context we made some churros last night and I was commenting, the next day, to a friend how delicious they were)

normally I would instantly want to use ser because in my mind I'm defining them as delicious, their essence was deliciousness.

but .......

what I am infact going to say is .....

Los churros estuvieron ricos.

• is that right? because rather than just generally declaring churros in general to be delicious I'm referring to some particular churros and their particular state at some particular time hence I use estar.

And I must warn you that if I have this wrong I'm going to scream and pull some hair out!! - because I do kind of feel like I'm having a wee epiphany here je je Probably so obvious to most who read this thread but sometimes it just takes a while for the penny to drop.

Someone please tell me I'm on the right track!

Ya me hicieron antojar de tanto hablar de churros *_* - 00a4c226, Sep 7, 2011

ja ja ok then shall I talk about the riquísimo caramel sauce that I made from sweetened condensed milk to go with them, mmmmmm!!!! - Kiwi-Girl, Sep 7, 2011

Or about the warm and "espumoso" hey! if you are talking about chocolate, how do you say "espumoso"? - 00a4c226, Sep 7, 2011

frothy, sparkling? - 00a4c226, Sep 7, 2011

yep frothy :) - Kiwi-Girl, Sep 7, 2011

Thank you! "A warm and frothy chocolate"...But No churros! Buaaaa! ^_^ - 00a4c226, Sep 7, 2011

very good question kiwi! - billygoat, Sep 8, 2011

. . .are used. . . - lorenzo9, Sep 8, 2011

Thanks Billy & Lorenzo :) - Kiwi-Girl, Sep 8, 2011