It's time for another wonderful weekend, and I am happier than Madonna on Flag Day (that's a dirty joke, for all my innocent peeps out there). I'm also really hungry, and hoping the little woman has something for me to shove down my pie hole. Speaking of pie (you see my masterful segue there?), it's time for another survey. What sets you to slobbering more than anything else? What could you eat almost every day and not tire of? Here are some of my faves, in no particular order. First, pie. It matters not what kind, although key lime, chocolate satin, pumpkin, and blueberry lemon cream are near the top. Also, Indian food. Again, it almost doesn't matter what the dish is. I could live in India and be vegetarian. Vegetables got no business being that delicious. And New York steak, as served at Texas Roadhouse, with mashed potatoes, rolls topped with cinnamon butter, a flavored iced lemonade, and of course the peanuts you get to crack open and throw on the floor when you walk in.
Here is the one and only rule: I ask only that you be specific. Don't tell me you like pizza. Hell, who doesn't? I want details of when and where and why it's so good. Oh, and also, because she is incapable of appreciating great cuisine, Gina isn't allowed to play. If she answers, just ignore her. My last couple of surveys haven't gotten much of a response, so I hope for better participation on this one. Invite your friends. And a good weekend to you all.
Nothing Bundt Cakes make an awesome Chocolate Chocolate cake! Seriously delish.
ReplyDeleteI love Chicken Salad Sandwiches with apples in it!
Sandwiches (a variety, I don't think I could eat any one kind every day. Some of my favs, though are turkey, honey glazed ham, salami, and pastrami, with lettuce and cheese and Miracle Whip, etc.)
ReplyDeleteTotino's frozen pizza, especially the apparently four cheese and artificial pepperoni chunks.
Also, Thanksgiving, turkey, stuffing, mashed taters, rolls, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce, sweet taters, and some kind of pie.
And may you all come to know the true deliciousness of acai, not mixed with blueberry or any of that. The pure pulp with sugar!
I agree about the sandwiches.
ReplyDeleteAlso, the tri tip roasts from costco are so delicious.
And homemade stuffing.
I hate you sometimes.
ReplyDeleteYou tell ME not to play, but you let Brent play, and he talks of TOTINO'S FROZEN PIZZA! Heck, that stuff is like cardboard!
ReplyDeleteI'm playing anyway:
Homemade apple pie (as featured in my blog in Nov. 2008). My homemade apple pie is best.
I also drool any time I think of philly chicken sandwiches as found at Bub's Subs in Denali AK; the best sandwich I've ever eaten.
LOVE enchilada casserole with a bit of pepper jack cheese mixed in with the cheddar.
Texas Road House chicken strips with their yummo honey mustard dipping sauce.
Mom's Thanksgiving dinner.
Okay, how about you're both banned? But for opposite reasons. Gina because she hates everything and Brent because he has a gut that can withstand anything and can't seem to discern between prime rib and lunch meat. Kind of like a dog. I could feed Ike fresh halibut or 3-week-old lutefisk and he'd eat them both with equal relish. And I think Brent is almost as bad. Totino's actually is really good sometimes, but it has no place on this list.
ReplyDeleteI think the thing I could eat the most without getting sick of it is COLD chocolate cake. I'm salavating just thinking about it. I don't know what it is about the cold, but if you haven't tried it before, give it a whirl.
ReplyDeleteAlso, shrimp. Coconut shrimp. Honey-jalepeno shrimp. Shrimp salad. Grilled shrimp. I could go on. I love shrimp!
This last year I also decided pumpkin pie is my favorite...also served cold. Yum!
I love Totino's pizza. You try telling me you don't. And I may eat my sardines with gusto, but I can tell Caribbean red snapper from Alaskan halibut! And I hate tripe and cow intestines. Those are like, the only 2 foods I've tried that I truly hate.
ReplyDeleteNo votes for breakfast?
ReplyDeleteI could eat breakfast for every meal of every day. Waffles, pancakes, french toast. My favorite part is the syrup. I can't stand log cabin/aunt jemima. Those frauds don't even have imitation maple. I always have to make syrup myself. Just 2 cups sugar for 1 cup water, heat(microwave or stovetop) and stir, then add a teaspoon or two of imitation maple extract. For a little bite, put 2 or 3 sticks of cinnamon in the water before you heat it.
If you want to get fancy, you can make a French toast souffle, or you can get fruity with German pancakes, sour cream, brown sugar, and defrosted frozen strawberries or berry mix from costco.
Also, if you don't want something sweet, there's the garbage hash at belgian waffle and omelet inn in midvale. Or if you're in san diego, Hash House a go go, any of their ridiculously large House hashes. In fact, if you're ever in San Diego, I order you to visit Hash House a go go. It's the best breakfast you will ever have.
Oh my gosh Aaron, where do you come up with this stuff? THAT POOR WOMAN- she is being mocked on her wedding day all over the web, and besides that, the picture sorta makes me lose my appetite!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd I don't get the Madonna/flag reference...
So, now that I'm finished chuckling, PIZZA is one of my favorite foods, yes it is! I also love most Americanized chinese food- orange chicken, sweet & sour chicken, chow mein, almost all stir fries... I've never been to a Mongolian BBQ I didn't like. I'm also a veggie lover, so cauliflower au gratin is a true treat, cherries are the best thing about summer, and fresh string beans are the only reason I'd ever consider gardening... ALL chocolate is heavenly, brownies, french silk pie, chocolate mousse... and you can never go wrong with filet mignon and potatoes. Seafood makes me gag, and I'm not a fan of fruit. Mexican is always good; not so much a fan of Italian (aside from pizza)- it's just not calorie worthy... ya know, it just doesn't taste as good as it costs calorie-wise...
And, as always, thanks for the laugh. I should learn to lighten up a bit too!
Where to begin? Well the single best dish I've ever had was the potatoes au gratin at the Ritz-Carlton in Naples Florida. Oh, the New York strip was sublime, but those potatoes (NOT 'taters!) were beyond description. Rich cream sauce, delicious melty/burned cheese on top and a flavor that was simple, but layered, evoking the best of each individual component. Brilliant.
ReplyDeleteAs long as we're on meat-and-potatoes, the filet at Ruth's Chris is just phenomenal. I like my steak lightly killed and still moving when it comes to my table. Seriously, if it's not cold and red in the middle, I'm not interested in eating it, as it's been completely ruined. On my first visit, they brought me a plate that was sizzling, so I just knew they'd destroyed my dinner. Ah, not so! The grillmaster had expertly seared the outside to a blistering 1200 degrees, while keeping the inside perfectly cold and red. The seat extended barely 1/8 of an inch in from the surface, and the cut was so tender I did not once have need for a knife, using only my fork to easily partition bite-sized piec
...pieces. It was a curiously spiritual experience.
ReplyDeleteIndian food is great, but if you're going to eat Indian (dot, not feather), you should really do it right and treat yourself to the exquisite experience of Bombay House just off Foothill in Salt Lake. Some of my personal favorite are their tandoori chicken, tika masala, the "assorted snacks" and either of the house soups. Oh, and the peshwari naan makes an amazing dessert!
The Pie's 'Mountains of Meat' will stop your heart with 7 different meats and plenty of them. The very first time I picked up a slice I thought "this is one HEAVY piece of pizza. One slice can usually satisfy even the heartiest of appetites.
My homemade no-bake peach pieis a favorite of many, as it preserves the natural sweet/tart peach flavor that the baking process corrupts. But my "Death by Chocolate" is a culinary masterpiece. I'd post the recipe, but it's 6 pages long. I don't mind sharing it because I've never found anyone up to the task if actually making it. You see, it takes about 4 pounds of several different chocolates, 2 days of prep and assembly dirtying every dish in the house twice, a certain degree of culinary skill, and about $100 in ingredients. The end result is an 8" round tower of different chocolate flavor and textures enhanced by a small pool of chocolate rum sauce. You could seriously die if you ate more than me piece, although I have yet to encounter anyone able to finish a single piece - even the most dedicated if chocoholics can handle only a few bites. Orgasmic moans are not only common, but rarely absent, whether it is consumed in a group setting, or privately.
But trust me on the potatoes, it's well worth the airfare and the $650/ night room rate.
ReplyDeleteMy home made wheat bread. who doesn't like a fresh warm slice of home made bread (don't even tell me you don't) and then of course that means that I have to include sandwiches of all varieties.
ReplyDeleteWheat waffles (Family recipe of course). ( I guess I like my carbs) With butter, peanutbutter and syrup.
Sherbert. Probably like the Raspberry best. This is what I desire after a all to filling meal at a resteraunt. No chocolate cake or creme brule for me... just some cold sherbert and fruit.
Fruit. I can't be any more specific.
And Aaron, Indian food is oh yes, the best. Esp the Rose Lassi ohhhhhhhh I have someone bring me a take out from Bombay house every time I have a baby. If I could sip one all day I would.