8 Food Questions for you!

[bicentennial_baby]

1) What is your absolute favorite food on earth?

2) What is your absolute most hated food on earth?

3) What meal do you want to experience in the future, if possible?

4) What's your favorite thing to cook?

5) What cooking skill would you like to improve on or learn, if you could?

6) What's your grossest/weirdest/funniest guilty pleasure food?

7) What's your favorite type of cuisine?

8) What weird thing did you eat as a kid?

My answers:

1) This is really tough...I'm going to say pasta, specifically tortellini. The very close runner-up is Margherita Pizza.

2) Tie! Brussel Sprouts, b/c a) they smell bad, and b) my Mom almost died from an allergic reaction to them when I was 4 or 5, and I was scarred for life by it. :o Liver, b/c it's liver and it smells like death when it's cooking.... :puke:

3) I've never had calamari...and I'm very tempted by fish tacos. Failing that, I'd like someone to get me a reservation at El Bulli :D

4) I looooove making pasta sauce from scratch...It's very soothing, tastes like heaven, and makes my apartment smell fantastic! Also, grilled cheese sandwiches :9

5) I'd like to get better at cooking meat perfectly. And, I'd like to really learn how to bake.

6) Oscar Mayer Bologna, Thin Sliced, by itself. :o

7) Lebanese, lately. Mexican is gaining though, by leaps and bounds :D

8) Mustard and Ketchup sandwiches :rofl:

[anti-everything]

1. Mine

1. bratwurst
2. broccoli
3. bear
4. bratwurst
5. omelet making
6. chocolate with jalapenos
7. mexican and greek
8. pickles and cream cheese

on edit: add thai to list of favorite cuisine

[bicentennial_baby]

2. I've never had bratwurst...

What's it like? :)

[anti-everything]

3. Bratwurst

is a greasy, salty, German sausage. Not too spicy, it's just about right.

[GoneOffShore]

19. Brats RULE

Grilled, with mustard on a hard roll. Side of sauerkraut.

:headbang:

[anti-everything]

63. Don't forget the extra sharp cheddar and chopped red onion

[GoneOffShore]

68. I'm a bit of purist with my Brats

The only cheese I'd consider would be a Tilsit or a gruyere and then I'd hesitate.

That mustard thing sharpens up the flavor without adding an extra profile.

[GoneOffShore]

4. Here goes:

1) What is your absolute favorite food on earth?
Really good frites, with mayonaisse or vinegar.

2) What is your absolute most hated food on earth?
Really tough question - because there is just about nothing I wouldn't try. I would have to say that some of the more obscure Asian or African ingredients and dishes would give me pause.

3) What meal do you want to experience in the future, if possible?
There are three restaurants I want to try and soon, L'Atelier du Joel Robuchon in Paris, Bouchon in Yountville (Thomas Keller's "cheaper place") and El Bulli.

4) What's your favorite thing to cook?
Tarte Tatin -


5) What cooking skill would you like to improve on or learn, if you could?
Knife sharpening

6) What's your grossest/weirdest/funniest guilty pleasure food?
Hot Lime Pickle - a really salty condiment for Indian food.

7) What's your favorite type of cuisine?
Good solid country traditional French

8) What weird thing did you eat as a kid?
Tinned aspargus, and tomato soup with cheese melted into it.

[bicentennial_baby]

26. Oooh! L'Atelier du Robuchon!

I would *love* to eat there! :bounce:

[GoneOffShore]

27. We passed by the last time we were in Paris

Because we were staying in an apartment about 5 minutes away. We didn't do it because we were trying to keep costs down. But I think we're going to go when we go back in October.

In two weeks we're going to be in Paris for our 20th anniversary and we're doing lunch at La Tour D'Argent - a trip down memory lane, but it's going to be fun. And the view is great. A pity Claude Terrail is no longer with us. He was such an elegant gentleman.

[bicentennial_baby]

29. What arrondissement is it in?

I can't wait to get back to Paris....sigh.

[GoneOffShore]

32. It's on the border of the 6th and 7th

At the Hotel Pont Royal. Right off of St. Germain de Pres.

Do you ever go over to eGullet?

There's a new thread on Jean Georges here http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?s=03917b59e471a0b937e17aa2eaf41fc0&showtopic=100687

Great photos and a video.

Have I told you I love your sig line?

[bicentennial_baby]

33. Ha! I'm on EGullet as I type!

I'll check out that thread asap....

Ah, St Germain...I miss it so! I'd give a lot to be able to go back and re-experience my 3 weeks in Paris all over again. I think about it so often...

And thank you! It's very popular, apparently! :D

:hi:

[GoneOffShore]

37. Yes it is

Oh yes, on egullet check out the Dinner - What we cooked page #647 about halfway down and you'll see pictures of the Cassoulet feast from last Sunday. Philadining did the pictures and posting. You'll also see me( the woman standing next to me is not, as the caption implies, Mrs GoS (Tarte Tatin)).

[Shakespeare]

5. fun questions! And I'll add a question for you...

1) What is your absolute favorite food on earth?

Chiles rellenos.

2) What is your absolute most hated food on earth?

Cottage cheese; I can't even watch somebody else eat it. :scared:

3) What meal do you want to experience in the future, if possible?

Foie gras, which I've never had (hard to be bona fide foodie if you've never partaken of goose liver!)

4) What's your favorite thing to cook?

Creme Brulee. I do a miraculous creme brulee.

5) What cooking skill would you like to improve on or learn, if you could?

I want to take a course in sauces; it's not so much that I can't do them (I'm actually pretty good at them), but I'd like to learn more variety, and more of the science behind them.

6) What's your grossest/weirdest/funniest guilty pleasure food?

French onion dip with salt & vinegar potato chips.

7) What's your favorite type of cuisine?

Very, very hard to name a favorite, but probably Mexican food.

8) What weird thing did you eat as a kid?

Nothing very weird--I was alarmingly normal. Loved (and still do) grilled cheese sandwiches.

Bonus question: What's your most impressive meal to cook (say, for a potential romantic target)?

Mine: Osso Bucco with traditional risotto milanese. The ultimate in Italian comfort food, very impressive, very tasty, and made with LOTS of love.

[bicentennial_baby]

6. Wow, that's a toughie...

My food is more for gastronomical gluttony than romance, hehe...I'd say either one of my wacky and delicious soups, or my 3-4 course Mexican meal, which takes severe multi tasking (Tacos, Nachos w/ homemade Guac, Rice, and Black Bean sautee)

Thank you for answering, I hoped you would! :bounce:

:loveya:

[fishwax]

16. ew, cottage cheese--that's a good one

:scared:

[GoneOffShore]

17. To the bonus question

I'll go with the French version of Osso Bucco - Lamb Shank in red wine with couscous and dried apricots and prunes. Nearly as comforting as Osso Bucco.

[philosophie_en_rose]

7. Food answers

1) What is your absolute favorite food on earth?

Grapes

2) What is your absolute most hated food on earth?

Balut

3) What meal do you want to experience in the future, if possible?

I'd like to learn more about food from Africa.

4) What's your favorite thing to cook?

Cake

5) What cooking skill would you like to improve on or learn, if you could?

I'd like to learn to use knives in an advanced way. Martin Yan style.

6) What's your grossest/weirdest/funniest guilty pleasure food?

Kool aid with splenda.

7) What's your favorite type of cuisine?

Filipino

8) What weird thing did you eat as a kid?

Butter and sugar sandwiches. With white bread for extra lameness. :)

[bicentennial_baby]

9. What is Balut?

Do I want to know? :scared:

[philosophie_en_rose]

13. Look below, if you dare.

Balut is an almost fully-formed duck embryo that's eaten raw out of the shell. Apparently, you eat everything but the bill.

It is allegedly a Filipino delicacy, though no one I know eats it. (I've only seen it sold in stores).

[bicentennial_baby]

23. Um....Ewwwwww!

:puke: No wonder you hate it!

:puke:

[GoneOffShore]

28. OK, I'm not going to eat one of those.

Unless you garnish it with fugu.

[philosophie_en_rose]

31. fugu, hufu, natto --> take your pick.

Only something really noxious could cover the stench and looks of balut.

[GoneOffShore]

35. I meant to add the

:sarcasm: thingy, and forgot.

:shrug:

It does sound pretty nasty. Maybe if you covered it with really ripe kimchee with a side of durian.

[likesmountains 52]

30. We ate butter and sugar sandwiches on white bread too! I remember the

bread sticking to the roof of my mouth it was so soft...

[Z_I_Peevey]

8. My answers:

1. Crab legs
2. Cucumbers
3. Goat
4. Bread
5. Winemaking
6.(grossest) Boiled okra
7. Chinese
8. Mayonnaise and ketchup sandwiches

[bicentennial_baby]

10. oooh, you have me beat with Mayo and Ketchup!

:rofl:

Why do you hate cucumbers? :o

[Z_I_Peevey]

12. I love pickles, but can't abide plain cucumbers.

Don't know why, the smell just makes we woozy.

[fishwax]

11. Okay, my answers

1) What is your absolute favorite food on earth?
Tough call. At the moment, I'll say sushi

2) What is your absolute most hated food on earth?
Mayonnaise. I can handle it, in certain situations, mixed with other things (such as a spicy mayonnaise used in some sushi rolls). But I can't abide it in most things. I can't handle chicken/tuna salad, and I won't tolerate it unmixed. Major gag reflex at the slightest taste.

3) What meal do you want to experience in the future, if possible?
PadThai from a street vendor in Thailand.

4) What's your favorite thing to cook?
Pasta tossed with shredded spinach, garlic, and walnuts. It's simple and quick, but a good way to quickly unwind from a long, stressful day. I like making homemade pasta, too, but I haven't done that in a while ...

5) What cooking skill would you like to improve on or learn, if you could?
I ought to improve my knife skills. I'm pretty slow.

6) What's your grossest/weirdest/funniest guilty pleasure food?
Sauteed garlic and red pepper--not as part of a sauce or seasoning, but by itself :)

7) What's your favorite type of cuisine?
Thai

8) What weird thing did you eat as a kid?
Frozen Hot Dogs. Straight from the freezer. About a year ago I was feeling sentimental and thought I'd try that again. It was (surprise!) not tasty.

[MissMillie]

82. you can make chicken/tuna salad w/o mayo

i used to make a dressing using non-fat yogurt, flavored w/ some mustard and other spices. I did this to curb fat calories from my sandwiches.

[querelle]

14. Here Ya Go

1) What is your absolute favorite food on earth?
Pâté de foie gras

2) What is your absolute most hated food on earth?
Parmesan cheese

3) What meal do you want to experience in the future, if possible?
Rabbit

4) What's your favorite thing to cook?
Chicken Kiev

5) What cooking skill would you like to improve on or learn, if you could?
How to cook perfect rice. I never get it right.

6) What's your grossest/weirdest/funniest guilty pleasure food?
Kraft mac & cheese

7) What's your favorite type of cuisine?
Indian

8) What weird thing did you eat as a kid?
Peanut butter and cheddar cheese on toast.

Q

[bicentennial_baby]

21. I agree on the M&C!

:bounce:

And wow on the PB and Cheddar! Yesterday, I saw a grilled PB, Banana, and Bacon sandwich at a restaurant! :o

[GoneOffShore]

40. There are two ways to cook perfect rice

Easiest - get a Toshiba rice cooker. Not too expensive, but ANOTHER damn appliance in the kitchen.

The other way - Boil water in a kettle. While it boils melt butter or heat oil in a sauce pan over medium heat. Add a cup of rice and shake the pan so the rice is covered with the fat and starting to turn opaque - you don't need to do this too long, just until the water boils. Put salt, if you use it in at this point. When it boils, pour gently into the saucepan until it just covers the rice - careful it can splatter up. It will continue to boil. Lower the heat to simmer and put the lid on the pan. Walk away. Come back in 10 minutes and the rice should look moist but the water will have disappeared. Turn off the heat and recover the pan. Let it sit for another 10 minutes and then fluff and serve.

There are variations on things you can add to flavor the rice - cloves, turmeric, etc.

[querelle]

44. Thanks!

I'm going to try that tomorrow night!

Q

[GoneOffShore]

72. Let us know how it turns out.

Good luck.

[Jamastiene]

52. I do something similar to that.

I put the rice and the water in a pot and add some butter and salt. I start it boiling, keep stirring it occasionally then when it boils a little, I turn the temperature down to low and cover the pot. I set the timer for 15 minutes and start checking it for "holes" to appear on the surface of the rice where the water has cooked down. That's what my aunt calls the spaces in between the rice anyhow; holes.

[YankeyMCC]

15. Alright

1) What is your absolute favorite food on earth? Pulled Pork

2) What is your absolute most hated food on earth? Any kind of seafood

3) What meal do you want to experience in the future, if possible? This is tough, I just don't know. I truly would like to try Haggis but I want to be sure I get just anywhere so I have to wait until I find myself in Scotland

4) What's your favorite thing to cook? Chilli

5) What cooking skill would you like to improve on or learn, if you could? I truly sux at frying...but I think perhaps I'd rather improve my baking skills...I do fine when I follow a baking recipe but I've gotten to the point with cooking where I can improvise and invent I'm no where near that with baking

6) What's your grossest/weirdest/funniest guilty pleasure food? Pickle sandwiches

7) What's your favorite type of cuisine? Algerian and Moroccan I get it very rarely but I always love it when I do...for more everyday TexMex I guess

8) What weird thing did you eat as a kid? Just one? Catchup and cheese sandwitches with lots of added spices like garlic powder, pepper, oregano

[crim son]

18. Food!!!

1) What is your absolute favorite food on earth? That is an impossible question but I guess I'll say lobster. Roast pork or lamb. Anything Mexican/American. Anything with chipotle peppers in it. Tomatoes/mayonnaise. All ground beef AND avocados.

2) What is your absolute most hated food on earth? anything drenched in squid ink. :puke:

3) What meal do you want to experience in the future, if possible? I have no idea, because I haven't tried it.

4) What's your favorite thing to cook? Chili. I love chili.

5) What cooking skill would you like to improve on or learn, if you could? roasting meats

6) What's your grossest/weirdest/funniest guilty pleasure food? Thai ginger/peanut sauce on EVERYTHING

7) What's your favorite type of cuisine? Mexican/Thai/Indian/Italian all of them.

8) What weird thing did you eat as a kid? We ate so normally. Bologna was probably the oddest thing.

[bicentennial_baby]

24. I love cooking chili!

:bounce:

I had some really good chili yesterday in Cambridge :9

[crim son]

25. I had some decent chili (that I made) when I got in for the evening.

It had chipotle peppers in it! :bounce:

[Ediacara]

54. That's my secret ingredient!

Three meat chipotle chili

[Z_I_Peevey]

20. This thread is making me hungry.

So very, very hungry.

[bicentennial_baby]

22. My food threads have that effect on people, hehe...

:hi:

[HughBeaumont]

34. FAWYNE.

1) pasta w/ homemade sauce of all kinds. I now have 5 different ones I experiment with.

2) Wax Beans and sauerkraut. Just smelling either one makes me literally want to throw the hell up.

3) Burgers at the Billy Goat Tavern, Chicago, followed by ribs at Johnson's BBQ in Chesapeake, VA.

4) Ribs in my New Braunfels smoker, backyard, followed by Chicken Marsala.

5) More or less to have the talent to take any ingredient and make a restaurant quality meal of it, like them there Iron Chefs do.

6) White Castle, and that's only on occasion.

7) Italian, because that's where I originate.

8) Bologna and Ketchup.

[bicentennial_baby]

36. Tell me about the 5 kinds of sauce...

Please? :D

[Guava Jelly]

38. okie dokie

1) What is your absolute favorite food on earth?
Sea food
2) What is your absolute most hated food on earth?
raw onions
3) What meal do you want to experience in the future, if possible?
anything delicious with a very close friend

4) What's your favorite thing to cook?
Cajun Food

5) What cooking skill would you like to improve on or learn, if you could?
How to make a Barbeque sauce

6) What's your grossest/weirdest/funniest guilty pleasure food?
Pickled eggs..

7) What's your favorite type of cuisine?
cajun

8) What weird thing did you eat as a kid?
sugar sandwich..we was poor folk

[bicentennial_baby]

39. What kind of Cajun food do you cook?

:9

[Guava Jelly]

47. I make an awesome Gumbo!

My own recipe.
I also love blackened fish.
I haven't cooked cajun in a long time.
Need to do something about that

[skygazer]

41. These are fun questions!

1) What is your absolute favorite food on earth?

I'd have to say pasta. I could eat some kind of pasta every day but a close second is artichoke. :9

2) What is your absolute most hated food on earth?

I can't think of anything I absolutely hate. I don't usually choose to eat things like bologna or other processed meats so I guess that kind of thing.

3) What meal do you want to experience in the future, if possible?

I once ate a fantastic meal at a nice Greek restaurant - I'd like to find another one and try more of that type of food.

4) What's your favorite thing to cook?

I'm a baker and my favorite thing to bake is bread. I find it relaxing and very satisfying.

5) What cooking skill would you like to improve on or learn, if you could?

I don't have a lot of imagination when it comes to cooking (baking yes, but not meals). I'd like to learn how to be more adventurous with recipes, what goes with what and how to jazz things up without destroying them.

6) What's your grossest/weirdest/funniest guilty pleasure food?

At one time, I was eating Ricola throat drops like candy - they were definitely a guilty pleasure/comfort food type of thing. That and gummy bears.

7) What's your favorite type of cuisine?

Either Italian or Mexican. Love 'em both.

8) What weird thing did you eat as a kid?

I was a picky kid - I don't think I ate anything weird. I barely ate anything at all!

[Fenris]

42. Okay.

1) Croque Monsieur

2) Cilantro, onions (unless they are minced within an inch of their lives)

3) Duck l'Orange. I've never had duck before.

4) Colcannon is a recent favorite. I also love to cook a smoked tuna fusilli recipe I got out of the "Il Fornaio" cookbook.

5) Breadbaking.

6) McNuggets

7) Italian

8) Raw oysters - not the best thing to give to child. Thanks Mom and Dad!

[Ediacara]

55. Duck is quite possibly the world's most perfect meat

When we move out there, we'll have to have you guys over and I'll make duck.

[jpgray]

59. Duck is insanely good.

Had some at Drake's in Ridgway not too long ago.

[GoneOffShore]

66. Duck breast is a good way to start

If you've got a Wegman's or a really good gourmet shop near you look for the D'Artagnan magret de canard - Duck breast.
https://www.dartagnan.com/index.asp

http://www.amazon.com/DArtagnan-Moulard-Duck-Breast/dp/B0000DH8G7

It takes about 15 minutes to cook on top of the stove for rare to medium rare and you end up with great tasting meat and fat that you can use to fry potatoes in.


Colcannon is amazing.

[flamingyouth]

43. Mine:

1) This is very difficult. I love food and have the fat thighs to show for it. :D I guess I'd have to say sushi, since it's the first thing that popped into my head.

2) Durian.

3) Well, we're going to China in May and I can't wait to eat some authentic Sichuan food in Sichuan. :9

4) I like making soups. Sounds simple, but they are satisfying and comforting. :)

5) I would like to make (better) fancy cupcakes. :9

6) Not really "guilty" pleaures, but I love nori and hearts of palm as snacks.

7) Japanese and Ethiopian.

8) OMG - I used to eat mustard sandwiches as a kid. Too funny!

[GoneOffShore]

71. Durian ice cream is delish!

Don't go hating on the durian! Just cause it's ugly and smells funny.

[flamingyouth]

75. OK, maybe I'll wear a gas mask and try it

:D

But I've also tried it as an alleged "refreshing drink" (purchased at an Asian grocery) and thought it tasted like dirt. But maybe I'll give the ice cream a shot. I am an adventurous eater. :D

[GoneOffShore]

76. I was always afraid of it until I tried it.

The only problem is that after you finish it, you can't kiss anyone till you brush your teeth. Makes your breath a bit "interesting".

[bigwillq]

45. Here it goes:

1) What is your absolute favorite food on earth?
Cheesebruger and fries

2) What is your absolute most hated food on earth?
Seafood

3) What meal do you want to experience in the future, if possible?
Not sure

4) What's your favorite thing to cook?
I don't cook

5) What cooking skill would you like to improve on or learn, if you could?
Cooking. Period.

6) What's your grossest/weirdest/funniest guilty pleasure food?
Ah, not sure

7) What's your favorite type of cuisine?
Spanish

8) What weird thing did you eat as a kid?
Mayo sammies

[Akoto]

46. Okay, I'm game ...

1) Mashed potatoes.

2) Seafood of any kind.

3) Turduckin.

4) Mashed potatoes.

5) Knife skills, as well as mashed potato-related techniques.

6) Rolls stuffed with mashed potatoes, OR cookies 'n cream ice cream

7) Country cuisine. Simple, tasty flavors.

8) Dog biscuits (when I was a baby)

[Decruiter]

48. Fun to read your replies...

1) What is your absolute favorite food on earth?
BACON --It is the chocolate of meat.

2) What is your absolute most hated food on earth?
MRE's.

3) What meal do you want to experience in the future, if possible?
Steak with Jack Kennedy.

4) What's your favorite thing to cook?
BACON.

5) What cooking skill would you like to improve on or learn, if you could?
Omelettes. They're delicate.

6) What's your grossest/weirdest/funniest guilty pleasure food?
Bolonga sandwich with mustard and peanut butter. My dad's recipe.

7) What's your favorite type of cuisine?
Middle Eastern.

8) What weird thing did you eat as a kid?
Welsh Rarebit, economy style. Saltines with melted Velveeta in a bowl.

[dropkickpa]

49. #1

:rofl:

[dropkickpa]

50. Mine

1) What is your absolute favorite food on earth?
Hard to choose, but it would probably have to be GOOD warm sourdough bread slathered with good butter

2) What is your absolute most hated food on earth?
Broccoli - VILE WEED!

3) What meal do you want to experience in the future, if possible?
There's so many - how about a gluttons tour of Europe?

4) What's your favorite thing to cook?
Chicken Saltimbocca

5) What cooking skill would you like to improve on or learn, if you could?
Baking - I can do it if it's a mix, I suck otherwise

6) What's your grossest/weirdest/funniest guilty pleasure food?
Hot Tamale's. I buy them in bulk.

7) What's your favorite type of cuisine?
Has to be Italian, there's only a couple dishes I don't like (those involving shrimp/lobster)

8) What weird thing did you eat as a kid?
Honey Balls - white bread slathered with honey and then crushed into a tiny ball

[Jamastiene]

51. Food. Lunch was one of my favorite subjects in school.

Food is still a favorite subject of mine now too.

1. Rib Eye Steak cooked the way I cook them, which is ridiculously weird to most other people. Oh but they come out juicy and delicious that way.

2. Asparagus. I love it as a decorative ornamental plant, but hate the taste. I used to grow asparagus and always had to answer, because it's pretty, not because I wanna eat it.

3. Filet Mignon. I have heard so much about how wonderful it tastes, yet have never had the opportunity to try it.

4. Homemade crescent roll pizza. It's a recipe I got from the local paper. Very easy to cook and tastes delicious the way I do it. Hint: I sautee some of the 1 onion and save some to sprinkle on the pizza when the final baking starts. Give it a little crunch.

5. I really need to work on my baking skills. I've never been able to make biscuits for some odd reason. I did develop a kickass dog biscuit recipe from one of my failed attempts at making biscuits though. My dogs (this was back when I had dogs as well as cats) absolutely loved them, so I started making them some treats every now and then. They waited patiently in front of the oven. One of them would even begin to whine and beg as soon as I started making the mix.

6. I can eat a whole jar of bread and butter pickles without flinching. God I love those things. I also squirt ketchup in most everything I cook or eat. I can't stand the thought of scrambled eggs without ketchup either, unless I'm making a bacon and egg sandwich. Hmm, maybe I should try some ketchup on one of those too.

7. I love Italian, Japanese, Mexican and Chinese food. Also, I love plain ol' hot dogs and hamburgers. I once made "handburgers" for Halloween. I shaped the hamburger patties like hands and squirted ketchup on them. I used cheese and made it look like fingernails, then grossed my family out by actually eating my wacky concoction.

8. Beer. My mother drank while she was pregnant with me, so I was born craving beer. I cannot stand the taste of beer now, but I craved it so much as an infant that the doctor recommended they use it in my baby bottles to make me stop licking my lips compulsively. It worked too. I outgrew the cravings as they weened me off the beer. Amazing my lips healed and it worked. What doctor would recommend that sort of thing nowadays? Absolutely none of them, I would bet, but it did work for my alcohol addiction.

[GoneOffShore]

73. Ignore the filet mignon

Tender it is, but has virtually no taste. You're better off with the ribeye or hanger steak. And grass fed if you can get it. Way better than "American Corn Fed Beef." Cattle are not designed to eat corn, they're designed to eat grass.

[Ediacara]

53. My answers!

1) What is your absolute favorite food on earth?
Duck.

2) What is your absolute most hated food on earth?
Beets.

3) What meal do you want to experience in the future, if possible?
I want to be a judge on Iron Chef.

4) What's your favorite thing to cook?
Chili or cacciatore.

5) What cooking skill would you like to improve on or learn, if you could?
Sauces. I need to know how to make sauces that are flavorful and lack lumps.

6) What's your grossest/weirdest/funniest guilty pleasure food?
I love prunes. And by prunes I mean fresh prunes, not those nasty dried things...

7) What's your favorite type of cuisine?
I have to pick one? I'll just say Italo-Japano-Ethiopi-Mexi-Spani-Indi-French :-)

8) What weird thing did you eat as a kid?
I would rip the breadcrusts off of my sandwiches and dip them in white milk.

[GoneOffShore]

74. Try grating some lemon zest on cold cubed beets

With a little sour cream on the side.
It'll change your mind on beets.

[Ediacara]

78. Well part of the "most hated" is a violent-vomit-inducing allergy

So... I think I'll pass :-)

[Xipe Totec]

56. Ok, here are my answers...

1) What is your absolute favorite food on earth?

Pinto Beans and Mexican chorizo with home made flour tortillas.

2) What is your absolute most hated food on earth?

I hate mutton; it tastes like sweaty armpit smells.

3) What meal do you want to experience in the future, if possible?

Green curry with eggplant and beef (way too hot for the rest of the family, so it's no longer prepared in my house).

4) What's your favorite thing to cook?

I don't like to cook; I feel inhibited by my wife who is a gourmet (I'm the gourmand).

5) What cooking skill would you like to improve on or learn, if you could?

See 4.

6) What's your grossest/weirdest/funniest guilty pleasure food?

It would have to be Indian Black Buck procured from a South Texas zoo (long story, but all legal).

7) What's your favorite type of cuisine?

I like variety, I try to avoid eating the same thing. I guess it would be Szechuan Chinese, followed closely by Persian.

8) What weird thing did you eat as a kid?

Pancakes with mustard and salt.

[jpgray]

57. Hmm

1) What is your absolute favorite food on earth?

Probably bhedako sekuwa.

2) What is your absolute most hated food on earth?

Overcooked green peppers.

3) What meal do you want to experience in the future, if possible?

A full-course French dinner. Complete with wine.

4) What's your favorite thing to cook?

Probably pasta stirfry.

5) What cooking skill would you like to improve on or learn, if you could?

I'd like to master more varieties of sauces and marinades.

6) What's your grossest/weirdest/funniest guilty pleasure food?

White cheddar popcorn. :P Haven't had any in years though.

7) What's your favorite type of cuisine?

I would have to say Italian or Indian

8) What weird thing did you eat as a kid?

A microwaved sandwich of cheese and Sun Chips.

[LaraMN]

58. I'm in!

1) What is your absolute favorite food on earth?
Grilled chicken caesar salad.

2) What is your absolute most hated food on earth?
Same as you, actually, liver. My Mom used to make me eat it, and I did so VERY begrudgingly, until I found it was actually a real liver.

3) What meal do you want to experience in the future, if possible?
I don't know, but I'm up for learning to grill more foods. We just cracked out our grill tonight for the first time this season. We had hamburgers, and the only way I'll eat burgers is if they are grilled.

4) What's your favorite thing to cook?
Amaretto cheesecake (I know, that's technically baking).

5) What cooking skill would you like to improve on or learn, if you could?
I would love to be better at baking breads. I want to master the art of making big, soft, gooey cinnamon rolls.

6) What's your grossest/weirdest/funniest guilty pleasure food?
Cookie dough. That's a given.

7) What's your favorite type of cuisine?
I love chinese food.

8) What weird thing did you eat as a kid?
There's quite a list. Just a few: bread dough, miracle whip sandwiches, milk mixed with water, the powder from the mac & cheese packets, the soup base (dry) from ramen noodles, dry butterscotch pudding mix.

[bicentennial_baby]

60. SugarSmack's answers:

1) Two fried eggs, w/pepperoni, a tiny bit each of S&P over them, on top of Sun Dried Tomato bagels w/ real butter and cream cheese :D

2) Olives

3) Filet Mignon, with stuffed baked potato and cucumber salad...

4) Homemade Pasta Sauce

5) How to cook turkey without poisoning it...

6) TACO BELL

7) Italian....

8) I went through a phase of dipping everything into Nutella, or eating it raw...Yum :9

[trackfan]

61. Answers

1) What is your absolute favorite food on earth?

I would have to say spaghetti and clam sauce.

2) What is your absolute most hated food on earth?

I'm not sure. Most things that I'm willing to eat are good in one context or another.

3) What meal do you want to experience in the future, if possible?

I haven't had Kobe beef. I'd like to try some.

4) What's your favorite thing to cook?

Hmmm. I like to cook a lot of things. Not sure if I have a favorite. Right now I'm into braising, and I do it with fish, chicken, lamb, beef, pork & veal, usually with good result.

5) What cooking skill would you like to improve on or learn, if you could?

I would like to become proficient enough at desserts to create them consistently without a recipe
with the same level of confidence I do for savory dishes.

6) What's your grossest/weirdest/funniest guilty pleasure food?

I like McDonalds.

7) What's your favorite type of cuisine?

Italian.

8) What weird thing did you eat as a kid?

Bread squeezed into dough balls.
Also, I would drink sugar water.

[sammythecat]

62. ok

1) What is your absolute favorite food on earth?
-- right now it's TastyKake Snowballs. Just discovered them 2 days ago, and Jesus H. Christ Almighty, are they ever good!

2) What is your absolute most hated food on earth?
-- I'll eat just about anything and like it. There is one thing though. Fat and gristle. I hate
finding that in soups and such. Ruins the whole thing for me.

3) What meal do you want to experience in the future, if possible?
-- I don't know. I honestly don't think about food that much. I get hungry, I eat something,
it's over. Maybe I shouldn't be here? :shrug:

4) What's your favorite thing to cook?
-- I scramble eggs and microwave stuff. My favorite eggs to scramble are the large ones.

5) What cooking skill would you like to improve on or learn, if you could?
-- Speed. I'd like a faster microwave.

6) What's your grossest/weirdest/funniest guilty pleasure food?
-- Peanut butter and pretzels? Tomato sandwiches? Cripes, my diet is so boring there aren't any
good stories.

7) What's your favorite type of cuisine?
-- Italian, with Chinese coming on hard.

8) What weird thing did you eat as a kid?

[Awsi Dooger]

64. Down the line

1) What is your absolute favorite food on earth?

Traditional Thanksgiving turkey and dressing with plenty of gravy

2) What is your absolute most hated food on earth?

Cheese, hideous cheese

3) What meal do you want to experience in the future, if possible?

The first glorious meal after cheese has been expelled from the universe

4) What's your favorite thing to cook?

Broiled salmon

5) What cooking skill would you like to improve on or learn, if you could?

Pressure cooker. I love doing it with veggies, but I get too lazy

6) What's your grossest/weirdest/funniest guilty pleasure food?

Eating 12 sugar cones with chocolate chip ice cream in one sitting. A college tradition and I still do it occasionally

7) What's your favorite type of cuisine?

Comped buffets

8) What weird thing did you eat as a kid?

My mom swears I ate grilled cheese as a little kid. She should have been arrested for torture

[ganeshji]

65. I'm hungry now!

1) What is your absolute favorite food on earth?
Any kind of olives

2) What is your absolute most hated food on earth?
tuna

3) What meal do you want to experience in the future, if possible?
Breakfast that someone else cooks. I’m hungry and lazy today.

4) What's your favorite thing to cook?
Rum soaked cheesecake (it’s considered done when I can no longer clearly say “rum soaked cheesecake”)

5) What cooking skill would you like to improve on or learn, if you could?
I wish I was better at cooking meat. I don’t eat much of it so I don’t get very much practice.

6) What's your grossest/weirdest/funniest guilty pleasure food?
French fries or tater tots dipped in vanilla ice cream (I’m told that this is disgusting)

7) What's your favorite type of cuisine?
Indian

8) What weird thing did you eat as a kid?
Scrambled eggs covered with capers

[Gormy Cuss]

67. Fun questions.

1) absolute favorite food on earth? Bread.

2) absolute most hated food on earth? Canned peas.

3) meal to experience? A Rijstaffel served to me in Indonesia.

4) favorite thing to cook? Bread.

5) cooking skill to learn? Deep fat frying.

6) grossest/weirdest/funniest guilty pleasure food? Sardines on Saltines.

7) favorite type of cuisine? Chinese. Or Thai. Or Indian. Or Mexican. Ah Hell, I can't choose.

8) What weird thing did you eat as a kid? Fiddleheads

[MissMillie]

83. fiddleheads are tasty!

I had them sauteed in butter and garlic. Quite yummy!

[Gormy Cuss]

85. Ever here them called 'New England asparagus?'

We ate canned ones when I was a kid but as an adult I waited for the fresh ones each spring. Haven't had them since I moved to CA.

[MissMillie]

91. I never did hear that, but it makes sense

and I never had them until last spring.

[sir_captain]

69. It'll make you a little jealous...

1) My favorite food is probably a really properly steamed sole in the cantonese style with ginger, scallions and a little rice wine.

2) Not a big fan of raw onions

3) I'm having dinner at El Bulli in July--obviously, I'm really looking forward to it (and I bought a new digital camera for the occassion.) I also recently had fugu for the first time which crossed a big thing off my list.

4) My favorite style of cooking is braising, so pretty much anything therein. Perhaps my very, very favorite is a chinese braised oxtail stew.

5) I would like to become better at working with doughs. I'm currently working on artisinal breads and fresh pasta, time permitting.

6) Hmm... liverwurst?

7) This is tough--probably real cantonese cuisine, followed in no particular order by italian, french and japanese. Catalan is moving up as well.

8) Grilled cheese sandwiches on cinnamon raisin bread.

[Burma Jones]

70. food........

1) What is your absolute favorite food on earth? - Steamed Blue Crabs, with melted butter and Old Bay.

2) What is your absolute most hated food on earth? - Tempeh

3) What meal do you want to experience in the future, if possible? - A Dinner at the Inn at Little Washington: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Inn_at_Little_Washington

4) What's your favorite thing to cook? - Seafood Sautees

5) What cooking skill would you like to improve on or learn, if you could? - Sauces, particularly Hollandaise and related sauces

6) What's your grossest/weirdest/funniest guilty pleasure food? - Uni

7) What's your favorite type of cuisine? - French and Thai

8) What weird thing did you eat as a kid? - Life Cereal with Campbell's Tomato Soup used as you would the milk.

[Evoman]

77. My answers.

1) What is your absolute favorite food on earth? Crab...no question.

2) What is your absolute most hated food on earth? I hate cabbage

3) What meal do you want to experience in the future, if possible? So many...I once saw a documentary on China, where the reporter had some duck at a tiny chinese restaurant...she said it was the best thing she ever tasted. I want that.

4) What's your favorite thing to cook? I love cooking...my favourite thing to cook for people is my White wine herb chicken, with a side of garlic basil asparagus. Its awesome....even people who hate asparagus can't help but love it when its covered in butter and garlic (among other spices).

5) What cooking skill would you like to improve on or learn, if you could? Baking...I'm more of an stove cooker.

6) What's your grossest/weirdest/funniest guilty pleasure food? Sardines.

7) What's your favorite type of cuisine? Probably thai food.

8) What weird thing did you eat as a kid? Cow tongue.

[Rhythm]

79. My food stuff...

1) What is your absolute favorite food on earth?
Pasta, with whatever 'toss it all in' tomato-based sauce that i come up with...
cheesy garlic bread on the side is always a plus

2) What is your absolute most hated food on earth?
can't stand brussels sprouts, asparagus, green peas, cottage cheese, or yogurt.

3) What meal do you want to experience in the future, if possible?
i would love to go down in the bayous of Louisiana and find some old roadhouse with homemade gumbo and jambalaya. A live zydeco band would top it off quite nicely.

4) What's your favorite thing to cook?
i'm a southern gal, so i love making things like fried chicken or meatloaf with mashed potatoes and such.

5) What cooking skill would you like to improve on or learn, if you could?
i would love to learn to make pastries. I'm a decent baker (or rather, baker's helper... Oktoberain is the 'baker' of the house), but i have never made pastries before, and they always look SO GOOD

6) What's your grossest/weirdest/funniest guilty pleasure food?
sour cream on omelets or pizza... Oktoberain introduced me to that little treat years ago, when we first got together. I made a face when she told me, but i tried it, and it's now something i do all the time.

7) What's your favorite type of cuisine?
probably "soul food"...

8) What weird thing did you eat as a kid?
peanut butter, banana, and mayo sandwiches
my little brother opted for peanut butter and dill pickles

[Shell Beau]

80. OK!

) What is your absolute favorite food on earth? Probably Alfredo over angel hair!!! :9

2) What is your absolute most hated food on earth? Olives!!

3) What meal do you want to experience in the future, if possible? Lots! Can't choose!

4) What's your favorite thing to cook? Spaghetti

5) What cooking skill would you like to improve on or learn, if you could? I wish I were better at timing when all of the food will be ready!

6) What's your grossest/weirdest/funniest guilty pleasure food? Fried mushrooms in ranch!!

7) What's your favorite type of cuisine? Italian

8) What weird thing did you eat as a kid? banana and mayo sandwiches, I also ate marshmallow and peanut butter sandwiches!

[Shell Beau]

90. I meant pineapple and mayo sammiches and banana, marshmallow and peanut butter sammiches!

Oops!!!

[MissMillie]

81. I guess I'll play

1) What is your absolute favorite food on earth? pretty much all of it... meaning I can't decide. I love sushi, I love perfectly cooked steak, I love pasta, I love egg salad, I love a reuben.....

2) What is your absolute most hated food on earth? cool whip (is that even "food"?)

3) What meal do you want to experience in the future, if possible? there a few fish I have never tried

4) What's your favorite thing to cook? pho (actually, I like to make all kinds of soup)

5) What cooking skill would you like to improve on or learn, if you could? desserts/baking

6) What's your grossest/weirdest/funniest guilty pleasure food? I can't think of anything I'd feel guilty about eating...except boxed Mac & Cheese (I use Annie's)

7) What's your favorite type of cuisine? :shrug: all of them, I guess

8) What weird thing did you eat as a kid? I used to pollute my steak w/ ketchup

[youthere]

84. My answers:

1) What is your absolute favorite food on earth?
Fresh ripe nectarines. Can't get enough of them. Also vine ripe tomatoes.

2) What is your absolute most hated food on earth?

Canned peas-I loved them fresh or frozen
Liver-I have no problem with most other organ meats but Liver? blechhh!



3) What meal do you want to experience in the future, if possible?

Indian food. I've never had it..other than naan bread.


4) What's your favorite thing to cook?
Probably pasta dishes because you can be so creative with them


5) What cooking skill would you like to improve on or learn, if you could?
Sure, I'd like to expand my vegetarian repetoire...I'm trying to give up meat


6) What's your grossest/weirdest/funniest guilty pleasure food?
Smoked sausage with sauerkraut, tossed with sour cream served in warm pita bread. I also love ketchup on my macaroni and cheese.
Another "weird" favorite is pickled herring.


7) What's your favorite type of cuisine?
Thai, hands down. A close second would be Greek.

8) What weird thing did you eat as a kid?
Tar. I used to pick it out of the cracks on the road and chew on it.

[flvegan]

86. Since it IS lunchtime here:

1) What is your absolute favorite food on earth?

Used to be either swordfish or seafood newburg. Now, it's my homemade vegan manicotti.

2) What is your absolute most hated food on earth?

Sauerkrout. The smell alone...

3) What meal do you want to experience in the future, if possible?

Hmmm...gotta think about that one.

4) What's your favorite thing to cook?

Right now, it's the food I'm making for my dog, because of how much he enjoys it.

5) What cooking skill would you like to improve on or learn, if you could?

Homebrewing beer.

6) What's your grossest/weirdest/funniest guilty pleasure food?

Cheeseless pizza

7) What's your favorite type of cuisine?

Thai

8) What weird thing did you eat as a kid?

I used to sample the kibble that we kept in a big barrel for the dog.

[MistressOverdone]

87. Here are my responses

1) What is your absolute favorite food on earth?
WATERMELON

2) What is your absolute most hated food on earth?
LIVER

3) What meal do you want to experience in the future, if possible?
ALL OF THEM

4) What's your favorite thing to cook?
SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE CHOPPING OR HEAT

5) What cooking skill would you like to improve on or learn, if you could?
MAKING CAKES: MINE ARE 1/2 INCH TALL

6) What's your grossest/weirdest/funniest guilty pleasure food?
COCKTAIL ONIONS

7) What's your favorite type of cuisine?
AMERICAN (AS IN STEAK, BAKED POTATOES, ETC.)

8) What weird thing did you eat as a kid?
WORCHESTERSHIRE SAUCE

[Maineiac]

88. I love food

1) What is your absolute favorite food on earth? - A big ol' plate of greasy ribs

2) What is your absolute most hated food on earth? Anything from McDonald's

3) What meal do you want to experience in the future, if possible? I would like to tour Italy by bicycle, stopping at the various farms and villages along the way and get invited into their homes to eat.

4) What's your favorite thing to cook? Steak

5) What cooking skill would you like to improve on or learn, if you could? The classic techniques. A perfect vinegarette, a butter sauce, rolling sushi

6) What's your grossest/weirdest/funniest guilty pleasure food? Snails. Big ol' baseball sized snails. Boil 'em up, dig them out, pickle them in vinegar.

7) What's your favorite type of cuisine? Asian or Italian

8) What weird thing did you eat as a kid? It's been so long, I forget

[unpossibles]

89. food answers

1) What is your absolute favorite food on earth?
I am not into absolutes, but I like most Thai veggie noodle dishes the best I guess. Hard call though: I love food fairly indiscriminately (see below).

2) What is your absolute most hated food on earth?
organ meats, especially the filter ones: kidneys, liver, etc. barf!

3) What meal do you want to experience in the future, if possible?
I am pretty adventurous, and have even tried a bite of things I don't normally eat just out of curiosity (like pickled goat while traveling).

4) What's your favorite thing to cook?
pizza, as much from scratch as possible. Stir fries rock too. And homemade ravioli is fun too, but can be a pain.

5) What cooking skill would you like to improve on or learn, if you could?
Thai. I still try it, but it's a lot harder than it looks, especially the rice noodles, or the tofu. And sushi. I make a decent veggie roll, but it takes me forever, and usually one is so ugly it becomes a dog treat.

6) What's your grossest/weirdest/funniest guilty pleasure food?
I sometimes try strange combinations: BBQ sauce and carrots on ice cream being the most notorious one. it was not horrible. not really good either, but I ate it. My wife makes fun of me for trying new fusions, like IThailian or Mexinese.

7) What's your favorite type of cuisine?
Thai, Indian, Mexican, Japanese, Chinese, Cuban, Spanish, Swiss... you get the idea.

8) What weird thing did you eat as a kid?
I used to make "butter cookies" that were a slice of butter with sugar on top. yum! No wonder I was a fat kid.

[seemunkee]

92. My answers

1) What is your absolute favorite food on earth?
Peanut butter

2) What is your absolute most hated food on earth?
Brussel sprouts - Can't stand them or their smell

3) What meal do you want to experience in the future, if possible?
Tasting menu at the French Laundry

4) What's your favorite thing to cook?
Anything, I like to cook but I hate to bake.

5) What cooking skill would you like to improve on or learn, if you could?
Sauce making

6) What's your grossest/weirdest/funniest guilty pleasure food?
Peanut butter and American cheesee sandwich, no bread

7) What's your favorite type of cuisine?
French

8) What weird thing did you eat as a kid?
BBQ chicken livers- Its not that weird but for a kid to like it was unusual