Food Poll

reddy123

I think we need a poll...

1. Favorite kind of soup?

2. Favorite kind of sandwich?

3. Most expensive/decadent thing you ever ate?

4. Have you ever killed/butchered an animal?

5. Bonus Q for those who travel: name your favorite foreign things you have tried and tell us all about them.

LedZeppelin

1. Favorite kind of soup? corn chowder over cous cous. it's good, I swear.

2. Favorite kind of sandwich? Italian Hoagies.

3. Most expensive/decadent thing you ever ate? No idea. But I love a good filet mignon.

4. Have you ever killed/butchered an animal? We used to go fishing with my dad all the time and one time he made us help clean the fish. I refused to eat it.

5. Bonus Q for those who travel: name your favorite foreign things you have tried and tell us all about them. n/a.

kd.joseph

1. Favorite kind of soup? The butternut squash I wanted to bathe in that I had in Ireland. Also a good black bean soup.

2. Favorite kind of sandwich? I like tuna melts.

3. Most expensive/decadent thing you ever ate? At our wedding reception. We had a 4 course meal that was to die for.

4. Have you ever killed/butchered an animal? God no, and I never will.

5. Bonus Q for those who travel: name your favorite foreign things you have tried and tell us all about them. Blood Pudding in Ireland. It was actually pretty good.

anna.oskar

I agree.  I was trying to think up a lighthearted post and was failing.

1. Favorite kind of soup?
-lobster bisque or cheddar potato

2. Favorite kind of sandwich?
-Turkey and provolone on honey wheat with a cranberry mayo and sprouts

3. Most expensive/decadent thing you ever ate?
-I attended a hors d'eouveurs dinnerfor a charity function that was $250 a plate.  best money i ever spent.  Some of the most delicious foods and wines I've ever tasted

4. Have you ever killed/butchered an animal?
-Yes.  i hunt and it's very important to me that if you take a life you use as much as you can of the animal.

5. Bonus Q for those who travel: name your favorite foreign things you have tried and tell us all about them.
-I don't have a favorite.  I love variety and try almost anything once.

cupcakesfrosting

1. Favorite kind of soup? Cioppino, or chowder. I also really like Chicken soup, but only fresh/homemade

2. Favorite kind of sandwich? I'm a simple girl. Turkey or chicken sandwiches are fine with me.

3. Most expensive/decadent thing you ever ate? I have no idea. I had an $80 steak once. I really really want to try that ice cream from Serendipity in NYC that has the gold in it though.

4. Have you ever killed/butchered an animal? No. I've cleaned steak or chicken, but I've never killed or butchered one.

5. Bonus Q for those who travel: name your favorite foreign things you have tried and tell us all about them. Have never traveled out of country except home to Mexico.

Anysunrise

1.. Favorite kind of soup? Chicken noodle.2. Favorite kind of sandwich? BLT3. Most expensive/decadent thing you ever ate? uuuh. No idea. Not much. 4. Have you ever killed/butchered an animal? Not personally, but I do live on a farm and we have raised chickens and pigs for meat.5. Bonus Q for those who travel: name your favorite foreign things you have tried and tell us all about them.

chirpchirp

1. Favorite kind of soup? White bean with smoked ham

2. Favorite kind of sandwich? Reuben with extra russian dressing

3. Most expensive/decadent thing you ever ate? Does drank count?  When I was offered the position at my job, I was toasted by a good family friend with a $700 bottle of wine.  It was good but at the time I feel like I was more wrapped up in being employed and drinking away a lot of money to really savor it. 

4. Have you ever killed/butchered an animal? No and I don't think I could.

5. Bonus Q for those who travel: name your favorite foreign things you have tried and tell us all about them. I loved, loved, loved this sweet potato and peanut butter stew that I had while in southern Africa.  I did NOT love the live locust that I ate a couple days later.

saxy414

1. Favorite kind of soup? Potato

2. Favorite kind of sandwich? Turkey, cheddar, and lettuce.  I also love grilled cheese.

3. Most expensive/decadent thing you ever ate? A couple really good filet mignons.

4. Have you ever killed/butchered an animal? I grew up on a farm (a hobby, not for income), and my parents once butchered a lamb.  My mom shoved it in the freezer and wouldn't eat it for the longest time, so we never did that again. 

5. Bonus Q for those who travel: name your favorite foreign things you have tried and tell us all about them. I loved the croque monsiour I had in Paris and the shepherd's pie I had in London.  I'm pretty lame like that, though.

KaylaSue19

1. Favorite kind of soup? Tomato

2. Favorite kind of sandwich? Ruebens. Oh, and JJ's Turkey Tom with avocado.

3. Most expensive/decadent thing you ever ate? That's a good question, probably Ichiban in general. All of the food is so delicious, and way too expensive.

4. Have you ever killed/butchered an animal? Just fishing, and I never cleaned them. H is going deer hunting next week, and I already told him he better have it cleaned and processed before he gets back. I will also not be eating any.

5. Bonus Q for those who travel: name your favorite foreign things you have tried and tell us all about them. Well the only place I been out of the US is Mexico. I have volunteered in Tijuana and all the families we worked with cooked us amazing meals.

reddy123

1. Favorite kind of soup? Tom Kha (thai, spicy, coconut milk based)
2. Favorite kind of sandwich?Not big on sandwiches... grilled cheese?
3. Most expensive/decadent thing you ever ate?Filet mignon at a ski lodge.
4. Have you ever killed/butchered an animal?Yes, a chicken.
5. Bonus Q for those who travel: name your favorite foreign things you have tried and tell us all about them.I have been to France and I love all of their food, but mostly (of course) the cheese and bread. I have been trying to find stuff like it ever since, but even exported from France it doesn't taste the same
They would have cheese platters for dessert, but my favorite was the spreadable cheese in the morning with a roll. I have heard a French person describe American cheese and bread as dead and France's alive. It sounds arrogant, but it is the best way to describe it.
Bad thing about French food: they had flavored water. It was really really gross. Like a powder or fluid you mix in, and it only came in two flavors: mint and cherry. They all drank it and always offered it to me, I politely drank a few, but the mint was excruciating.

kpwedkk

1. Favorite kind of soup? Cream of Mushroom

2. Favorite kind of sandwich? Which wich @ Westgate, the veggie with hummus is to die for!

3. Most expensive/decadent thing you ever ate? Triple chcocolate fudge with haagen daz Dulce de Leche icecream!

4. Have you ever killed/butchered an animal? Does a cricket count?  I try my best to get them to go outside with the broom though... For any farm animal, nope.

5. Bonus Q for those who travel: name your favorite foreign things you have tried and tell us all about them.
- Mediterranean - Baklava authenic style (dessert)
- Indian - Masala Dosa with Peas instead of potatoe - (rice crepes)
- English - tea crumpets, Heinz beans on toast!
- Italian - lemon sorbet
- Caribbean - sugar cane, ripe and peeled! Coconut jelly with brown demera sugar, pretty much exotic fruits!
- Canada - went to a farmer's market and got some awesome sapote, it was fresh, and good!
- Arizona - Jujube (Chinese Date) fruits, I have a tree, and it's a cross between a fig, and an apple yummy!

LedZeppelin

This is not a good poll to be participating in while I'm hungry.

kpwedkk

I know LedZ, I want to go home right now and make something delish!

neelynicole

1. Favorite kind of soup?
Lobster bisque or corn chowder. Though call.


2. Favorite kind of sandwich?
Peanut Butter. If not that, smokes turkey with just american cheese and lettuce on plain ol' white or french bread.


3. Most expensive/decadent thing you ever ate?
Probably the dinner I had at the Social House in Treasure Island in Vegas. It's a sushi place, which was odd for me since I'm not a HUGE fish fan, and I very rarely eat raw fish. FI and I went with a friend of ours, and all of the ordering was on him since we didn't have a clue really what any of it was. The friend basically told the waiter to bring us samplers of all the best stuff.

Going into it, I was kinda freaked out that I'd leave there starving from being too grossed out to eat any of it. It was phenomenal! I've said I'm now ruined for trying sushi anywhere else because it won't live up to what I had there.

I never did find out what the final bill was, but I can pretty well guarantee that that meal was at the top of the most expensive ones for me. 


4. Have you ever killed/butchered an animal?
Many times. I grew up hunting, as well as working on my granparents' ranch during the summers. When my dad was teaching me about hunting and fishing, one of the first 'rules' was 'you kill it, you clean it'.

At the ranch I didn't really do any butchering, but helping to pull a calf out during birth is pretty similar *eeww*


5. Bonus Q for those who travel: name your favorite foreign things you have tried and tell us all about them.
In Australia, I tried crocodile and kangaroo. The crocodile was a lot like chicken (surprise surprise), but with a little tougher texture. Really good with some citrus drizzled on. The kangaroo was similar to antelope or maybe elk (if anyone's ever had those). I really liked it.

In Italy, even though it's not really 'foreign,' every pizza I had was great. As well as gnocchi. I haven't found any place in the states yet that is super close to what I had there. And the gelato! The stuff I have in the states that they try to call gelato is nothing but icy sorbet.

In the Bahamas, I tried calamari for the first time. A little creepy, that's for sure, since we not only got the rings of the hood, but the whole little ones. I had to admit it was pretty good. Also there, I had conch. A little chewier than I expected, but pretty close to how the calamari was. Or an abalone.

I'm sure there's more, but I'm verging on a novel here lol.

pixiedust84

I think we need a poll...

1. Favorite kind of soup? New England Clam Chowder (preferably homemade!)

2. Favorite kind of sandwich? Chicken Salad

3. Most expensive/decadent thing you ever ate? Hmm... we went all out for our first anniversary and went to Wolfgang Puck's restaurant. We had calamari, quail and pumpkin gnocchi. AMAZING!

4. Have you ever killed/butchered an animal?No - I'm totally a meat eater but I couldn't do the actual butchering. Yuck.

5. Bonus Q for those who travel: name your favorite foreign things you have tried and tell us all about them.
Well I did have a goat roast in Africa. The day after coming down from Mount Kilimanjaro so my stomach was already a little queasy seeing the goad all done up and roasted (standing, fur still on) didn't help so much. But I tried it and it was decent - tasted just like you think goat would!

My favorite African meal was one our climb guide Yusef's wife made us.  It was a feast of all their favorite dishes - very Africa and very awesome.

In Amsterdam I had the best hot chocolate I've ever had in my life. OH EM GEE! So freaking good.

whereyat

1. Favorite kind of soup? Butternut squash!

2. Favorite kind of sandwich? Tie: Reuben & Grilled cheese.

3. Most expensive/decadent thing you ever ate? A whole bunch of foie gras in Canada (I know, controversial).

4. Have you ever killed/butchered an animal? Yes, have hunted quail and fished. 

5. Bonus Q for those who travel: name your favorite foreign things you have tried and tell us all about them. Chicken feet (not sure if that would be my "favorite" tho...); Cabeza (head) (TWSS ); 1000-year-old egg (tastes just like a normal egg and thus is good); A lot of RANDOM things in Japan, but the best sushi ever, yum.
Speaking of, this one place in, I think, Osaka had:
Horse Sushi (yes)
but I refused to try it, I'm fairly adventurous but I couldn't do it.  Actually it's making me feel a little queasy remembering that scene.

LessThanZero

1. Favorite kind of soup? Ooh that's tough. I think lobster bisque or french onion are my faves.

2. Favorite kind of sandwich? Again, that's hard. Grilled cheese with bacon and tomato is probably the best to me.

3. Most expensive/decadent thing you ever ate? I think just seafood upon seafood. Yum. I love lobster and clams, mussels and even just sushi in general.

4. Have you ever killed/butchered an animal? Hells no. Unless, hitting or running over one in my car counts?   : (

5. Bonus Q for those who travel: name your favorite foreign things you have tried and tell us all about them. The potatoes in Ireland really are the best potatoes I've ever had. But even without traveling, I love Thai and Mexican food too.

LesPaul

1. Favorite kind of soup?  Tomato

2. Favorite kind of sandwich?  Grilled cheese with green chile.  With a bowl of question #1.

3. Most expensive/decadent thing you ever ate?  probably a $40 steak at a restaurant in Houston.  It was delicious.

4. Have you ever killed/butchered an animal? No. Never will

5. Bonus Q for those who travel: name your favorite foreign things you have tried and tell us all about them.  In Belize I ate conch fritters.  They were amazingly good.

slubkin

1. Favorite kind of soup?
Can: New England Clam Chowder
Homemade: Chicken soup with matzo balls.  Or cream of celery.

2. Favorite kind of sandwich?
Roast beef & swiss on a hard sourdough roll with lettuce, tomato, mustard & mayo.  The roll is really important, I like it much less on sliced bread of any kind.

3. Most expensive/decadent thing you ever ate?
Don't remember the exact item, but I had a couple birthday lunches at the upstairs restaurant/cafe (somewhat less formal) at Chez Panisse.  I've never done dinner there because I don't like not having a choice of what I order.

4. Have you ever killed/butchered an animal?
Nope.  I'm urban-bred and squeamish, I don't even like to eat recognizable parts of the animal (like tongue or organs).

5. Bonus Q for those who travel: name your favorite foreign things you have tried and tell us all about them.
My only travel abroad was visiting my dad when I was 7 while he was doing a fellowship in Italy.  It was my first experience with gnocchi and gianduia gelato, which are both things I love and thankfully see in the store much more often these days!

pixiedust84

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[QUOTE]This is not a good poll to be participating in while I'm hungry.
Posted by LedZeppelin[/QUOTE]

I was thinking the same thing. I am SO hungry now. I really want some French Cheese and then some British Shepard Pie and then Amsterdam hot chocolate.

whereyat

Oh right, the post about crocodile reminded me, in New Orleans we also have alligator gumbo/jerky. It's good! A little tough.

reddy123

kd- I am now picturing you like Cleopatra, only instead of milk and honey, you bathe in butternut squash soup! Also, I'm strangely fascinated by old European nastiness like blood sausage and head cheese. Not fascinated enough to eat it, but still. Have you ever seen After Hours with Daniel Bouchard? Excellent show for said fascination.

kp- quite the traveller! 

pixie- I could probably listen to your Mount Killiminjaro stories all day.

All of the "I've only been to Mexico"'s- ummm, yeah, last time I checked Mexico had amazing food. Dish it out. What was it and why was it amazing?

pixiedust84

Aw thanks Reddy! I could probably tell them all day. haha

I do have cool food stories from on the mountain but not exotic food stories because the food that the cook made on the mountain were ridiculously normal and delicious. The cook (Raziki) literally made us stuffed pizza and chicken wings on day 4 at 13,000feet and with one burner to cook over. WHAT?!?! He's amazing.

pixiedust84

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[QUOTE]That takes some skill! I don't know anything about high altitudes, but doesn't water boil super fast (or is it super slow?) and wouldn't cooking be different or hard up there?
Posted by reddy123[/QUOTE]

Yep! It boils faster because it boils at a lower temperature which makes cooking food way harder! This guy is a genius I swear- he should be a food network show. He also made us delicious soup everyday, ommlettes for breakfast, tacos, FRENCH FRIES!!, fried chicken and pasta. They wanted us to have food we were used to because our bodies were already dealing with a lot. It was absolutely unbelievable. Sometimes I crave some of Raziki's food. haha

SarahPLiz

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[QUOTE]I think we need a poll... 1. Favorite kind of soup? 2. Favorite kind of sandwich? 3. Most expensive/decadent thing you ever ate? 4. Have you ever killed/butchered an animal? 5. Bonus Q for those who travel: name your favorite foreign things you have tried and tell us all about them.
Posted by reddy123[/QUOTE]

<div>1- Crawfish Bisque, Creamy tomato and French Onion</div><div>2- Chicken breast, pesto, and herbed havarti, toasted on sourdough </div><div>3- An 8 course dinner at Le Cirque in the Bellagio</div><div>4- I've helped at boucheries, cleaned fish and plucked chickens, but I wasn't big enough to properly ring their necks yet. </div><div>5- Fave Romanian foods- Mamaliga (Polenta), Sarmale (stuffed cabbage leaves), Iachne de fazole (dry bean soup), budinca cu macaroane si branza (sweet macaroni and cheese) and mititei (cross between meatloaf and a hot dog)</div><div>Not so fave Romanian foods: piftie (pork jello), and salata de bouef (like potato salad but soupier and weirder)</div><span style="color:#333333;font-family:Georgia, serif;line-height:normal;font-size:13px;" class="Apple-style-span"><h3 style="margin-top:0.25em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:4px;padding-left:0px;font-size:18px;font-weight:normal;line-height:1.4em;color:#940f04;" class="post-title entry-title">
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ricksang

1. Favorite kind of soup?Squash soup

2. Favorite kind of sandwich?PB and J

3. Most expensive/decadent thing you ever ate?It wasn't the most expensive but I had hot chocolate so thick you could eat it with a spoon in Italy. OMG YUM

4. Have you ever killed/butchered an animal?NO!!!!

5. Bonus Q for those who travel: name your favorite foreign things you have tried and tell us all about them.We had a real Tuscan meal with roasted meats and pasta with truffles that was to dye for in Tuscany.

kd.joseph

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[QUOTE]kd- I am now picturing you like Cleopatra, only instead of milk and honey, you bathe in butternut squash soup! Also, I'm strangely fascinated by old European nastiness like blood sausage and head cheese. Not fascinated enough to eat it, but still. Have you ever seen After Hours with Daniel Bouchard? Excellent show for said fascination.Posted by reddy123[/QUOTE]

I know what you mean about the cheese in France. One of our favorite nights in Paris was sitting at a cafe eating a cheese plate with wine. And following it with a chocolate mousse and coffee.

And once we left Paris we flew to Ireland and stayed at the Bunratty Inn where the food was phenomenal, that's where I had the soup.
But our dinner at Tristan in Charleston,SC was by far the best. Oh and I forgot the sandwich I had at Josephs in Charleston. It was ham,brie, and stone ground mustard on a croissant with a side of fried green tomatoes.

I have been more adventurous about food since I met DH.

reddy123

ricks- are you vegetarian?

I have never tried any kind of seafood bisque, now I feel like I am missing out.

ETA: What makes something a bisque? I might have to google...

pixiedust84

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Food Poll : I know what you mean about the cheese in France. One of our favorite nights in Paris was sitting at a cafe eating a cheese plate with wine. And following it with a chocolate mousse and coffee. And once we left Paris we flew to Ireland and stayed at the Bunratty Inn where the food was phenomenal, that's where I had the soup. But our dinner at Tristan in Charleston,SC was by far the best. Oh and I forgot the sandwich I had at Josephs in Charleston. It was <strong>ham,brie, and stone ground mustard on a croissant with a side of fried green tomatoes</strong>. I have been more adventurous about food since I met DH.
Posted by kd.joseph[/QUOTE]

Drool.

SarahPLiz

Bisque refers to having a puree of the shells in it, I think. Maybe I'm thinking of something else. 

kd.joseph

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Food Poll : Drool.
Posted by pixiedust84[/QUOTE]

I know.I want to go back there NOW!