lionpaw's Journal

List meme.
Aug 30 2008 21:38

Food Quiz!

1.If you have to choose between locally grown or organic, which do you usually choose?
locally grown.

2.Favorite way to prepare potatoes:
Not at all.  I do not like them, Sam I Am!

3. Do you press your tofu before preparing/cooking it (if you eat soy)?
I don't prepare my tofu.  I've had it but I haven't cooked with it.

4.Name your favorite recipe that is a tradition in your family:

Chicken cutlets.  Mm-mm.

5.Any food allergies?
Not that I know of.

6.When you want to go to a fancy dinner, where do you go?
Outback, Ruby Tuesday's, Applebees, O'Charleys, Chili's, Uno's, Crazyfire.  For the really fancy stuff, Kanki.

7.When you have a cold, what do you crave?

Chicken noodle soup, or spicy mexican.  When I've gotten to the craving spicy mexican I know I'm getting better.

8.What kind of water do you drink?

Filtered water.  At home it's the Primo bottles you buy from the store; at work there's a filter pitcher in the fridge.  I also drink Propel and Vitamin water.  I know people argue that tap water is safe and cheap and whatever; I drink filtered water because tap water tastes nasty here.

9. Name a flavor of soda you'd love to see:
They have all the flavors of soda I like.  There's even kiwi strawberry, and watermelon!

10.If the recipes you ate as a child were compiled into a cookbook, what would the title be?
7 Tasty Meals.  (Trying new things was not my forte.)

11.If you were allowed to grow one food that can't grow in your climate, what would it be?
Almost everything grows here; North Carolina has a good growing season.  (What it doesn't have is good soil.  It's all clay.)  But I don't garden.  If I did, I'd go for bell peppers, cucumbers, carrots, apples, pears, apricots, bananas, and herbs.

12.Favorite type of mushroom?
Dunno.  Haven't really tried them enough to know the difference.

13.Most frustrating part of your kitchen?
Lack of space, both counter and sink.  Also lack of storage.  In general, its tiny-ness, I guess.

14.Last food you burned?
Technically the last hamburger helper I made was a little burnt.  Meh.  I like my food a little on the dark side.  ;)

15.Usual response to a veg*n's favorite question, "But where do you get your protein?" Being an omnivore myself, I get my protein from all kinds of places: fish, chicken, turkey, beef, pork, lamb, bison, egg, milk, soy, beans, nuts, lentils, and whole grains.  Also protein bars.

16.If you were baking your own birthday cake today, what flavor would it be?
Either marble with mocha icing, or carrot cake with cream cheese icing.

17.Favorite brand of chocolate chips?
Toll House.

18.You have $200 of your tax return reserved for Williams Sonoma- What do you buy?
Nothing.  I go to the local restaurant supply place instead.  :D  Williams Sonoma is SO overpriced.

19.Do you plan your menus in advance? Any tips to share?
I do, although I didn't used to.  I'm a big-time roleplayer (D&D, Mutants and Masterminds, Ironclaw, that kind of thing), so I made myself a random chart of favorite meals.  There are three categories: beef, chicken, and other, and between 7 and 10 choices in each.  Pick a category, roll a d20, and see what you get.  I do this about once a week and pick out the week's dinner choices.

20.You have 3 minutes before you have to leave the house and you're starving- What do you eat?
A protein bar, fiber bar, or meal replacement bar, depending on my calorie needs.  Alternately, grab some carrots to eat in the car.

21. If Martha Stewart, Paula Deen, and Rachel Ray got into a fight, who would win and how?
I love Paula and Rachel, but Martha would win.  I might come to the defense of the other two, though.  In a fist-fight, that is.  In a cookoff, I gotta go with Rachel for savory and Paula for sweet.

22.If you eat oatmeal, what do you add to it before serving?
I eat it as is; of course, I'm usually making the maple brown sugar flavor of Quaker's weight control oatmeal.  If I make it plain, I usually add some brown sugar.

23. If you got to travel to one country and learn all the traditional dishes there, where would you go (ignore commitments in your current place of residence)?
Oo.  China, followed closely by India.

24.Favorite late night snack?
I try not to snack at night.  If I do it's typically something sweet.

25.Favorite summertime food?
Salad.

26.Favorite food-related magazine?
Does the little zinelet that Kraft puts out count?  It's got recipes you make with boxes/bags of Kraft stuff, so that they're healthy and yummy and nutritious but easy.

27.Which do you prefer: shoyu, tamari, conventional soy sauce, or Bragg's Aminos?
I've only used conventional soy sauces.

28.What vegetable or fruit do you dislike the most?
Potatoes.

29. Name a holiday food you look forward to all year long:

Oh, I have a holiday food weakness for every holiday.  For Christmas it's my dad's homemade fudge.  For Thanksgiving it's candied sweet potatoes.  For Halloween it's those little mallow pumpkins.  For Easter, Cadbury cream eggs.
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1. Natto
2. Green Smoothie
3. Tofu Scramble
4. Haggis
5. Mangosteen
6. Creme brulee
7. Fondue
8. Marmite/Vegemite
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Nachos
12. Authentic soba noodles
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo Gobi
15. Taco from a street cart
16. Boba Tea
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Gyoza
20. Vanilla ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Ceviche
24. Rice and beans
25. Knish
26. Raw scotch bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Caviar
29. Baklava
30. Pate
31. Wasabi peas - I've had wasabi and nooooo thanks!  Too hot for me
32. Chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Mango lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Mulled cider
37. Scones with buttery spread and jam - in England, even!
38. Vodka jelly
39. Gumbo
40. Fast food french fries
41. Raw Brownies
42. Fresh Garbanzo Beans
43. Dahl
44. Homemade Soymilk
45. Wine from a bottle worth $120 or more
46. Stroopwafle
47. Samosas
48. Vegetable Sushi
49. Glazed doughnut
50. Seaweed
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Tofurkey
54. Sheese -- What the heck is sheese?
55. Cotton candy
56. Gnocchi - too much potato
57. Piña colada - had it once, not likely to try again
58. Birch beer
59. Scrapple
60. Carob chips - bleh
61. S’mores
62. Soy curls
63. Chickpea cutlets
64. Curry - don't like it
65. Durian - only as a flavor in Thai candy.
66. Homemade sausages
67. Churros, elephant ears, or funnel cake
68. Smoked tofu
69. Fried plantain
70. Mochi
71. Gazpacho
72. Warm chocolate chip cookies
73. Absinthe - this isn't legal here - not sure where you'd find it.
74. Corn on the cob
75. Whipped cream, straight from the can
76. Pomegranate [just the juice]
77. Fauxstess Cupcake
78. Mashed potatoes with gravy - yes, and in memory of my mother I will eat them again, once a year, just to make sure I still don't like them
79. Jerky
80. Croissants
81. French onion soup
82. Savory crepes
83. Tings
84. A meal at Candle 79
85. Moussaka
86. Sprouted grains or seeds
87. Macaroni and cheese
88. Flowers - I assume rose hip tea counts?
89. Matzoh ball soup
90. White chocolate
91. Seitan
92. Kimchi
93. Butterscotch chips - mmm mmm!
94. Yellow watermelon
95. Chili with chocolate
96. Bagel and Tofutti
97. Potato milk
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee - not a coffee drinker.  Love the smell, hate the taste.
100. Raw cookie dough