Question of the Day: What food can't you live without?
We suspect that some of our readers may be giving up something—maybe even a favorite food item—for Lent. Which got us thinking—what food can't you live without? If you're observing Lent, are you giving up anything edible that you're going to miss?
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41 Comments:
Pasta... Sorry, I'm Italian, and if I do not eat pasta for more than 7 days I begin to fell grumpy, bad, weak, sad...
Sara - Piperita at 9:38AM on 02/21/07
And I'm Italian, but I do not observe lent: never understood what different really makes to avoid certain food...
Sara - Piperita at 9:40AM on 02/21/07
Mexican/southwestern ingredients. I cannot live without tacos, cilantro, avocado, peppers, etc. Also I would have a problem giving up sushi.
EatWisconsin at 9:49AM on 02/21/07
Salty buttered popcorn. Huge bowls of it.
Amy Joe at 9:55AM on 02/21/07
Chocolate.
For lent I am giving up eating candy out of my coworkers candy dish. Not a great habit to snack on candy all day.
ThatGirl153 at 10:03AM on 02/21/07
Pizza. I'm sure I could go without for Lent, but I don't observe lent so I don't have to and you can't make me!
AuntJone at 10:32AM on 02/21/07
Raw oysters. I don't know what it is, but I can't bear to go more than a month. It's torture during the summer because I still adhere to the old saying of "no oysters in the R months." I need to get my fill in the next two months before I have to take a too-long break.
Meg Hourihan at 10:35AM on 02/21/07
Cheese. I love every kind and variety.
Lilartist at 11:07AM on 02/21/07
@AuntJone: We weren't trying to make you observe Lent! ;)
I'm going to give up red meat, which means (gargh!) burgers. I guess I'll have to do a series of faux-meat burger options on A Hamburger Today.
Adam Kuban at 11:09AM on 02/21/07
Maldon Sea Salt. If that doesn't qualify as a food, Parmesan.
Barbara Hanson at 11:11AM on 02/21/07
bread, pasta, potatoes and rice. thank god atkins no longer rules
gk at 11:22AM on 02/21/07
pasta, rice, potatoes and bread. thank god the atkins thing is over.
gk at 11:41AM on 02/21/07
I'm with lilartist - cheese! Whenever I have the munchies and can't find anything else ready to eat and don't feel like making anything, I head for a hunk o'cheese in the fridge and start slicing away. I especially love stinky cheeses!
Jeana at 12:07PM on 02/21/07
Probably chocolate, although some other types of candy can substitute in a pinch (like caramel). Luckily, I don't observe Lent, so I don't have to give anything up.
Lucia at 12:19PM on 02/21/07
Another cheese fanatic. I put it on everything...
mel at 12:20PM on 02/21/07
Tuna, rugbrød (it's very dark, dense, sour Danish rye bread) and carrots. And chickpeas. But I don't observe Lent either, and have no intention of giving these things, or anything else, up.
caley at 12:28PM on 02/21/07
I'd like to say bbq, but I find I miss having fries the most when I'm without them.
Joshua Bousel at 1:04PM on 02/21/07
Beef. Beef with Borsari seasoned salt.
FKC at 1:42PM on 02/21/07
Rice
JadedOne at 1:55PM on 02/21/07
good ol' bread.
french tart at 2:22PM on 02/21/07
Bread, cheese. Could live off of it if I had to.
nelson5757 at 2:36PM on 02/21/07
ice cream/frozen yogurt. i usually can't go a day without it. preferrably ben and jerry's cherry garcia frozen yogurt. i could NEVER give it up!
Stacy at 3:36PM on 02/21/07
Roast pork. Cha siu. Anything at dim sum.
Chips.
Ice cream.
toastykitten at 3:38PM on 02/21/07
I have to agree. Bread and cheese. The stinkier the cheese the better, except mozarella di buffala which although not stinky is a delight..any type of cheese will do. Love these two!!
cristi at 5:00PM on 02/21/07
Good bread, pizza, dark chocolate... oh and smoked gouda cheese.
I was a lacto vegetarian for several years so in a pinch I could do it again but I can't do without the yummies listed above. Life wouldn't be worth living!
newbatgirl at 5:49PM on 02/21/07
Kashi GoLean and GoLean Crunch Almond Flax cereal
zekks at 6:42PM on 02/21/07
cottage cheese
JEP at 6:52PM on 02/21/07
Coffee, without a doubt!
BakingAndBooks at 6:54PM on 02/21/07
Onions. Without onions, my world would be a very bland place.
I am giving up pancakes for Lent.
BreadBox at 7:46PM on 02/21/07
alchohol, chocolate, crusty bread and cheese. heaven!
jenki at 7:50PM on 02/21/07
oh, and i am soooo not giving those up.
jenki at 7:50PM on 02/21/07
Good bread
Marco Polo at 8:40PM on 02/21/07
SE Asian cuisine... Vietnamese or Thai.
A slice.
Cheese.
Tomato, fresh with salt and pepper.
Olives.
Wine.
Beer.
NSW at 9:36PM on 02/21/07
Coffee, chocolate, artisanal bread, cheese, and cha siu sou.
Thankfully I don't observe Lent and I would not give up any of these foods...unless there's a health problem that will occur in my life life down the road.
tina.w at 9:46PM on 02/21/07
I think eggs might be "it" for me. I love them soft-boiled, hard-boiled, scrambled, over easy, over medium, over hard, sunnyside up, in burritos, sandwiches, ramen noodles, salads, pasta, risotto, on pizza, on toast with butter, in soups, pad thai, fried rice...not to mention baked goods.
jbeach at 11:14PM on 02/21/07
carby foods, coffee, most fruits and vegetables
Ash at 2:38AM on 02/22/07
Cheese ravioli, nestle's crunch (omg I know), good bread, nova lox, fried oysters, rare steak, chicken parmigiana. I must be hungry.
JerzeeTomato at 7:48AM on 02/22/07
Is coffee a food? Need my coffee. Oh, and of course I couldn't live without hamburgers.
Hamburger America at 8:48AM on 02/22/07
Pizza. Can't go a week without it. Not even really three days without it.
Brian Koppelman at 8:56AM on 02/22/07
@Brian I once went 10 months without pizza during Atkins. It was the hardest thing to do. Giving up carbs was so hard the only thing that eased my pain was a rare steak or chicken salad.
JerzeeTomato at 8:44AM on 02/23/07
@jbeach - have you ever tried a sunnyside up egg on a hamburger? YUM!!!
JubileeNYC at 11:44PM on 02/24/07