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Question of the Day: What drives you nuts about other people's eats?
the word yes, carrot cake is DEFINITELY not weird. Sounds downright delicious to me!
In response to Mags, it's one thing if I've never had anything like the salad you're offering, but maybe I'm just really full or enjoying my own plate enough to where I don't want to take on the additional calories. Believe me, if I turn away a bite, it's not that I'm picky! :)
In fact, picky eaters drive me crazy. If someone has an allergy or one or two things they won't eat, okay... but if you have a laundry list... then you've got deeper issues and/or you're uncultured.
My grandmother is in her 90s and she's the pickiest person in the universe. She always has been, but now it's gotten a lot worse. I think it's b/c she never traveled and was exposed to different foods by her parents. To her, fresh produce is rabbit food, canned goods taste stale. If the label says Nov 2009, it's not fresh and she wants us to return it or make a call to Del Monte. It's complete insanity. She hasn't been to a grocery store in years and she doesn't understand some brands no longer exist. If I bring her the liter of Pepsi she requested and they've redesigned the label, then it's not the Pepsi she wants and all hell breaks loose.
Despite this experience with grandma who is now very much like a difficult child, I still don't get parents who only feed their kids junk b/c it's easier. This is when you have the upper hand and I think that's getting things off to a rocky start. Maybe when I have my own, I'll have to stick my foot in my mouth here, but my plan is to just puree whatever foods the adults are eating, exotic or not. I have friends who were fed this way as children--and were never catered to--and they're the most adventurous eaters I know.
I think introducing kids to different foods from different cultures as early as possible is an extension of shaping them into adults who are open-minded and accepting in all areas of their lives.
Who's your most/least favorite food personality on Food Channel?
I take a peek at Sandra Lee just to shake my head at how the color of her curtains and gingerbread kitchen decor match whatever she's pouring out of a packet that day. I can't stomach much more after that. I've decided her show is targeted towards wealthy trophy wives who don't really cook, but want to think they do.
I like Giada and Ina Garten. My father evidently can't stand Barefoot Contessa. He calls me up and complains about her incessant laughter as soon as a guest walks in the door. I have to defend her. Hey, her show's about simple entertaining and having a good time.... "how bad can that be!"
I think PBS still airs superior programming. They've got Jacques, Julia, Lidia, Ciao Italia, and America's Test Kitchen. Plus, I dig the no-nonsense pace and presentation of Everyday Food.
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Favorite foods: pork in all its glorious forms, manchego and too many other cheeses to mention, sundried tomatoes, artichokes, avocados, pomegranates, chocolate, pho and tons of other soups.
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I'm with Puffy, EJ, and HFike. Scrapple it is. Everyone gives me a look of disgust when I admit my secret, but really there's nothing like it. Crispy on the outside with a delicate creaminess to the pork inside. Mmm. On Sunday mornings, when we were young, my father always liked to fire up the skillet, take a bite and say, "Everything but the oink!" Rapa would do, but he gets his from a local farmer friend. He'd also make fried green tomatoes while he was at it. Breakfast of champions!