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Ooh, here's a good one. I'm Chinese so there's no shortage of fond pork memories for me. I still fondly remember the pork chops with scallions and soy sauce my mom used to make for me. The key was to first sear the pork until crispy and brown on both sides. I preferred it a little burnt even. Then add soy sauce liberally, and scallions, and a little corn starck/water to thicken, and let it all cook down into a delicious gravy. Comfort food when served on rice. The pork bones were delicious to suck on, and those scallions... omg. Good times.

So far I've done hungrily gazing and slicing thinly (mild fail on that one). I do have a mandolin slicer but I don't know if it'll handle a big, mildly greasy chunk of cured pork. It's de-boned at least.

Is it blasphemy to use a few chunks in soup? Or as a cooking fat? The fatty rind looks like it'll render pretty well.

Are you for real? I love Mary Janes! I discovered them two years ago. They're so deliciously chewy and taffylike and molassessy. Then there's the peanut butter filling which gives the whole thing a super homey and satisfying feel. I mean, it's molasses and peanut butter; It's like new england in taffy form.

I try to buy mary janes whenever I can find them. I'll take all the ones that are getting no love out there.

I've been eyeing this book!

I like to make lentil soup with kale whenever I feel down.

My favorite is a kale pesto made with pumpkin seeds, both pumpkin seed oil and olive oil, garlic, lime juice, salt, and parm. It's really good on sandwiches. I especially like my own kooky sandwich creation of peanut butter, kale pesto, chunks of cinnamon dusted butternut squash, and potato chips for crunch.

I like the recipe for Heather's quinoa on 101cookbook's page. It's absolutely delicious and can be veganized if you exclude parmesean from the pesto.

Roasted, Cantonese style. Or alternately, the fennel flavored duck breast at Locanda Verde was fantastic too.

Ginko nuts are all over central park this time of year. They drop off the trees and you can smell them decomposing. Most people think it smells gross. I think it smells a little like parmesean.

I've had a weird relationship with meat since I was a kid. But I keep trying to like it and eat it!

I don't eat chicken because it smells like urine to me. Ground beef smells awful when cooking as well. I also don't eat organ meats because I can't get past the feral taste of them. Ditto for mutton.

I'll eat pork sometimes, but I do notice that there's a lingering spoiled-milk smell/aftertaste after I consume pork, so I try not to do that too often.

I guess turkey is ok, but I had some turkey hash the other day that tasted just like the embalmed bodies in anatomy class used to smell, and now I won't be able to eat turkey for a while.

Which really just leaves duck, game birds, and aquatic creatures. I guess I can just get the duck if necessary.

@traveller: I agree about edges being the best part. There's even an all edges brownie pan out there for us edge lovers. I love corners - 2 edges at once!

Oh, and chewy fudgy please. Not a cakey brownie fan. The Baked brownie is my platonic ideal of browniehood.

I would love to go to Vietnam and eat. Just eat all day. And walk, and then eat some more.

I'm not sick of anything yet, but I can see it coming. That quinoa salad I'm eating for lunch every day? I've started fiddling with it more and more. Last week's was tofu, corn, tomato, chard, pesto, lime, and mint. I think I'll do corn, tomato, watercress, pesto, lemon, lentils, wild rice and mint this week.

When I have an overabundance of tomatoes (due to my eyes being bigger than my stomach at the farmers market), I like to roast tomatoes to candied stage and eat them on sandwiches.

I haven't eaten a hamburger since I was nine years old and found a used band-aid in my McDonald's patty. The smell of ground beef being cooked still makes me nauseous to this day.