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If you had a food cart/truck...
When I lived in Seattle, I would dream about having a lunch truck with several kinds of tamales, along with red and green chile sauces and chili con carne to top them with. Still appeals to me 20-something years later.
In Videos: Barack Obama Orders a Burger on Air Force One
"Well, of course mustard no ketchup in the NE too--but I though Chicago people put salads on their hot dogs ;)"
I've been only a visitor to Chicago, but I'm pretty sure that when you want everything on your hot dog, "drag it through the garden" is the right thing to say. :-)
In Videos: Barack Obama Orders a Burger on Air Force One
Hey, HeartofGlass, he's a Chicago guy. Mustard, no ketchup, on your dogs, mustard, no ketchup, on your burger.
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What is your fantasy food business?
When I lived in Seattle, I dreamed of a 3-4 table restaurant in an old house in Edmonds, near the ferry landing and within sight of Puget Sound. There would be a prix fixe menu, based on what I could find in the Pike Market that morning and what was available in the kitchen garden in back of the house. The house would have a front porch so we could arrange tables outside during suitable weather. There would soon be such a demand that we would be accepting reservations at least 3-4 months in advance. Dinner service only, and one seating per night. Closed Monday and Tuesday, which would be sailing days.
If you had a food cart/truck...
When I lived in Seattle, I would dream about having a lunch truck with several kinds of tamales, along with red and green chile sauces and chili con carne to top them with. Still appeals to me 20-something years later.
In Videos: Barack Obama Orders a Burger on Air Force One
"Well, of course mustard no ketchup in the NE too--but I though Chicago people put salads on their hot dogs ;)"
I've been only a visitor to Chicago, but I'm pretty sure that when you want everything on your hot dog, "drag it through the garden" is the right thing to say. :-)
In Videos: Barack Obama Orders a Burger on Air Force One
Hey, HeartofGlass, he's a Chicago guy. Mustard, no ketchup, on your dogs, mustard, no ketchup, on your burger.
Ikea Groceries: Some Assembly Required
Heh! My twin granddaughters, aged 2 years and 8 months, love going to Ikea in St. Paul, Minnesota, where they live. They now call it the "meatball store" and have been chomping down on meatball plates (and take-home meatballs) for at least a year. Children's plates have five meatballs, but they usually put away ten at a time.
What is your fantasy food business?
All I want is a farm. In my fantasies, I'm a farmer with a pickup truck and a combine and I grow corn and pumpkins and then sell them to the farmer's market. Also, the farm has a u-pick-it thing going on.
Pretty sure this is because I grew up in Indiana :)
What is your fantasy food business?
I would open a soup kitchen. Soups would change daily. Each season would inspire the types of soups offered. It would feature 3 or 4 different soups daily, along with an assortment of the crustiest, freshest breads to mop up the last traces in the bowl. Fresh fruit would be featured for dessert, with perhaps a cookie to add the sweet touch to a perfect lunch.
What is your fantasy food business?
my boyfriend and i have this all planned out, assuming we get through college and law school and make enough to support this idea- we want to go to sugarhill, georgia, which he heard is the city that is expected to grow the most in the next decade, and create a huge restaurant/brewery. ( He's in charge of the brewery part.) We've started cooking already to come up with ideas- I'm not sure you could classify it into any one genre or cuisine, as of right now we've been focusing on common foods but changing them up- we plan on making various flavors of "gourmet" classics like mozzerella sticks and potato skins, a bunch of unique desserts and drinks good enough to return back for, and kind of an eclectic mix of anything else that sounds good. He works as a waiter now so we've also already decided we are being very strict with our interview process so we have good service, which will make our restaurant even more enjoyable.
It's a nice dream..
What is your fantasy food business?
I want to open a dessert bar that opens about 4 PM and stays open until about 4 AM, serving desserts, light breakfast, and street/comfort foods. I live in a melting pot town, and want to bring the street-food flavors of all the nationalities represented in my area. Bar service would close at 1 AM.
My second choice would be a full-service bakery, specializing in the multi-cultural flavors of my area.
What is your fantasy food business?
A super hot dog stand. Me being a winning chili cook, I would limit the menu to a great verity of hot dogs, hamburgers and chili. Dave
What is your fantasy food business?
Food cart. Haul it around the US selling rice and beans, always two kinds each on the menu. Fresh salsa, too, along with proprietary squeeze-bottle condiments. And beanwiches.
What is your fantasy food business?
I would start a food label selling my condiments - bbq sauces and salsas. I have already been contemplating starting selling these at the farmers markets next summer.
I have also always fantasized about having a sandwich shop/deli in a college town featuring lots of uniquely awesome sandwiches, salads, soup of the day, good coffee, and crazy good iced teas. have a cool cafe with internet access, display local art, play cool music.
That or a gelato shop. Seems like anyone who has this idea should totally do it because there could never be too many gelato shops :)
What is your fantasy food business?
Twinwillow I just started working at one of those! It's amazing!
What is your fantasy food business?
A great, gelato/frozen yogurt/bakery. On a busy street in a nice neighborhood.
What is your fantasy food business?
I also have the fantasy about the small luncheonette. A couple of soups, a couple of salads, a daily special and basics like burgers. Then....the pie. The produce will be seasonal and fresh when humanly possible.
What is your fantasy food business?
Ok so I have this dream of opening a cookbook shop--all cookbooks from around the world, some very obscure like church potluck books from the 1940s or books from distant lands--and vintage recipes from other centuries, all in a little shoebox of a place, along with a section for vintage cookware and tools.
Sigh.
What is your fantasy food business?
OPTION ONE: Develop my own snack food company that creates gluten free, sugar free and straight delicious, updated snack cakes.
OPTION TWO: A retail bakery for to-go business with an afternoon tea salon, and an open kitchen that will serve as a pastry bar 3 nights of the week as a dessert bar.
What is your fantasy food business?
I'd have a combination of a paperback book store/kite shop/coffee and tea with small snacks establishment in the beach town of Duck on the Outer Banks, NC.
This way, I could read to my heart's content, drink coffee/tea/snack in my kite selling store. Best of all possible worlds in one of my favorite places in the world. The OBX is a great place for kite flying ~ always windy!
What is your fantasy food business?
It's amazing how many different ideas there are!
I would love to open a breakfast and lunch place. There would be good coffee, eggs and croissants and fruit for breakfast served with homemade jams and excellent sandwiches, salads and soups for lunch with really good cakes and cookies for dessert.
@sandn8r9 There's a place in Montreal called Soupe soup that also has some sandwiched. It's divine.
What is your fantasy food business?
Current fantasy: brewpub and pizzeria, with everything made in house. I mean, you are making the beer from scratch, shouldn't the dough, cheese, sauce, and sausage be made that way too? (I am actually writing a business plan for this one. Maybe my fantasy can become reality!)
If you had a food cart/truck...
An everything chocolate truck. I'd park my trucks on Wall Street and other districts that are home to extremely stressful jobs. As the women get off work tired, mad and ready to scream, they'll be greeted by the mouth watering smell of chocolate that they can't resist.
In Videos: Barack Obama Orders a Burger on Air Force One
Excellent video. Makes me like the guy even more. Always professional, confident and credible but isn't so pretensious that he couldn't dare request a burger and fries.
In Videos: Barack Obama Orders a Burger on Air Force One
Medium -Well...yikes! At least he ordered a burger. He probably had plenty of choices. Someone has to sneak some Gulden's onto that plane though...
In Videos: Barack Obama Orders a Burger on Air Force One
"snarky"?? lol Thanks for bringing up the Obama reference in your inital blog Kirk! lol
Enjoy!
In Videos: Barack Obama Orders a Burger on Air Force One
If Pres. Obama views food as an afterthought....and in fact he may view food as mere sustanence to keep him going while he tries to figure out how to get us out of this mess....heck we know he likes Rick Bayless, he has a palate...anyway, its fine with me....
In Videos: Barack Obama Orders a Burger on Air Force One
@Dave It's amazing what I've learned about condiments on SE--when I did eat McDonald's no kidding, in NJ EVERYONE ordered Quarter Pounders (which came with ketchup and mustard). I thought that was all you could put on burgers, and even thought 'hey, does anyone order a Big Mac--what's up with mayo on burgers.' Then I discovered that mayo was the norm for many areas on all burgers--or plain, or just ketchup and no mustard. And now mustard only in Chicago.
Well, of course mustard no ketchup in the NE too--but I though Chicago people put salads on their hot dogs ;)
Ikea Groceries: Some Assembly Required
Ah, thanks for this! I will definitely have to pick some of this stuff up the next time I'm in Ikea, which now may have to be sooner than later. I've only ever gotten the Swedish meatballs and sauce in the marketplace, but I'll definitely have to look for those onions, sausages, elderflower concentrate and sparkling pear cider. I'll pass on the seafood, I'm really not a fan of seafood. Ooh, and maybe I'll try the coffee, too...
Ikea Groceries: Some Assembly Required
I was amazed that the Ikea in England sold booze too! I got some pear cider to try and it was really good! It's now one of my favorites!
Ikea Groceries: Some Assembly Required
Oh Michele, I feel like you just keep coming up with new reasons for me to go to Brooklyn... one more post like this and I might have to do it. Although the boyfriend was so overwhelmed by his last (and first) Ikea experience, I don't know that I'm ever getting him back there... we still have two sets of wrong-sized "BESTA NORUM" drawers that it's probably way too late to return. I'll have to make a friend who likes Swedish superstores so I can get me some of that lingonberry jam.
Ikea Groceries: Some Assembly Required
The green marzipan rolls are traditionally made with arrak extract or a Swedish liqueur called Punsch and they are called Arrak rolls. The popular name of these rolls in Sweden is dammsugare or vaccum cleaners!
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When I lived in Seattle, I dreamed of a 3-4 table restaurant in an old house in Edmonds, near the ferry landing and within sight of Puget Sound. There would be a prix fixe menu, based on what I could find in the Pike Market that morning and what was available in the kitchen garden in back of the house. The house would have a front porch so we could arrange tables outside during suitable weather. There would soon be such a demand that we would be accepting reservations at least 3-4 months in advance. Dinner service only, and one seating per night. Closed Monday and Tuesday, which would be sailing days.