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Your Fast Food Urge.....just had mine...tasty.
Every once in a while I just have to have Nachos Supreme from Taco Bell (they aren't as good ever since the green onion scare, though) and a #1 combo with cheese from Krystal.
I could eat ______ every day and not get sick of it.
yogurt
cheese
tortilla chips
cocktail peanuts with all the salt and oil (none of those dry-roasted things)
tuna fish salad
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My favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal...
I also love Thanksgiving - it's my favorite holiday, hands down. My favorite food is Mama's dressing. She bakes cornbread separately, sautes onion and celery, breaks up the cornbread and adds the vegetables, chicken broth, and some of the drippings from the turkey pan and then bakes the mixture. Since it never goes inside the turkey, it's not stuffing, but dressing, and it is yummy!
I love how everybody talks about how cozy Thanksgiving is. I absolutely agree and I love the day after, too. Turkey sandwiches on sourdough bread - yum!
Your Fast Food Urge.....just had mine...tasty.
Every once in a while I just have to have Nachos Supreme from Taco Bell (they aren't as good ever since the green onion scare, though) and a #1 combo with cheese from Krystal.
I could eat ______ every day and not get sick of it.
yogurt
cheese
tortilla chips
cocktail peanuts with all the salt and oil (none of those dry-roasted things)
tuna fish salad
Your Edible Vice
Bread and real butter
Cheese
Tortilla chips
Cheeseburgers
Those waffle fries at Chick Fil-A with mayonnaise
Crunchy Cheetos
Cake frosting
There are certainly many more but these are the best (I mean worst)
How long does wine "keep?"
I agree - my brother-in-law is a big fan of boxed wines and I've actually found some not to be that bad. I don't like to keep wine around too long after first uncorking - and like MarvinDog said, it lasts about an hour at our house.
Top Ten Ball Park Food/Snacks
Hot dogs, peanuts, and beer.
Do you like your chowder: thick or thin?
I just got back from a two-week vacation that took me through Boston, Maine and Nova Scotia. The best chowders were the thick ones with lots of seafood and potatoes. The most unique one I tried was the Rustic Clam Chowder in Bar Harbor. The menu promised prosciutto but 3 of us had bowls of it and never saw any. Maybe they meant it was just flavored with it??
4th of July: What's on Your Menu?
We're going to my sister's house for burgers, hot dogs, baked beans, a new recipe for potato salad that uses Yukon Gold potatoes, cole slaw and a light dessert using whipped topping, strawberries, blueberries and angel food cake.
One day & night in Boston - where should first-timers go?
Thanks for the suggestions, everybody! Now I'm even more excited about going!
What's everybody been doing...?
We're in Central Florida so grilling is pretty much a year-round activity for us. We do a lot of fish (Alaskan salmon and halibut that my husband caught there himself), asparagus, peppers, portobello mushrooms, squash and onion. My husband loves to grill so he'll fire it up for just about anything - burgers, hot dogs, chicken, ribs - and he does it very well, I might add. We enjoy a lot of time just drinking wine or beer outside while the food is cooking when it's not 100 degrees outside with 90% humidity. Floridians hibernate in the summer more than in the winter.
We're taking a trip to Maine and Nova Scotia in July with a one afternoon-one night stopover in Boston. Our very first 2-week vacation ever!
We also have lots of favorite restaurants that we go to where we can sit outside by the river or ocean. We attend art festivals and concerts at parks anywhere between St. Augustine and Orlando.
Where to eat in Western NC?
My niece lives in Asheville and loves it! She recommends Corner Kitchen for breakfast and I loved Tupelo Honey.
your dream (foodie) vacation?
For USA, I'd choose New Orleans, Charleston, South Carolina, New York City, Chicago, and Miami.
Out of the country, I'd pick Italy, Greece, and Spain.
What's your favorite burger and how do you make it?
My husband's grilled burgers are the best! I add cheddar cheese, mustard on one side of the bun and real mayonnaise on the other side, a little lettuce, 3 dill pickle chips, a couple of rings of raw onion, and salt & pepper for my perfect one. But I also like different types of cheeses (pepper jack or provolone), and guacamole sometimes.
My husband uses a lean ground beef and cooks them to a medium doneness on our gas grill. Yum!
Extremely Low Calorie Foods
I use baby carrots, dried apricots and dates, edamame, popcorn, and WW ice-cream bars for snacks. Just recently discovered the edamame - it really satisfies the need to munch without adding anything bad to my system or crashing my diet.
Which do you prefer?
I prefer to go out but not to fancy fine dining places except on special occasions. I cooked when our kids were growing up and I've "been there, done that". My husband is the one who likes to cook now so we eat a lot of grilled fish, chicken, pork chops, shrimp, and veggies at home. On weeknights, it's mostly salads, pasta dishes, Nathan's dinner franks broiled until they're almost completely black (yum), Jasmine rice and black beans. We don't cook a lot of red meat like steak but my husband grills a delicious burger!
We do not like buffets, we call them "troughs" here. The only exception is Mongolian barbecue places where we like to choose our meat, veggies, and make our own sauces.
Our favorite takeout foods are gyros from a local place called Belly Busters and General Tso's Chicken or Roast Pork Mixed Vegetables from Tops China, and soup from the Half Full Coffee Shop.
We eat in about 5 nights a week and go out 2 on average.
memorial day menu plans?
We're sticking with our traditional ribs and corn on the cob but branching out in the appetizer department with caponata and kalamata olives. And of course, beer and wine!
Amelia Island/Jax/ St. Augustine recommendations?
Try Barbara Jean's in Fernandina Beach. Also, I agree that the Conch House is a very fun place to go with good food and atmosphere. I love the Columbia - especially the imported Sangria and the 1903 or 1905 salad.
A good place in Jax Beach is Ragtime.
Favorite or Odd Fair Food
Grilled Italian sausage with onions and peppers.
Funnel cakes or elephant ears.
Corn dogs.
I haven't been to a fair in a long time and all of the above would probably give me heartburn for sure. I'd eat them anyway if given the opportunity!
Favorite Father Food Memories!
I'm sorry about your dad. I'm so grateful every day that I still have mine. My dad doesn't cook very much but I remember him turning me on to some snacks that I'll never forget. Like peanut butter, Miracle Whip, and banana sandwiches on white bread and sardine sandwiches with French's mustard. He would always make these late at night after every one except he and I had gone to bed. Gosh, I haven't thought about those things in a long time.
I know I should give up _____ (food/drink item), but....
Diet Coke - I'm one of the 1-a-day people. I thought that wasn't so bad.
And I really should just give up all bread, potatoes, pasta, chips just to lose some of this dreaded weight but I'm having a terrible time doing it.
Need help picking a US foodie travel destination!
Charleston, South Carolina
Portland, Oregon
New Orleans
Asheville, North Carolina
Guilty Food Pleasures
Crunchy Cheetos
Ritz crackers with real butter
Cookie dough
Extra crunchy peanut butter right out of the jar w/a spoon
Vanilla wafers and canned cake frosting
Cocktail peanuts
Krystal cheeseburgers
Taco Bell Nachos Bell Grande
Chocolate covered peanuts or raisins
Serious Eats? Really?
Sounds like you need to go to chowhound.
Zimmern: I like him but could you do what he does?
No, except there was one time he was traveling across the Gulf states and he ate all kinds of southern food that I consider mainstream. I just couldn't do the bugs, internal organs, etc.!
My favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal...
@julea
I'm with you - all my friends know that I'll be bringing the "shape of the can" - it has become a minor competition to see who can dump the cranberry sauce out in perfect "can" shape. However, my favorite part is the other thing no one else I know likes but me - mincemeat pie.
My favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal...
Stuffing(!), cranberry sauce-- don't hate me, I love the canned stuff--, pumpkin pie, pearl onions, and of course, a little turkey is mandatory.
Everything else is meh.
What I REALLY love is the leftover turkey/cranberry sauce sandwiches.
Godly.
My favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal...
Another creative leftover suggestion: pumpernickel bread, cream cheese on bread, avocado, mashed and spread, thin slices of breast, stacked and lettuce. This was the best sandwich I ever had. LA, 1978 at some restaurant. They had named it The" Martha Raye" , after the actress.
My favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal...
My own favorite thing about Thanksgiving is seeing most of the people that I love. As the oldest sister of a family of eight children, it is the one day of the year that almost all of us are together, along with assorted friends and satellite family. We always eat at my youngest sister's house and last year there were forty-eight people there. There was a roast turkey, a deep-fried turkey, a whole ham, and a whole huge brisket, along with side dishes too numerous to mention. My personal favorite(s): GRAVY - made by me, and a strange creamed corn casserole that is very sweet and was actually my grandmother's original recipe. Oh yeah, I almost forget the praline pecan cheesecake. That's not too bad to end a huge meal with. Then we all play "Guitar Hero" after consuming immoderate amounts of wine and beer. Great! My favorite day of the year. PlanetChaos, the dog fart reminder is hilarious. Thanks for making me laugh on a Monday morning.
My favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal...
The crispy part of the stuffing smothered in hot gravey! And the perfect sandwhich after everyone goes home. The part I Don't look forward too is the Dog Farts...what part of "don't feed the dog" do people not understand?
My favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal...
Creative left-overs--- A pizza crust, thin sliced turkey, cranberry sauce, peas, small slices of sweet potatoes, maybe a little bit of ham chunks and mozzarella cheese all over the top. - Bake and enjoy! Dave
My favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal...
Oh geez, I can't even choose. Actually no, that's a lie. Hand's down, it's gotta be sweet potato casserole. My aunt makes THE BEST sweet potato casserole. It's equipped with marshmallow, pecans, and a buttload of buttah. (I specifically used the word buttload cause that's exactly where it goes...that's ok though. More to love)
My favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal...
My family's meal is quite versatile; we always have more than one meat. For those not fond of turkey, we may do a ham and have even included barbecued ribs!
My favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal...
Southern cornbread dressing with gravy and the requisite chocolate pie for dessert.
My favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal...
I marinate my turkey in soy sauce, sparkling apple cider, season salt, and black pepper so it has this wonderful sweet-savory flavor and the meat is so juicy it falls off the bone. I especially love the skin, neck, and tail.
I also love the stuffing which consists of bread crumbs, dried sage, apple, almonds, and onions.
For dessert my family and I forgo the pies and cakes and have a Filipino-style fruit salad, which is basically canned fruit cocktail mixed with Nestle cream, condensed milk, young coconut, and pineapple gel. It's a light and refreshing way to end a heavy meal.
My favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal...
Stuffing, for sure.
My favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal...
The stuffing, hands down. Second best is the crispy piece of skin that goes over the stuffing. And then the turkey sandwiches at about 7 pm with lots of full fat mayo. They have to have lots of salt and pepper too. Can't wait!!!!
My favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal...
stuffing doused in gravy!
My favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal...
Oh...I love me the turkey butt. I would forgo any remaining meat from the turkey If I got that fatty morsel of turkey butt and the neck (provided it was roasted alongside everything else) to gnaw on with dressing and a gallon of gravy.
My favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal...
Oh, I am all about the dressing/stuffing and gravy. I add the boiled neck meat to the stuffing and the giblets to the gravy and I am a happy lady. Even though I live in the South, I still make Northern dressing: no cornbread allowed! Though I do like cornbread by itself.
And it is all about the family. I love it when I can cook for mine.
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My favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal...
I'm a vegetarian, and I have to say I don't miss the turkey. My favorite part, for some reason, is the cranberry jelly - NOT cranberry sauce. It has to be the kind that slides out of the can gelatinously and jiggles on the plate with the little can ridge-marks still in it. :] I am also a huge fan of my grandmother's blueberry pie - pumpkin is fine, but blueberry is awesome.
My favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal...
The golden turkey, (dark meat for me!) and lots of gravy and mashed potatoes!
My favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal...
Cranberry sauce:
Blanch three 3-inch strips of zest from two large navel oranges for one minute and mince. Peel the oranges, cut them into quarters and add to a bag of cranberries along with the zest and whirl in the food processor until very finely chopped. Remove from processor and add 3/4 cup honey and 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger. Allow to macerate for at least one day.
My favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal...
@BrewMaker... LOL @ "Sangwich." I looooove that Friday after T-Giving mini-feast. I worked for brokerage for 8 years and that was the LONLIEST day to work. Anticipating that Friday night leftoverfest was the only thing that got me thru a very boring day.
I don't know if anyone else does this - but when I host T-Giving, I make it a point to get plastic containers and offer all my guests a crack at the leftovers. I always make plenty and have never been left without enough for my own family. It seems so bogus that you don't get the Friday post-T-Giving meal if you don't host.
My favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal...
I like the "Thanksgiving" sangwich on Friday afternoon (no shopping for me!). Turkey, stuffing, cranberries, sweet potatoes, and anything else from the day before that I can fit on a roll, or between two slices of bread is fair game! God, I can't wait...
My favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal...
Stuffing and gravy! Basically, everything on the plate except for the sweet potatoes takes a bath in gravy, which is just fine by me. And this year I'll be 7 months pregnant when Thanksgiving rolls around, so I feel like my gluttony will be slightly less frowned-upon
My favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal...
@gizmosma- try sprinkling a bit of fresh nutmeg on those mashed turnips - delicious!
My favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal...
My brother and I loved Thanksgiving. We would eat so much that my mom would make us lay on the floor and stretch our body out to help the pain in our side from overstuffing, ourselves. Now some family members thought we were just trying to get out of doing the dishes, but mom always gave us the KP duty OFF on thanksgiving, anyway. We just loved her TG food and loved it from beginning to end. We still love it, but do offer better control. ThankGod. coco
My favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal...
My all-time favorite dish is my mom's noodle kugel. I hear there are savory kugels but this one is always sweet with egg noodles, ricotta cheese, corn flakes, and some times raisins.
Also, cornbread casserole is a delicious favorite (it may be corn pudding.... are they different?)
My mom always makes green been casserole and year after year, nobody touches it. What a bland dish.....
My favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal...
Mashed potatoes and gravy is my number one, followed closely by stuffing made by me or Aunt Rose.
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Location: DeLand, Florida
About: 56 years old, married 36 years, 2 children & 3 grandchildren, 2 cats; like to read, travel in the U.S., eat out, listen to jazz, classical, and rock 'n roll, drink wine, margaritas, good beer.
Favorite foods: Shrimp, cheese, pizza, popcorn, oatmeal raisin cookies, cheeseburgers, french fries, bread & butter, cheese grits, chocolate, nuts.
Last bite on earth: Pepperoni pizza with extra cheese.
I also love Thanksgiving - it's my favorite holiday, hands down. My favorite food is Mama's dressing. She bakes cornbread separately, sautes onion and celery, breaks up the cornbread and adds the vegetables, chicken broth, and some of the drippings from the turkey pan and then bakes the mixture. Since it never goes inside the turkey, it's not stuffing, but dressing, and it is yummy!
I love how everybody talks about how cozy Thanksgiving is. I absolutely agree and I love the day after, too. Turkey sandwiches on sourdough bread - yum!