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In Videos: Anteater Drinking Wine
According to the comments on You Tube, it's actually cranberry/apple juice.
Weird parental food preparation
My dad had some theory about hamburgers and they always ended up almost as round as a meatball--all I wanted was the flat patty like they had at McDonalds. My mother made this horrible, gray meat (cube steak? flank steak?) that took 15 minutes to chew in order to swallow. I usually put as much as I could in my mouth, went to get more milk and spit it out while in the kitchen. I think that is partially the reason I no longer eat meat!
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What do you collect?
Restaurant ware but pre-1960 if possible. I have way too much but I always cave when I see something that matches one of my designs. It's so pretty!!!
In Videos: Anteater Drinking Wine
According to the comments on You Tube, it's actually cranberry/apple juice.
Weird parental food preparation
My dad had some theory about hamburgers and they always ended up almost as round as a meatball--all I wanted was the flat patty like they had at McDonalds. My mother made this horrible, gray meat (cube steak? flank steak?) that took 15 minutes to chew in order to swallow. I usually put as much as I could in my mouth, went to get more milk and spit it out while in the kitchen. I think that is partially the reason I no longer eat meat!
Favorite summer food- now and from childhood?
Ice cream bar from the Good Humor man and then seeing the riddle revealed on the wooden stick!
Nowadays it is still ice cream but also gazpacho and fresh corn on the cob.
A Lesson for Omnivores: Vegetarian Myths, Debunked
I don't eat beef, lamb or pork but I do eat chicken, turkey and fish. I have my own reasons for my eating choices and I never expect anyone to understand them nor do I ever judge anyone else for eating those animals. My immediate family took some time to "get it" but when I visit they always have a chicken or fish option which I appreciate. I am also appreciative when others make an effort to do the same but I would never expect anyone to go out of their way and am happy to eat sides when the main course doesn't appeal. What I'm trying to say is that no matter what anyone chooses to eat, a mutual respect is always the best way to go.
What's Your Take on Cake Ice Cream?
I tried this and I really liked the chocolate frosting but didn't love the cake batter taste--rather disappointing!
What childhood food do you wish they still made?
Hands down Morton's Honey Roll. I'd come home from school on a cold day, slather some butter on a frozen roll, put it in the oven and watch the roll soften and the butter melt. I'd give anything to have one again!
In Videos: Food Fight
The cold war was my favorite.
Ketchup Chips: The Search for Delicious
They're at the Gristede's in Brooklyn Heights at Henry and Clark--about the only reason you would want to step foot on this store.
Seriously Delicious Holiday Food Giveaway: Russ & Daughters
Eggs benedict with smoked salmon instead of ham
What childhood food do you wish they still made?
Oh, man, I thought I had blocked out my Gatorade Gum cravings!
What childhood food do you wish they still made?
I miss bbq munchos, planters cheeseballs (there is another brand available now in a large container that are good but...) and morton raspberry filled powdered donuts. Oh, those were the days.
What childhood food do you wish they still made?
does anyone else remember "Milkshake" candy bars. Tasted like a chocolate malt.Also a Japanese hard candy in a round red tin. We used to call it umeboshi candy.
In Videos: 'Western Spaghetti' by Pes (Stop-Motion Animation)
i love the post its, the dollar bills, and the bubble wrap water :)
Ketchup Chips: The Search for Delicious
I'm surprised no canadians brought up the OLD DUTCH KETCHUP VARIETY...
to die for.
deadly awesome chippies!
What's Your Take on Cake Ice Cream?
Reading these comments has been interesting. When it's all said and done, it comes down to personal preference. I love Cold Stone’s Cake batter ice cream with extra cookie dough mixed in. You’re right a70wilson that is key! So far, nothing in a local grocery store has come close to replicate the taste. I’m scared to try Ben & Jerry’s version.. Too many nay sayers. My research continues!
What do you collect?
I've been collecting new and vintage cookbooks, cookbooks, cookbooks, since I was a teen! Most recent addition (2 days ago) : Picnic by Linda Collister et al.
I have three different editions of Roger Verge's Entertaining in the French Style (what a gorgeous GORGEOUS book[however the New Entertaining... edition is less so]), two different editions of the Larousse, Elizabeth David's French Provincial Cookery in hardcover (!) and my precious Edna Staebler's Food that Really Schmecks. Every Nigella (except Nigella Bites being a commercial rip from her stellar How to Eat). Oh and Blah Blah Blah! Obviously I can get a little too excited about the cookbooks. Yes I read them like fine literature, which many of them in fact are: Tamasin Day Lewis, Ms David, Nigel Slater, Ms. Lawson, to name a few.
Also I collect Spode plates, gorgeous blue transferware in every pattern. Gorgeous cookware (tagines, Le Creuset) and Chinese tea ware! Should I stop? Jamais, jamais, jamais!!!!
What do you collect?
Food related: Restaurant menus, matchbooks. Not food related: Vinyl records (jazz, predominately) and CDs (over 3,000 of those). And stuffed animals.
What do you collect?
Food related collections: spatulas made of various woods, favorite being olive; vintage cooking tools and pots collected at flea markets (mostly while living in Switzerland during the 70s), but it continues; coffee mugs; small stainless bowls for mise en place; Swiss potato peelers; cookbooks; herbs and spices, including anceint ones even though I know they don't last forever, I enjoy the continuity and knowing I have that ancient bottle of fenugreek on hand; and many more.
What do you collect?
Cookbooks, Food magazines and...........Tassels. I love, adore tassels! I admit to spending waay too much for, "Oh, I must have just this ONE more beautiful, unique tassel"! I hang them on lamps, corners of paintings, mirrors and more! And, I collect beautiful, elegant ones, not 'tacky' ones. Also, had to stop collecting crystal dinnerbells, ran out of space in my curio cabinet. My favorite way to use them is to spruce up any dining table centerpiece, fresh flowers in center with dinnerbells around/at the end, etc.
dixiesue
What's Your Take on Cake Ice Cream?
I saw this in the ice cream section at the local market but haven't had the nerve to buy it. I do heartily wish they would bring back Half-and-Half, a swirl of dark chocolate ice cream and stout ice cream. Now THAT was some smooth "comforting" after a ragged week.
What do you collect?
Condiments, I have a whole fridge full. In fact they outnumber the "staples" and the food I can even hope to mix with them.
What do you collect?
Oooh if only I could *REALLY* collect! We moved into a much smaller house and I had to give up some great "stuff". But given any chanceI would gather more:
Bowls -- how can you have too many bowls?!
Cookbooks and recipies (I too read cookbooks like novels)
Fiestaware.
I am of the opinion each season should have its own china (and not china, but plates/bowls and such) now if I could just find some place to PUT THEM!
What do you collect?
I'm home! I've found my people!! Cookbooks, internet recipes, beautiful glassware/wine glasses and along @ bananamonkey lbs.
What do you collect?
@honeybumper - haha ...and I'm a coffeecup whore. I enjoyed your speech!
I'm particularly a "whore" for:
- celeb. chef cookbooks
- anything with kittie kats :) meeow!
@chisai - I love vintage coasters, and on extra-special trips I take home hotel coasters, and forgein beer coasters.
@Traci7822 - haha I wouldn't last
What do you collect?
i'm starting to crazy for plates and bowls. anything with a pretty print. or any print, actually.
What do you collect?
Colorful and beautiful mixing bowls.
Glass jars with red lids.
Handmade items that interest me, like my hand-painted wooden jumping jack hanging in my kitchen.
Beachy things... Seashells, my carved wooden pelican, framed photo of my grandmother at the beach....
Little things collected while traveling.
What do you collect?
Imperial Candlewick crystal pattern
community cookbooks.
What do you collect?
all of the alice in wonderland dishes, they are so pretty! also various lids from containers that may come in useful for covering dishes or something..
What do you collect?
This is a fun topic. My husband thinks I'm crazy. For me, it's really sharp Japanese knives. I have way more than I need. Hubby says I have more better knives than most chefs. But I use them!
For you cookbook collectors out there, do you specialize or is your collection rather eclectic?
What do you collect?
Used to collect unique and foreign beer bottles - had a big collection until a few years ago when I realized that many of them you could buy at the grocery store.
Now I just collect nothing - it's a great space saver and doesn't attract dust!
What do you collect?
I love dishes, coffee mugs, jars, servers, glassware of all kinds, olive oils and vinegars, unusual confitures, and mid-century modern ashtrays (even though I don't smoke), and have large quantities of all of these.
But, what I "collect" is antique dictionaries. Go figure.
Cheers,
~ Paula
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Restaurant ware but pre-1960 if possible. I have way too much but I always cave when I see something that matches one of my designs. It's so pretty!!!