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Fast food, processed American cheese, canned soup, and sea urchins.
Carmelizing onions! What to eat them with?
I love caramelized onion & gorgonzola pizza. Yummy! Also, caramelized onions are fantastic on burgers, especially if the burger is stuffed with gorgonzola or blue cheese.
What if you were suddenly allergic to all green colored foods?
I don't think I can pick just one. Living without herbs, especially cilantro or basil (mostly in pesto), would probably do me in.
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10 things I learned from food media (and not from momma)
Vegetables are yummy--if they don't come from a can and/or are overcooked.
THIS will never touch my lips again!!!
Fast food, processed American cheese, canned soup, and sea urchins.
Carmelizing onions! What to eat them with?
I love caramelized onion & gorgonzola pizza. Yummy! Also, caramelized onions are fantastic on burgers, especially if the burger is stuffed with gorgonzola or blue cheese.
What if you were suddenly allergic to all green colored foods?
I don't think I can pick just one. Living without herbs, especially cilantro or basil (mostly in pesto), would probably do me in.
The Best Worst Restaurant Names Ever
While on a road trip in the U.K., my family & I ran across a Chinese take-out called "Fried Lice," (No kidding.) I think it was in Wales, but it may have been Scotland; I'll have to ask my husband if he remembers.
Cook the Book: 'The Food You Crave'
Potatoes--all kinds, cooked any way. Also tomatoes and peppers fresh from my garden.
The Best Worst Restaurant Names Ever
In Chongqing. I recent ate at a hot pot restaurant called Zhu's Fagty Rot Hot-Tot. I have the napkin to prove it. What is this: a restaurant for gay pedophiles?
The Best Worst Restaurant Names Ever
Dai Ho
Temple City, CA
Yung Ho King Tou Chiang Restaurant
San Gabriel, CA
Yung Hou Tou Jiang
San Gabriel, CA
Yung Ho Restaurant
San Gabriel, CA
It's all about the HOs!!
The Best Worst Restaurant Names Ever
A friend of mine at Vassar told me about a place in Poughkipsee called the "Yeung Ho Chinese Restaurant"
The Best Worst Restaurant Names Ever
Safari Tacos in Door County, Wisc. I mean seriously, that makes no sense. Safari Tacos?
The Best Worst Restaurant Names Ever
Phuket, let's Thai one on.
The Best Worst Restaurant Names Ever
Juan Toomany's Taco Hut in Missouri City, Texas (now closed).
The Best Worst Restaurant Names Ever
My favorite is the chinese restaurant in Cooperstown, NY.
Foo Kin, as in "I want some of that Foo Kin Chinese Food!"
The Best Worst Restaurant Names Ever
Singapore Bistro on 19th and L in Washington DC has the name right but if you look closely the sign below reads "Asian Cousin". Awesome!
And in Hilton Head, South Carolina somewhere I remember seeing a restaurant called Mexician Grill. We still laugh at that one!
The Best Worst Restaurant Names Ever
There's a Chinese restaurant here in Portland, OR called Hung Far Low. I have no idea why.
There used to be a place called Takee Outee in the French Quarter. There was one right up the street from Pat O's. The eggrolls were huge, delicious and exactly what we needed after a few Hurricanes. Good times.
THIS will never touch my lips again!!!
I've heard a lot about offal lately, especially in the U.K., where I will be going soon. I don't want to eat it!
I will not eat:
green beans
American cheese
white bread (tho because of my husband, I end up eating it anyway!)
Skippy PB
Burger King or Jack in the Box
I distrust Safeway meat. The ground beef is so fakely bright red, and it's an ugly gray-brown in the middle, as though it has expired three days previously.
I agree with the stuff that's weird colors. I've seen blue and purple applesauce. Looks gross!
Tootsie rolls, lollipops, Skittles and other candy other than chocolate! (I do like Jelly Bellys though!)
I have a hard time with curry. It's a big thing in the Bay Area, and all my co-workers eat it. But I'm not into the strong flavors.
THIS will never touch my lips again!!!
For me...
THIS = standard hot dogs
...eeeeww! Though if they're specialty or gourmet I'll evaluate the product; it's a thin line anyways
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What are mullet, durian and bacalao?
I will not eat:
Fig Newtons
Livers and gizzards
Diet ____
Of course, never say never. If I were starving in the middle of nowhere, I would eat a Newton, haha!
THIS will never touch my lips again!!!
lima beans
spam
orange jello
smoked oysters
MIRACLE WHIP
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Water Chestnuts - texture thing
Beets
Canned Tuna
Poi (wallpaper paste)
Bacalao
THIS will never touch my lips again!!!
....I meant once a week, not once a year...duh!
THIS will never touch my lips again!!!
@chisai........LOL. I used to be a liver hater too, but I really enjoy it now - once or twice a year. I also LOVE pate'. However, I would never serve it to guests unless I knew for certain that they shared my fondness. Can you even imagine the look of horror on faces? Might be a fun joke, but the odor lingers and that would spoil the joke, regardless of what I really planned for dinner.
My mother was iron deficient and cooked it once a year the whole time I was growing up. We'd walk in the door and the "fragrance" would knock you over. Mom let us smother it with applesauce to disguise the taste. Funny thing is, now I like liver, but I'm not too crazy about applesauce, except with pork.
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Diet Coke
Durian
Kidneys (as in the organ, not the beans)
Star Apples, aka Caimito Oh god just seeing that photo makes me gag.
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Margarine
Diet ANYTHING
Plastic cheese
Custard
Cheesecake (baked or not, either way YUCK)
Okra (slime factor wayyy too much)
Pretend Mexican food (some of my friends actually like to go out, eat and pay for this food. I have learnt my lesson and I now refuse to go and meet them afterwards.)
Canned Refried Beans (mmm dogfood anyone)
Coconut
Whipped cream from a can
Cheese from a can ( I thought this was an urban myth until a friend bought me back a can from a trip to the USA. I do remember that there was no expiry date which was strangely disturbing)
THIS will never touch my lips again!!!
Like many of you, if I'm a guest in someone's home I'll eat anything I have to, though luckily I've yet to be served disgusting liver at a friend's house. That said:
Any form of liver (save the D'Artagnan's French Kiss, which manages to be both ridiculously delicious and contain foie gras mousse
Caviar
Organ meat
Miracle Whip
Anchovies
Fruit Loops
Cracker Jacks (Does anyone remember when they were just like Cheerio's, only lightly sweetened with a bit of cinnamon and dried apple bits? Delicious back then.)
THIS will never touch my lips again!!!
fast food of any kind, as well as all the overly processed "snack foods" as far as okra goes I agree with the texture thing, I hear fried is completely different, but there is nothing like fresh okra in a pot of veggie soup!
Carmelizing onions! What to eat them with?
One more variation...after the onions are pretty well carmelized, I add red wine (about a half bottle for 2-3 onions) slowly...about a 1/4 cup at a time...and let it reduce to a syrupy consistency and then add the next 1/4 cup. The end result is a wine-infused batch of carmelized oninions that while exquisite with beef or lamb, are equally at home on a pizza or my favorite - tossed with a bunch of lightly steamed green beans/haricots verts. Enjoy!
Carmelizing onions! What to eat them with?
I just used some in my "scalloped potatoes" (since I needed them dairy-free, i was looking for something to add extra flavour), it turned out incredible. Like Ed said, they make everything taste better, from a sandwich to a vegetarian dish to virtually any meat course!
Carmelizing onions! What to eat them with?
We like them with hamburger, meatloaf, hamburgers, even lamb chops!
Carmelizing onions! What to eat them with?
Caramelized onions are the vegetarian equivalent of bacon. They make anything taste good: burgers, roast beef sandwiches, hot dogs, grilled cheese sandwiches, on top of a toasted english muffin with bacon and melted cheddar cheese, or just eat them straight up like candy.
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Vegetables are yummy--if they don't come from a can and/or are overcooked.