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I had an HOA tell me that once, and then I started to grill at the very end of the driveway or across the street at the local park, love those mobile grills. Pretty soon, most of the residents were out there right along side us and grilling away. It seems that majority ruled at that point and they changed the rule. Besides, while some foods like Jamaican, Creole or Indian taste fantastic, they don't smell particularly fantastic when walking down the corridor and they aren't banned.

Rice...Wild long grain rice. Yum!

Every chance that the squash looks dencent and I have access to an oven (which is not that often) I love to cook squash. My absolute favorite is to cut the squash in half place on baking sheet (I have been known to nuke the squash first so it is slightly soft and easier to cut), a little butter, a little salt, and brown sugar. I usually add a little more sugar and butter when it is almost done to the rim of the squash. Yummm... I wonder if there was any squash on today's plane?

Chocolate - poof gone. Although I do have an occasional weakness for REALLY good dark chocolate. The chocolate that is so dark that light itself can not escape. Of course you can only eat centimeter by centimeter squares of the stuff at a time... so I guess it wouldn't be too bad to give it up.

pineapple - yum. Marinate the meat in a hui hui sauce and add some thai chilis, lemongrass, ginger and garlic. Spear with veggies and pineapple. YummY!!!

Marshall Islands.... Draw a line between Hawaii and Australia - stop halfway. No real stores - lots of fresh tuna. I miss having a real kitchen and places to find ingredients. Now the line I hate to read the most is, "______ can be found in any _______ store". I love care packages from back home that have basic spices and food stuff. Strange substitutions have led to some very tinteresting dishes.

Frozen grapes

I am currently overseas - since the island is small - there are no actual restaurants, no fast food and no decent supermarket.
I am currently missing (insert collective gasp here) Taco Bell's chalupas !!

.....and bagels and good hamburgers and good whole wheat pasta and fresh milk and salmon and Heath bars and whole grain bread and tacos (well Mexican food) and granola and the white cheese flavored popcorn (natural) and the "homestyle" microwave popcorn and meat that hasn't been frozen for 6 months and Hansen sodas and gyros and carnival food (and fairs and festivals) and beer - have I mentioned the serious lacking of good beer here? (all I ask is a Fat Tire or Blue Moon!) and grapefruit juice and .... sigh....

Fritos and cream cheese.... yum. If you get the whipped cream cheese (alas this stupid little island doesn't have it) it makes eating them on the way home almost safe (not that it matters anymore because we have no cars and I am definately not talented enough to eat fritos and cream cheese on a bike). It was a sad month or two when there were no fritos to be had.