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One of the best road trips I've ever taken was down the Oregon coast from Seattle. We made it our mission to stop at a different greasy spoon diner every day and eat pie - to this day, I still crave pie on road trips.

Also keep an eye out for wineries along the way, those are pretty fun diversions. And, I know it sounds lame, but make a stop at the Tillamook Cheese Factory, it's actually pretty fun.

Definitely stop by Pacific City and eat at the Pelican Pub. The food is good, relatively cheap and the beer they make in house is fantastic. The views out across the ocean are amazing.

white zinfandel, purchased minced garlic, unfinished wine, canned olives, sun dried tomatoes, agribusiness meats, processed foods.

Natto is never to enter my house. I'm trying to kick the unhealthy eating, but I am such a foodie that it is tough to say what else you would never find in the fridge (aside from the obvious vegetables and fruits that should never be refridgerated.) Hmm...menudo, beef tongue (like it, but too lazy to cook the stuff,) Limburger Cheese, Epoisses...I love cheese, but the stinky stuff stays out of the house. Durian fruit, processed turkey, Tofurkey. Processed peanut butter, that peanut butter/jelly in one jar., Uncrustables (although I think those go into the freezer.) Fruitcake, Spam, Vienna Sausages, pickled herring, pigs feet, pickled eggs. That's all I have for now, but will probably mull it over on my drive home and come up with another list of stuff.

Traveller, we love Roasted Brussels Sprounts from the Central Market grocery store website. Roasted garlic, olive oil, thyme - what's not to love?!

http://www.centralmarket.com/cm/recipeCategoryListAction.do?recipeId=80822&categoryId=SIPV00

As far as things that won't be in my refrigerator, that's tough because while I'm a picky eater, hubby is not, so there could be just about anything in there!

Never, ever tomatos...you'll find them on my counter but never in the fridge.
Why do restaurants still insist on putting poor defenseless tomatoes in there??? That brings me to another subject: What's with the hard as rock butter served in restaurants? Any comments?

Aunt Jone: Yes my mother absolutely told me that. And then she would go pop a can of fancy feast for the cats and say "see, fish heads, smells like tuna". My co-workers also torture me and it seems that they eat tuna at least twice a week just to piss me off. I think I'll come to work and cook a large vat of collards with a huge ham hock. That should get the place pretty smelly.