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I love most of the foods mentioned here! I have always been someone who can eat just about anything...until I developed a gluten and dairy intolerance. Boo. So aside from what I cannot eat, I love all foods except:
- lima beans. Not that I WON'T eat them, but they taste bland and pasty to me.
@ Mrs. F - I used to HATE ham growing up. I would smother it with mustard to get over the taste. Then when I became an adult, I realized I just hated cheap bad ham - the honey-baked stuff is alright. Not my favorite, but I'll tolerate it.
- any donut or eclair with chocolate and/or pastry cream. The smell alone of chocolate covered donuts makes me retch. I can pass up most any donut, really, but I do love a sour cream cake donut. This dislike extends to other pastry cream things, like Boston cream pie.
- Tequila.
- bologna and just about any other cheap processed meat. Chopped ham, pressed ham, pickle loaf, olive loaf - gross. I'll eat a hot dog, but only if it's super-premium, no corn syrup or artificial ingredients, snobby foodie hot dog.
- most canned vegetables. I'd eat them if I had to, but aside from canned tomatoes, I'd rather pretend that canned vegetables don't exist. They're usually mushy, bland, and salty. Blech.
But sweet potatoes, olives, runny egg yolks, sushi, shrimp? Bring it on!

@hmw0029 - I totally saw that too on Top Chef! I was screaming at the television - how in the world is it cold and early spring and they have tomatoes? Food faux pas on non-food related shows, okay, I can forgive, but how does Top Chef get it wrong?

Wow, that looks great! I've been working on my "perfect" loaf, but it hasn't topped my priority list. Might have to just try yours out!

I'm really not THAT much of a food snob, I'm really not, but I guess I just can't jump on board with the Mac Snack Wrap, or anything at McDonald's, really. They have good fries, but beyond that, it's just sustanance. I'll save myself for a Whataburger!

CannedIce already mentioned it, but I've made one of Rick Bayless's recipes from Mexican Everyday - the Chipotle Pork Tinga Tacos - and let it go for a good 9 hours or so. AMAZING. http://tastyeatsathome.wordpress.com/2009/09/03/chipotle-pork-tinga-tacos/

Also I make a super-easy vegetarian pumpkin and bean chili. Healthy, and all you do is dump and go! http://tastyeatsathome.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/vegetarian-bean-and-pumpkin-chili-plus-a-gluten-free-cheddar-serrano-biscuit/

I love liver and onions (I even posted about it on my blog not that long ago - even if it's not the "popular" thing to post, I still wish to sing its praises!) - and I especially love the idea of the fried sage leaves. It is a million times better cooked on the rarer side. And to tahitian (and anyone else), you sometimes have to visit a high-end grocery with an in-house butcher in order to get good calf's liver. The regular American groceries only sell sad excuses for liver, that I've seen, anyway.

Ooh! Wondering if they'll be gluten-free -- macarons are naturally gluten-free but I'm unsure of the fillings. I want to get me some!

This is an awesome story! Love it! I've never had the pleasure of eating fresh frog, although I do love frogs legs. Haven't prepared them in quite some time though.

Mm.........so delicious.

Mmmm peanut butter and bacon. Heaven.

I'm a huge peanut butter fan but I can generally control myself beyond 2-3 Tablespoons. I buy natural nowadays, so at least no HFCS. But honestly, the fat in the PB satiates me, I guess. Sugary things such as cookies, however? I have a tough time controlling myself eating those. Congrats on the weight loss!

Ahh, I too love my Mexican Everyday book. In fact, making Smoky Pork Tinga Tacos tonight! Can't wait to get home to the smell of deliciousness in the slow cooker. This chicken looks absolutely amazing. That's it - making this definitely next week!

Cheese. Unfortunately, there are two versions of cheese in the house. The cheap stuff (my hubby prefers) and the "good" stuff (I prefer). The only one we agree on is the parmesan.
Veggies - I go out of my way to get fresh produce from the farmers market. So much better that way.
Steaks - I will scrimp, to a degree, on certain cuts of meat. But steak? Has to be grass-fed, free range, organic. YUM.
Eggs - I just can't go back to grocery store eggs, not even the best the store has to offer. I get mine from a local farm that raises happy chickens.

Random combinations, such as a spoonful of peanut butter, then a corn tortilla with melted cheese in the middle (a psuedo-quesadilla). A piece of fruit. A yogurt.

If I'm actually preparing myself a meal, the sky's the limit. I will definitely make something I would enjoy but my husband would not...i.e. a vegetable frittata, eggplant, something with lots of tomatoes.