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actually i wasn't offended about not mentioning my country, but more of the wasting food thing, ah.. all good now though

Nothing personal but
Myth: There are starving children in Africa who would be happy to eat all the lovely food left on your plate!
Fact: African children are no doubt as fussy as our own. (I wonder what African mothers tell their kids to get them to eat?)

That offended me. You see, I live in Indonesia and while it might not be as bad as Africa but yes there are starving children here. We're not talking about the rich/well-off kids who could afford to be fussy eater like US kids, but the kids who did not go to school and hit the street to beg, who scrounge around week old trash can to find sthg, ANYTHING to eat, no matter how bad they are. so YES, they would be happy to eat ANYTHING you did not eat. Most people here live poverty, which means not only they can't eat well (well as in nutritious AND hygienic, let's not talk about taste), they can't eat all.

Therefore Indonesian mothers don't really have to tell their kids to 'get them eat'. provide stale rice and salt on the table would make a happy meal.

It pains me beyond belief when someone casually mentions that the food they had were not up to par with their 'foodie' standard and threw them away, after one or two bites. This is nothing personal and I could understand that, but try coming here for a couple of days and see if you could still do the same.

It's stupid I know to get upset of things on the net, but this does me beyond belief.

Again, sorry, nothing personal.

Since I've experienced the most god-awful sore throat EVER, my fav way to use honey is mixed with apple cider vinegar, citrus juice, warm water. It definitely kicks antibiotics ass..

Baking cakes and cookies. Indeed, like butterface, "There's something about those cream-butter-and-sugar recipes that just makes sense to me." I'm confident enough to experiment and even develop my own recipe. Downside, I hardly ever stick to recipes anymore =/

Pie crust, however.. fails me.

i have recently mastered roux and cream sauce. Ooh, and also smooth-as-baby's-ass buttercream (food-processing the hell of confectioner's sugar is the key).

I'd like to master seafood cooking. How do you boil shrimp perfectly?

Indonesians meal feature a lot of goat meat, which I never cared for in fact, goats are just one of the few things I avoided. I find them too smelly, too tough and just blah. But then again, I never really like red meat

Toasted English muffin, scrambled egg in the microwave, a little cheese.
Yogurt with granola and dried fruit.
Oatmeal. *wry smile* I keep frozen fruit and lots of spices on hand, so that helps.
A Carnation Instant Breakfast, peanut butter, banana, and milk smoothie.
Cottage cheese with a banana and toast.
Hard-boiled egg and toast.
Frozen waffles/pancakes with peanut butter and honey.
Cheese toast with a side of fruit.
Scrambled egg and cheese wraps (with or without breakfast meat - precooking breakfast meats help!)

I've been experimenting with breakfast egg muffins - sort of like breakfast casserole, but made in a muffin tin and frozen and reheated. I'm not quite happy with it yet, but I think I'm close!

Smoothie -

1 banana
1/2c cottage cheese
1/2c yogurt
2-3tbsp water or milk
1/4-1/2c berries (frozen works great!)
1tsp honey
1 tsp ground flax

Blend, toss in a travel mug, and enjoy :-)

ED LEVINE THOSE ARE MY SENTIMENTS EXACTLY !

Icing with way too much sugar. I'm usually the one scraping icing off of cake at parties.
Banana bread or cooked bananas (plantains don't count). I love bananas though.
Most corporate baked goods; you can taste the lack of love and care in them, and I can't remember ever reaching for carrageenan or sodium benzoate when baking.
Sugar-free anything. Sugar substitutes taste nasty.
Most fruitcakes. I'm bored with them.
Adult-sized slices of chocolate cake. I usually find it too rich to eat in large quantities. I love chocolate, I just prefer it in small doses.
Most donuts, except for cake donuts.
Crunchy cookies. Just not a fan of the texture.

Desserts that make me go meh:
Red velvet cake? I mean, it usually tastes OK (vaguely reminiscent of malted milk, like Wendy's frosties), but I always feel odd eating so much food coloring.
Sock-it-to-me/7-up/insert soda here cake. Common in Southern cooking, and almost always too sweet.

Re: buttercream icing: unless you had it on a homemade cake or cake from a wedding party, it probably wasn't made with real butter. 'Buttercream' icing made from vegetable shortening is pretty disgusting.

I'm surprised so many people here don't like tiramisu, but I've had my share of bad tiramisu. I'll second the cannoli though. Highly overrated and just not that tasty.

I really hate it when I've spent hours preparing a meal and my husband and other family members eat it so quickly that you have to wonder.....did they really even taste it?

I also hate it when people mix their food. Ok.....when I was a child I mixed my food, but it really is annoying when you have spent a lot of time preparing a meal with great flavor and someone mixes each bite! My suggestion.....make things easier for them and just put it in a blender before serving :)