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Food Meme!

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

Got this from Frankie.

What’s the last thing you ate?
Black bean chowder

What’s your favorite cheese?
Mexican White Cheddar

What’s your favorite fish?
Orange Roughy. I like it steamed with just a bit of lemon.

What’s your favorite fruit?
By itself peaches. In things lemons

When, if ever, did you start liking olives?
I only like black olives and didn’t start liking them until I was an adult. Mostly on pizza and tacos!

When, if ever, did you start liking beer?
Never. ever. ever. blech as my youngest would say.

When, if ever, did you start liking shellfish?
Shrimp? Always. Scallops as a teen. Lobster and Crab in my 20’s. Oysters and Clams..ewww (not yet!)

What was the best thing your parent/s used to make?
Roasted Leg of Lamb

What’s the native specialty of your home town?
I don’t have one but my hubby’s home town specialty was Tavern Dogs (ground beef and onion on a hot dog)

What’s your comfort food?
Tea and Toast in the AM. Macaroni and Cheese baked in the PM.

What’s your favorite type of chocolate?
Dark with coconut

How do you like your steak?
medium well it must not moo at me!

How do you like your burger?
well done

How do you like your eggs?
Fried with the white completely cooked and the yolk liquid but not runny. Better just let me cook my own egg.

How do you like your potatoes?
I have never met a potato I didn’t like – but I especially like potato pancakes.

How do you take your coffee?
With Milk (or half/half) and honey. I like it fru-fru too so flavorings and whipped if I’m out.

How do you take your tea?
with honey nothing else.

What’s your favorite mug?
My favorite is the mug my sister gave me a few years back and the Raggedy Ann & Andy mugs I found last year.

What’s your cookie of choice?
Chocolate Dipped Almond Biscotti


What’s your ideal breakfast?
Eggs, Toast, Coffee

What’s your ideal sandwich?
Turkey on Foccacia with mixed greens

What’s your ideal pizza (topping and base)?
 Popcorn Flour Foccacia Crust, Tomato, Basil, Garlic with Mozzarella

What’s your ideal pie (sweet or savory)?
Lemon Cream Cheese or Chicken Pot Pie – I have favorites for both savory and sweet.

What’s your ideal salad?
 I adore a Cobb salad.

What food do you always like to have in the fridge?
heh…let’s just take my top five things: Milk, Yogurt, Buttermilk, Jam and Tortillas

What food do you always like to have in the freezer?
Beef, Chicken and Pork

What food do you always like to have in the cupboard?
flour, sugar, beans and pasta

What spices can you not live without?
Basil, Cumin, Chili Powder and Tarragon

What sauces can you not live without?
plain Tomato sauce

Where do you buy most of your food?
Fareway

How often do you go food shopping?
Once a week.

What’s the most you’ve spent on a single food item?
A cut of lamb – was more than $15

What’s the most expensive piece of kitchen equipment you own?
My knives.

What’s the last piece of equipment you bought for your kitchen?
My kitchen-aid mixer

What piece of kitchen equipment could you not live without?
My knives and my favorite mixing bowl

How many times a week/month do you cook from raw ingredients?
Every day.

What’s the last thing you cooked from raw ingredients?
Breakfast I made oatmeal.

What’s your favorite thing to make for yourself?
Bread

What meats have you eaten besides cow, pig, chicken and turkey?
Lamb, rabbit

What’s the last time you ate something that had fallen on the floor?
um in this house?? We have THREE dogs – off the floor isn’t an option most times.

What’s the last time you ate something you’d picked in the wild?
Does the wild of my backyard count? Then this summer.

Place the following cuisines in order of preference (greatest to least)
Italian, sushi, Chinese, French, Indian,
Indian, Chinese, Sushi, Italian, French

Place the following boozes in order of preference (greatest to least)
Whiskey, tequila, vodka, brandy, gin, rum:
I don’t really drink so I have no preferences save for non-alcoholic!

Place the following flavors in order of preference (greatest to least)
Garlic, ginger, basil, aniseed, lime
Garlic, Basil, Aniseed, Ginger, Lime

Place the following fruits in order of preference (greatest to least)
cherry, apple, orange, pineapple, watermelon
Cherry, Pineapple, Apple, Orange, Watermelon

Bread and spread:
homemade wheat/white toasted with peanut butter

What’s your fast food restaurant of choice, and what do you usually order?
Culvers and the butter burger

What are three of the best dining-out experiences you’ve had?
A hole in the wall indian place was fabulous food. Local Machine Shed handles the kids really well. And a favorite Italian place from my working days.

What’s your choice of tipple at the end of a long day?
hot cocoa

Favorite cookbook/s?
Jeremy Jackson’s Cornbread and a 35 year old Church cookbook from our hometown area.

Got any favorite food blogs?
I love Peabody’s, Pioneer Woman and a huge assortement of food bloggers who have photos!

What’s the next thing you’ll eat?
breakfast eggs, toast and coffee with a side of the lemon loaf that I made tonight!

13.11.2008 musings 1 Comment

Happy Fourth have a Random Meme!

Friday, July 4th, 2008

Christine tagged me for a bit of fun. On the Fourth note we spent the day in the garden, in the pool, in the sandbox, in the outdoors. Pretty much the whole day. Jr.’s sun freckles will be sprouted tomorrow and I think both boys have a little sun on the face – so tonight after they are sleeping I’ll sneak in and put on the aloe gel. (They can’t stand it when they are awake and both of them throw themselves onto the nearest pillow for a good healthy wipe! Guess how often that its MINE!)

Here’s a bit of fun for the Fourth!

Rules:

1) If you are tagged you must copy and paste my questions onto your blog, delete my answers, and answer as you would.

2) Tag some more people! You must notify your tagees by comment or message, and don’t forget to include these instructions.

1.How many brothers do you have? One and he’s plenty! (ha ha love you brother)

2.How many sisters do you have? Two – and neither a duplicate so there is plenty to love

3.Can you whistle? Yep! Though if I try to whistle loud in inevitably can only whistle very quiet??

4.Do you like “Silly Songs with Larry”? Yes I do! My favorite is Barbara Manatee.

5.How often do you wear black? Pretty regularly

6.Do you like to wear black? I think – though perhaps its I like to wear comfy clothes and those happen to be black!

7.How about pink/purple? Pink some – purple not so much.

8.What is your favorite veggie? Cucumber  – (Brussel Sprouts Christine??? Eww!!)

9.How often do you lose your hairbrush? Every single day. I kid you not – why do you think I really wear ponytails! :P

I’m not really sure who to tag so I’ll leave it open – Snap it up if you need a bit of fun for the day! Though I am curious how many others lose thier hairbrush as often as I do?? :)

04.07.2008 musings No Comments

June 4th:Cooking Meme

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

Very timely! I out of photos for the day because my batteries in my camera died again. :P I’m probably going to have to break down and buy a new set of rechargeable batteries. Why? Because I misplaced my 2nd set or lost them??!!

So here goes Cooking Meme tagged by Christine

The rules:

1) Answer all the questions honestly.

2) Tag at least three people.

When was the most recent time you were burned?
If you mean an annoying “ouch” burn – popping popcorn just the other day. If you mean a real honest-to- goodness blister burn it was making a frosting a few months back that used a boiled sugar syrup. Now that hurt for days!

Can you cook?
I can! Cooking is a minor passion with baking being first. Though I’m what I consider a edible cook since almost everything I do cook is fairly basic and not experimental. (Except on experimental recipe night in which case it is also “backup meal in the fridge” night!)

If yes, name your specialties (three max.)
Buttered Chicken, ginger lentils and flatbread
Country Beans and Ham Stew with Cornbread
Chicken and Dumpling Stew

If yes, do you like to cook?
Yes! I take pleasure in the cooking itself! So not only do I enjoy the food I make, I enjoy the process itself. I am plagued with children who eat from three main groups: pasta, nuggets and crackers. Therefore when I cook it is for myself and my dear hubby.

If no, do you want to be able to cook?
See above.

What color is your kitchen?
Orange, Cream with walnut colored wood.

Do you bake?
Often!

If yes, specialties (max 3)
Oatmeal Cookies
Dorothy Bars
Carrot Muffins

If yes, do you like to bake?
Yes! Baking is where I experiment the most when in the kitchen. I’m often altering recipes with interesting results. Sometimes my alterations don’t work so well but when it does it’s fantastic!

If no, do you want to bake?
See above!

What color is your apron?
I have several but my favorite is black. A friends asked me once if I wear an apron all the time. My response was “If I want my clothes to stay clean I do!” My confession here is this is a necessity for me because I am a compulsive “jeans wiper” if I don’t have an apron or at a minimum a dishcloth my jeans will inevitably be utilized.

I tag (should they want to play) Evil Mommy, Not Jenny and Lynanne!

04.06.2008 musings 3 Comments