culinary confessions...

[MC Moot]

I like to think I'm a gourmet or connoisseur, willing ready, enthusiastic and able to try any type of cuisine.....the truth is....wince......I have never had fondue!
There is a lederhosen joint in my town with big steins and all and I’ve seen it on the slopes.....I really should go.....what's your repertoire missing?
:D

[ms.peachy]

I've never had Ethiopian food. I understand it's meant to be quite good; in fact I read a quote in a retaurant review recently that said "There are two types of people: those that love Ethiopian food, and those who have never tried it." I understand it's mainly different types of stews, and is sort of similar to Moroccan tagines (which I love) and the earthier sorts of Indian curries (which I also love). So I should really go and give it a try.

[jabumbo]

never had sushi


its funny because i love seafood in general, and ive always meant to get some, but ive never had more than a small taste of someone elses stuff, and even that wasn't much, nothing that i really remember anyway

[cosmo105]

not something i've never tried, but something i'm not proud of...i don't like japanese food. i'm not that huge of a fan of chinese or korean either, for that matter. a lot of asian quisine just isn't appetizing to me. i don't know if it's because i spent time in taiwan and got rather sick of it, and didn't want to eat it for months afterward. i just feel like such a dork when i turn that kind of food down. i don't want to seem like i don't like eating ethnic foods, i just don't like those in particular :o

[MC Moot]

I've never had Ethiopian food. I understand it's meant to be quite good; in fact I read a quote in a retaurant review recently that said "There are two types of people: those that love Ethiopian food, and those who have never tried it." I understand it's mainly different types of stews, and is sort of similar to Moroccan tagines (which I love) and the earthier sorts of Indian curries (which I also love). So I should really go and give it a try.


Oh I can vouch for it...it's really good. I had a roomy who was Ethiopian back in school,we went a few times.I don't like eating with my hands.....well not rice and stuff...taco's,pizza,chicken yeah.....I also would'nt really know what to order by name other than inje (bread) and this spicy beef and pepper plate.....it's bloody marvelous! Don't chew the jhat though! :)

[MC Moot]

not something i've never tried, but something i'm not proud of...i don't like japanese food. i'm not that huge of a fan of chinese or korean either, for that matter. a lot of asian quisine just isn't appetizing to me. :o

Wow....I love most Japanese,gyoza and tempura,soooo good... but what they eat for breakfast is baffling and I have some bad chinese Dim Sum dishes....some tastes just don't work,like that oyster/fish sauce used in some korean foods is totally inedible to me...uhhhhhh... ;)

[mca47]

never had sushi


its funny because i love seafood in general, and ive always meant to get some, but ive never had more than a small taste of someone elses stuff, and even that wasn't much, nothing that i really remember anyway

:eek:
you've got to get sushi!!!! it's like the best food in the entire world!

[Whois]

Don't chew the jhat though! :)

Great food, unfortunately the restaurant closest to us isn't that good. The best in Seattle (so far) is a tiny little place in the Central District.

The hand roasted coffee is amazing...


I've never tried balut...but then do I really want to??

[cosmo105]

Wow....I love most Japanese,gyoza and tempura,soooo good... but what they eat for breakfast is baffling and I have some bad chinese Dim Sum dishes....some tastes just don't work,like that oyster/fish sauce used in some korean foods is totally inedible to me...uhhhhhh... ;)
OH MY GOD Dim Sum is DISGUSTING. i remember my sister-in-law's mom taking us to a really authentic place and trying so hard not to laugh at the dude who had the - no lie - 6"+ long hair growing HORIZONTALLY straight out of a mole on his cheek. apparently it's good luck not to cut it. *shiver* anyway yeah the food was awful. i'll never forget the sight of barbecued chicken feet served in a dish...as if they were standing up...only without bodies :(

[ET]

I love chicken but eating the feet? Fucking gross. I feel like with those dumpling shits I was eating litle creature's heads. With brains and shit in them.

The food's ok but it's a shame everything smells like peas.

[MC Moot]

OH MY GOD Dim Sum is DISGUSTING. i remember my sister-in-law's mom taking us to a really authentic place and trying so hard not to laugh at the dude who had the - no lie - 6"+ long hair growing HORIZONTALLY straight out of a mole on his cheek. apparently it's good luck not to cut it. *shiver* anyway yeah the food was awful. i'll never forget the sight of barbecued chicken feet served in a dish...as if they were standing up...only without bodies :(

Ha,chickens feet,seen em never ate them! I worked with a man who had a similar hairy mole and refused to cut it out of superstition as well! You gotta like those dim dum egg tarts and bbq pork or custard buns though! Petrified duck eggs, man…..so rude….

[enree erzweglle]

Not into cooking; doing it doesn't thrill me and I don't do it justice.

I've never had fondue either and don't have a big enough appetite to fully appreciate multi-course, extravagant meals.

As for eating, if I could, I'd just take a pill and be done with it.
Food does little for me except for when I get the urge for a few things: green grapes, cheese, this salad from a place down the street, these horrible-for-you fries that you can get close to where I work, or my mom's homemade pizza.
If gum counts as food, I'm an addict.

[MC Moot]

Not into cooking; doing it doesn't thrill me and I don't do it justice.

I've never had fondue either and don't have a big enough appetite to fully appreciate multi-course, extravagant meals.

As for eating, if I could, I'd just take a pill and be done with it.
Food does little for me except for when I get the urge for a few things: green grapes, cheese, this salad from a place down the street, these horrible-for-you fries that you can get close to where I work, or my mom's homemade pizza.
If gum counts as food, I'm an addict.

Wow....really? Are you still young? No offense errr anything like that....just that food is one of my 3 favorite recreational pursuits.......I guess I can understand a sparrows appetite though...they promised us world hunger would be erradicated by a meal in a pill by the time I was an adult...lying dawgs!My dentist scared me off the gum a while ago... ;)

[enree erzweglle]

Wow....really? Are you still young? No offense errr anything like that....just that food is one of my 3 favorite recreational pursuits.......I guess I can understand a sparrows appetite though...they promised us world hunger would be erradicated by a meal in a pill by the time I was an adult...lying dawgs!My dentist scared me off the gum a while ago... ;)
Am I young? I'm Yauch's age.

I don't know--maybe it's just that I don't enjoy cooking so it's just not worth it to me to go through all of that, and the eating and cooking go hand-in-hand. When I eat out, I'm easy--I'm okay with a salad or eating at a place like Panera's. I do get hungry after I exercise particularly heavily, but I'm okay with toast for breakfast or a piece of bread with hummus for lunch...something like that. (I do sometimes make home-made hummus only to regulate the amount of lemon that goes in.)

I know that about recreational pursuits and food. I work with people who are heavily into food as art--preparing, serving, and eating it (ironically, the eating part takes the least amount of time). They've taken courses and the one guy owns a kitchen supplies store and gives lessons. They're into it. I don't do that myself, but I appreciate the zeal they show.

I have to host the Thanksgiving meal each year. It's never fun for me but loads of fun for my guests. My one relative keeps a database of the stupid things that I've done to get the meal out the door, the most recent of which is to cook the damn thing upside-down. I still don't know which way is up. Usually, I undercook them so I wind up putting in about 15 of those pop-up timers along whichever side I've got facing up. My dad says it always looks like my turkeys have some sort of pox.

I chew sugarless gum. :p

[MC Moot]

Am I young? I'm Yauch's age.

I don't know--maybe it's just that I don't enjoy cooking so it's just not worth it to me to go through all of that, and the eating and cooking go hand-in-hand. When I eat out, I'm easy--I'm okay with a salad or eating at a place like Panera's. .......I know that about recreational pursuits and food. I work with people who are heavily into food as art--preparing, serving, and eating it (ironically, the eating part takes the least amount of time). They've taken courses and the one guy owns a kitchen supplies store and gives lessons. They're into it. I don't do that myself, but I appreciate the zeal they show.

I have to host the Thanksgiving meal each year. It's never fun for me but loads of fun for my guests.......I chew sugarless gum. :p

Cool, I think I get it....I didn't embrace cooking until I was old enough to hang out with my dad as a peer not a parent, and then he opened a world I been tripping on ever since,at the ripe age of 34....I was always exposed and spoiled by it but it was Grandma's realm and she cut my steak until she left this party.....thanksgiving can be pressured,Eh?....blow their minds and serve a tofurkey as a prank....have real bird close by in case of seizure, dizziness or tryptophan withdrawal! Summer is around the corner and the cooking will cease as the temp climbs!
The gum thing though....my Dr say's it wrecks your jaw, particularily if you are descended from Mediterranean roots,something in the genes! :)

[FloorK]

I can't cook and I hate food that's mixed together. :p

[MC Moot]

I can't cook and I hate food that's mixed together. :p

No....say it ain't so...I mean "sometimes I like to
brag, sometimes I'm soft spoken but when I'm in Holland I eat the pannekoeken..." :D

[kll]

not something i've never tried, but something i'm not proud of...i don't like japanese food. i'm not that huge of a fan of chinese or korean either, for that matter. a lot of asian quisine just isn't appetizing to me. i don't know if it's because i spent time in taiwan and got rather sick of it, and didn't want to eat it for months afterward. i just feel like such a dork when i turn that kind of food down. i don't want to seem like i don't like eating ethnic foods, i just don't like those in particular :o
admit it, you are racist against the food... nothing to be ashamed of...

[the been]

no one will believe this but...

i have NEVER had a steak or a hamburger.

steak and hamburgers have grossed me out since i was little. people have gone to great lengths to get me to try this stuff....but i just cant do it.

never had lobster.
never had shrimp.

when i was little my parents got me some kind of fish sandwich at Arthur Treachers (old fast food joint) and i got soooooooooo sick. ever since then i have thought i was allergic to fish. granted it was fast food shit and not the good stuff......i'm still scared.

i know i know. i'm a freak AND a wuss. i'm a fruss. :(

[enree erzweglle]

blow their minds and serve a tofurkey as a prank....have real bird close by in case of seizure, dizziness or tryptophan withdrawal!
I have totally thought of doing that as a joke, but I would have to have the backup turkey somewhere, like you suggest, or that would be the end of it for my dad. It could work, though...she makes shifty plotting-ahead eyes....hmmmm.

Between the gum chewing and all the talking I do my jaw is screwed anyway. :)

[MC Moot]

no one will believe this but...

I have NEVER had a steak or a hamburger.
steak and hamburgers have grossed me out since i was little. people have gone to great lengths to get me to try this stuff....but i just cant do it. [/I]
never had lobster.
never had shrimp.
......i'm still scared.[/I]

i know i know. i'm a freak AND a wuss. i'm a fruss. :(

We can beat this thing....together....we can do it.....surf and turf! Or a parisian style steak sandwhich,sauteed mushrooms and shallots....we have the technology,we have the know how.....like Spicoli said "we can fix this car" :D