Favorite Foods aka, I can entirely subsist on the following

[Maggie Mae]

To counteract the other hyperbolic thread of least favorite foods (aka, I would rather STARVE), maybe we should talk about our favorites!

Disclaimer: Hyperbole ahead. I'd much prefer a well-rounded diet.

• Sushi, Sashimi,dried seaweed, and "wasabi" paste
  
• Beer
  
• Chardonnay
  
• Scotch
  
• Steak cooked RARE
  
• Jalapenos on things that are appropriate for jalapenos
  
• Tacos (corn shell please)
  
• lima beans (I'm not even joking. I love lima beans.)

[Blahblah]

Dark chocolate

Spicy Thai food (basil, lemongrass, coconut, chili please)

Cheese (not that tasteless rubber stuff. I want proper bitey, crumbly aged cheddar)

Potatoes - mashed, fried, baked, chips, all the potatoes please.

[sparkles]

(Waiting for DGayle to chime in and ask us how we can talk about favorite foods since it's such a first world privilege when there are STARVING CHILDREN who would eat bugs if they had to.)

Pizza

Bread

Cheese

Pickled (almost) anything

Fresh fruit

Sour Patch Kids

[ADoyle90815]

Dark chocolate

authentic Mexican food, especially with freshly made tortillas.

cheese

pizza

onion dip, yes the kind made with the Lipton mix

guacamole-no peas, sorry NY Times.

Grilled corn on the cob

potatoes

steak cooked to no more than medium rare

chocolate malt shake

[CallmeChaCha]

ADoyle - a question: freshly made CORN tortillas? :drool:

Ice cream. If I could live off ice cream, I would. I occasionally have it for dinner. :D

Cheese. Lots and lots of cheese.

Strawberries.

Cherries.

Bacon. The thick stuff. With maple syrup on it.

(Now I'm hungry!)

Eta: and the bomb-ass fries and barbecue sauce from Firestone/Main Street/Dog House Grill in Cambria, San Luis Obispo, or Fresno California!!!

[Shoobydoo]

I must participate in all food related threads. And only those.

Fried chicken, fried fish, fried shrimp, fried gator, fried porkchops....

Crab legs

Grilled salted mackerel/pacific saury

Prime rib

Ribeye, the steak version of prime rib

Crab legs

Really good mashed potatoes

French fries with beef gravy

Crab legs

Rotisserie chicken, when done really well

Hashbrowns topped with sunny side up eggs

Crab legs

I am going to die young. :lol:

[latraviata]

Foie gras

Wine

Shellfish in particular oysters

Fish

Guinea fowl

Cheese (all cheese, French, Dutch Italian preferably raw milk)

Veal

Beef

Pork

Offal (with the exception of tripe)

Potatoes (as long as they are not pureed)

Asparagus

Olives

Olive oil

Butter

Herbs (yes cilantro as well)

[Maggie Mae]

(Waiting for DGayle to chime in and ask us how we can talk about favorite foods since it's such a first world privilege when there are STARVING CHILDREN who would eat bugs if they had to.)

I laughed entirely too hard at this.

Someone (maybe DGayle, maybe someone else) will probably come along and remind us that food is food, and having preferences is a privilege. Said person is much better than us heathens and is lacking in tastebuds is always pleased with whatever is available and life sustaining.

[nausicaa]

Thai drunken noodles

Goat cheese

Cheddar cheese

Really most any kind of cheese

Buitoni soft pasta stuffed with cheese (I will eat that stuff raw)

Hershey kisses

Hummus

Spring rolls

Fried rice

Newman's Own Ginger Dressing

A good cheeseburger off the grill with real cheese

Malted milkshakes

Goat burgers (I love goat meat, no joke)

Caprese (especially the kind on skewers)

Red beans and rice

OMG, I"m so hungry right now.

[Blahblah]

Eta: and the bomb-ass fries and barbecue sauce from Firestone/Main Street/Dog House Grill in Cambria, San Luis Obispo, or Fresno California!!!

Aww. I'm an Aussie but I spent some time in California a few years ago. I stayed in Cambria and LOVED it. Moonstone Beach, sigh....

[Palimpsest]

I can't, my list is too long and esoteric. I love spicy food and ethnic foods and am quite adventurous - minus the cilantro and offal.

I think I really want to try poutine. It sounds so deliciously unhealthy that I'd dive right in.

[twin2]

Good bread and good cheese, with a bit of chocolate for dessert.

[SamE]

Good bourbon

Thai curried anything

A good rare filet mignon

Iceberg lettuce served really cold

Lemon wedges served with any food

Cilantro

[latraviata]

Good bread and good cheese, with a bit of chocolate for dessert.

Ultimately, a piece of slightly running camembert, good bread and a nice red wine is all I need!

[Anny Nym]

Oh I love this foodie threads! :lol:

Seafood. All types of. I haven´t found yet a species I wouldn´t eat. And I love the texture of raw fish.

Raw beefsteak.

Balsamico and styrian pumpkin seed oil

Melon

Mint

Fresh, still warm Farmer´s bread with butter

Violets (Violet syrup, violet sorbet or violet chocolate from Bachhalm - I really could solely live on this stuff)

Basically everything that is sweet and fluffy like mousse, soufflé , meringue desserts

So that´s my favorites, but I am not much of a picky eater otherwise. And a good glass of red wine goes with everything ;)

[laPapessaGiovanna]

Icream, but only the fresh one, not the factory made one

Chocolate

Pasta (all pasta especially homemade: spaghetti, bigoli, tortelloni, paccheri, fusilli, trofie, strozzapreti,lasagne etc) with any sauce (carbonara, allo scoglio, all'amatriciana ecc) but no cheese

Risotto (alla milanese and many others)

Pumpkin sweet gnocchi

Tomatoes

Carciofi

Zucchini

fried melanzane

Grilled chicken

Grilled pork ribs

Greek salad (rice with all sorts of vegetables)

Russian cake (typical of Verona)

Quite a long list I know :mrgreen:

[latraviata]

Icream, but only the fresh one, not the factory made one

Chocolate

Pasta (all pasta especially homemade: spaghetti, bigoli, tortelloni, paccheri, fusilli, trofie, strozzapreti,lasagne etc) with any sauce (carbonara, allo scoglio, all'amatriciana ecc) but no cheese

Risotto (alla milanese and many others)

Pumpkin sweet gnocchi

Tomatoes

Carciofi

Zucchini

fried melanzane

Grilled chicken

Grilled pork ribs

Greek salad (rice with all sorts of vegetables)

Russian cake (typical of Verona)

Quite a long list I know :mrgreen:

Yes all this!!

[latraviata]

Oh I love this foodie threads! :lol:

Seafood. All types of. I haven´t found yet a species I wouldn´t eat. And I love the texture of raw fish.

Raw beefsteak.

Balsamico and styrian pumpkin seed oil

Melon

Mint

Fresh, still warm Farmer´s bread with butter

Violets (Violet syrup, violet sorbet or violet chocolate from Bachhalm - I really could solely live on this stuff)

Basically everything that is sweet and fluffy like mousse, soufflé , meringue desserts

So that´s my favorites, but I am not much of a picky eater otherwise. And a good glass of red wine goes with everything ;)

All of this, not so much mint though.

[laPapessaGiovanna]

Here they would call you a buona forchetta (good fork, it means you appreciate food) latraviata :D

[latraviata]

Here they would call you a buona forchetta (good fork, it means you appreciate food) latraviata :D

I am half French Papette what can I say??

Regarding food appreciation there isn't much difference between the Italians (or any Mediterranean for that matter) and the French, is there?

[Childless]

Yummy! I love this thread.

Ethiopian food (injera, minchet abish, yemisir wett, siga wett, awaze tibbs, zilzil tibbs, yemisir sambusa, yesega sambusa, I could go on and on)

Mexican food

sushi and sashimi

Pakistani food (especially pakora and biryani)

Vietnamese food

Oh, who am I kidding, most Asian food.

[laPapessaGiovanna]

I am half French Papette what can I say??

Regarding food appreciation there isn't much difference between the Italians (or any Mediterranean for that matter) and the French, is there?

Absolutely, culinary speaking we're all cousins :D

[lemondrop]

Good light sourdough bread, a white crumbly cheese, ripe tomatoes fresh off the vine, strawberries, dark chocolate, Earl Grey tea.

[Anny Nym]

@latraviata, I just recognized you as a fellow Foie gras lover. I like that! :lol:

ad veal: we don´t have it often in our house, but when my mum makes Viennese Schnitzel (which is with veal, and veal only) it is SO GOOD!

(edited for spelling)

[Browneyed Girl]

There's a lot of really yummy things on these list.

Sushi - though I'm not very adventurous with it. Though I have friends that soybean having it on my list is "adventurous" enough. :lol:

Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai dishes

A rare steak, "Chicago style"

Loaded stuffed baked potatoes

Tim Hortons coffee

And now I'm hungry LOL.