I can't believe it is nearly 11:00 CST and the lunch post is not up. My computer at work is having all sorts of fits or I would have done it earlier, but alas I am here now and let the lunch talk commence. What a terrible first day I am having. Forgive me.
I realized a couple weeks ago that I often talk about the things I won't eat: Indian food, organ meats, blue veined cheeses, canned fish, artificial sweeteners and non-fat dairy products top my list. But, I am curious, what foods do you refuse to allow to pass your lips?
And most importantly, WFL?
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whoa, no one is posting today? my guess is that we've all been bitch-slapped with work. i know i have.
today is some frozen shrimp pad thai from TJ's -- i praise their frozen dishes. i also brought a salad again...i'm trying to get in my greens. good thing it has feta cheese all over it, else i really think my body would reject its healthiness.
as for foods i won't eat: I EAT EVERYTHING! or at least i will try everything once before rejecting it. the way i see it, it's all in the way the stuff is presented, seasoned, and prepared. for example, a friend of mine's husband gave me chicken livers once. i ate it and almost gagged. but, i went to an indian buffet and had some kind of liver (chicken again, i think), and i thought it was mighty tasty. i've had haggis before and thought it yummy. the only thing i haven't tried are sweetbreads, which i would at least try once. but due to that mad cow epidemic, was deterred.
congrats on your first post jade! more people will respond i'm sure throughout the day.
I will not eat spiders. I don't like feet or faces. Black jelly beans can go fuck themselves. While in Spain a few years back, I had some crestas de pollo. That's chicken crests. They were stewed in a sort of tomato sauce. Think chicken jello. I won't be doing that again. Maybe deep fried.
Left over barbecue chicken and HEY HEY brussel sprouts. They only had a few at the grocery store. They're tiny little pathetic things, but tasty! I boiled them and then tossed with olive and sesame oil, balsamic, tarragon, and S&P. Pitty good.
I will try anything once, or maybe even twice. I've eaten pretty much every part of an animal that can be eaten, and likely beyond that. Things I refuse to eat though? I really, really don't like braunschweiger, and I know that puts me at odds with many around here. I also won't eat head cheese, or haggis (though I have tried all of these things). I can't rule out all innards, as foie gras is the greatest thing since sex (from what I remember of the latter) and pretty much any pate makes my mouth water. I'm not one for liver and onions though, and I can do without ever eating brains, "rockey mountain oysters", kidney, heart or sweetbreads. I'll eat tripe, depending on how it's prepared, but blood sausage is right out. (once you find a not-fully ground up bone in a link, it kind of ruins it)
Anyhoo, I think that about sums up the ones I won't eat, along with obvious things like insects, feces and Coors Light.
For lunch? Well, one of two things happened this morning. I either a) left my parcel of steamed chicken and veggies on the counter or (more embarrassingly) b) left it on the top of my car and drove off. I can't remember which, but I have no food. I'm making do with a handful of almonds and carrots until I get home. I might run and get a hardboiled egg from abp, and if I'm there, I might pick up a salad.
And Jade - blue veined cheese? ALL blue veined cheese?? How can this be?
Whoa. CSR. Not you too? I knew you were a weird anti-mayo freak - but sour cream too??? Rico did this to you, didn't he?
I'm going to tie his horse cock in a knot for this.
Lunch is being ordered in at work today, probably some sort of sandwich platter and pasta salad.
I don't eat rhubarb, bread/rice pudding, parfait or coconut.
Everything else is fair game.
I've tried intestines, bugs, eyes, feet, ears even noses. And I'd try them again.
By the way Jade, congrats on the first post, but the lateness is unacceptable.
yes, blue veined cheese is the BEST! any bleu is tasty and even tastier with a glass of port. my mantra: stinky cheese + port = happiness.
yes, i forgot the tripe. i grew up eating tripe soup only later to discover that it was supposed to be "gross". i think when you grow up korean, hungarian, jewish, in the drrrty south, etc. you are exposed to more innards and whatnot. poor people's food is always the tastiest in my opinion.
ricock, we wouldn't last a day with each other. i love all of those foods and then some.
i'm obsessed with mushrooms, adore eggs, covet sour cream, devour tomatoes like there's no tomorrow, and dream of creamy soups. the cottage cheese isn't something i consume on a regular basis and therefore can be negotiated.
I suppose you don't like blowjobs either, Rico.
My life is rhubarb free. It may be the most wonderful thing in the world, but I'll never know. That sacrifice is an Ode to my dearly departed Uncle Beany (who lived in North Shore Estates).
wow, i am so not picky with food. i guess even with food that somewhat expired unless it smells rotten or tastes vile. i have a stomach of steel. perhaps it's wearing down though considering those stomach pains i had several posts back. but they haven't come back.
GENERAL RANDOM QUESTION: what is the whole thing about antibiotics and alcohol. is it true that i cannot consume alcohol while on them. i've only got a couple of days left, but i would like to have a glass of wine or two between now and then.
I'm with LaChoi on the stomach of steel, though, that Fear Factor shit looks nasty. But, once you've been to a Hungarian butcher shop - well, I don't know, something in ya' just changes. OH. I do know that I won't eat "lo" or "lo kolbasz". "Lo" = Horse, and I just could never do it. So, that's one I've never tried and don't plan to.
Which, works out since Rico doesn't like blowjobs, anyway.
By the way, "Horse Cock" in Hungarian is, "Lo Fasz" [pr: Lo Faz]
I am phobic about mold. It is one of the only physical things that actually scares me in the world. If I inadvertantly am confronted with mold I get all itchy and might even throw up and have to take a scalding hot shower like a rape victim. Hence, just the idea of eating blue veined cheese [the blue is of course just mold] makes me want to vomit. I do love cheese though and no that mold happens, but I can't eat any that has visible mold. The mold aversion also probably also explains my strict avoidance of foods older than three days.
I too am of the try everything at least twice philosophy, but I am done with the foods I listed. Truth be told, I can go to an Indian restaurant and eat somethings, but I will seriously protest and try to dissuade my dining companions.
Pho is awesome. I was talking about it recently when Indian food first came up.
Jo's no list boggles my mind. I love, love, love rhubbarb. My neighbors in the burbs grew it in their backyard and I used to love to make rhubbarb crisps and pies. The leaves are however toxic. Rice pudding [especially from Coral Gables] is so good, and bread pudding with rum sauce is tied with creme brulee as my favorite dessert. And coconut is one of my all time favorites, especially in ice cream.
LaChoi, no alcohol on antibiotics. Sorry, but NO. It reduces the effectiveness of the drugs and it can be a terrible strain on your liver.
I'm surprised no one has said no to onions or peppers, it is my experience that those are commonly no-no foods for a lot of people. But I personally love them.
How can you not like blowjobs? I think if I was a guy, that would be all I would want.
God, I love rhubarb. I don't really like green olives, though. Probably the only thing I would add to some of the stuff that's been listed (and in recognition that I had sushi for lunch) is mackeral. Ugh. Fishy oily fishy-fish. And you can't get the taste out of the back of your throat for hours. Ugh. I'll eat most anything else, at least stuff that's considered "normal" for America. So, never tried horse, potentially would if I were in France, though. Will never eat dog or cat, if anyone eats cat.
I have to say, I'm a little shocked (shocked!) at some of the foods that have come up as no-gos on this, the What's For Lunch blog.
I love me some moldy cheese. Jade, do you eat the rind on brie? Jade should never visit my house as it is no doubt filled with mold. And not the good, cheesy kind. The bad, water-leakage kind. Dammit!
Cheap Good Chinese Buffet
While this is an oxymoron usually, Houston contains one of the US's largest populations of Asians. The best "chinese" food places are always owned by Malaysian or Southeastern Asians of any sort. This place is called Kim Phung and they had sweet rice cakes, steamed dumplings of all sorts, non-buffet sushi (the guy makes it there for you), Vietnamese spring rolls (with great peanut sauce) and of course the usual compliment of "chinese food". mmmmm I'm so stuffed I can barely move.
ROLL ME OUTTA HERE!
I'd have to agree with La Choi ... basically just about anything will go paste these lips just once. I guess it comes from survival camp back in the day. Eating grubs, sweet ants, and "pickins salad" for days on end will change a person.
hmm, i wonder if the southeast asians in houston do what the salvadoreans and koreans do here in DC -- they often open up restaurants that say either "salvadorean/mexican" or "korean/japanese/chinese" since to attract more people. since everyone knows mexican and japanese/chinese food, they figure they can draw more people that way. so many americans are sooooo not adventurous when it comes to food.
A-girl: your burger and cheese description both made my mouth water and my arteries clog. and yes, turnips are totally unappreciated. i also think that most root veggies are, except for the well known carrots.
as yesterday, i divided up my lunch today and saving the salad for later PM to chase away my hunger pangs. oh, discipline has never been my best quality.
[La Choi]
Exactly, but in Houston everyone here has such a warped idea of what "Chinese Food" is that noone bothers with the distinctions. So yes, some of the better places are definitely fusion and confusion. :)
A-Girl: I eat my burgers just like that, add sauteed onion, and bbq sauce, also on the side. Messy, delicious heaven.
Are we counting also things we absolutely will not, under any circumstances drink? Because if we are, I'm going to add SoCo and Grand Marnier. And I only tolerate Cointreau because it makes such delish margaritas and girly "martinis" - girltinis, if you will.
I make a kick ass roasted root veggie salad, when I actually cook. I love root veggies, and they comprised a great deal of my diet in Hungary. (again with culinary genius out of poverty) Turnips are beautiful, and not only do I like them roasted, but I also like them mashed, with or without the addition of parsnips. Ooooohh... celery root, too.
With you on the SoCo. A whiff of that stuff makes me want to vomit. I've never even had a bad experience with it. Vile.
Rats! They moved my office a few weeks back and I was happy because it put some good distance between me and the office matriarch with bottomless bowl of good candy (see yesterday's Take 5 mini). Now I just found out that she's moving over here, too. Well, that could be three lbs right there. Fortunately, the Lester side of me is running further and further everyday.
Pigeon, aka squab, can be delicious. Although the traditional way to serve it is with the meat still pink, which makes me squeamish. When done right, it is yummy.
dude, don't animals usually taste like what they eat? if so, i'd think pigeon would taste like trash. but then again, i'm thinking of NYC and london pigeons. those are the worst. once i was attacked in trafalgar square by a flock of them. they all tried to eat my egg salad sandwich. bastards.
Well yeah, the pigeons I have eaten were all farm raised. I don't club pigeons on the el platform and taken them home and grill them for dinner
Ha! I have a picture in my head of LaChoi running around with pigeons attacking her from all sides. Tho it would be tragic in real life, it's hysterical in my head.
I love me some SoCo! In high school I went through a Southern Comfort/ginger ale period. The ginger ale cuts the sweetness of the SoCo. I had a couple of friends who really like the Southern Comfort Coke combo, but that was too sweet for me. I think they liked it just b/c it's a fun name to say "SoCoCo".
On the other hand, I had a run-in with whiskey when I was a frosh in HS & whiskey won. I can sniff it, but the taste of it . . . shudder. Has anyone ever had Campari? We had Campari-OJ once & it tasted like musty attic in a glass. Not sure if we just had an old bottle or what. And Galliano! Ugh! Harvey Wallbangers are nasty! Ick!
Please, please can we club pigeons when we're out for the spring conference?? I'm just picturing Jade pulling out her club at rush hour to kill dinner for her and Ace. I'm snorting now, so as to not laugh so loudly.
I too am a fan of squab, which is not the exact same bird as the rats with wings you're thinking of, lachoi. Of course, I grew up in Western PA - I've eaten squirrel, and all manner of other critters, so even clubbing pigeons doesnt' seem so odd, though, were it me, I'd use a gun.
I have a friend who was a commercial fisherman for awhile, on both crab boats (think the Deadliest Catch - great show, btw) and cod. Let's just say that I'll eat anything, but it was a long, long, long time before I could eat cod after hearing his stories and seeing his pics. Cod will eat ANYTHING. So, if you've eaten cod, it's probably not unlike eating city pigeons.
Campari and OJ is my preferred breakfast drink. I think I picked it up from one of the Canadians. Yummy. It's an acquired taste, though.
I love Campari and soda. It's such a pretty color.
Do you get the feeling you're too old to start trying to acquire tastes? I don't mean like new & interesting ethnic foods (Malinese, anyone?), but something like Campari & OJ? I can't imagine I'll ever crave it & there are so many other drinks I prefer (and so many bottles of other liquor in my bar). It's like, at this point in my life, why bother?
i think it's because campari should not be mixed with OJ at all. i've had it alone on ice with lots and lots of lime/lemon. it's bitter, but tasty.
Campari and soda is also yummy, and pretty. And, I'll admit to being drawn to campari and orange b/c it reminds me of a blood orange in its looks, and I LOVE blood oranges.
I still acquire tastes, definitely. I'm also mildly masocistic, so it could just be that.
Eh, don't listen to me. I don't know what I'm talking about. I didn't like black olives or pineapple until a few years ago (intense hatred of them as a child leading to avoidance of them). Maybe someday I'll add green olives to the repetoire. Maybe it's just alcohol I don't feel like bothering with acquiring. Food, I would definitely take on. Yeah, I guess that's it, the alcohol thing. I can't drink that much anymore, either, so I guess I just want to drink what I like. I haven't had a tequila shot in years! Wait, I'm a liar. I had one a month ago & it was at a friend's wedding, didn't feel like I could say 'no' (also, already pretty shittily drunk). But before that it was years! I guess if someone brought me a Campari & OJ or soda I would drink it. Hm. Ok end babble.
I will buy you a campari and oj AND a campari and soda, LT.
Actually, I should buy a bottle of campari to keep around the house. Weird that I don't have one with the liquor buying binge I've been on.
there's some weird fruty drink that makes me sick when I think about it. Tall strange bottle. It's not Pom. it's more cirus or melony. Lots of euro types drink it. Anyway somebody spilled it on my rug at my old place during one of my world famous BBQ's and it smelled the joint up.
Grilled cheese and tomato soup for dinner...
Fruity spillage in that apt is what "smelled the joint up"?
I'm sure it had nothing to do with the dead rats trapped in the wall.
Was it like Mad Dog 20/20 or some such nightmare in a bottle?
Was it Midori, Jo?
It wasn't alcoholic. It was some highly concentrated fruit juice.
This was post the rat problem.
Ethics this was also the BBQ that you brought the Canadians to and that uh, "The Invisible Man" nearly passed out at.
Ah! I remember it well - I think it was some sort of Goya nectar.
That was also the bbq where the bench broke, if I recall correctly, and there was way too much talk of rim jobs, even if it was in reference to the Bloody Caesars.
And, I came home to find my lunch on the counter, which is good, b/c I would have been embarrassed to know I'd driven all the way down Constitution Ave. with it on the roof of my car.
The Goya wasn't us.
I'd look to a very tall, turtleneck wearing, dancing, world traveling friend of yours from home. Or, one of his cohorts.
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