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Meals you like the idea of more than you like eating them

Old Jul 17, 2012, 11:27 am
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Ethiopian food. Every once in a while, I'd crave it, mainly because it's veggie-friendly. However, a couple of handfuls into the meal, I'd lose interest, due to the dull colors, dull texture (all purée), dull tastes...
LOL. That's because they make up for it in the meat version. But, I agree, as far as Ethiopian vegetables are concerned, there is nothing more bland.

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Old Jul 17, 2012, 12:40 pm
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Old Jul 17, 2012, 1:43 pm
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Thanksgiving.

Love the day. It's so much more about Family without all the hoopla of Christmas. Hate the actual meal.
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Old Jul 17, 2012, 1:55 pm
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Originally Posted by jsmeeker
whole lobster
Have to agree. What a lot of production for boiled meat.
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Old Jul 17, 2012, 5:43 pm
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Have to agree. What a lot of production for boiled meat.
This was going to be my answer. The anticipation is always there for me, but at the end, I'm rarely that thrilled with whole lobster.
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Old Jul 17, 2012, 9:16 pm
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Massive 10+ course, 3+ hour tasting menus; even at Michelin starred restaurants. Starts out wonderfully but gets tiresome after awhile. Maybe had I gotten to El Bulli my opinion might be different.
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Old Jul 18, 2012, 9:03 am
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Originally Posted by 6P&E
Have to agree. What a lot of production for boiled meat.
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Old Jul 18, 2012, 1:01 pm
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Originally Posted by milepig
Thanksgiving.

Love the day. It's so much more about Family without all the hoopla of Christmas. Hate the actual meal.
I thought I was the only one who felt this way!

One of my biggest disappointments food-wise was roasted chestnuts. All my life I'd had this wonderful image of "chestnuts roasting on an open fire" and when I finally got to try them, blechhh.

And to tie those two things together, the first Thanksgiving meal I had in France (served to a group of American students) included chestnuts.
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Old Jul 18, 2012, 1:24 pm
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Originally Posted by iff
I thought I was the only one who felt this way!...
Nope. I actually love to make Thanksgiving dinner a lot more than I enjoy partaking of it.

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Old Jul 18, 2012, 3:21 pm
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Nope. I actually love to make Thanksgiving dinner a lot more than I enjoy partaking of it.

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Old Jul 18, 2012, 3:49 pm
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Originally Posted by iff
I thought I was the only one who felt this way!

One of my biggest disappointments food-wise was roasted chestnuts. All my life I'd had this wonderful image of "chestnuts roasting on an open fire" and when I finally got to try them, blechhh.
Flashback.... drizzly night in London, couple of days before New Year, right next to the London Bridge. Bought a small bag of roasted chestnuts...cough, gag...spit. Depressing memory I hadn't brought to the surface in years.
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Old Jul 20, 2012, 4:23 pm
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For me, I get a craving for something and spend a lot of time preparing it and usually the anticipation was better than the actual food. Part of it is that i usually nibble on stuff as I am cooking so I am not as hungry as I thought I was.
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Old Jul 21, 2012, 1:11 am
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Chicken Casserole, it sounds good until you get past the first few bites then it's like what is this??? Haven't had it in 5 years and that was because my parents were out of town and my neighbors invited me for dinner. It was bad......
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Old Jul 25, 2012, 2:00 pm
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Another vote for Ethiopian: We have several highly regarded Ethiopian restaurants in DC and I find them boring and bland at best...
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Old Jul 25, 2012, 2:35 pm
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Fish and chips, fried clams, fried chicken, onion rings--my husband says he should take a picture of my face after I'm about 15% of the way through eating any of those so I'll remember next time not to order them. They sound good, but they make feel sick.
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