Trips with a fun food theme
Feb 10, 2015 | 9:44 am
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Trips with a fun food theme
In the last year I've taken two longish vacations in which I made an effort to eat a certain local food every day. Last August, in the Canadian Maritimes, I ate lobster in some form or other for 10 days in a row (lobster chowder, lobster roll, lobster club sandwich, lobster spring rolls, lobster bruschetta, etc.) And last month, on a vacation/MR in Hawaii and Panama, it was pineapple (fresh pineapple for breakfast, pineapple juice in a drink, pineapple shave ice, pineapple malasadas, pineapple empanadas, etc.)
Anyone else do this? For me it makes the whole trip more enjoyable and creates an amusing dining challenge.
Anyone else do this? For me it makes the whole trip more enjoyable and creates an amusing dining challenge.
Feb 10, 2015 | 11:39 am
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A couple years ago we went to Estes Park CO and tried elk in every form we found it on a menu. Steaks, burgers, sausages, "tips".
Feb 10, 2015 | 7:56 pm
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Feb 10, 2015 | 10:24 pm
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I don't think I'd have to TRY doing it with butter in France; it would just happen.
I would love to do it with 'cue but I am a rather small person, and might not live to tell the tale
At the very least I would need an eating partner for that!
I would love to do it with 'cue but I am a rather small person, and might not live to tell the tale
At the very least I would need an eating partner for that!
Feb 11, 2015 | 2:44 am
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What accounts for this? I was in the US last week and had milk which I thought had gone bad. I looked at the container and the date was in the future. Turns out the milk hadn't turned at all, it simply tastes like crap compared to what I normally drink here in the UK.
Feb 11, 2015 | 2:48 am
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Sri Lanka and the ubiquitous 'rice and curry'. Sounds fairly dull, but it absolutely isn't - you get a tableful of delicious little bowls of veg (and sometimes meat), different in every town you go to, and beautifully spiced.
Feb 11, 2015 | 7:47 am
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OP, I love this idea and always try to plan my meals accordingly when I travel. One trip to New Orleans I made it a point to have crawfish at least once a day, sometimes twice.
The UK has far, far superior dairy products (and chocolate) in comparison to the usual offerings here in the US.
I'm supposed to be heading to the UK for business in a few weeks and it's always a challenge to think of what to bring to my colleagues in the UK offices. "Here's some crappy US chocolate. No?" This year I'm bringing pralines.
What accounts for this? I was in the US last week and had milk which I thought had gone bad. I looked at the container and the date was in the future. Turns out the milk hadn't turned at all, it simply tastes like crap compared to what I normally drink here in the UK.
I'm supposed to be heading to the UK for business in a few weeks and it's always a challenge to think of what to bring to my colleagues in the UK offices. "Here's some crappy US chocolate. No?" This year I'm bringing pralines.
Feb 11, 2015 | 8:58 am
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We did something similar almost 40 years ago, driving from Denver to Santa Fe and back. Every breakfast was huevos rancheros. Each one was served at a different restaurant and each was outstanding.
Feb 11, 2015 | 9:36 am
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