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Poultry well done.
Pig products well done
lamb medium
Beef/steak rare
Vegetables al dente
Salad not drenched with dressing

Good evening! Several posts that were not on-topic have been removed. As always, if you have a question about such things, please feel free to contact me privately. Enjoy your food :)

cblaisd
Moderator, Dining Buzz

Chewy ginger blows. Agreed: It's woody.

But in a soup - Chinese or Thai, in little julienned pieces where it has the consistency of a crisp radish: it's yummy.

No store bought procesed salad dressings. Store bought is only okay if freshly made on site. If nothing fresh is available at a restaurant or on a plane, I will use oil and vinegar or simply eat a salad without dressing.

When in Japan, I have a strong preference for Japanese beef.

No processed Turkey or Chicken Breast in a club sandwich.

I am not obsessive about it, but in general I believe in buying organic whenever it makes sense.

I do my best to limit my consumption of threatened species of fish, or in some cases completely abstain from eating them. I will not eat reef fish at restaurants unless I am confident they have been ethically fished.

I believe in voting with my wallet by supporting local independantly owned markets, farmer's markets, and specialty food stores. I like to support ethical businesses that treat their employees and suppliers fairly.

+1

I've always been told that you do not eat those pieces in Thai soups. They stay in the bottom of the bowl along with the tough lemongrass. Works for me.:)

1)Try everything in a foreign land.

Snakes and Scorpions being the most adventurous food I ate.

no mayo, ever
no bananas, ever
If I eat sliced bread it must be well toasted.
No prepared canned or frozen food. A single item, such as canned tomatoes is ok.
No bottled salad dressing.

Meat can't be slimy or have any fat or gristle on it. I'm fine to do without meat if it is at all questionable.
I can't eat any dish that combines poultry and tomatoes.
I eat locally most of the time on trips but if I am on a long trip I don't feel bad for taking a respite from local food. Especially if I am hungover.
I am fine with almost any food room temp rather than hot. But soup must be very hot.

I love bacon dipped in maple syrup! Very, very crunchy bacon.

Banana sandwich: sliced bread (untoasted), mayo, sliced bananas http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i2...ile_tongue.gif

Vegetables? Always and everywhere. I do wish that restaurants could be bothered to de-stem their fresh spinach though.

My rules

- Pasta is an italian name, that's way it has to be eaten in the italian way. No meatballs, no "alfredo" sauce, no ketchups, no fruits, no big chunk of meat and it's not a side for main dishes, it is a main dish. It has to be cooked for the right amount of time (every kind of pasta has a different time) and put into water that is already boiling and that has already been salted.

- Pizza, again is an italian dish. Real fresh mozzarella, real fresh tomatoes, not chewy but not too crusty, thin with taller and softer edges all around. Again no meatballs, no big chunck of meat or fish, no pineapple or ethnic spices. Please.... ;-)

A part from those two, everything else is more than welcome to make his way into my stomach the way it is. ;-)

PS I always thought "well-done" was a compliment, not a a way to cook a steak..

Mostly at home rules, some are hard to follow on road.

Only 1st cold press oils.
No big chunks of onions of any kind, at home or on the road, hate onions, sort of dislike coconut as well.
Fresh vegetables, not canned, rarely frozen.
Mayo only, no Miracle Whip, butter not margarine.
If there is a hot sauce that tastes good on the dish, I want it. Tabasco, picante, bring out the hotter salsa, wasabi, red chili sauce, Sriracha sauce, hot mustard, cayenne pepper sauce, red pepper flakes (okay not a sauce), chili garlic sauce, hot BBQ sauce and so on.
I like my hot food hot (temperature), when I bring carry out home even if the place is only 6 blocks away I heat it some more when I get home.
I like a 4 minute egg instead of a 3 minute.

My travel rule is to eat local. (ok, for the really long trip where I am worn down I will seek out something from home)

But I see travel as the perfect time to try new things, so I like to eat what the locals do. Indian food in London, Brazilian and Japanese in Amsterdam :p
I do my research and find out what are the best regional dishes, and go for those. In Europe I always luck out as each area has specialty beers and cheese. I am a historian, so am trying to document these trends.

Pasta should never :mad: be a main dish!