:cool: Sure, over fries, why not? ;)

Can you keep me in the lifestyle in which I would like to become accustomed to?

Yup, and constantly drinking water. This person also finds "bony looking body" attractive :rolleyes: What has our society done to the new generation of spoiled kids?

If it has any sugar in it (or any of the various hidden sugars like glucose, fructose, etc) I will not eat it (no I am not diabetic.....just health conscious)........

Fried/scrambled eggs "must" have cheese liberally applied...........

The more crunchy peanut butter on that hot 16 grain toast, the better.........

Fresh ground pepper belongs on almost everything except dessert...........

I might actually be able to out-picky you!
 

Raw tomatoes are a no-go zone. If I forget to specify they're to be excluded from a salad, they are removed along with: olives, green pepper (any other color is fine) or cucumbers. My first encounter with a traditional Turkish breakfast was, shall we say, distressing. All I could eat were the boiled eggs and toast; the coffee was foul, so I was forced to drink tea, which I really dislike before noon.
Bleu cheese is another food in the no-go zone, unless it's finely enough crumbled in a salad.
Button mushrooms are bland and boring, but I eat them.
The only seafood I cannot stand is breaded, fried shrimp -ugh!
I fall squarely in the anti-coriander category; it ruins the dish.
I haven't this color preference, but others in the Forbidden Pantry include:

celery -- makes ordering tuna salad tricky as I would have to pick out every last bit of it. For crunch I use scallions at home.
pineapple -- the coconut in pina coladas keeps the nastiness under control, otherwise forget it!
peaches -- no thanks, not even in pie/cobbler.
strawberries -- only in shortcake. Period.
mangoes -- no thanks, except in chutney.
cauliflower -- yukkos. Keep it away. Far away!

Venice4504 said "Brussels sprouts are great...lima beans are gross" and I couldn't agree more. Lima beans were one of the three foods we were never served as kids; my mom loathes them. The others were Spam (my dad grew to hate it as a kid during WW II) and liver (my folks both dislike it). I agree on milk, but go further in finding 2% in coffee not much better than skim. :(

robb said: "Syrup SHOULD be applied to bacon and sausage" and my response is "doesn't everyone?" Actually, I used to slather syrup on hash browns as well, but have switched to green tabasco.
I'm probably among the handful of Americans who dislike iced tea.
I tend to mush my food around on the plate (sorry separatists!), but that must be genetic from my New Netherlands stamppot-scarfing ancestors.

A note to restaurateurs on potatoes ... the terms "hash browns" and "home fries" are NOT interchangeable! The former is swell, and the latter is lousy (to paraphrase Lucy Ricardo). Speaking of lousy, how can I forget caraway seed -- I have to ask every single time if the rye bread is seeded or not.

I'm a condiment fiend. I used to only put ketchup on hot dogs, but now I tend towards mustard. Tartar sauce has chopped pickles in it, and I hate cucumbers. Egg salad is best with generous amounts of curry powder and chutney mixed in. Peanut butter should be chunky. In addition to finding strawberry jam nasty, I'll pass on marmalade as well.

I'll drink whiskey but draw the line at Peat Moss Juice .. I mean scotch.

Acceptable pizza toppings -- onion, sausage, pepperoni, anchovies.
Chicken and tomato sauce are a nasty combo.

Most viands are okay; I used to order well-done, but now can tolerate medium. I actually like heart, kidney and liver. You haven't lived until you've tried Sweet n Sour Tongue in Raisin Sauce (or had liver stew for breakfast in India). My meat-y exception would be tripe. I tried andouillette in Paris a few years ago; the first bite was bad, the second was worse, there was no third.


Last, but most important ... absolutely, positively under NO circumstances do I want any broccoli anywhere near me. The smell is absolutely revolting (have I mentioned I like durian?), and the sight of it on my plate is depressing.

Hot dogs with mustard only. They must be Wardynski's or Szylyngowski's ... with the skin. And the mustard must be Weber's horseradish mustard (all Buffalo things). Chopped onion is fine. Ketchup on a hot dog is an abomination.

Thinly sliced roast beef with the juice on a Kummelweck roll (another Buffalo thing). Mmmmm. And by the way, au jus means "with juice" ... saying "with au jus" is like saying "I'm stupid"

Need I mention Buffalo wings?

French fries (a popular topic, apparently) -- crispy hot, with the grease still crackling and popping, served in a cone-shaped thing, and doused with white vinegar and liberally salted. Love 'em.

French fries with mayonaise is another abomination that I'm sure is mentioned in Leviticus ... maybe twice. Ugh. You get your french fries in Germany that way, but at least all the fries are exactly the same length, and they are served all lined up parallel on the plate und you vill enjoy them!

Ha Ha -- one of the better lines I've seen lately.

Thanks for reminding me about chicken wings - I loathe them.

Cheese should not be presliced and wrapped individually in plastic packets that, when opened, make the cheese look more like rubber than cheese.

Gotta disagree here. While I'll go with the "precisely two at a time part", color does matter, in terms of aesthetics if not in taste.

M&Ms are to be removed from their wrapper and placed in any convenient container. They are then to be scanned for most prevelant color(s), which will vary from batch to batch. They are then to be eaten in pairs, never two of the same color at the same time, and in such a way so as to wind up with an equal number of each color as early in the consumption process as possible. At this point you can then eat the rest of the Ms in some pattern of your choice, always maintaining the same color balance in the remaining Ms. While I don't bother to count the entire set before I begin, I do try to discover as early as possible if there is an odd number, at which point I eat three in the next batch, never one.

And, I still miss tan, which were my favorite.

Geez, have you ever, ever, ever stepped on a crack?

Try freshly ground pepper on very sweet & juicy fresh strawberries. Alternately, use a very good quality balsamic vinegar.

There are a number of seriously OCD posts on this thread. This is one.

I try to get as many AA IDine meals as I can. Not easy out here in the wild west, but I keep trying.

Yeah, no kidding. My in-laws can be annoying, but especially so in this case. I 'hear' through the grapevine that it isn't good manners when I don't change hands. I now make a point to NEVER change hands.

No necessarily. Take it from me, a person diagnosed w/OCD who throughly enjoys raw oysters and occasional sushi.

The best breakfast in the world is "porridge with" or in American English, oatmeal with brown sugar and single malt scotch on top. Hold the milk for the kids. :)

it's not the wrapping that makes that cheese look like rubber, it is rubber. Mostly oil and water.

Tillamook makes lovely presliced cheddar separated with sheets of parchment paper.

always eat your vegtables first because they get cold first.

If we're talking fry dipping sauces, you have no idea! But if you're asking if we both put in for an upgrade and I get it, what would I do? Yeah, that's going to be a quickie divorce :p

Gotcha :p I actually wolf down Ms so fast that the color all becomes one big blur. I do, however, miss the tan ones.

OK, here's my food weirdness:

1) Beef of any thickness must be between rare and medium rare. If possible absolutely scorched on the outside 1/32" is nice.

2) Ground beef is just fine as above. Tartare is a wonderful exception on the rare side. An egg on top and you have a convenient salmonella/E. Coli dispensing package. The risk makes it all the better.

3) Eggs to be cooked sunny-side up, hard and fast so the bottom of the white is crispy and the top of the white not runny, but the yolk must be fully runny and gooey. If you break it in the cooking process it must be abandoned and another one made.

4) Bacon must be floppy. Crispy bacon is worthless if it is to be kept in its entirety.

5) Pork cuts DO NOT get cooked to (whatever). Find the temp that yields a nice texture and flavor. I am good at say 140 or so.

6) If you are BBQ'ing a butt (real 'Q, not that grill stuff), you must get internal to 190 so it pulls all the way through. Pulling the outer 3/4, while still delicious, doesn't count.

7) Never ever shall okra or anything okra-like pass my lips.

8) Except for a few very unusual Belgian styles, no beer shall be allowed in the house that is made with rice and/or corn. Yuengling Lager is the only exception, I call it 'emergency beer'.

9) When cooking, onion slicing must be equatorial. How the pole cutters work with onions is beyond me.

10) Sangrita w/ tequila must be the real tomato stuff, not that cheap sugar red flavored drink, which even in Mexico is what is offered quite often.

11) When dealing with poultry lunch meats or small pieces, it must be fibrous and stringy. If it is shiny and rubbery then I want no parts of it. Bird meat must be in its natural state, not some pressed mass.

12) When getting Mexican-style or Tex-Mex foods, the cheese (w/ a few exceptions) must be real melted cheeses. If it comes in a bucket and get slopped on w/ a ladle I don't want it. 'Stadium nachos' are vile and why anyone that is not part of a captive audience would willingly pay for this stuff is beyond me. I have to ask as well, I have been to too many places where the menu reads "3 melted cheeses" and you get bucket goop. If you see the words "Queso sauce", run away.

13) Olives of any sort are banned. Olive oil is to be encouraged.

14) Taylor Pork Roll is the Food of the Gods and must be eaten with a slice of raw red onion and a dollop of Kelchner's mustard.

15) Ribs are to be barbecued (real, not grilled), and served, dry. Provide sauce(s) on the side.

Hmmm....

1) Exactly 2 hot dogs a year max.

2) Food shouldn't mix on the plate. I'm not so bad as to eat off of trays with walls between the food, but I will all of one item before moving onto the next in order to prevent any mixing.

3) On road trips, I must buy the most disgusting sounding sugary caffeinated beverage available for sale. That can't be healthy.

4) Try anything local. Whether it's pepperoni rolls in West Virginia or cuy in Ecuador.

Or a Friday Fish Fry (as you can only get in the western NY area... I'm originally from near Olean).

For those in the CLT area, there is a little hole in the wall up near Lake Norman just off US 21 called "A Taste of Buffalo Pizzaria" that does both Beef on Weck and traditional Buffalo Fish Frys on Fridays only. I can vouch for the fish... a decent Buffalo replacement. Their wings are as good as in Buffalo, too. The owners are retired from the Cheektowaga area.

As a resident of this state for over 15 years, I agree. They are so simple... yet so good, especially with hot pepper cheese. They even sell these in the convenience stores in the northern part of the state (esp. up I-79).

Speaking of mini-marts... the Sheetz brand in Western PA/Eastern OH/Northern WV/VA have excellent subs, made to order exactly to your liking. They are an excellent substitute for subs I'm used to in Western NY. There is no comparison between Sheetz and Subway (yuck).

Thought of this thread this morning. I got involved in a phone call while my bread was toasting and it cooled to room temperature before I could get back to it to apply the peanut butter.

Bread never microwaves well, and I didn't want to further toast my bread (it should be lightly golden brown, thanks!). So, I had throw out that toast and start again to get properly melted peanut butter toast. :(

You are SO fortunate.

Isn't it amazing and thrilling how are differences add to the rich mix that is FlyerTalk?

Even when you're wrong, dead wrong. :D

fat free = taste free....so never buy fat free items

Another amen.

I have a friend who orders a non-fat, no-whip mocha at Starbucks. It would be easier and tastier just get an empty cup and eat it.

What is the point? If I go to Starbucks, I want to get spoiled for the $$... not suffer. I can do that at home.

1. No oysters ever, if in a country where I don't know the word for oyster, find out PDQ. (Eaten twice, been ill for four days twice)
2. No oranges or parsnips ever, they are Satan's own fruit and vegetable.
3. Bacon only to be consumed in the UK & Ireland
4. Sausage only to be consumed at home (where I know the source) or in mainland Europe or if there is a handy bottle of brown sauce.
5. If the beer is so cold it frosts the glass, it's not worth drinking
6. Whatever wine the restaurant is pushing is well worth avoiding
7. If in mainland Europe, don't eat where there are too many people speaking English
8. If in mainland Europe, curry is usually a very bad idea.
9. Alcohol must be taken before consuming McDo's, kebabs or FEBO
10. If someone is barking for a place, it's not worth eating there
11. No dressing on salad (this can cause havoc in the USA)
12. If you don't know what it is, it won't hurt you
13. Fruit should be ripe, especially tomatoes
14. Marmite is the food of the Gods, but try explaining that to Customs sometimes
15. If you are a tea drinker, stick to drinking in countries which understand what tea is.
16. If you are going to eat an ethnic cuisine, pick one which is reasonably represented in that country/area

OK, I'll bite (pun intended!)

1. I like mushy foods. Bacon must be limp and greasy, toast just barely yellow with lots of butter. Mushy peas in England are great - like thick split pea soup. French fries are best when shoestring thin and limp, with a bit of salt and a spicy barbecue sauce.

2. Most foods simply exist as a vehicle to get the sauce into my mouth, i.e., pasta, fries, etc.

3. Bagels can be crisp on the outside, but must be mushy and soft on the inside. Butter is better than cream cheese, because it increases the mushiness.

4. Any meat must be no more than medium - rare preferred if a good cut, medium-rare is acceptable if tough. Marinade does wonders... try it! Hockey pucks are not food.

5. Must eat each food separately - do not mix on the plate. If they are touching, I will separate them.

6. Must eat a couple mouthfulls of each food to balance the taste throughout the meal. I will most likely finish my least favorite item first, so to have the best tasting item linger on my palate.

7. Ice cream - the more bits and flavors, the better. Caramel, marshmallow, chips, toffee, throw it all in. Add some fudge.

8. Ice cream must also be mushy. I will let it sit until it is. I've even microwaved it a bit if too hard. Some reason for this is my teeth - they ache if I eat something too cold.

9. No ice in my water. No lemon in my water. Just water, thanks - if I had wanted lemonade, I would have asked for it. Even taking it out afterwards leaves a lemon taste on the glass.

10. Eggs over easy, please - just enough run in the yolk to dip the mushy toast in. Once the toast is done, the eggs aren't runny anymore, and can be eaten at leisure, with liberal pepper and a dash of salt.

11. It seems a consensus that condiments should not be on the cheese side of a burger or sandwich - I agree.

12. I'll do yellow mustard if I must, but prefer dijon or other brown mustards, I like the spices. Ketchup must be Heinz and is only good on fries. Only.

13. Grew up on Miracle Whip. The other stuff is nasty.

14. Iced tea is not something I ever drink. Tea should be hot (not scalding!), without sugar or lemon or milk. I live in Florida, so this is difficult to find, sometimes. I've seen one restaurant offer to microwave a glass of their iced tea!! (I turned it down!) The Anglophile in me is screaming.

15. A sandwich is always an acceptable way to serve leftovers. Sandwiches are good.

16. Cold pizza is a perfectly nutritious and delicious breakfast. Please don't ruin it by putting stuff like maple syrup on it (had a friend do this,yuk!)

17. Salad is eaten first when in the US. Other countries have other rules, which I will follow with delight, but serve my salad first here in the US or not at all.

18. If I ask for a Greek Salad with no croutons or bread, why put a scoop of potato salad on the top? Is it not obvious I'm avoiding carbs?

19. No sliced tomatoes if I can help it. Grape or cherry are fine, but the sliced ones look like murder on a platter. ew.

20. I am hungry when I wake up, at noon, and around 6pm. If you have other times in mind for your meal, go eat alone.

21. I love sushi and would eat it every meal if I could afford to. Sashimi, too. Bring it on!

22. The one exception to mushy foods - fried chicken must be crisp. Otherwise I won't touch it.

23. Spices are good, but warn me first. I love spicy stuff, but want to make sure I have sufficient flame-retardant drink on hand.

24. When spreading butter, jam, peanut butter, cream cheese, etc. on anything, it must be as even as possible, and cover the entire slice. No dry spots allowed, no clumps allowed (unless impossible, like thick jam).

25. Garlic bread is always acceptable. It is an exception to rule #2. In this case, garlic bread is the reason and the marinara sauce it is scooping up is simply a tasty garnish. The pasta is optional to this meal.

26. Chowders and stews should be chunky and low on liquid. Soups can be clear/cream soups (like tomato or broth) or can be regular soups. Don't mix the names up, please. The regular soups should have 2 or 3 crackers crumbled in them. The chowders may have some oyster crackers, but the stews shouldn't need them.

27. When I was a child I used to cover all steaks with a blanket of garlic salt so thick the thing was all white. I have since discovered better cuts of steak. No garlic salt, though garlic is more than welcome in the marinade. A-1 is only used if the steak is below par.

28. Corn is the best vegetable, period. Cream corn is a crime against nature.

29. I don't like flaky crusts. Apple pie, cherry pie, etc. are usually victims of this. Give me key lime pie or cheesecake, and I'm a happy camper.

30. I don't like flaky breads, either. If I bite into it and am all of a sudden wearing most of the crust, it fails. This mess is one reason why I like mushy breads. The crust can be crisp without being flaky - but regardless, the inside must be soft and mushy. Yeast rolls are especially good at this.

31. No cooked peas unless they stand alone as a side dish with pearl onions. No cracker crusts. No cooked tuna fish from a can. This means tuna noodle casserole is RIGHT OUT!

I think that's it :)

Boy, wouldn't a shrink have a field day with these lists???

Post of the Day!
 

The answer is 'yes'.

I love Tofu.

1. Pizza must be crunchy. It needs to be able to be tossed into a pond and skip along the water. Yes, I like crunchy pizza.

2. Garlic bread, also needs to be crunchy.

3. Bacon = soft, no exceptions.

4. I can't stand overgrilled steaks. I much perfer steaks made on a pan fryer. They're juicer and if seasoned appropriately, taste much much better.

5. Grilled chicken is too dry, see above.

6. If the tomato isn't cooked, please don't put it near me. I'm allergic.

7. Burritos require hotsauce, no exceptions. No Salsa either, see above.

8. "wraps" don't exist. Bread please, toasted, crunchy.

9. Soups need to be more meat and noodles vs. broth. I just like the substance.

10. Popcorn, light only.. I can't stand the 'butter migraine' I get from that 'movie theatre' batter stuff they sell in stores. Also at the theatre, I only get regular, unbuttered popcorn.

11. No fried rice, ever. I like the taste, but the fact that one small serving equals, in a decent restaurant, can be as much as 1400 calories, i'll take a pass.

12. Curry is the spice and seasoning of Gods, please take note.

13. If the sausage is not steaming from the middle, it's undercooked. I don't care how black the outside looks.

14. No black-exterior sausages, ever.

15. Pizza and red peppers go together like coca-cola and carbonation. I do not know one w/o the other.

16. One exception to the toasted bread rule - peanut butter and Jelly. I can't stand hot peanut butter.

17. none of those green onion thingies on my Fettuccini Alfredo. If I wanted green stuff, I'd order a salad.

18. Curly or seasoned fries over regular fries, any day of the week, any minute of the day.

19. Burgers should be plain, no lettuce, no ketchup.. nothing. Just meat and cheese. I never got used to eating burgers the other way, my dad taught me well :D

Personal food rules? With my screen name "kaukau", just keep bringing it!

I've been a happy (and yes, food loving and craving) vegetarian for a little over a year now. I don't do it at all for health reasons, though I do feel a whole lot better now. I've been exposed to so much more variety since making the switch.

- Nothing from the animal kingdom. I'm not against eating meat, but there are so many problems with where most of it comes from that it's just easier to avoid it entirely. I don't have to wonder or investigate where it came from and what the welfare of the animals was like. If I had access to a place like Polyface Farms (http://www.polyfacefarms.com) or had the time and patience to go fishing, I might still eat some meat occasionally. Since I avoid avoid it entirely, I know there's less suffering, more "pigs being pigs", animals eating what their stomachs have evolved to digest, far less environmental damage, etc. Factory farming which is where most meat originates is a nasty industry for both the animals and the environment.

- Locally grown food when practical.

- Fresh food when practical. Though I'm guilty of eating plenty of Amy's frozen meals (http://www.amyskitchen.com) when I'm short on time.

- No eggs or egg-based dishes like quiches. I still eat some dishes where egg is a minor ingredient like most desserts.

- Soy over dairy most of the time. I've actually preferred soy milk since I started drinking it. Try vanilla Silk on your cereal and you might be pleasantly surprised. I still eat some cheese on pizza, goat cheese on salads, have some smoothies with whey protein, some fake cheese with casein, etc.

- I don't like onions. I must love onion flavor because I love lots of soups and Indian dishes where it's the #1 or #2 ingredient, but I still avoid them when possible. Especially when they're raw.

- Celery is just as bad as onions. Fortunately that's a pretty easy ingredient to avoid.

- If you claim that you can't stand tofu, you probably haven't had it prepared properly. Please don't let your one experience with tofu be Tofurkey. It's awful!

One simple rule, which works 95% of the time: no matter what the food, no matter where I am, if I apply myself, I can make it better myself.

Many people who cook for other people don't care enough, or maybe just don't have the same preferences as me, so they can't make me happy.

Oh, and I don't like boiled rabbit. First culinary memory I have is of my grandmother's boiled rabbit. I was 3-4 or something. It was a BUNNY!!!!!! :(

^

Forgot some:

32. Tofu belongs in miso soup. Only.

33. Hot dogs, if you must eat them, should be Sabrett's, and have sweet relish and a little spicy mustard. Do not drown the dog, just a dash will do ya.

34. Peanut butter should be cold, or room temperature. The bread you are spreading it on should be cold or slightly warm toast. (see earlier post on toast). If you use an English muffin, it should also be slightly warm and toasted.

35. I thoroughly agree that scones should have clotted cream. Unfortunately, I have to send away for that as there are no Britmarts in my area :(

36. Cider on tap. No beer. No red wine. A sweet light white wine is acceptable. Mead is better. Plum wine works, too. Keep your whiskey to yourself, unless I'm aiming to get drunk with friends... then mix it with lots of sweet stuff, like strawberries and ice cream or something.

37. Addendum to water: If I ask for water with no ice, please do not bring me a tiny 3 oz glass. I want to drink it, not sip it. I typically drink 1-2 litres of water a day, and will take care of at least 16 oz of that during a meal. Bringing me a little glass or one filled with ice to the rim will only necessitate more trips for you.

38. Pizza should have meat on it. No pineapple, no bbq sauce, no raw onions or peppers. Meat, meat and more meat. Add some meat. Perhaps some bacon. Shouldn't be crispy.

39. A caesar salad dresssing should not consist of flavorless mayonaisse. It should have pepper, spices, flavor - it should really have anchovies, but rarely do I get that lucky.

40. Take the hard part of the tails off the shrimp before you cook them into a sauce. It is messy, painful and disgusting to have to manhandle the shrimp in order to eat them. Usually the sauce is piping hot butter or oil, and you have to wait until the meal is cool before you can eat the bloody thing. Stop being lazy and shell them! Worse are restaurants who leave the whole bloody shell on. What's the point???

There is almost nothing that can't be improved by butter or salt, preferably both.

Next rule: Be ever-vigilant that in different parts of the country, a "plain hamburger" often means meat, bun, and whatever goop they put on a "plain" [sic] hamburger.

A hermeneutic of suspicion is your friend.