Let’s play a game called How Delicious Are You? because it is the Summer of Sarah, aka SoS, and I need to find some delicious partners in crime, aka PiCs, making them SoS PiCs.
I ask you questions – some multiple choice, some fill-in-the-blank – you answer in the comments, and when the Gamemaster (that would be me) decides the game is over , I’ll post the answers. We’ll see how compatible we are!
Please, darling doll of a reader, if you’re reading this, don’t leave me blogging out here all alone. Play the game. My psyche just can’t afford to relive some of the more traumatic memories of my childhood. Do you know how traumatizing it is to play Four Square by yourself?!
How Delicious Are You (or Can We Be SoS PiCs?)
1. What was the last thing you ate?
2. Licorice...black or red?
3. Red...Twizzlers or Red Vines?
4. Your idea of the perfect dinner out is:
- Candlelit dinner for two at Valentino
- Buffalo wings and beer at Q’s with the boyz (or girlz)
- Omakase sushi at my favorite sushi place (If you can name my favorite sushi place, you win automatically)
- Souplantation with a 2-for-1 coupon
- Soju-fueled fun and kBBQ at Shik Do Rak
- Other (please specify)
5. You picked the perfect dinner. Now how are we getting there?
- You’re driving
- I’m driving
- Drive? Are you crazy? Taxi!
- Other (please specify)
6. How much do you tip?
- 10% - If the server’s lucky.
- 15% - Clearly I’ve never worked as a server before.
- 20% - Standard.
- 80% - Hey, remember who you’re out to dinner with! Are you trying to hook up with the server?
- I don’t tip.
7. How often are we eating out?
- Beggars can’t eat choosers. Hamburger Helper every night. Sans hamburger.
- Once a month, and if we order in, that counts as “eating out”
- Once a week. Like maybe Friday. Or Saturday. Whichever day you don’t already have a date.
- Every night, baby, and it’s always Delicious.
8. List three things in your refrigerator right now.
9. What are you cooking for dinner?
- “What are you cooking?”
- Boiled Oscar Meyer filets on a bed of macaroni de bleu box
- Top sirloin medium-rare on the grill on the patio. No sauce.
- Halibut poached in olive oil served with something I can’t pronounce
- Other (impress me)
10. Breakfast...savory or sweet, and give an example, in graphic detail, because I’m hungry.
11. Do you drink the milk at the bottom of the cereal bowl?
12. What food has made you cry? And if food has never made you cry, let me take you to Table8 for a grilled cheese sandwich and some deep-fried chorizo-stuffed olives.
I'll post the answers some time soon, and we can score. Highest score wins!
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Karina says
1. Chicken and sausage tortellini with green beans and tomato.
2. Black
3. Red Vines
4. A small hole in the wall pho joint just loud enough to make a conversation feel private in a crowded room with the love of my life (I know sappy and lame)
5. None of the above. All good food is made at home…but if it must be “out” walk.
6. Twice the tax unless the service sucks.. then nothing
7. Rarely. Why deny people my delicious cooking?
8. Fresh watermelon, apple chicken sausage, greek yogurt
9. See #1 or grecian tacos (gyros)
10. Little bit of both. Diced ham and asparagus sauted in a honey and stone ground mustard sauce all wrapped in a crepe.
11. Heck yes
12. Lamb burger with lemon pepper, mint and grilled peppers on Ciabatta roll. No words were spoken.
Karina says
1. Chicken and sausage tortellini with green beans and tomato.
2. Black
3. Red Vines
4. A small hole in the wall pho joint just loud enough to make a conversation feel private in a crowded room with the love of my life (I know sappy and lame)
5. None of the above. All good food is made at home…but if it must be “out” walk.
6. Twice the tax unless the service sucks.. then nothing
7. Rarely. Why deny people my delicious cooking?
8. Fresh watermelon, apple chicken sausage, greek yogurt
9. See #1 or grecian tacos (gyros)
10. Little bit of both. Diced ham and asparagus sauted in a honey and stone ground mustard sauce all wrapped in a crepe.
11. Heck yes
12. Lamb burger with lemon pepper, mint and grilled peppers on Ciabatta roll. No words were spoken.
kristin says
1. extra spicy papaya salad leftover's from last night's thai food
2. black
3. twizzlers
4. shik do rak, hands down
5. you're driving
6. 17-20%
7. several times a week if not every night
8. saint agur cheese, san pellegrino and yogurt
9. i'm keeping it simple because i'm lazy: homemade gazpacho, fettucine with vegetables (zucchini, asparagus, mushrooms, grape tomatoes, onions) with olive oil, homemade frozen yogurt courtesy of david lebovitz's recipe. you bring the wine and surprise me!
10. a mix of both, perhaps fried chicken and waffles. mmmmm
11. yes, sometimes. no wait, most of the time
12. the kimchi ramen from santa ramen in san mateo, ca brings tears to my eyes because i can die a happy girl afterwards. it is my FAVORITE. and my friend's homemade tzatziki sauce. it was garlic heaven.
Blair says
1) A chicken and brocolli scramble
2) Black
3) Either, prefer black to red
4) anywhere new
5) either of us will drive
6) 15 - 30 % depending on service
7) As often as possible
8) Eggs, chicken, and go-gurts
9) Thai chicken pizza, poor man capresse, and banana bread pudding
10) baked french toast with banana stuffing or bircher meusli
11) yes, but I rarely have cereal
12) empanadas de morocho at the main bullring in Ecuador and empanadas de queso near the small town of checa in ecuador - these were so darn good! Oh, and my husbands potato salad and my father in laws schnitzel and squash soup!
Big Momma says
1. What was the last thing you ate?
A tomato from my local farmers market, lightly sprinkled with salt.
2. Licorice...black or red? Red
3. Red...Twizzlers or Red Vines? Twizzlers
4. Your idea of the perfect dinner out is:
Dinner with my husband at Spain.
5. You picked the perfect dinner. Now how are we getting there?
You’re driving
6. How much do you tip?
20% - Standard.
7. How often are we eating out?
I eat out lunch, 3 times a week. Dinner maybe once or twice.
8. List three things in your refrigerator right now.
Leftover Thai takeout, sweet corn and a 12 pack of Diet Pepsi.
9. What are you cooking for dinner?
I'm going to take the leftover flat iron steak that I grilled last night, cut it up and serve it over lettuce w/ homemade dressing. I'll add whatever is left over from last week's farmers market: cukes, peppers, onions.
10. Breakfast...savory or sweet, Hands down, sweet. I am known to get my chocolate fix in the morning, to get it out of the way. My fav choice? Reese is making these chocolate covered peanut butter cookies. The protein in the peanut butter is what makes this an ok breakfast, at least by my standards!
11. Do you drink the milk at the bottom of the cereal bowl?
Absolutely not.
12. What food has made you cry? Unfortunatley my memory goes to dishes that I have spent hours preparing, only to find out that they taste like ass.
Buda Baby says
Cool, I'd love to play!
1. Insalta mista and spaghetti pomodoro
2. Red
3. Red Vines
4. This is a tough one! Valentino's is among my favorite restaurants on the planet, but I really miss my favorite sushi place, Zushi Puzzle in San Franciso, which quite possibly has the world's best sashimi.
5. Taxi or walking. Otherwise how else will we take advantage of Valentino's wine list or Roger's generous hand with sake?
6. 20%, more if comped anything
7. Every night, unless I'm cooking something Delicious at home
8. Coffee, grappa, capers
9. See answer to #1 above
10. Savory, otherwise I feel I have no energy. Eggs Benedict if it's a lazy weekend day. Otherwise, good bread with different kinds of cheeses, maybe a couple of olives, a bit of fruit and/or yogurt, and a double espresso.
11. No and no and no and no!
12. My last meal at Bistro Aix in San Francisco, before moving to Budapest. I have a strong emotional attachment to that place. I used to go at least once a week for years, sometimes three times! I've celebrated there, and have drowned my sorrows there too. It's the perfect neighborhood place. Last meal was beet salad and roasted chicken with haricot verts and baby potatoes - simple, delicious, and one of the most satisfying meals you will ever have.
Cath says
1. Lunch. Home made lamb, barley & vegetable soup; 2 very small apples from a local grower; a Haig's chocolate frog.
2. Black.
3. I don't understand the question.
4. I'll take the candlelit dinner for two, at Tetsuya's. Unless you're offering to fly me over the Pacific.
5. Taxi, thanks. Unless it's walking distance from the hotel.
6. 0-10%, because I'm Australian and we expect waiters to be paid properly and not depend on tips. If I'm overseas, I follow local custom. I see it's gone up to 20% since I was last in the States.
7. Once a week. Every day is excessive. I wouldn't have a chance to cook.
8. Sharp cheddar, rockmelon, chilli jam.
9. Leftover roast chicken, with the very lemony pan juices, steamed brussels sprouts & new potatoes. It's Monday, and I'm on my own, so nothing fancy.
10. Either, depends on mood. Today i had toasted crumpets with golden syrup and cottage cheese, a wedge of melon & some strawberries. My local cafe does fantastic scrambled free range eggs with chilli & feta.
11. Never, I only have my cereal with yoghurt.
12. Tuna sashimi with too much wasabi.
Anonymous says
1. Fresh figs, halved and peeled, with plain yogurt, two slices of triple cream camembert.
2.black. black licorice tastes like memory, red tastes like sugary ashes.
3.twizzlers. taste is as firmly lodged in memory as it is in the tongue.
4.other: dinner at March in NYC, where excellent food is paired with decent wines, and everything is sprinkled with snide comments about the people around you and how tasteless their fashion is compared to yours.
5. other: walking. Nothing better than a nice walk through the city at the thinnest slice of evening. unless it is raining.
6. 20%. my father made me promise that when I became successful, I would remember what it was like to have to struggle. 20% or better, frankly.
7. once a week. A man should cook, after all.
8. Grohlsteiner water. foie gras purchased from a seedy french importer, who is ignoring the ban(rather pointedly). A pot of my mother's handmade kimchee, using my grandmother's peppers from her garden. It is dynamite.
9. Other. Probably(if time allows) a bit of pasta with white truffle oil, a few pieces of lamb on the grill, and a white bean salad. Add a brandy snifter's worth of 18 year jameson's and I am good to go.
10. Breakfast should be savory - it is a reminder that there is blood in all of us, and that it moves quickly when we wake. I prefer a very light crepe with minced linguica, potato, and a bit of fennel for taste. Add a small amount of demi-glace into the pan, pour over the crepe as a tingling sauce, and throw down a cup of milk - calcium is good for you.
11. That is the best part of the cereal - it has absorbed the souls of all the other cereals that were poured into the bowl. To not drink it is to insult the cereal gods, those crunchy, saccharine gods.
12. My mother's homemade jigae, after having lived in NYC for two years as an acohol and cocaine fueled stock trading robot. It reminded me that humanity cannot be purchased, and prompted me to quit the business for good. That and the first time I ate a reuben sandwich that I had made myself - jewish marble rye, sauerkraut, russian sauce, lightly grilled corned beef, and melted swiss cheese. I grilled each piece of bread in the leftover juice from the corned beef, added a pat of european milled butter, and put it all together with the slice down the diagonal. It was mankind's finest moment since the invention of the cigarette.
Anonymous says
1. Fresh figs, halved and peeled, with plain yogurt, two slices of triple cream camembert.
2.black. black licorice tastes like memory, red tastes like sugary ashes.
3.twizzlers. taste is as firmly lodged in memory as it is in the tongue.
4.other: dinner at March in NYC, where excellent food is paired with decent wines, and everything is sprinkled with snide comments about the people around you and how tasteless their fashion is compared to yours.
5. other: walking. Nothing better than a nice walk through the city at the thinnest slice of evening. unless it is raining.
6. 20%. my father made me promise that when I became successful, I would remember what it was like to have to struggle. 20% or better, frankly.
7. once a week. A man should cook, after all.
8. Grohlsteiner water. foie gras purchased from a seedy french importer, who is ignoring the ban(rather pointedly). A pot of my mother's handmade kimchee, using my grandmother's peppers from her garden. It is dynamite.
9. Other. Probably(if time allows) a bit of pasta with white truffle oil, a few pieces of lamb on the grill, and a white bean salad. Add a brandy snifter's worth of 18 year jameson's and I am good to go.
10. Breakfast should be savory - it is a reminder that there is blood in all of us, and that it moves quickly when we wake. I prefer a very light crepe with minced linguica, potato, and a bit of fennel for taste. Add a small amount of demi-glace into the pan, pour over the crepe as a tingling sauce, and throw down a cup of milk - calcium is good for you.
11. That is the best part of the cereal - it has absorbed the souls of all the other cereals that were poured into the bowl. To not drink it is to insult the cereal gods, those crunchy, saccharine gods.
12. My mother's homemade jigae, after having lived in NYC for two years as an acohol and cocaine fueled stock trading robot. It reminded me that humanity cannot be purchased, and prompted me to quit the business for good. That and the first time I ate a reuben sandwich that I had made myself - jewish marble rye, sauerkraut, russian sauce, lightly grilled corned beef, and melted swiss cheese. I grilled each piece of bread in the leftover juice from the corned beef, added a pat of european milled butter, and put it all together with the slice down the diagonal. It was mankind's finest moment since the invention of the cigarette.
Anonymous says
1. Tonkatsu from Izayoi in Little Tokyo
2. Red
3. Red Vines
4. Either bone-in ribe eye steak at Delmonico's in Vegas or Omakase sushi at Kiriko. Kiriko is your fave place if I'd have to guess based on your reviews.
5. Definitely taxi or car service.
6. At least 15%, up from there depending on how good the service was.
7. At least 3 to 4 times a week. Gotta work on those cooking skills at least a few times a week.
8. Canned foie gras from Fauchon, Big Bob Gibson's Barbecue Sauce, soy sauce.
9. I'm cooking. Negi toro donburi with sesame soy sauce, wasabi and nori.
10. Savory definitely. 3 slices of Niman Ranch Applewood Smoked Bacon cooked until crisp, but not hard; 2 eggs over easy; brown, crispy home fries, skin on (just potatoes only) cooked in butter and big cup of Kona coffee with a dash of real half and half.
11. Absolutely.
12. Cauliflower Panna Cotta with Sevruga caviar at the French Laundry. Terrine of foie gras and a 2002 Dirler "Kessler" Gewurztraminer at Bouchon in Yountville.
Maggie says
I may be a little late in the game, but I'll play anyway :)
1. What was the last thing you ate? frosted flakes for lunch...deadlines = no going out for lunch, unfortunately
2. Licorice...black or red? neither, thank you!
3. Red...Twizzlers or Red Vines? if I had to choose, Red Vines, but see #2
4. Your idea of the perfect dinner out is:
sushi...at Katsuya Brentwood!
5. You picked the perfect dinner. Now how are we getting there?
Town car?!
6. How much do you tip?
18% standard...more if the service was impeccable
7. How often are we eating out?
Somewhere between once a week and every night...I AM a pretty good cook, if I do say so myself!
8. List three things in your refrigerator right now.
Pesto, fresh Mozzarella, wine
9. What are you cooking for dinner?
cornish game hens with sage butter and a nice pumpkin risotto. White chocolate creme brulee for dessert...
10. Breakfast...savory or sweet, and give an example, in graphic detail, because I’m hungry.
At a greasy spoon diner, I love a MESS for breakfast...french toast, eggs over easy, bacon, hash browns, the works. BUT, at 26 beach cafe in Marina del Rey, I like to split the following with my boyfriend: the ingenious breakfast sandwich on challah bread, and the delectable reeses stuffed french toast. It's so wrong, but SO right!
11. Do you drink the milk at the bottom of the cereal bowl?
If I'm thirsty...but usually I just pour in a little more cereal until all the milk is gone that way!
12. What food has made you cry? I've never cried over food, but if I were to do so, here are some examples that would probably do the trick... bread pudding at Cafe Pierre in MB, pulled pork sandwich & french onion soup at Doughboys, scones with high tea at Harrods in London, and/or a pork dish with onion soubise at Avenue in MB--but the menu changes monthly, unfortunately...
Maggie says
I may be a little late in the game, but I'll play anyway :)
1. What was the last thing you ate? frosted flakes for lunch...deadlines = no going out for lunch, unfortunately
2. Licorice...black or red? neither, thank you!
3. Red...Twizzlers or Red Vines? if I had to choose, Red Vines, but see #2
4. Your idea of the perfect dinner out is:
sushi...at Katsuya Brentwood!
5. You picked the perfect dinner. Now how are we getting there?
Town car?!
6. How much do you tip?
18% standard...more if the service was impeccable
7. How often are we eating out?
Somewhere between once a week and every night...I AM a pretty good cook, if I do say so myself!
8. List three things in your refrigerator right now.
Pesto, fresh Mozzarella, wine
9. What are you cooking for dinner?
cornish game hens with sage butter and a nice pumpkin risotto. White chocolate creme brulee for dessert...
10. Breakfast...savory or sweet, and give an example, in graphic detail, because I’m hungry.
At a greasy spoon diner, I love a MESS for breakfast...french toast, eggs over easy, bacon, hash browns, the works. BUT, at 26 beach cafe in Marina del Rey, I like to split the following with my boyfriend: the ingenious breakfast sandwich on challah bread, and the delectable reeses stuffed french toast. It's so wrong, but SO right!
11. Do you drink the milk at the bottom of the cereal bowl?
If I'm thirsty...but usually I just pour in a little more cereal until all the milk is gone that way!
12. What food has made you cry? I've never cried over food, but if I were to do so, here are some examples that would probably do the trick... bread pudding at Cafe Pierre in MB, pulled pork sandwich & french onion soup at Doughboys, scones with high tea at Harrods in London, and/or a pork dish with onion soubise at Avenue in MB--but the menu changes monthly, unfortunately...
Nicole from: For the Love of Food says
1. Fresh Blueberries
2. Red
3. Twizzlers
4. Dinner at Prison St. Michel in Nürnberg (don't forget the reservation!). A nice bottle of rosé from La Course accompanied by the perfectly prepared medium steak, a creamy baked potato garnished with French butter, and a side of mâche drizzled with a house balsamic vinaigrette. After this, you won't even want dessert...
5. I'm taking the subway and then walking - I don't want to skip out on the wine!
6. In Europe waiters/waitresses are paid living wages, so adding a Euro or 2 to the bill is normal.
7. Once a month - I really love to cook for myself.
8. Mascarpone, fresh coconut curls, and platanos
9. Tandoori Chicken with Jasmin Rice and a salad made of vegetables from my community garden plot.
10. Savory: Salad. It's never ever too early to have a delicious salad comprised of mâche, tomatoes, olives, alfalfa sprouts, marinated artichoke hearts, red bell pepper, red onion, and a homemade dressing of fresh thyme, balsamic vinegar, Parmesan, mustard, and olive oil.
11. No. I always put enough oatmeal or cereal in that I never have any milk left at the bottom of the bowl - ever.
12. A croissant at 8am in Lyon. Warm, buttery, flaky...don't let any of the crumbs fall!
SteamyKitchen says
1. potato chips
2. Black
3. Twizzlers
4. sushi
5. You're driving
6. 20%
7. once a week
8. kimchi, half-eaten chocolate bar that I'm hiding from my husband & kids so I stuck it under the spinach, Reddi whip canned whipped cream
9. your bulgogi burgers w/kimchi
10. don't eat bfast
11. don't eat cereal...b.c i don't eat breakfast. but i guess i could eat cereal for dinner but i don't because i'd rather have something dinnery than breakfasty.
12. Garlic Truffle French Fries.
Philippe says
1. Thai beef salad
2. Black, of course
3. Neither as that taste too chemical
4. Omakase
5. Taxi! So we both can drink.
6. Depends on the service... 15-20% usually
7. Every night (nearly)
8. Water, chablis and cote de provence because it's summer. No food as it has to be fresh.
9. Spagetti with homemade almond pesto
10. Cafe au lait with homemade gingerbread (soft cake like style, crackling outside and soft inside)
11. I don't do cereals with milk
12. literally: spicy honey rabbit.
metaphoricaly: paul bocuse herb stuffed sea bass cooked in a crust
Philippe says
1. Thai beef salad
2. Black, of course
3. Neither as that taste too chemical
4. Omakase
5. Taxi! So we both can drink.
6. Depends on the service... 15-20% usually
7. Every night (nearly)
8. Water, chablis and cote de provence because it's summer. No food as it has to be fresh.
9. Spagetti with homemade almond pesto
10. Cafe au lait with homemade gingerbread (soft cake like style, crackling outside and soft inside)
11. I don't do cereals with milk
12. literally: spicy honey rabbit.
metaphoricaly: paul bocuse herb stuffed sea bass cooked in a crust
H. C. says
1. What was the last thing you ate?
Chocolate Ganache Cake, ok - lemon breath mints
2. Licorice...black or red?
Red
3. Red...Twizzlers or Red Vines?
Vines
4. Your idea of the perfect dinner out is:
Omakase - Azami's my current fave
5. You picked the perfect dinner. Now how are we getting there?
I'd offer to drive, but leave it up to the dining companion
6. How much do you tip?
15-20%, and I'm an ex-server.
7. How often are we eating out?
Once a week. Like maybe Friday. Or Saturday. Whichever day you don’t already have a date.
8. List three things in your refrigerator right now.
Babybel Cheese, Vanilla Soy Milk, Half a Bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon -- to be used for cooking
9. What are you cooking for dinner?
Most likely duckmeat ravioli (no, not homemade) with browned butter sauce
10. Breakfast...savory or sweet, and give an example, in graphic detail, because I’m hungry.
Usually I crave both, which is why I like to do breakfast with at least one friend--usually some sort of gooey french toast (or berry pancakes) + chicken-sausage-cheddar-avocado omelet.
11. Do you drink the milk at the bottom of the cereal bowl?
Yes
12. What food has made you cry? Take me to Table 8! ;) ~ I think the closest I ever got is seared foie gras with sweet garlic confit, served with brioche toast
Anonymous says
Firstly, you blog is hilarious. ha ha. Althught you got a lot of responses, thought I might play.
1. Nothing, no time in the morning for breakfast, some people work for a living. ha ha. Just drinking some herba mate to keep me going.
2. Red.
3. Redvines. Twizzlers taste like plastic to me. Nothing worse than a stomach full of plastic.
4. Perfect dinner out? Hmm... Around the neighborhood would start with sunset and coctails at the pool bar and then stroll down to Lei Lei's form some Pacific Rim Cuisine. Town, could be Aaron's atop Ala Moana, Yanagi Sushi, Diamond Head grill at the W, depending on the mood. So many choices in town.
5. I'll be driving.
6. Somewhere between 20 - 80%. Does that count? It isn't one of the choices. Guess I am special and made my own, not special that I ride the little bus.
7. At least once a week, not that I can't cook, but it's nice to go out and dress somewhat nice.
8. Go-Chu-Jang, Beer and Champagne. Just back from a trip, sorry no leftovers.
9. Me cook? I'm the man. ha ha. Just kidding. Maybe some Braised venison in caper, shallot, and wine reduction. Ja Jang Mein, or maybe some home made spagetti.
10. A big fan of eggs benedict, but going to have to go out for that one.
11. Love the milk at the bottom of the bowl. Especially from Coco Krispies. I guess I am still a kid at heart.
12. Dok Buk Gi that my uncle made. So hot that me and my cousin couldn't eat it. I ate it as not to offend my uncle, must have been comical for my cousin to watch as sweat and tears rolled down my face.
That was fun. Thanks.
Aloha,
Rich
Anonymous says
Firstly, you blog is hilarious. ha ha. Althught you got a lot of responses, thought I might play.
1. Nothing, no time in the morning for breakfast, some people work for a living. ha ha. Just drinking some herba mate to keep me going.
2. Red.
3. Redvines. Twizzlers taste like plastic to me. Nothing worse than a stomach full of plastic.
4. Perfect dinner out? Hmm... Around the neighborhood would start with sunset and coctails at the pool bar and then stroll down to Lei Lei's form some Pacific Rim Cuisine. Town, could be Aaron's atop Ala Moana, Yanagi Sushi, Diamond Head grill at the W, depending on the mood. So many choices in town.
5. I'll be driving.
6. Somewhere between 20 - 80%. Does that count? It isn't one of the choices. Guess I am special and made my own, not special that I ride the little bus.
7. At least once a week, not that I can't cook, but it's nice to go out and dress somewhat nice.
8. Go-Chu-Jang, Beer and Champagne. Just back from a trip, sorry no leftovers.
9. Me cook? I'm the man. ha ha. Just kidding. Maybe some Braised venison in caper, shallot, and wine reduction. Ja Jang Mein, or maybe some home made spagetti.
10. A big fan of eggs benedict, but going to have to go out for that one.
11. Love the milk at the bottom of the bowl. Especially from Coco Krispies. I guess I am still a kid at heart.
12. Dok Buk Gi that my uncle made. So hot that me and my cousin couldn't eat it. I ate it as not to offend my uncle, must have been comical for my cousin to watch as sweat and tears rolled down my face.
That was fun. Thanks.
Aloha,
Rich
Sarah J. Gim says
wow. i suppose i should check these answers now.
Holly says
1.What was the last thing you ate?
It's early so I had some egg salad...wassabi egg salad. Sounds strange but it's tasty.
2. Licorice…black or red?
Red
3. Red…Twizzlers or Red Vines?
Red Vines
4. Your idea of the perfect dinner out is:
Drinks and dinner at Salt...an amazing local place.
5. You picked the perfect dinner. Now how are we getting there?
I'll drive (I don't drink much)
6. How much do you tip?
20% rounded up- Standard
7. How often are we eating out?
Hmmm...about once a month with the girls where we go all out but I average once a week.
8. List three things in your refrigerator right now.
Strawberries, Havarti Cheese & Pom/Blueberry Juice
9. What are you cooking for dinner?
Tonight...Pork on the grill with pineapple salsa...I have been craving it since the sun came out.
10. Breakfast…savory or sweet, and give an example, in graphic detail, because I’m hungry.
Savory...I love spicy breakfast burritos. Scrambled eggs with bacon and spicy sausage...sauteed tomatoes, onions and peppers and lots of gooey cheese all wrapped up in a flour tortilla. Salsa on the side for dipping.
11. Do you drink the milk at the bottom of the cereal bowl?
I don't usually eat cereal anymore...but I used to drink the milk.
12. What food has made you cry?
Food does not make me weepy...but I do moan alot when it's really good.
Seefoxrun says
1. Chicken Burrito and corn on the cob
2. Red!
3. Twizzlers.
4. Your idea of the perfect dinner out is:
We pick up gyros at Holy Land, have a picnic, and watch the sun go down over lake calhoun.
5. I’m driving
6. 20%. But it gets bumped up to 30% if you're looking.
7. As often as you like, delicious. ;^)
8. Peapods, Black beans and rice, Newman's Own salsa
9. I'm cooking Roasted Asparagus, Real baked potatoes, and pork chops. Dessert = spumoni.
10. Sweet breakfast is better. Paper thin crepes, topped with bananas, walnuts, and a rum/butter sauce and a tiny dollop of whipped cream. Breakfast would be accompanied by fresh guava juice.
11. Do I drink the milk on the bottom of the bowl? Of course I do!
12. I ate a dessert of chocolate covered fried bananas with vanilla ice cream that made me tingle.
Smitty says
1. French Toast at a work pot luck just now. Like 2 min ago.
2. Red
3. Red Vines all the way
4. Soju-fueled fun and kBBQ at Shik Do Rak
5. Pregnancy makes me the automatic DD
6. 20% - Standard.
7. Eating out about 3-4 meals a week with incredible home cooked goodness in between.
8. Homemade Preserved Lemons, Gruyere, shrimp tails with which I'll make stock.
9. Magiritsa. Yum! You have to be a Greek fan at my house.
10. Breakfast is my very favorite meal which I can eat at ANY time. My favorite everyday breakfast is grainy toast with mashed avocado seasoned with s&p only topped with a perfect over-medium egg so that the yolk is golden and slightly runny but with some substance and body. The fantasy breakfast is a holdover from a childhood sweet tooth but nothing derails my resolve to cut calories like Brioche with Cream Cheese and Berries. If that's on the menu, I'm done.
11. Always.
12. A group of friends and I have a formal supper club, and at the inaugural dinner my husband made the most heavenly twice baked potatoes with sour cream, butter, green onions, diced mushroom, truffle oil, cracked pepper, salt, small amount of feta, cream. I teared up at the aroma alone.
degan says
1. What was the last thing you ate? goat cheese with fig compote on crips
2. Licorice…black or red? red
3. Red…Twizzlers or Red Vines? twizzlers
4. Your idea of the perfect dinner out is:
*Soju-fueled fun and kBBQ at Shik Do Rak
5. You picked the perfect dinner. Now how are we getting there?
* Drive? Are you crazy? Taxi!
6. How much do you tip?
* 20% – Standard.
7. How often are we eating out?
*Once a week. Like maybe Friday. Or Saturday. Whichever day you don’t already have a date.
8. List three things in your refrigerator right now.
blackberry pie, fig-infused rum, pickled asparagus.
9. What are you cooking for dinner?
*Top sirloin medium-rare on the grill on the patio. No sauce.
10. Breakfast…savory or sweet, and give an example, in graphic detail, because I’m hungry.
raisin bread french toast with creme fraiche, bourbon maple syrup and raspberries.
11. Do you drink the milk at the bottom of the cereal bowl? No way. Ew.
12. What food has made you cry? And if food has never made you cry, let me take you to Table8 for a grilled cheese sandwich and some deep-fried chorizo-stuffed olives.
Blackberry manchego cheesecake at Tailor.
Jeremy says
1. What was the last thing you ate? Pizza Bombas
2. Licorice…black or red? Black
3. Red…Twizzlers or Red Vines? Twizzlers
4. Your idea of the perfect dinner out is:
* Candlelit dinner for two at Valentino
5. You picked the perfect dinner. Now how are we getting there?
I am driving.
6. How much do you tip?
20% and up
7. How often are we eating out?
* Once a week. Like maybe Friday. Or Saturday. Whichever day you don’t already have a date.
8. List three things in your refrigerator right now. Prosciutto di parma, Mozzarella Di Bufala, San Pellegrino
9. What are you cooking for dinner?
1st course: Tomato Consume, 2d course: goat cheese truffles, three ways, w/blanched arugula. 3d course: Salmon poached in white wine. 4th course: Lemon Semifreddo
10. Breakfast…savory or sweet, and give an example, in graphic detail, because I’m hungry.
Savory and sweet: Omelet, potato pancakes, strawberries and cream.
11. Do you drink the milk at the bottom of the cereal bowl?
Yes: don't waste those vitamins.
12. What food has made you cry? And if food has never made you cry, let me take you to Table8 for a grilled cheese sandwich and some deep-fried chorizo-stuffed olives.
None! Are you serious?
Jenna says
1. What was the last thing you ate? Piece of prosciutto being cooked for dinner
2. Licorice…black or red? red only
3. Red…Twizzlers or Red Vines? Twizzlers
4. Your idea of the perfect dinner out is:
Candlelit dinner for two at Valentino
I'm not from LA, so this is close...
Soju-fueled fun and kBBQ at Shik Do Rak
5. You picked the perfect dinner. Now how are we getting there?
I’m driving
6. How much do you tip?
20% – Standard.
7. How often are we eating out?
Once a week. Like maybe Friday. Or Saturday. Whichever day you don’t already have a date.
8. List three things in your refrigerator right now.
Chicken Tortilla Soup
Fruit Punch
Dumpling Skins
9. What are you cooking for dinner?
“What are you cooking?”
grilled skirt steak with chimmichuri, lemon potatoes and sauteed swiss chard - one of my favorite meals i make
10. Breakfast…savory or sweet, and give an example, in graphic detail, because Savory - Brooklyn's Buttermilk Channel's "Eggs Huntington:" poached egg with canadian bacon, on a biscuit covered with hollandaise and scallions, served with lightly dressed greens
11. Do you drink the milk at the bottom of the cereal bowl?
Only if it's Lucky Charms
12. What food has made you cry?
Food has not made me cry yet, but I'm hoping it will one day
The Wandering Foodie says
1. Cinnamon Graham Goldfish, they're new 2. Red 3. Come on. Red vines? You watched Narnia one too many times. 4. Omakase @ O Ya Boston, NYT Best New Restaurant 2008 5. Drive? Are you crazy? Taxi! 6. 20%+round up to the next dollar. Always at least $1 for a drink (I live in a place where it doesn't cost $13.50 a cocktail) and always at least $4 7.Minimum once a week. Probably twice. 8. Milk, eggs, venison. 9. Chicken Parm, We're staying in, right?
10. Savory. Had a strata with kale, turnips, and feta recently. Damn. 11. Obv. 12. I'm a man, I don't cry. Not even for your grilled cheese. I might laugh an uncomfortable laugh and purse my lips, but no crying.
SallyBR says
1. What was the last thing you ate?
hard boiled egg / avocado / slice of Vermont cheddar cheese (light lunch at my desk)
2. Licorice…black or red?
hate the stuff, no matter the color, sorry
3. Red…Twizzlers or Red Vines?
red wine
4. Your idea of the perfect dinner out is:
a very nice, elegant meal, cooked at home, just the two of us. Yes, candlelit.
5. You picked the perfect dinner. Now how are we getting there?
no one drives.... :-)
6. How much do you tip?
20%
7. How often are we eating out?
once / week
8. List three things in your refrigerator right now.
boneless chicken breasts
dark miso
head of cauliflower
9. What are you cooking for dinner?
above mentioned chicken breasts, possibly grilled, not sure yet. Maybe a cauliflower puree
10. Breakfast…savory or sweet, and give an example, in graphic detail, because I’m hungry.
I don't eat much in the morning. Sorry. A cereal bar, or a drinkable yogurt, small.
11. Do you drink the milk at the bottom of the cereal bowl?
No. I like my cereal with yogurt
12. What food has made you cry? And if food has never made you cry, let me take you to Table8 for a grilled cheese sandwich and some deep-fried chorizo-stuffed olives.
not sure if you mean good tears or painful tears. Painful tears (that I had to hide in the name of politeness) - a Beef Wellington that exposed very over=cooked meat inside. It was painful
good tears - a foie gras with vanilla sauce enjoyed in Paris, when this kind of combo was not that common (this was many years ago). I still remember, with a few tears forming on my eyes... :-)
Nice game.... Enjoyed playing it.... THANKS!
Eva Thomas says
1. What was the last thing you ate? Roast tender pork barratte (yesterday evening)
2. Licorice…black or red? Black
3. Red…Twizzlers or Red Vines? Beer!
4. Your idea of the perfect dinner out is:
Chinese Buffet at a restaurant in the town we used to live in
5. You picked the perfect dinner. Now how are we getting there?
We used to walk or take a bus.
6. How much do you tip?
20% – Standard.
7. How often are we eating out?
Hardly at all. We order food in more often than we go out, and we only order grub in occasionally.
8. List three things in your refrigerator right now. Medium hamburger. Coffee cream. Baby carrots.
9. What are you cooking for dinner?
Homemade hamburgers with Montreal Steak seasoning added to them along with Worcestershire sauce. Mmmm!
10. Breakfast…savory or sweet. Sweetened coffee, followed by tea with milk.
11. Do you drink the milk at the bottom of the cereal bowl? I did when I used to eat cereal.
12. What food has made you cry? I don't cry over food. I imagine I'd want to cry if I had to choke down a slab of liver again, though, or any organ meat. Blech!