What meal can you not resist?

[Maddy McCall]

Which foods do you never say "no" to?

I love fajitas.



And no time's not a good time for a baked potato:

[AtomicKitten]

1. tacos ..........

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[Maddy McCall]

2. Same here...

We love to make them at home. That's probably my kid's favorite meal.

[Redstone]

3. Mrs R's rotisserie leg of lamb, with Julia Child's 40-clove-of-garlic

mashed taters (I make these), French-cut green beans, and of course the gravy.

Redstone

[Maddy McCall]

5. Oh good god.

I don't think I could resist that, either.

I'll have to look up the Julia Child recipe. I LOVE me some garlic. :D

[Redstone]

35. It's in her first book. Well worth the effort to make.

Don't take shortcuts; for example, you may think that sauteeing the garlic in butter for twenty minutes is a bit overboard, but do it her way. You'll have people who say they don't like potatoes BEGGING for more.

I, for example, loathe butter, but Mrs R persuaded me to stick with the recipe and not substitute. And I'm glad I did.

(It's on page 520 of the original edition of Mastering the Art of French Cooking.)

Redstone

[Maddy McCall]

45. Thanks, Redstone.

I collect cookbooks, but I don't have any Julia cookbooks. (I know, it's a sin, isn't it?)

I am going to amazon now to see if I can find it. Thanks!

[Redstone]

55. You can probably find it in your library as well, but it's worth buying.

If you're into food and cooking, it's a "must have." I guarantee you'll love this book.

By the way, the authorship of the original volume was listed as:

Simone Beck,
Louisette Berthold,
Julia Child.

So if someone has a used original edition, it may be listed with Beck as the author.

Redstone

[Maddy McCall]

62. Thanks, RS.

I'm going to Amazon tonight to buy it. They have several used copies. Thanks for the recommendation, RS.

[AtomicKitten]

9. I LOVE Greek food.

Lamb shishkebob, tzaziki, dolmas, etc.

yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[Maddy McCall]

21. Sadly, we have no Greek restaurants around here...

but I know I would love a lamb shiskebob.

The garlic mashed potatoes, though. I've got to find that recipe. :D

[Redstone]

75. You ever come though our town, stop by and have some of my tzaziki.

It'll give you religion.

(But call first; like any good tzaziki, it takes more than 24 hours to make.)

Redstone

[Maddy McCall]

77. Well I will certainly feel like a special guest.

Thanks for the invite. :D

[Redstone]

78. Any time. We're pretty much always home, and we love to have company.

And nobody leaves our house hungry (or sober).

Redstone

[AtomicKitten]

80. you're on.

[RevolutionaryActs]

4. PF Changes chicken lettuce wraps and Pad Thai

:drool:

[Maddy McCall]

7. Both look delish.

I've never had lettuce wraps...will have to look up a recipe.

I've had cabbage rolls, but never lettuce wraps.

:hi: Are you watching American Idol this season? :rofl:

[RevolutionaryActs]

15. They are soooooooo yummy

:9





Yes, I am watching it. :P :rofl:

[Maddy McCall]

16. No one stands out yet.

But, I promise, by the middle of the season, I'll find me another Bo. :D

[RevolutionaryActs]

22. There are a couple girls who I think are pretty good

I'll be damned if I can remember their names though. :shrug:




Bad Maddy! :spank:

[Maddy McCall]

25. Seriously, I haven't paid a lot of attention.

I liked that guy with the grey hair who did Joe Cocker last week. I think we'll see him in the top 12. I don't like him in the Bo sort of way, but I think he was talented.

:silly:

[RevolutionaryActs]

30. You'll change your tune after they dye his hair black

and give him a make-over! ;)



But he was really good, fun too. There was one dude I saw in the beginning, he had a shaved head and wore a cowboy hat. He was pretty cute, he could be the new Bo. :P

[Maddy McCall]

32. But is he from Alabama?

:D

The Joe Cocker guy was from Alabama, I think. Mobile, Alabama, if my memory hasn't failed me. And he would be quite cute with dark hair. :9

Shaved head and a cowboy hat? Bah! Sounds a little too "metrosexual" for me. :D

[RevolutionaryActs]

40. LOL!

:rofl:



Joe Cocker guy = New Bo! :P



Edit, hopefully we'll learn his name soon. :silly:

[LeftyMom]

6. Kung pao tofu

I love any kind of spicy food, but that's my favorite. :9

[Maddy McCall]

12. I don't know what that is.

Don't laugh, but, since the New Year, my son and I have been trying to cut back on the unhealthy crap we eat--I bought some tofu hot dogs, but MMjr just coudn't eat them.

Can you suggest a good tofu anything that we can try before we convince ourselves that tofu isn't for us? I'm not being smart or joking...I really want to try something we'll like.

:hi:

[flvegan]

36. Tofu hot dogs, much like regular hot dogs...

not the benchmark standard.

For good tofu, you'll want to try a good Thai restaurant. To make it for yourselves, visit us down in the tofu ghetto here at DU in the Vegetarian, Vegan forum. You're bound to get a GREAT response.

[Maddy McCall]

43. I promise to do that soon.

I'm going to bed in a moment, but when I have time to carry on a good conversation with you vegans, I'll certainly stop in. :hi:

Thanks for responding. :D

[flvegan]

51. We'd love to have you visit us!

Not just us vegans, either. The vegetarians and almost-vegetarians would love to see you, too. We're all the same. No labels in the tofu ghetto.

When you post there, tell 'em flvegan sent you and you'll get a 15% coupon for anything purchased down there.

[Maddy McCall]

54. Hahaha!

I'll certainly do that. :hi:

[LeftyMom]

50. There's a trick to tofu

You have to press all the water out of it to get a more paletable texture. Put some clean kitchen towels on a plate, place the drained tofu (firm or extra firm for entrees) on the towels, then layer on another towel or two and a second plate to press the water out. If it goes really slow a can on top of the second plate helps to add a little weight and speed up the process, but too much weight can make the tofu crumbly. Edit: Freezing it for a day or so and then thawing it can help, too, but it gets a bit crumblier and I persoanlly find that unspeakably annoying. /end edit

After that I like to slice it up thin and fry it in just a little big of oil (for a vegan I am not exactly the world's healthiest eater) until it browns a bit, then layer it in a pyrex baking dish, cover it in bbq sauce, bake it until the sauce thickens and the sugars start to carmelize, then serve it with grilled asparagus and garlic mashed potatoes.

Tofu works pretty good in baked goods, too. Usually one uses either the aeseptic silken tofu that doesn't need refrigerated or a soft or medium regular tofu on desserts. I have really easy recipie for a pumpkin pie made with tofu (I think the title is LMommy's Pumpkin Pie for lazy vegans or something like that) in the Veg group that comes out really well and only uses four ingredients.

I also like the pre-marinated tofu. It comes in a lot of flavors, but the teriyaki and hickory are really good. The nice thing is that it's pre-pressed and marinated so all you have to do is cut it up, heat it if you want (some flavors make a decent sandwich) and eat it. I like to mix it up with frozen stir fry veggies and serve over rice for a really easy meal with almost no work.

[Maddy McCall]

58. Thanks for all of your advice.

You know, when I see tofu in the market, I just never think of it as a meat substitute. I see it and I just think "white blob."

Thanks for all of your excellent advice. I've got a package of stir-fry vegetables in the freezer...a huge bag of them. I think I may pick up some tofu this week and drop by the vegan group to see if some of y'all can give me advice on a tofu stir-fry.

Thanks! :hi:

[LeftyMom]

60. Please do drop by

We love to help out and talk about food. :)

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. Lobster

[Maddy McCall]

14. Alls them is is gigantic crawfish.

;-)

Love lobster, too. :D

[proud2BlibKansan]

26. Ah but they don't taste like crawdads

:) Not in the least.

[Maddy McCall]

28. Yes...

but you don't have to dip crawfish in butter to make them delish...and it would be rather embarrassing to suck a lobster head at a fine restaurant, wouldn't it?

Speaking of crawfish, I paid $3.50/lb for them last week...almost could have bought lobster for that! But they were goooood. :D

[proud2BlibKansan]

34. I really don't like crawdads

They taste too gamey to me.

[Maddy McCall]

37. Yeah, they are gamey.

I love them...it's definitely a taste you have to get used to. But once you do, you crave them all year long.

[proud2BlibKansan]

46. When I was a kid, my sister and I caught some in a creek by our house

and cooked them.

That kind of ruined the whole crawdad experience for me. LOL

[Maddy McCall]

52. Did y'all clean them well or purge them?

LOL! That's too damned funny. Yeah, if you ate dirty or gritty crawfish, that could kinda put a damper on the cravings for the rest of your life. :rofl:

[proud2BlibKansan]

56. We just put em in a pan and boiled em

and they were disgusting. LOL

[Maddy McCall]

59. Well no damned wonder you don't like them!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

What a funny story! :D

[proud2BlibKansan]

67. Another time we had some box turtles and the kid up the street told us

they laid eggs in sand. So we took the turtles down to our basement and filled the drain in the floor up with sand so they would lay eggs and make more turtles.

I think it took the plumber a couple days to get all that sand out of the drain.

I don't know what kept my dad from killing us.

We were rather adventerous. LOL

[Maddy McCall]

69. Ha!

One of my friends' uncle had a turtle farm, he called it...just some crossties with leaf compost scattered inside. Everytime he'd see a turtle in the road, he'd pick it up and bring it home to his turtle farm. Those little dickens DID start to reproduce, and he had turtles EVERYWHERE. I haven't stopped by to see him in a long time.

He's an eccentric fellow and I adore him...you kinda reminded me that it's time to pay him a visit. :D

[zone]

10. I could never resist a nice juicy fajita myself

[Maddy McCall]

17. Aren't they the best?

I love having the sizzling skillet brought to the table...fajita smoke wafting from the table.

It's soooo good. :hi:

[zone]

20. Fajita juice...

...dripping from my amphibious mouth.

[Maddy McCall]

23. LOL

and running down your wrists. I know. So messy and GOOD. :D

[zone]

57. Lotta fajita

Makes a horny toad

[TennesseeRain]

11. Crab legs.

There is NO way I could EVER say no to some Snow-Crab legs :)

[Maddy McCall]

18. My son would love you.

In south Mississippi, there are many "all you can eat" buffets. When we go, I pile up the boiled shrimp, and my kid piles up the crab legs. :D

[TennesseeRain]

29. LOL!

It reminds me of the time my then boyfriend wanted to take me to an "all you can eat" seafood buffet, but in order to get his money's worth, he wouldn't let me eat for an entire day! I was FAMISHED!

[Maddy McCall]

31. How terrible!

But seafood buffets are EXPENSIVE. They run about $25/person here. Gotta get your money's worth, so never eat "fillers" like hush puppies and fries. :D

[GOPisEvil]

13. We spoke earlier of chicken fried steak....

...well, add smashed spuds and macaroni and cheese to that and I'm done. :D

[Maddy McCall]

19. Oh yeah.

Especially the potatoes.

That's how I fix the plate:

Mashed potatoes on the bottom.
Steak on top of that.
A ladle full of gravy on top of that.

YUMMMM.

[yvr girl]

24. Rainbow Chard

I practically do a little dance when I see it in the grocery store. I also adaore creme brule. As far as other parts of the meal go, it just depends on my mood.

[Maddy McCall]

27. What is rainbow chard?

And I love creme brule, too. :9

[yvr girl]

33. Totally yummy vegetable pictured within

[Maddy McCall]

41. That's beautiful.

Do you cook it or eat it salad-style?

[yvr girl]

44. I cook it

Like I would beet tops or Swiss Chard. Use more steam than water. Don't overcook.

[Maddy McCall]

47. That sounds great.

Does it hold its color when you cook it?

[yvr girl]

53. It fades a little

That's why you don't want to overcook it. I don't like any veggies overcooked though.

I just eat it with a bit of butter and salt and pepper. Yum.

[zone]

42. Gay greens!

I love roughage!

[rememberauschwitz]

38. You mean I have to pick just one???

1. Sirloin roast, creamed horseradish, garlic potatoes, green beens.

2. Sambuca romano (sp?), side of penne, spinach sauteed in garlic.

3. PROPERLY prepared venison, currant sauce, wild rice, peas.

Etc

[Maddy McCall]

48. Welcome to DU, rememberauschwitz.

:toast:

Your whole list sounds great. I love venison cutlets. And venison sausage, if, like you said, it's done right.

Welcome to this crazy place. :toast:

[rememberauschwitz]

79. Thanks! nt

[Wetzelbill]

39. chicken sandwiches

Love them!

[Maddy McCall]

49. Chicken salad or chicken breast?

[Wetzelbill]

63. chicken breast

both grilled and breaded. Usually plain. Sometimes with cheese. Just depends. I don't eat hamburger so I have been a chicken man for most of my life. :)

[begin_within]

61. Fresh, hot tortillas with salsa at the Old Town Mexican Cafe in San Diego.

[Maddy McCall]

64. I make damned good salsa. Gets rave reviews. :-)

I received a tortilla maker for Christmas...

I need to get on the ball and make some to take to the office.


:hi:

[begin_within]

68. Well, pass it around!

[Wapsie B]

65. Fried chicken, mashed potatoes,

sweet corn & Groundcherry Pie. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

[Maddy McCall]

71. All delicious...

except I don't know what Groundcherry Pie is. But if it's anything like Cherry Pie, well, YUMMMM!

[Wapsie B]

76. Groundcherry Pie is heavenly.

They're little, marble-sized fruit that grow on a bush. They're butterscotch in color when ripe. mmmmmm



http://www.motherearthnews.com/printable/1981_July_August/Ground_Cherry_Pie

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

66. Chinese food at the Blue Sky Restaurant in Campbell, CA.

It's not the best I've ever had, and it's not the worst. But when you have a Chinese food Jones, and you're too lazy to cook it yourself, it hits the spot. A lunch-time "rice plate" with soup, broccoli beef, fried rice and an egg roll comes to seven bucks. And it's a BIG plate. The food is very well prepared...not greasy.

http://www.campbellreporter.com/ca-cover1.shtml



Hot Stuff: King Mui, head chef at the Blue Sky restaurant for 10 years, prepares chow mein for the lunch crowd. Those working at the restaurant consider the owners like family. It is tradition for the Ly family to share a New Year's meal with the staff.

:toast:

[Maddy McCall]

72. That chow mein in the photo looks good.

The plate you described--that's quite a value meal, isn't it?

I love Chinese food, too. We ate it earlier this week...Shrimp in Lobster Sauce and fried rice. Delicious.

:hi:

[ChoralScholar]

70. Beans and Cornbread.... EOM

[Maddy McCall]

73. I love good cornbread.

My grandmother gave me her recipe for hot-water cornbread. I tried and tried to copy it, but I never can make it quite as good as hers.

But pinto beans cooked until they are falling apart, with a big hunk of hot-water cornbread...that's a good comfort meal.

:hi:

[Maddy McCall]

74. G'night, DUers.

It's my bedtime. :hi:

[Strong Atheist]

81. In general, applesuase. In Chicago,

The Westchester Inn's chicken schnitzel ...

[Burma Jones]

82. Revenge

Best Served Cold........

[Cascadian]

83. Pad Thai Noodles with Peanut Sauce!

*** stars!


John

[NaturalHigh]

84. Sweet and sour chicken.

[MissMillie]

85. Almost all of them

Mmmmmmm....... food...... my favorite!

[Rabrrrrrr]

86. foie gras, steamed dumplings, lamb chops, rib eye steak,sushi

[noonwitch]

87. Prime Rib or Veal Parmesean

Or, as I call it to my vegetarian friends, "Baby Cow Parmesean".

[grace0418]

88. I would be faster to list the foods I CAN resist.

I like good food. A lot.

[ProfessorGAC]

90. Exactly What I Thought

I am a believer in the "see food" diet.
The Professor

[DanCa]

89. BBQ Ribs.

Ribs in the morning ribes in the evening ribs at supertime.
Yum Ribs, great I am starving now.

[Justpat]

91. Lobster!