A different kind of food thread...
 

Which of the following foods do you like...

Dang, forgot to include horseradish.

How are turnips and coconut on this list? They're both delicious.

Eggnog (if it's good), okra, and prunes.

I agree. I like all of these delicious foods.

Wow, short list. I thought your palate would be more.... sophisticated.:p

You forgot grapefruit. :Lin:

I've always been a fan of brussel sprouts, but my wife didn't like them so I never had them. But now they're quite the fashion at upscale restaurants and they prepare them shaved with spices and on pizza and stuff and she likes them with those upscale preparations.

Dang, another delicious food that should have been included.

I like them roasted, but if you just boil them into mush, I have to choke them down. They might be my least favorite food in the poll.

I'm a paradox. I'm very, very adventurous. There's very little I won't try. But I'm actually very picky. So I like to say, "I'll try anything, but there's a good chance I won't like it."

They can be decent, but I prefer them raw. (true of most any vegetable for that matter)

I should actually amend this...

I use anchovies, but I don't like them straight.

Beets are fine, but I won't seek them out.

Blue cheese is the only thing in my adult life that's made me gag.

Coconut... I like the flavor, but I can't stand the texture.

Grits... I've had them when I liked them, and had them when I hated them.

I like oysters, just not raw.

Tofu is like beets for me. I'll eat it in stir fry or soups, but I don't seek it out.

Coconut
Eggnog
Lima Beans

I'm allergic to coconut. Not a big deal but I can't swallow it as it dries out any skin it touches.

I also hate the texture.

You forgot to include the tasty Filipino dish "Balut" in your poll.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut_(food)



Probably deserves its own thread.....

I never liked them until I made them in a cheese sauce with a dash of mustard and pinch of cayenne. Now, I love them--that way only of course.

Always hated them until last weekend visiting plantations in southern Georgia, where I had them thick, rich and creamy and where you can see some of the yellow corn bits; then with white cheddar mixed in and served with shrimp. Before, grits were always served like Oliver Twist gruel. So I think it depends on how they are made. I love them thick and creamy or with white cheddar cheese. I'm sold on them as of now.

Pickled beets are good but I wouldn't bite into a raw one like I would with an apple or an onion.:)

Oh yeah... Mushrooms. I can't stand raw mushrooms but sautéed mushrooms are a delicious treat.

Occasionally, I'll cook up some portobello steaks for me and Mrs. Gadzooks.
http://happyherbivore.com/recipe/balsamic-portobellos/

No love for butter beans?

I like them better than lima beans and I love lima beans.

Those sound like stone ground grits. I cook them in chicken broth, then stir in some Boursin cheese.

But I also like plain grits served with eggs.

Butter beans are great. To me they are an easier bean to eat than lima beans.

Bingo.

Me too. Im the only one in my household who like them so more for me.

First place I tried them and liked them was at a BBQ competition. I was judging an anything goes category, and they served up barbecued shrimp and grits. Simply amazing.

I checked off most of the items. I'll pass on the blue cheese, liverwurst, liver, turnips and lima beans (only had those one way where I actually liked them).

Has she ever tried brussels sprouts lardons, especially with golden raisins?

Liver smells foul even just cooking it.

Nope.

Love SPAM and pickled herring. My wife makes awesome brussel sprouts with bacon in them, not sure if I'd eat them otherwise. And LiveSteam's mom is the only person who has ever made cooked cabbage that I can stomach.

http://www.thebodyshop-usa.com/image...y-lotion_l.jpg

I'm just here to click on all the boxes. Carry on.

I kind suspected they were stone ground. They had more flavor even without the cheese. The chicken broth and Boursin sounds different. I use Boursin on my roast beef sandwiches.
Also, as an appetizer mixed with sour cream and dill on chilled salmon for an hors d'oeuvre.

Grits with diced country ham and redeye gravy. Can't be beat.

Too bad I can't eat them anymore.

I love coconut. I cook with coconut oil, make baked goods with coconut flour, eat macaroons frequently for dessert (naturally gluten free cookies made from coconut), use unsweetened flaked coconut in a homemade cereal, cook with coconut milk frequently and even have some coconut vinegar. Coconut margaritas are amazing.

The only way I use anchovies are as fish sauce in Asian cooking (or in W sauce).

I like the sardines packed in mustard, especially after adding a little horseradish.

I like cooked (or raw) cabbage. Cabbage rolls are really good.

I used to like brussel sprouts until I steamed up a batch and found them (after I started eating) absolutely riddled with bugs.

I want to like liver because it's so nutritious but just can't.

Eggnog is good stuff. Every year, I tell myself I'm going to make it from scratch but end up just buying some.

Can't stand bleu cheese, oysters or licorice.

The rest is meh.

Have you ever looked at the actual ingredients of that lotion?

I was a bit liberal in my voting. I can handle some cooked cabbage, but not just like.. a pile of it.

I also clicked yes to liver, though I wont eat just plain liver. It has to be cooked into something like boudain~

Also, how ****ing fat is CP getting.

And for the 6 who voted none of these, wtf do you eat? Hot dogs and Mac N cheese? Cheese Pizza? Toast?

Licorice, but if it ain't black, I throws it back.

Puke. I think I'd sooner drink urine.

I love Turnips and Turnip Greens. Good stuff.

More for me then! :D

FMB just giggled with delight!

FULL INGREDIENTS
Aqua (Solvent/Diluent), Ethylhexyl Palmitate (Skin Conditioning Agent), Glycerin (Humectant), Cyclomethicone (Emollient), Butylene Glycol (Humectant), Cocos Nucifera Oil (Emollient/Hair Conditioner), Orbignya Oleifera Seed Oil (Emollient), Glyceryl Stearate (Emulsifier), Caprylyl Glycol (Skin Conditioning Agent), PEG-100 Stearate (Surfactant), Dimethicone (Skin Conditioning Agent), PEG-40 Stearate (Emulsifier), Parfum (Fragrance), Cetearyl Alcohol (Emulsifier), Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer (Stabiliser/Viscosity Modifier), Xanthan Gum (Viscosity Modifier), Disodium EDTA (Chelating Agent), Sodium Carbomer (Emulsion Stabiliser), Benzyl Benzoate (Solvent), Coumarin (Fragrance Ingredient), Sodium Hydroxide (pH Adjuster), Butylphenyl Methylpropional (Fragrance Ingredient).

That may be my least favorite food in the world. I'd have to look at those aboriginal spider recipes again to be sure, but it's close.

Raw oysters are amazing.

They're too small to read. Didn't read the page because I just put it up as a joke and did it quickly.

I do know a LOT about the crap ingredients in lotions though. Mostly water, then petroleum products, parabens and other man made chemicals. So, see your safe. The coconut milk is probably the fifth ingredient and just a tad.

I only use natural products, like aloe vera, sweet almond oil and even pure lanolin ( which is very greasy). Coconut oil is fantastic on the gums though as it's anti-microbial.

First I ever heard of red-eye gravy was on Food Network last summer.
Tell me, can you taste the coffee in it?

Are they really the aphrodisiac I hear they are?

I can only eat them cooked, preferably fried like my New England fried clams.

I came in here, just for the food. :)

I knew you liked your roast!

Crap! I missed this moving through the thread backwards this AM.

So listo is safe, no coconut anywhere. Though anything Benzoate is not really a safe ingredient.

Ding Ding Ding!

Love, love, love coconut! Curry dishes using coconut, Panang chicken, smoothies with coconut milk, coconut plain out of the bag, raw out of the shell, and coconut cake, toasted etc.

My body does well on it. My food allergy tests also showed that...and I have 15 food allergies. But not to coconut.

hahaha

No. But if you eat too much, you will feel strangely full.

And if you find yourself at an oyster party, don't mention "aphrodisiac".

If you ever want to do raw delicious oysters, order them by mail. Here is a list of growers:

http://www.oysterguide.com/order-oysters/

Watch a couple videos on opening (shucking) them, invite some friends, make some martinis, and have a smashing time.

Virgin coconut oil makes a great lotion for dry skin. It soaks in easily and isn't greasy.

Works well in the bedroom, too.

I've tried coconut oil on my skin and found it to be greasy though.
It doesn't penetrate as deeply as aloe vera. However, my observation is that coconut oil doesn't penetrate and washes off. Not aloe though, it penetrates and stays in and is not greasy at all.
However, Aloe requires the right amount in the formula to work as a moisturizer though. If you use it 100% it works like an astringent. Still great for burns, cuts, scrapes and bruises though.

Frosty 'eh? Cool screen name. Are you a snowman?

Mods I would like my name changed to

Pasta Giant Meatball

My wife uses it daily on her skin and doesn't have that problem. We use aloe for burns.

Different strokes, I guess.

It's a corruption of my first name. My grandpa has the same first name. When he was logging, his CB handle was "Frosty Bear", so I started using Frosty in his honor. If "Frosty" is taken somewhere when I need a username, I use Frosty Beav. ;)

Does she use it as part of a cream, lotion or does she soften the food grade stuff? I did it with the food grade that I use to cook with. It's definitely anti-microbial.

This stuff, straight:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...8L._SY450_.jpg

We cook with a more processed version (still 100% coconut oil) as it has a more neutral flavor (don't want my eggs or hash browns to taste like coconut).

Uh huh! I have used that brand. So she uses the food grade. Okay.

I love how eggs taste cooked in non-processed coconut oil, though. But I don't eat hash browns.

I love everything coconut. Coconut milk powder makes it easy to add a little creaminess and richness to all kinds of food.
http://www.bradbites.com/wp-content/...conut-milk.jpg

my favorite coconut dish is coconut macaroons.
http://www.healthemporium.com.au/wp-...-macaroons.jpg

FYP

I LOVE macaroons...and often they are made with no wheat.

I NEVER heard of coconut milk powder! Gonna hafta' find some of that.

Streit's Chocolate Nut Brownie macaroons are really good and a favorite of mine.

Coconut peeks above the 50% level. Eggnog was there earlier in the poll, but has since slipped back.

It has this: Cocos Nucifera Oil (Emollient/Hair Conditioner). Coconut oil.

I am surprised that cabbage isn't more popular. Cabbage rolls are incredible, or you can simply boil and season it, or you can make "unrolled cabbage roll stew" which is basically a cabbage stew with cabbage roll ingredients. And, one of my favorites, fried cabbage. You make up some bacon and set it to the side. Then you fry the cabbage in the bacon grease. Season as you wish (I always add dill), crumble the bacon back into the pan when you are done. I like to saute some sides and add them in. Chopped celery, onion, carrot, mushroom...whatever you want.

Couldn't they have put the words coconut oil in the parentheses so we know what the lay word is? Instead they just say it's an emollient hair conditioner.

I only like cabbage in galumpkies, slaw or in an Irish boiled dinner so long as it's soaking in vinegar. It needs lots of other things to help the taste imo. So I think I could eat it in a stew or soup.

It looks like the entire label is set up that way; ingredient (purpose). I think that there are rules for how ingredients are listed and this may be why the labels are printed like that, but I don't know. No big deal as long as I'm not consuming the lotion. Coconut does have a natural affect of "drying out" the skin in your mouth. I am just very sensitive to it, and it keeps me from being able to ingest coconut. I have even learned to avoid drinks with coconut oil in them (like some flavors of Powerade) because they just make me feel thirstier.

My corned beef and cabbage is great, and I do like vinegar on cabbage. Try it fried Southern style sometime with bacon. Don't forget the dill.

My veggies of choice and eaten regularly are deep leafy greens first and daily, preferably raw, some cooked: spinach, kale, field greens, arugula, watercress, green lettuces like romaine or red leaf lettuce, bok choy, beet tops ( only for juicing with other veggies), green beans, asparagus, zuccini, lots of fresh green herbs. Hate collards.

Then: butternut squash, acorn squash, carrots, sweet potatoes, red or russet, summer squashes, onions, leeks, scallions, mushrooms( Lots), tomatoes, red peppers, eggplant, corn.

Occasionally only cabbage, rutabagas, brussels sprouts, beets. Hate lima beans. Don't care for cauliflower. Allergic to broccoli.

I mostly eat fish and chicken and some red meat plus some vegetarian dishes.

I eat a lot of nasty shit.

I get this sausage that's beef heart, kidney and liver.

The smell of it caused the wife to barf so now I have to eat it when she's out.

I also **** with her while I'm eating sardines....

"this one has a tasty spine"
"the skin is superb"
"I'm pretty sure that this one was pregnant"

I think it does that to your mouth. As you say, you're allergic to it. It's anti-microbial. So great on the gums. It doesn't dry mine out or anyone else that I know who uses it.

Ingredients are listed in the order of most ingredients. Hence, nearly all lotions start with "aqua" which is water. You're mostly buying water, even the expensive stuff. What I use has no added water and is 80% Aloe Vera, which I also take internally at times. Of course the plant has it's own water. But the water as the first ingredient actually dries out the skin....'cause water is very drying. A formula has to stop at 80% aloe for it to act like a moisturizer.

Then after water, you have to see where the main ingredient advertised is sits on the list. It's usually in the middle or lower hence very little is in it. So most lotions, therefore, are a rip-off imo. Mineral oil is usually the major ingredient and that is made from petroleum and is the most common ingredient in lotions--but it washes off. It's used because it's cheap. Any glycerine is usually petroleum based too. Unless it says vegetable kosher glycerine which is better for sensitive people.

You might try Aloe Vera. It can even be taken internally. Of course, I say, if you're not willing to eat the lotion sold in the drugstore, it doesn't belong on your skin because it absorbs right into your blood system. Aloe also restores the PH balance to your body, when taken internally and to the skin when applied topically. Very, very good for you and your skin--and it is absolutely not greasy because it is absorbed by the skin. So it won't wash off. I know some men that use it as an aftershave even. Even has natural pain relievers, is anti-inflammatory, aids circulation, has it's own vitamins, minerals and anti-oxidants. It's just an amazing plant. I know of nothing else that has all the qualities of Aloe Vera and know of nothing that penetrates as deep--even coconut oil. It's been around for thousands of years as both a medicinal and cosmetic plant. Even Alexander the Great used it on his wounded soldiers it was so healing. Cleopatra used it as a beauty aid. It's great for anti-aging. There's over 2000 kinds with one kind being the most potent.

So if you can't use coconut, try some aloe. Works great on a pulled muscle that aches too.

LMAO Yuck!

I do use aloe and "vitamin E oil" on my skin. It's nice and it works well. They are both good for the skin on my neck when I shave, which is very sensitive and easily damaged. A friend of mine at work has added aloe to her diet. She says it is a cleanser and she has lost a nice chunk of extra weight, but it's too early to tell if this is going to be a permanent change for her.