A Gardeners Forum Forums Members History Forum Life 2005 Half & Half, Part II

Sardines, um, noo...but my anemone does!

Gee, thanks Cindy...NOW you tell me!

Not unless I'm pregnant...


I have to be in the mood for dill pickles...although I can drink the pickle juice anytime...

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Hey now...I'm not pregnant! They go well together!

How about popcorn with parmesan cheese on it?

Now yer talkin...and a sprinkle of garlic....

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Yay! We agree on something! Mike calls it my "vomit corn"...he can't handle the smell.

Yummy! I love sardines....oysters, muscles....my boyfriend cringes when I open a can but my rabbit loves them??? I don't think there's been a food mentioned yet that I don't like.

Me either Christina....I love it ALL!!!


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The only things I really can NOT eat are palm hearts (so bitter!) and okra (so slimey!) otherwise, I'm game for anything, almost.

What's there NOT to like about good food well prepared?

Merme

You have to try fried okra...probably better than fried squash or mushrooms!

I LOVE beets, canned, fresh, any way, but I'm not crazy about pickled!

What?! Peppereater! You mean you DON'T make up a batch of pickled eggs and beets with onions right before Easter each year?!

It is SUCH a tonic and looks SO beautiful on the table with the ham and potatoe salad and green bean casserole...

Plus it is a good way to use up some of those dyed Easter Eggs, just keep dropping them in the jar! (Peel 'em first, of course)

I get so impatient for the eggs to pickle, I am stealing them out of the jar way before they are red all the way through...

Tell me, you at least eat Harvard Beets?

Merme

I love pickled beets in my salads...or by their selves. I guess I just like about anything. Okra...nothing better than a big pot of okra & tomatoes. My mom use to make breaded tomatoes..I haven't had any in years...I wonder if I could come close to getting them to be like hers...

Merme, are palm hearts the same as artichoke hearts? I use to think I didn't like artichokes...but man, I crave them now!

Vanessa!! We've got to get together and eat sometime!! Honestly, there still hasn't been a food mentioned that I don't love!!! Hmm......what should I eat now?? What's in my fridge???
Christina

The first of the year, when we went on the cruise that my sis got us for Christmas...I ate the entire time! I didn't want to get off the ship to go see the sites..was afraid I would miss something wonderful to eat! They had a VERY elegant resteraunt that I ate at every night (and morning) that served the most wonderful gormet meals ever. I am still trying to re~make an asperagus mousse that was out of this world! It made me really broaden my cooking adventures!

No, Vanessa, palm hearts do not come from artichokes. Palm hearts come from palms. I DO like artichoke hearts, though.

Merme

How about popcorn with peanut M&M's thrown in the bag. Good. I don't eat beets or pickled eggs or sardines. Didn't realize I'm so picky. Merme, you've got to try the fried okra. Very good.

What do you do with the okra like that? Dip it in something to coat it and then fry it? Or more like a saute without breading?

Merme

I dust it very lightly with flour then fry it in extra virgin olive oil. It gets crispy. I don't like it deep fried as in dropped in boiling oil. I do mine in an iron skillet.

I make a super easy "dip" for my fried okra....1 part ranch dressing mixed with 1 part blue cheese dressing...(that is a staple around here!)

Merme, the sweet potato puff recipe that I posted..I just saw Paula on the cooking channel make the same recipe only she rolled hers in coconut with a little cinnamon & sugar mixed in it. I think that would be a little too sweet for my taste but thought you might like to know!

Well, thanks for the additional tip, 'Nessa.

If I were making them for others, perhaps I would try that. But Maxi HATES cinnamon AND coconut, so I know he wouldn't even try them. I am planning to make a batch for him to take to his dad's house for Thanksgiving, along with the special pie I bought in support of a local high school band. So it would be altogether too bad if I made them knowing he wouldn't even get to have one.

Both the suggestions you made, Sheri and Vanessa, about the okra sound good. I got rid of my cast iron pan several years ago though I've been meaning to get another...haven't been happy with any pans since then truth to tell!

Merme

Do you have an electric frying pan? I fry it in that sometimes and that's what I do my milk gravy in.

I have used the sugar coated corn flakes for a more "candied" puff...and I like that real well...but I just don't think I would like the coconut with the sweet potatoes.
Maxi & I would get a long just great! I rarely use cinnamon in anything! Very rarely..it is just not one of my favorite spices at all! I keep it for cinnamon rolls...but I make them for the kids and for gifts...haven't eaten one in many many years!

Vanessa, I don't know how you get anything done. You cook so much. Even when I was a stay at home mom I didn't cook as much as you. Dinner every night, but cereal or oatmeal for breakfast, and soup or sandwiches for lunch.

'Nessa, do you also dislike peppermint? Many people who dislike cinnamon also dislike peppermint because they are flavor related.

I THINK, but I'm not sure, it is the texture of coconut that annoys him...one of his sensory adversions. He likes coconut milk, though.

And yes, Sheri, I do have an electric frying pan. I'll try that!

Oh, and speaking of milk, do any of you use alternative milks?

Rice? Goats? Powdered? Evaporated? Soy?

I do.

I ALWAYS have powdered in the cabinet because it is so useful not just for cooking but also for bathing when the skin needs some extra pampering.

Merme