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April 17, 2006
Favorite Foods
And why Oh Patient One has never bought me a box of chocolates.
Not because he is mean or is trying (subliminally) to send me a message about weight loss or anything, but because I just am not a chocolate kind of person.
I remember eating sugary things during my childhood (and the subsequent cavities, and gas and air anaesthesia at the dentists that made me vomit afterwards), but during the 1970s there was a sugar shortage in the UK - I can't remember why - and I stopped having sugar in my tea.
And as I got older, I got less and less interested in candy, or chocolate, or anything with sugar in. Nowdays, I occasionally eat chocolate - but only very occasionally - and then usually regret it because it leaves me feeling just a bit sick.
"Oh Michelle, you paragon of virtue," I hear all you Chicklits crying out.
Nope. I have my vices. (More on ALL of them another time, LOL). And foodwise that means anything with cheese in it (particulary Stilton, or mature Cheddar, or similary stinky cheese), spicy Indian food, crispy fries with mayonnaise (a specialty over here in the Netherlands) or savory pastries - especially the artery-thickening, suet-filled steak and kidney pies my grandmother used to make.
I can't be the only non-chocoholic in the whole world. Come on, fess up everyone. What are your favorite foods?
Michelle, off to eat 4 cheese nacho chips
Posted by Michelle at 1:22 PM | Comments (7)
Comments
Pizza. I love pizza. We just got back from New York where I got to have real New York City pizza. There is nothing like it. That crust! Thin, yet not crackery or crunchy. Maybe it's something in the water . . .
Eileen R
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at April 17, 2006 10:56 PM
Ah, New York pizza - yum! There's a "real New York pizza" place here in Rotterdam, and the pizza is delicious, but it just ain't the same, somehow...
Posted by: Michelle C at April 18, 2006 12:35 AM
Eileen--
Actually, I've heard that the water IS critical to turning out the proper NY pizza crust. There's a NY Pizza place in Scottsdale that actually ships in water from NYC because they claim it's the secret ingredient for perfect crust.
beth
Posted by: Beth at April 18, 2006 1:45 AM
I'm not entirely surprised that it's the water, Beth, because there's something about the bagels and the pretzels, too! It's the same kind of thing for all three. There's a lightness to the crust without it being doughy or too thick.
Eileen R
Posted by: Eileen at April 18, 2006 12:47 PM
Ahhh...beef jerky and Slim Jims are my vices! And of course, gotta have some salty potato chips to go along with them..mmmm....
Posted by: TeresaH at April 18, 2006 1:39 PM
I love Italian food. Pastas like Ziti smoothered in cheese,yummy. Almost anything Italian except the seafood dishes. Alas I'm a chocoholic sorry to say.I can't live without my chocolate fix.
Posted by: Dena at April 19, 2006 7:19 AM
I'm a sugar fiend. Hopeless sweet tooth!
Posted by: Whitney at April 21, 2006 7:22 PM
