Story Prompt - Food

Do you have a favorite food? A least favorite? What's the strangest food you've eaten? Are there foods you refuse to eat for one reason or another? Do you have a comfort food? How about road trip foods? When you travel, do you try out the foods from the area? Do you cook/bake? Do you have something you like to make or always make? What are your go-to breakfast, lunch, dinner foods? Do you have a treat you love? Favorite places to eat?

Favorite food - Anything Mexican, particularly if there's great salsa. I love the many dishes that can be concocted from beans, rice, fresh veggies, some great salsa, and a tortilla. I love the textures and flavor combinations. I enjoy eating at Joe Bandido's in Springville, Cafe Rio, and when Scott and I travel (and I have Jenna now involved) we try to find a Mexican restaurant to eat at at least once on our trip. The interpretation of Mexican food in Edinburgh, Amsterdam, London, even Hawaii and Alaska differ.

Least favorite food - meat. I haven't eaten red meat in about 35 years, and it's only been in the past 7 years that I have begun eating chicken, turkey, and fish, all minimally. I do not like cooked eggs, I don't really care for cheese, and my body does not handle milk-anything.

And I don't like bouncy foods - hamburger, eggs, gummies, jelly beans, cheese curds, jello, macaroni; I have a long list of bouncies I cannot handle, and those who love me love to tease me about this, but keep the foods away from me!

Strangest food - I'll eat anything that comes from a plant; I find great joy in discovering new fruits and vegetables. However, the strangest food I have ever eaten was a soft shell crab sandwich in Seattle, WA, with my friend, Debra Hanks. We were at this swanky restaurant overlooking the bay, at lunch time. The menu was strictly seafood, fresh, and I followed her when she ordered the sandwich. I thought it would be a patty of crab, but no, it was the entire crab, deep fried, on a sesame seed bun, with legs hanging out around the bun. I had no idea what to do, so I politely picked at it, then turned to Debra and laughingly told her I had no idea how to eat the sandwich, and I wasn't sure I could, regardless. She laughed and said the same thing. Whew!

Comfort foods - home canned raspberries, Thom Ka soup from Bangkok Grill, popcorn, halibut and fries from Arctic Circle.

Road trip foods - Diet Pepsi and salted pumpkin seeds!

I do cook and bake - I enjoy cooking lots of fresh veggies, an occasional piece of meat. I don't make lots of saucy stuff, and I'm not a fan of casseroles. I enjoy baking and experimenting with baking, but I cannot, for the life of me, make a traditional loaf of bread. Go figure.

Traditional meals:
Breakfast - muffin, yogurt, fruit.
Lunch - 1/3 cup mixed nuts, apple, Diet Pepsi.
Dinner - fresh veggies - either baked, stir-fried, grilled, or salad, with beans, rice, potatoes, and a piece of chicken of some sort.

For treats I love Dark Chocolate Almonds from Sprouts, Almond Joys, York Peppermint patties, fresh baked cookies, good dark chocolate, Kettle Corn, Caramel Popcorn, anything salty.

Favorite places to eat include Thai, Asian, Mexican, Indian, and good old Art City Trolley.

The best meal I've ever had was at a Moroccan restaurant in Amsterdam, on Albert Cuyp Market, Albert Cuypstraat, 2 years ago. Incredible. I didn't want the meal to end.