A meme from Meg.
What’s the last thing you ate? A dinner roll.
What’s your favorite cheese? Cheddar.
What’s your favorite fish? Tuna. (I'm not a fish fan.)
What’s your favorite fruit? Bananas.
When, if ever, did you start liking olives? yuck
When, if ever, did you start liking beer? yuck--I drank my share in my early 20s, but the smell of beer makes me want to gag.
When, if ever, did you start liking shellfish? never
What was the best thing your parent/s used to make? Mom made excellent lasagna. Dad's food would have been good but for the fact that he put a pound of pepper in everything.
What’s the native specialty of your home town? Town of birth: Laramie. Can't think of anything. Town I remember growing up in: Cheyenne. Native specialty there: Taco John's. It's the original home of Taco John's. (I prefer Taco Bell!)
What’s your comfort food? Lately? Nothing. Food doesn't taste good to me right now, hasn't for awhile. When it tastes good, I think mac and cheese or cookies.
What’s your favorite type of chocolate? Anything but dark.
How do you like your steak? rare - medium rare
How do you like your burger? well done, burnt to a crisp. Can't stand if it has any pink whatsoever--go figure, I like my steak mooing.
How do you like your eggs? over easy, omlets, scramled
How do you like your potatoes? love potatoes all way. Depends what I'm eating them with.
How do you take your coffee? With fat-free half and half
How do you take your tea? Can't stand tea, try as I might.
What’s your favorite mug? My tall latte mug that has pencils on it. It was on clearance after Christmas--a teacher's gift. It has the right feel to it, and I love it.
What’s your cookie of choice? M&M
What’s your ideal breakfast? Kellog's Complete, with sour dough toast.
What’s your ideal sandwich? Depends on my mood. I like roast beef sandwiches.
What’s your ideal pizza (topping and base)? Pizza Hut pan cheese.
What’s your ideal pie (sweet or savory)? Pie? Not a big pie eater. I like pumpkin, squash and chocolate pie.
What’s your ideal salad? Regular old salad.
What food do you always like to have in the fridge? Milk, cream cheese, Promise spread, eggs, cheese, pop.
What food do you always like to have in the freezer? Beef and chicken.
What food do you always like to have in the cupboard? Food. lol A well-stocked cupboard.
What spices can you not live without? CUMIN, love the stuff. Garlic, bay leaves, onion power/flakes...
What sauces can you not live without? anything tomato based.
Where do you buy most of your food? Hy-Vee
How often do you go food shopping? Once a week.
What’s the most you’ve spent on a single food item? I am clueless. Probably a cut of beef.
What’s the most expensive piece of kitchen equipment you own? Fridge.
What’s the last piece of equipment you bought for your kitchen? ?? I think of substance it would be my Cuisanart toaster oven, which I could not live without.
What piece of kitchen equipment could you not live without? Coffee pot, toaster oven.
How many times a week/month do you cook from raw ingredients? Most times I cook.
What’s the last thing you cooked from raw ingredients? I made a chicken casserole last night. (It did have cream of crap soup in it, though. lol)
What’s your favorite thing to make for yourself? No bakes.
What meats have you eaten besides cow, pig, chicken and turkey? Bear, venison, elk, ostridge, moose, rabbit, ...
What’s the last time you ate something that had fallen on the floor? If an M&M drops, I will eat it. Usually I throw away, though.
What’s the last time you ate something you’d picked in the wild? ?? Childhood?
Place the following cuisines in order of preference (greatest to least) - Italian, sushi, Chinese, French, Indian, Thai: Italian, Chinese. The rest I wouldn't eat.
Place the following boozes in order of preference (greatest to least) - Whiskey, tequila, vodka, brandy, gin, rum: I do not drink. (I have a drink probaly every 4-5 years. The last thing I drank was a wild cherry cooler. I'd rather have pop, thank you.)
Place the following flavors in order of preference (greatest to least) - Garlic, ginger, basil, aniseed, lime: Garlic, lime, ginger, basil, aniseed.
Place the following fruits in order of preference (greatest to least) - cherry, apple, orange, pineapple, watermelon: Apple, watermelon, orange, cherry, pineapple.
Bread and spread: Wheat bread, Promise spread.
What’s your fast food restaurant of choice, and what do you usually order? Taco Bell, bean burritos or cruncy tacos or soft-shell tacos, or one of each. A close second is Wendy's and that would be a single combo. (Our Wendy's just closed, darn it all!)
What are three of the best dining-out experiences you’ve had? A wonderful restaurant in Pringle, South Dakota--only locals know about it as it's in the boonies. Bob and I were just talking about it and neither can remember its name. Best meal I think I've ever had. Olive Garden is always a hit with me. Can't think of a third.
What’s your choice of tipple at the end of a long day? Well, I don't drink, so a nice cup of decaf.
Favorite cookbook/s? Internet.
Got any favorite food blogs? No.
What’s the next thing you’ll eat? Tuna casserole for supper tonight, yum. (Sans peas, though.)
