It seems to me that a cooking forum is not complete without mentioning what foods you like or dislike.
Ozy likes; veal, angel hair pasta, shrimp, lobsterm asparagus, spinach, broccoli, chocolate, chicken, rice, potato chips, tomato's, swiss chard, carrots, catfish, there's more but thats a start.
Ozy dislikes; onions and peppers(unless fine chopped), cauliflower, eggs(unless blended for omeletes or scrambled), potatoes(unless crispy fried),
liver, most beans, almonds.
So what do you like and dislike?
Peace
I have exceptionally few dislikes, and as a child was noted for my catholic/adventurous approach to food. But I did have problems with:
1) Eggs, especially soft eggs, until I was in my 20's I did not eat any soft eggs and still don't eat soft boiled eggs but will happily soft poached/soft fried eggs.
2) Melon, I overcame this and really like it now, but until I was about 11 i couldn't stand melon and claimed to be 'Meloncholy' about the fact.
3) I still can't stand hard meringue (I'm not fond of sugar and sweet tastes generally but especiallly hate the texture of hard meringues, although I quite like a lemon meringue pie wit softe succulent meringue)
4) Marmalade, eeeugh!
Things I especially love:
Chillies, cheese (although I try not to eat too much because its fattening), anything cooked with olive oil...
Likes--pasta dishes, chicken, pork chops, potato dishes, some salad stuff--carrots, celery, peppers, coffee, potstickers
Dislikes--cooked vegetables (corn is tolerable), chowder, stew, tea, most thai food.
My friends consider me to be seriously food-challenged. My mother made me ask my science teacher in the 8th grade why I was such a picky eater. Her answer was that my taste buds hadn't matured. This led my Mom to keep asking me well into my 40s just when my taste buds were intending to mature.
I'm generally an omnivore, but like Fozzles, I am not overjoyed by imagining a great abundance of melons, though I will eat them (and almost anything) out of politeness if they are offered.
Roasted meats, roast potatoes, roast parsnips, and a rich gravy are my idea of the best and tastiest foods.
My favourite puddings are the various crumbles - apple, rhubarb, gooseberry and apricot (though I've only ever had the gooseberry and apricot once each) - steamed suet puddings, bread-and-butter puddings and such as you have with custard.
Stella
Like; chocolate cream pie with a REAL pie crust and a thin layer of cream for the topping.
Peace
hmmm, I like anything except:
all fruit except pineapple
some vegetables
that sums it up
My favourite meal is Sweet and Sour chicken with rice, followed by jacket potato, baked beans and cheese (recipe is in another topic).
I don't like pasta in a sauce, eg maccarone cheese, and I can't stand Cauliflower in a cheese sauce.
Strange really because my favourite 'dessert' is cheese and biscuits with a glass of port.
I can understand finding macaroni cheese rather dull - which it usually is - but an aversion to cauliflower cheese - nay, even an overwhelming dread and horror to see cauliflower served thus - is unknown in Portslade-on-Sea.
Perhaps you've not had any very well-made cauliflower cheese, or they've just poured goop from a packet over dollops of watery overcooked florets.
Stella
...but an aversion to cauliflower cheese...
No, I just don't like cauliflower for some reason.
Ozy dislikes Cauliflower! :mad:
Peace
When i was little Ewww! YUK! Ox tail soup. big lumps of chewy meat. mashed potato. mashed potato. mashed potato. anything mashed NOPE.
NOW i love Red meat. But still NO way to anything with potato in it. Why have potato when you can have lovely Kumara? (sweet potato of New Zealand) I will even eat mashed kumara, so long as I make it.
Broccoli YUM. i think i might be addicted. And cans of tomatoes. If I am unsure whether what i am making is *right* I throw a can in and it seems to fix it.
I am not too good at having clearly identified main meal or dessert, because I am curious about how things taste in different combinations. So I might start off making traditionally sweet thing and end up throwing curry or onion in it in a sort of experiment.
Mainly I eat experiments. It is really interesting what you can do with different ways of heating and different temperatures. At 180degrees C, it isYum but at 400degrees C it is carcinogenic.
Lucky i don't cook for other people yet! But i have a fantasy of opening my own cafe oneday. Quiet and with lots of garden and extremely interesting food. Kind of like extreme adventure. :grin:
becca
I can only eat mashed potatoes, IF; 1)they are totally creamy--no lumps. 2)Lots of gravy to cover/drench them with. 3)with a bit of salt and lots black ground pepper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
French Fries......only if they are thin and crispy!
I do like seasoned curly fries, especially if they are crispy!
Peace
I am the complete opposite. I LOVE onions in any way, shape and form. Cooked. Raw. It doesn't matter. I even like onion and mustard sandwhiches.
But I absolutely hate cheese in any shape or form! I cant stand the smell, the texture or the fact that I know it has had mold on it. Everyone in my family thinks I am weird. Oh well.
I'm with WatsonSword on Onions!!!
Ha, trollette, You'd love the annual fair that comes to our town once a year. There are Onion snack booths all over the place. The big draw, a sliced into a bloom shape Vidalia Onion, then deep fried. I wouldn't touch them with a 99 1/2 foot pole! :mad:
Peace
Yes Ozy I would love it!!!! One of our favorite things to cook is a blooming Vidalia onion. But then we live (and grew up) not very far from Vidalia, GA. So I have ate them all my life. There is nothing else like 'em!!! :lol: