[Earl]

After the stress of the medical issues we have had over the months, I thought of a good thread to start hoping it takes off.

Last weekend we had a family dinner for my mother's birthday and were at Benihana's restaurant, GREAT food and very fun. The topic of favorite foods and stuff we won't eat came up and I ended up sounding very picky about my food, I wonder what you all eat and am I that strange.

FAVORITE FOODS

Any shellfish, lobster crab, shrimp
Steak (medium warm red and juicy)
Pasta
Mexican
Sushi
beer

FOOD I WON'T Eat--seriously, want to know my secrets torture me with any of these . I WILL NOT EAT THEM under torture or anything else

Mushrooms (it's a fungus for crying out loud)
Peanut butter (it's a texture thing)
Cooked Carrots (raw are yummy)
Peas
asparagus
brussel sprouts
yams or sweet potatos

ok, spill it, what does your pallet like/hate

[Twinkletoes]

Hey Earl? How you been? How is your missus doing? Hope things are looking up for you two.

Hmmm, you won't eat mushrooms? I remember having to sit at the dinner table for about an hour cause I wouldn't eat the funny little brown square things in my mother's potato casserole. She used cream of mushroom soup -- I didn't know what a mushroom was, or what it looked like before it went in the can, just that they were ugly and I didn't want to eat them!!!

What? You like Sushi? It's raw fish fer cryin' out loud!!!

Don't particularly like anything that came from the ocean, except shrimp and clam chowder.

My teeth can't touch bone -- so I can't eat chicken wings. It's a sensory thing. I don't like all those tendons and ligaments and vein things in a chicken leg, either. When I was growing up, chickens only had breasts, Lol!!!

I tried a snail once. They taste better than they look with their shells still on.

I agree with you on most of the veggies.

Love all fruits.

And chocolate.

And nuts, except hazelnuts.

Walnuts don't belong in salad. Shrimp doesn't go with pasta and should be outlawed.

AZJanie should post here -- she'll eat ANYTHING!!!

My favorite meal: leftovers or something someone else cooked!!!

[tovaxin_lab_rat]

PEAS
I won't eat peas.

I don't care for sweet potatoes/yams, grits, hush puppies...don't get them...but, I think they are an acquired taste.

but peas make me throw up. period, end of story.

Favorite foods?

I love a good steak, bbq'd chicken, mashed potatotes, asparagus, shellfish, actually any kind of fish expect for salmon (I am allergic to it...not just slightly, but deadly!), peanut butter, cereal...LOVE cereal. Yogurt, and ice cream, but it has to be good ice cream, not just any ice cream. I am allergic to cheesecake.

Fruit --- peaches, rhubarb, raspberries, blackberries, grapes, oranges and bananas.

and coffee...I love my coffee.(anything but Starbucks - blech!) ..and of course I saved the best for last.

CHOCOLATE. I love chocolate. I have become a picky chocolate eater too...actually a chocolate snob! I admit it...

Good idea Earl...nice to see you here again. Missed your ugly mug!

[Koala77]

Things I like:

Most shellfish: lobster, scallops, prawns but not oysters!!
I really like chicken.....cooked any way at all
I like beef, pork or lamb, especially roasted
Most fruits and vegetables are OK, even mushrooms but not asparagus or pumpkin

Things I don't like :

See above for asparagus, pumpkin and oysters!
Avocado
Snails or raw fish....read sushi here.....
Pastry
And I'm not overly fussed about ice-cream or chocolate! Yes I know......I'm wierd


Edit: Pumpkin does to me what peas do to you Av8rgirl!

[tamiloo]

Well…Well…

I love food, not all food…

It’s easier to start with things I won’t eat:

I don’t like Lobster oysters…icky…Sushi…no way. My meat has to be cooked, however I do like my steak on the rare side. No way could you get me to eat snail either. Ate some fried squid once…like chewing on a fried pencil eraser choing choing…I don’t like seafood in my Mexican or Italian foods…Twink I’m with you one the seafood in pasta dishes.

My favorite meal is Thanksgiving with all the trimmings. I am a country girl so I love mashed potatoes…and all that stuff.

I love pasta of any make or model. At least once and sometimes twice a week we have pasta dish…make a mean spaghetti.

I’m not big on ice cream…lactose problems

I love cheese of any kind…live just five miles from a cheese factory!

I will eat all veggies and fruits of any kind.

Don’t like soda pop unless it is a cherry coke or a root beer, not just any…it has to be a Barq’s.

Oh…bread and butter and jam…

The Olhipie worked for Nestle’ Foods before he got MS so chocolate is a food group at our house…the brown food group, HA!!!

Twink...so your chickens only had breasts....hmmmmm....

[oldsteve]

Tamiloo, sushi does not have to be raw fish. That's sashimi. I actually like both. But sushi itself is rice that may be rolled up in a seaweed wrap with various veggies and/or raw fish. I like tuna best. Since I was born in NM, I like spicy foods. Green chile, not chili, makes everything better. On pizza, cheese burgers, and anything else! And not that canned crap from the grocery store, either. Since both my parents are from the south, I also learned to love fried chicken and most anything with southern gravy on it. Not the best stuff for the waistline, but yummy nonetheless.

[PolarExpress]

Things I LOVE to eat:
Nearly anything put on a pizza
Fish, shellfish
Most veggies
Chocolate..I'm not elitist. Hershey's with almonds still my fave (or Cadbury)..
Buttered popcorn

Things I won't touch:
Hominy
Other than chicken/fish, not a big meat fan (unless it's on above mentioned pizza)..
Liver (nope, not even on pizza)

[Blessings2You]

Oh my my my. I love ALL food groups--meat, pasta, veggies, fruit, dessert, everything. Including the stuff everybody else doesn't like: asparagus, brussels sprouts, black olives, spinach, mushrooms, broccoli.

Favorites? Don't even know if I can narrow it down to ten, but I'll try:
Chocolate
Spaghetti
Ice cream
Eggs
Pizza
Winter squash
Fresh garden cucumbers
Baked potato with sour cream
Chicken (leave it alone, Cindy)
Chocolate (I know, I love it twice)

What I don't like? Except for oysters, I'll eat almost anything normal. Abnormal would include the stuff on those creepy TV shows, like fried bugs and worms, etc.

I tried tripe once. Didn't like it even when I thought it was some kind of fish. Now I REALLY don't like it, bleah bleah.

I'm not into lima beans, but they're okay mixed in with stuff. They taste like sheet rock, kinda.

Maybe there's something else I don't like. I'll put my thinking cap on.

[FinLady]

Favorite foods;

Cheeseburgers
Pizza
Crab
Shrimp
Spinach
Chocolate (of course)

Foods I won't touch:

Liver
Brussel sprouts
Anything with Rasberry in it (i'm allergic)
Tofu
chick peas

[Kitty]

I love food threads!!

I'll start with the shortest list (foods I don't like):

Oysters
Cooked Spinach
Meat with bones in it or skin on it (has to be boneless & skinless)
Pumpkin
Mushrooms
Guacamole
Jalapeno Peppers
Milk (can you believe it!!)

Most everything else I like. Being from the south I do like most fried foods (okra, gren tomatoes, chicken livers, etc.).

Mayfield Chocolate Chip and Bryer's Oreo are my favorite ice creams.

I wasn't hungry till I started writing this.............