Would You Choose Garlic Over a Guy/Girlfriend?!?

[keepingthingsreal]

My favorite is roasted Brussels sprouts.

Add some bacon, and they are a culinary delight.

 

[CarriePie]

Add some bacon, and they are a culinary delight.

I'll let you have the bacon. I'm not big on it. I personally like my veggies without meat.

 

[JohnDB]

Well, chocolate....real chocolate is hard when room temperature. That snap of real chocolate can't be faked.

And so far this week I've prepared 7 different types of filling for chocolate truffles. (Christmas is coming)

I've got several to go as I'm only half way there. (Usually I make at least 14 varieties)

Turtles, coconut, coconut almond, virgin orange, raspberry, blackberry, and polar bear claws all to go. I've made their spirit infused counterparts already. (Baptists and others are funny like that)

I've been thinking of creating a green tea and lemon with white chocolate....dunno.

Ooops....forgot dried cherry.....

I always make a lot of varieties. And if I didn't start now it never would get done.

Then there's the assorted cookies....but that starts on next Friday along with dipping the centers in tempered chocolate. Again 7 or 8 varieties.

Of course the gingerbread subdivision will need attention as well....construction starts soon after Thanksgiving.

PS. The "chocolate" in M&Ms is not exactly real chocolate. Sure it has some cocoa powder/solids but it's not got a lot of cocoa butter.

 

[Lynx]

it seems hardly anyone knows that the devil can con anyone into disliking vegetables, 1 of the healthiest foods on earth. & it's unusual for Christians to dislike vegetables. learn this: brushing your teeth, chewing gum & using mints does nothing for your breath. you have to attack by gargling. i know women who swoosh around mouthwash in their mouths but don't gargle & they smell bad. i only eat garlic when not going out.

It seems there is no topic that some people cannot turn into a holier than thou situation.

as a sidenote to all this, the worst food i ever ate was at church functions, i mean terrible.

It really can be. You have to know what you're looking at when you're at a church potluck. Some stuff is just plain blah.

Of course there are also some marvelous dishes in there. Just look before you scoop.

 

[Lynx]

Personally, I don't dislike vegetables if they are prepared a certain way. For example, I love Chinese food, and I have ordered more than my fair share of chicken with broccoli over the years. However, 90% of the raw hard broccoli winds up in the garbage. Now, if somebody was to steam that broccoli, add some lemon juice, some garlic, and some butter, then I would eat plate after plate of it.

The last time that I can recall choosing a salad as my appetizer at a restaurant was at an Olive Garden several years ago. They brought me out of plate of dry huge pieces of lettuce, big chunks of dry hard peppers, some red and some green, dry onions, and some cherry tomatoes* with the texture of marbles. Was it colorful? Yeah, but so is a plate of Legos, and that is what it tasted like to me. Take those same peppers, fry them, and put them on a cheesesteak or a sausage sandwich, and I would devour them in a moment. In other words, it is all about how the veggies are prepared. I simply do not like dry hard food.

The same principle applies with fruits. I would choose something juicy like a grape or an orange over a dry hard apple or pear any day of the week.

*I think that tomatoes are technically a fruit, yet somehow considered to be a vegetable when it comes to cooking

If your pears are dry, hard and crunchy, you are eating the wrong pears. Those are baking pears. They should be coming out of the oven with marshmallow cream and brown sugar on top.

Regular snacking pears are soft, juicy and delicious. No baking required.

 

[seoulsearch]

I went there once.

The only thing that hard rolls are good for is an emergency back up if your kid breaks his bat during a Little League baseball game.

Okay, maybe they serve another useful purpose. Like fending off a would-be mugger on the streets of New York City.

Now you have me thinking about pretzels. I would choose a soft pretzel over a hard pretzel stick any day of the week. Seriously, eating hard bread or eating hard pretzels is like eating wood, and I am not a termite. I never realized the degree of my disdain for hard foods until I joined in on some recent threads here.

How about women?

Would you prefer a soft living one or a hard mannequin?

Okay, now I have gone off the deep end.

LOL!

I like soft pretzels, but I associate them with theme parks and carnivals, which are usually a bit outside the price I'm willing to pay.

I have to agree with you on not being particularly crazy about hard pretzels -- but that's because I have an unhealthy, and probably unnatural relationship with Lay's Original Potato Chips instead.

It's odd because I get cravings not only for tastes, but certain textures, while shunning other textures like chunks of meat.

Once in a blue moon, I'll get a craving for super crunchy, hard pretzels, but to be honest, I think it's more about those giant molehill-sized grains of salt on the pretzels that I'm really craving (but I'm wanting something crunchier than just a plain potato chip.)

Maybe it's just that my dental health really likes to be challenged once in a while!

 

[keepingthingsreal]

Well, chocolate....real chocolate is hard when room temperature. That snap of real chocolate can't be faked.

And so far this week I've prepared 7 different types of filling for chocolate truffles. (Christmas is coming)

I've got several to go as I'm only half way there. (Usually I make at least 14 varieties)

Turtles, coconut, coconut almond, virgin orange, raspberry, blackberry, and polar bear claws all to go. I've made their spirit infused counterparts already. (Baptists and others are funny like that)

I've been thinking of creating a green tea and lemon with white chocolate....dunno.

Ooops....forgot dried cherry.....

I always make a lot of varieties. And if I didn't start now it never would get done.

Then there's the assorted cookies....but that starts on next Friday along with dipping the centers in tempered chocolate. Again 7 or 8 varieties.

Of course the gingerbread subdivision will need attention as well....construction starts soon after Thanksgiving.

PS. The "chocolate" in M&Ms is not exactly real chocolate. Sure it has some cocoa powder/solids but it's not got a lot of cocoa butter.

You may have found a chink in my armor with your gingerbread reference. I do not eat it often, but it is one of very few hard (-er) foods that I do enjoy. Even then, I might dip it in some hot liquid to soften it up a bit before consuming it.

Do you own a bakery or something?

 

[keepingthingsreal]

If your pears are dry, hard and crunchy, you are eating the wrong pears. Those are baking pears. They should be coming out of the oven with marshmallow cream and brown sugar on top.

Regular snacking pears are soft, juicy and delicious. No baking required.

If you can throw a piece of fruit at someone and potentially knock them unconscious if it hits them in the head, then I consider it to be hard. I used to eat Bosc pears, but I have not had one in years.

 

[Lynx]

If you can throw a piece of fruit at someone and potentially knock them unconscious if it hits them in the head, then I consider it to be hard. I used to eat Bosc pears, but I have not had one in years.

Yeah, those are baking pears.

We used to have a tree in the side yard that made hard baking pears. Delicious if you bake them, but not very delectable otherwise.

Kind of like sweet potatoes. Some weird people prefer them raw, but they are only tasty when they are baked.

And you really could use them for ammo. Get a pipe and some propellant and you could kill a guy with those things.

 

[Karlon]

Vegetables ftw!

I love vegetables, if I prepare them. I know I say that a lot, but I'm just very partial to my own cooking lol.
My favorite is roasted Brussels sprouts.
I also like to water-sauté broccoli, onion, and mushrooms. I also like to do that with green beans.
Thyme roasted carrots are tasty.
I enjoy cooked spinach, asparagus, bamboo shoots, cabbage, collards, okra, spaghetti squash, summer squash, zucchini, etc.
I do a lot with zucchini, from savory recipes to sweet recipes.
In the produce section, I often load up on onions, garlic, mushrooms, and zucchini, plus whatever I'm in the mood for or whatever is in season.

B sprouts are not favored round here but i like them. my favorite veggies are asparagus, broccoli & spinach. i eat raw carrots almost every day.

 

[keepingthingsreal]

LOL!

I like soft pretzels, but I associate them with theme parks and carnivals, which are usually a bit outside the price I'm willing to pay.

I have to agree with you on not being particularly crazy about hard pretzels -- but that's because I have an unhealthy, and probably unnatural relationship with Lay's Original Potato Chips instead.

It's odd because I get cravings not only for tastes, but certain textures, while shunning other textures like chunks of meat.

Once in a blue moon, I'll get a craving for super crunchy, hard pretzels, but to be honest, I think it's more about those giant molehill-sized grains of salt on the pretzels that I'm really craving (but I'm wanting something crunchier than just a plain potato chip.)

Maybe it's just that my dental health really likes to be challenged once in a while!

Yeah, I definitely think it's the salt on the pretzels that's the real draw. The gas station near me sells the big soft pretzels, and I sometimes grab one there on my way to work.

When it comes to potato chips, which I don't eat that often, I am more inclined to grab some Pringles. Normally, with salt and vinegar.

Popcorn?

I'm pretty much an addict, but not with butter. Sea salt rules the day in that arena.

Btw, I really don't normally eat too much junk food. I tend to eat a lot more fruit than processed snacks.

 

[Karlon]

It seems there is no topic that some people cannot turn into a holier than thou situation.


It really can be. You have to know what you're looking at when you're at a church potluck. Some stuff is just plain blah.

Of course there are also some marvelous dishes in there. Just look before you scoop.

yes, you are so right. we used to eat the goodies & take off to a gourmet restaurant for dinner.

 

[keepingthingsreal]

And you really could use them for ammo. Get a pipe and some propellant and you could kill a guy with those things.

Don't plant any seeds in my mind. If I snap someday and wipe out a whole village with cantaloupes fired out of a cannon, then you are to blame.

 

[seoulsearch]

Don't plant any seeds in my mind. If I snap someday and wipe out a whole village with cantaloupes fired out of a cannon, then you are to blame.

I can just see the News at 6 headline -- "Unsuspecting Village Leveled by Kantankerous Kantaloupe Killer!"

This reminds me of when my family was driving through the Grand Canyon on a vacation. My brother was driving and running on very little sleep. At one point he slammed on the brakes when something ran out in front of us, but fortunately, he stopped just in time.

"Thank goodness it wasn't a cantaloupe!" he exclaimed, and we all looked at each other, and burst out laughing.

He'd meant to say, "Thank goodness it wasn't an ANTELOPE," but his sleep-deprived mind said cantaloupe instead.

Everyone knows one of the most vicious things in nature is a stampeding herd of cantaloupe!

 

[RodB651]

Would you give up the garlic if you could date a super hot vampire?!?

Oh I'm to old for such adventure... 🤦

The REAL question is:

Would you give up onions, garlic, and coffee (permanently) if it also meant getting a permanent discount on your taxes?!

( Rodney gathers his garlic and onions, brews coffee, and hides in his bunker)..

 

[keepingthingsreal]

I can just see the News at 6 headline -- "Unsuspecting Village Leveled by Kantankerous Kantaloupe Killer!"

Hey, I am not in the KKK!

Although, based upon my profile picture, I am a third of the way there.

 

[cinder]

In answer to the original question. I've got a lot of experience living without a boyfriend. I think I'd starve to death if garlic weren't on the menu.

 

[JohnDB]

You may have found a chink in my armor with your gingerbread reference. I do not eat it often, but it is one of very few hard (-er) foods that I do enjoy. Even then, I might dip it in some hot liquid to soften it up a bit before consuming it.

Do you own a bakery or something?

I have in the past....I'm a recovering chef.
You never fully recover from being a fully trained and experienced chef....I've worked with every level of foodservice. Everything from short order truck stop diner to fine dining with Michelin Chefs. (I don't personally know Gordon but I have worked with his classmates)

But....
I'm recovering....trying to retire and live the retirement life.

 

[keepingthingsreal]

I have in the past....I'm a recovering chef.
You never fully recover from being a fully trained and experienced chef....I've worked with every level of foodservice. Everything from short order truck stop diner to fine dining with Michelin Chefs. (I don't personally know Gordon but I have worked with his classmates)

But....
I'm recovering....trying to retire and live the retirement life.

Who are you baking all of those items for? Do you still sell what you make, or is it just for yourself, family, and friends? It seems like a lot of work, but it also seems as if it would be enjoyable work. I sometimes grab some pizza at my local supermarket and eat it in this little dining area they have there. They always have "The Food Network" on, and I like watching the cooking and baking competitions. You're like our resident Bobby Flay.

 

[JohnDB]

Who are you baking all of those items for? Do you still sell what you make, or is it just for yourself, family, and friends? It seems like a lot of work, but it also seems as if it would be enjoyable work. I sometimes grab some pizza at my local supermarket and eat it in this little dining area they have there. They always have "The Food Network" on, and I like watching the cooking and baking competitions. You're like our resident Bobby Flay.

Well, Christmas is as good as you make it. IOW as good as you give.
I try to have the best Christmas as possible. I give them to everyone I can. Neighbors, family, Church friends and etc.
They are NOT for sale...they are gifts. The price is love. Money is too cheap to purchase my truffles and cookies.