Happy Independance Day to the Americans

[NickKIELCEPoland]

Donkey, The Drunks, Greendruid (if he's American), Americano, drgoodtrips (if he's American), happy Independance Day to you all :)

[Michael]

Donkey, The Drunks, Greendruid (if he's American), Americano, drgoodtrips (if he's American), happy Independance Day to you all :)

Happy Independance day to all our American friends. :)

[Donkey]

Aka beer, burgers and fireworks day.

[Michael]

Aka beer, burgers and fireworks day.

What, no apple pie? :eek:

[Greendruid]

Donkey, The Drunks, Greendruid (if he's American), Americano, drgoodtrips (if he's American), happy Independance Day to you all :)

Definitely not - but I did live there for five years. I'm as Canadian as the Logdriver's Waltz!

[Donkey]

What, no apple pie? :eek:

There was. Amidst a grotesque array of food. I've never been the hugest fan of ye olde AP, so I passed and went for some Tres Leches made by a visiting Chilean.

[Michael]

Definitely not - but I did live there for five years. I'm as Canadian as the Logdriver's Waltz!

Indeed. I'm far more American than Greendruid by any measure.

There was. Amidst a grotesque array of food. I've never been the hugest fan of ye olde AP, so I passed and went for some Tres Leches made by a visiting Chilean.

Really? Apple pie is heavenly - especially served with extra old cheddar cheese on the side. :)

[Donkey]

I have a very texture driven palate. The apples have always seemed a little squicky. I'm mostly over it now, but if I'm massively full anyways, I'm not going to seek out a bit of apple pie to compound it.

[Michael]

I have a very texture driven palate. The apples have always seemed a little squicky. I'm mostly over it now, but if I'm massively full anyways, I'm not going to seek out a bit of apple pie to compound it.

Do you hate mushrooms? Seems that lots of people hate mushrooms and they always say it is the texture that bothers them.

[Donkey]

Do you hate mushrooms? Seems that lots of people hate mushrooms and they always say it is the texture that bothers them.

For years. Getting over it slowly.

It's actually raisins that are the true no-no food.

[Michael]

For years. Getting over it slowly.

It's actually raisins that are the true no-no food.

I love apples, raisins and mushrooms! :)

I guess texture of food doesn't bug me. :shrug:

But then again, I look at food mostly as fuel. Variety and/or gourmet recipies do nothing for me. I just like high quality simple food.

[Donkey]

I like apples in general, just the specific apple pie texture doesn't always sit.

[Americano]

I love apples, raisins and mushrooms! :)

I guess texture of food doesn't bug me. :shrug:

But then again, I look at food mostly as fuel. Variety and/or gourmet recipies do nothing for me. I just like high quality simple food.

Apples, raisins and mushrooms are regular components in our 'garden' salads. I can't imagine a tuna salad, using albacore canned in water, without raisins, celery, sweet onion and apple.

I no longer eat desserts with the amount of sugar it takes to make a decent apple pie but when I did it was topped with home-made ice cream (also no longer on my menus).

[andrewl]

Really? Apple pie is heavenly - especially served with extra old cheddar cheese on the side. :)

Yes. Although i prefer velveeta on my apple pie.

[nanacat]

For years. Getting over it slowly.

It's actually raisins that are the true no-no food.

Coconut ANYTHING.....!

[Americano]

I've never understood picky eaters. One brother was of that ilk and there were some unpleasant scenes at the family dining room table where he was informed by our mother that she was not to be considered as a short order cook and if he didn't want to eat specific foods she prepared he could go without. He didn't change his eating habits until he was well into his 20s and social peer pressure embarrassed him to a point where he discovered he actually enjoyed many of the textures and colors he had out-of-hand rejected earlier in life.

Coconut? I've always enjoyed coconut. My favorite coconut dish was discovered in Hawaii, where fresh shredded coconut was generously added to a vanilla flavored cream mixture, hand-cranked in a manual ice cream freezer to perfection and then put in a freezer to make it rock-hard. Try that on the beach at sunset with some da kine pakalolo for a superior treat.

[Donkey]

I don't consider myself a picky eater. I will eat anything that is served to me. There are merely things that I prefer.

[Michael]

I've never understood picky eaters. One brother was of that ilk and there were some unpleasant scenes at the family dining room table where he was informed by our mother that she was not to be considered as a short order cook and if he didn't want to eat specific foods she prepared he could go without. He didn't change his eating habits until he was well into his 20s and social peer pressure embarrassed him to a point where he discovered he actually enjoyed many of the textures and colors he had out-of-hand rejected earlier in life.
If you are your own cook and grocery shopper, then one should feel free to be as picky as you like.

If you are being fed by others, being picky is definitely childish and bad manners.

I have quite a few foods that I dislike and will avoid - but if I'm at your house for dinner, I'll eat whatever is served to me without a word of protest.

[Zarquon]

We had quite a fireworks display jointly put together by the town of Amherst and the university.
Regarding food: I'm on a medically restricted diet:|

[The Drunk Guy]

If you are your own cook and grocery shopper, then one should feel free to be as picky as you like.

If you are being fed by others, being picky is definitely childish and bad manners.

I have quite a few foods that I dislike and will avoid - but if I'm at your house for dinner, I'll eat whatever is served to me without a word of protest.
Speaking of barbeques and picky eating....I went to my uncle's yesterday for a barbeque. His wife is thin as a nail and always has been, so she tends to make meals that are less hardy than what my family enjoys. (Example of another meal she's made: minestrone so thin you could read a newspaper at the bottom of the pot) Well, they grilled burgers and brats and hot dogs, which is an easy way to please my appetite. But at big family get-togethers, side items are where the money's at.....typically. I'm used to big bowls of homemade potato salad and vats of baked beans and maybe a casserole or two. Instead, we're served a 'heart healthy' hashbrown casserole with no cheese in it and a couscous dish that her sister brought in.

The couscous is what upset me. Sure, the hash brown casserole was shit, but at least it was a starch. This couscous dish was fucking awful. Here are the ingredients: couscous, diced tomato, cucumber, and cilantro. No salt, no pepper, nothing. And the couscous was made with water rather than some tasty broth or something that would make this dish good.

I fucking hate cilantro. Sure, it's ok in salsa, but that's it. I took a bite and I had a mental flashback to when I was five years old and my dad was showing me what wild mint looked like and I smelled it......and found out it smelled like a fucking weed. That's what this couscous dish tasted like. Fucking roadside weeds.

I am literally angry at the woman who brought this dish to the table. If I return to their home for any reason, I'll leave if she shows up. That was a rotten thing to do to people.