Link<\/a>\u00a0if you speak German. I haven\u2019t been able to find it here in a very long time.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nNo idea if that link still works. My take on chocolate has changed since seeing a Shmoocon presentation years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>12. How do you like your steak?
<\/strong>rare to medium rare<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nSame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>13. How do you like your burger?
<\/strong>well-done with cheese.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nI’ll take just about anything at this point. I don’t want an egg on it, though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>14. How do you like your eggs?
<\/strong>in the recipe enough where I can\u2019t taste them. gaggs are nasty.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nSee last. I still don’t like eggs. Or avocadoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>15. How do you like your potatoes?
<\/strong>Kartofflen Knodel (German potato dumplings)
I\u2019m also really fond of bratkartofflen, although I haven\u2019t been able to find a good recipe for it. Essentially, it\u2019s potatoes that are boiled until they\u2019re pretty much cooked, then diced and fried with onions and parsley in bacon grease. Healthy!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nNot real particular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>16. How do you take your coffee?
<\/strong>I don\u2019t at all anymore.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nJust cream<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>17. How do you take your tea?
<\/strong>Not big on tea, either.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nReally depends. I still don’t drink very much at all. I did home some sweetened tea when I was down in the Gulf Coast Autonomous Zone a couple of weeks ago. Just regular sweetened. My mother, the native, had unsweetended. I don’t know if that was a dietary restriction, or what.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>18. What\u2019s your favourite mug?
<\/strong>Being neither a coffee or tea drinker, I\u2019d have to say a beer mug.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nYeah, I’m not sure what this is about. I do like my Initech coffee mug, though it is a little small.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>19. What\u2019s your biscuit or cookie of choice?
<\/strong>NutterButter<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nI really don’t eat those too often anymore. I did have some mildly-ginger-flavored breakfast things the other day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
20. What\u2019s your ideal breakfast?
<\/strong>Kirsten Dunst.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nYeah, I have no idea why I answered it that way back then. These days, I rarely have anything more than coffee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>21. What\u2019s your ideal sandwich?
<\/strong>Fried Shrimp Po\u2019 Boy, dressed and pressed.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nMuffaletta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>22. What\u2019s your ideal pizza?
<\/strong>Pepperoni on a crust that\u2019s thin, but not flaky in the middle, then yeasty on the outside. There\u2019s a couple of greek places around here who get it right.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nSame same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>23. What\u2019s your ideal pie (sweet or savoury)?
<\/strong>Key Lime. omgjizz<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nUh? I’m still partial to Key Lime, though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>24. What\u2019s your ideal salad?
<\/strong>Never been real big on salad. It\u2019s kind of something that fills you up so you don\u2019t eat too much good food.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nI’m really awed these days by professionally-prepared AND DRESSED salads. To me, that’s a sign that you’ve got a kitchen staff with half a clue. All you need to add, as the eater, is maybe some salt and pepper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>25. What food do you always like to have in the fridge?
<\/strong>Beer<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nYogurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
26. What food do you always like to have in the freezer?
<\/strong>Wings<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nI really don’t have a big freezer. I do like to have some vanilla ice cream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
27. What food do you always like to have in the cupboard?
<\/strong>Soup<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThere it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
28. What spices can you not live without?
<\/strong>Salt, pepper, tabasco, cayenne, file.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nPretty much salt and pepper. I do like to have some hot sauces around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>29. What sauces can you not live without?
<\/strong>Probably canned tomato, because when I cook, I tend to use it a lot.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nSee last. I like a variety of hot sauces these days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>30. Where do you buy most of your food?
<\/strong>Supermarket<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMy wife is adamant about doing all of it, herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
31. What piece of kitchen equipment could you not live without?
<\/strong>Nothing, really. I do love, however, my fryer, and my George Foreman grill. Especially the latter\u2026the neighbors look at you really weird when you fire up the gas grill outside at three in the morning.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nSame. I would say I use either my cast iron skillet or my kettle most often.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>32. What meats have you eaten besides cow, pig and poultry?
<\/strong>Lamb\/mutton, squirrel, deer, opossum, turtle, alligator, snake, rabbit, snails, fish eggs.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nThere’s been others I should probably add, but they’re not coming immediately to mind at the moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>33. What\u2019s the thing you ate that you picked in the wild?
<\/strong>Oh, lots of things, but mostly blackberries when I was a kid in Germany. Too many will do severe intestinal damage, however. Don\u2019t eat too many!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nI honestly have no idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>34. Arrange the following in order of preference: Italian, Mexican, Chinese, Indian, Thai, Sushi:
<\/strong>Mexican
Italian
Chinese
Thai
Indian
Sushi
(honestly, I\u2019m not really that fond of the last two at all)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nIndian, Thai, Sushi, Chinese, Mexican, Italian<\/p>\n\n\n\n
35. Arrange the following in order of preference: Vodka, Whiskey, Brandy, Rum:
<\/strong>Whiskey
Vodka
Rum
Brandy
(Had a real bad time with Brandy once\u2026.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nI don’t know that I can really rank this anymore. When it comes to distilled liquor, I would say my most frequently-consumed is Gin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
36. Arrange the following in order of preference: Garlic, Basil, Caramel, Lime, Mint, Ginger:
<\/strong>I can\u2019t answer this question, honestly. They\u2019re too different.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nUnchanged<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>37. Arrange the following in order of preference: Pineapple, Orange, Apple, Strawberry, Cherry, Watermelon, Banana:
<\/strong>Apple
Pineapple
Strawberry
Orange
Banana
Cherry<\/em>
Watermelon<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nI don’t know that I’d change this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>38. What\u2019s your fast food restaurant of choice, and what do you usually order?
<\/strong>Of choice? Hmmm\u2026.I would probably have to go with Sonic and a chili dog with tater tots. I hardly ever get over there, however, as whenever I\u2019m doing fast food it\u2019s like 2am. Taco Bell is the only thing open.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nI eat so little fast food these days it’s almost now worth answering. That said, when doing fast food, I try to go with whatever is the signature thing of whatever place I’m ordering from. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>39. What\u2019s the next thing you\u2019ll eat?
<\/strong>NFC. Supposed to go out to dinner with friends, but don\u2019t know where.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nI think my wife has something planned for dinner tonight. She was supposed to be making, I think, Ratatouille. Or maybe some fish. Dunno.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>40. What do you normally have for breakfast?
<\/strong>Nada<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNormally just coffee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
41. What do you normally have for lunch?
<\/strong>Nada<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIf I have anything, it’s pretty small. Nuts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
42. What do you normally have for dinner?
<\/strong>Nada. I eat one meal a day, spread out by courses that I eat at work. I normally have a starch of some kind that I eat first (rice, potatoes, corn, bag of chips\u2026), shortly after I get to work at 9pm. Around midnight, I have whatever hot thing I\u2019ve brought with me (soup, or some leftovers\u2026.anything I can throw in the microwave). Around 2:30, I\u2019ll have my snack, which is something sweeter\u2026.peanut butter crackers, piece of fruit, or if i\u2019m being bad (or was in a hurry), a candy bar. :-\/<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n*shrug*<\/p>\n\n\n\n
43. What do you normally have for snacks?
<\/strong>See above. Although if I\u2019m starving some other time, I try to go with something that\u2019s high energy\u2026..hence the beef jerky, peanuts, that sort of thing.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nNuts, yogurt, protein bars, cheese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
44. The four veggies you like most are:
<\/strong>potatoes
corn
onions
peppers<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nGonna go full pedant here; peppers are a fruit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
45. What fruit and vegetable do you like the least?
<\/strong>I hate cantaloupe\u2026for the veggies\u2026.would have to be the squashes (although I guess those are fruits, too, technically). Eggplant, zucchini, ick.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nYeah, I’m not sure that this is really accurate. I’ll try just about anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>46. What\u2019s your favourite chocolate bar?
<\/strong>Mr. Goodbar. You can\u2019t go wrong with chocolate and peanuts.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nI’m surprised I said this back then, but it’s still true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>47. What\u2019s your favourite dessert?
<\/strong>I\u2019m a sucker for custard-like things. Like I said above\u2026key lime pie, cheesecake, that sort of thing.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nStill. I’ve gained appreciation for things like bread pudding, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>48. What\u2019s your favourite drink?
<\/strong>bleifrei: Diet Dr. Pepper
mixed: Margarita
straight: Single Malt Scotch.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nNon-alcoholic: Water. Mixed: Gin and Tonic. Straight: I’ve become particularly fond of Port lately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
49. What\u2019s your favourite snack?
<\/strong>Dunno. Probably something with peanuts. Like I said, peanut butter crackers, payday bar, straight roasted peanuts\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nPistachios. Almonds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
50. What\u2019s your favourite gum flavour?
<\/strong>Peppermint<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
51. What\u2019s your favourite ice cream flavour?
<\/strong>I absolutely lurve Baskin Robbins\u2019 \u201cWorld Class Chocolate.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nI really appreciate a quality vanilla these days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>52. What\u2019s your favourite potato chip flavour?
<\/strong>Sour Cream and Onion<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nReally depends. If that’s all that I’m eating, I’d still go with the SC&O.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
53. What\u2019s your favourite soup?
<\/strong>File (I don\u2019t remember the little accent symbol right now) Gumbo\u2026.chicken and andouille.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nReally like just about anything these days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>54. What food do you hate?
<\/strong>Quiche<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nYesh. I still don’t like eggs. That said, I could probably choke down quiche more-easily than, say, some done over-easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
55. What\u2019s your favourite restaurant?
<\/strong>There\u2019s this little pub I like to go to up the road a bit. It\u2019s cheap, they\u2019ve got good beer, and a fireplace on cold nights. (A couple of you will probably know what I\u2019m talking about when I say it\u2019s at the foot of the Coleman Bridge).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nYeah, I know what I was talking about there. No, it’s definitely not that anymore. Considering what I might like for my birthday. Hmm. Bistrot du Coin<\/a>? Maybe. The local Indian joint that delivers? Probably more likely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now on to try to enjoy the rest of the day. Or go back to sleep for a while. Either\/or.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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