Favorite Foods
(a.k.a. The Frog Diet)
Because of the "food" page I have
received numerous emails asking what my favorite dishes are. While it
might be easier to list what I don't like, here goes. Not listed in any
particular order.
Main Dishes
- Pot Roast
- Charcoal grilled NY Strip Steaks (Medium)
- Chili (No beans)
- Swordfish
- Scallops
- Spaghetti & Meatballs (or hot Italian sausage) with homemade sauce
- Veal Parmesan
- Eggplant Parmesan
- Flank Steak
- Buffalo Chicken
- Summer Salads (Big salads with meat, cheese, and veggies. a.k.a.
"everything" salads)
- Thin crust crispy pizza (preferably cooked in a wood fired oven)
- Cheeseburgers (especially the ones made by the Red Robin chain)
- Tacos
- Roast Turkey and especially post-Thanksgiving turkey sandwiches
- Bacon
- Scrapple
- Italian sausages (hot)
- Bratwurst
- Fried Spam
- Chimichangas
Breads
- Fresh French bread / baguettes
- Seeded rye bread
- Focassia
- Homemade biscuits
- Any of the "dark" breads
- Pepper/Olive Oil Triscuit crackers
- Scones
- Buttermilk or Buckwheat pancakes
Veggies and sides
- Fresh corn on the cob
- Fresh tomatoes (Yes, I know they're a "fruit.")
- Spinach
- Cucumbers
- Baked potatoes
- Scallions
- Red onions
- Grits
- Hash brown or country style potatoes
- Red onions
- Baked yams
Fruits (fresh)
- Strawberries
- Raspberries
- Granny Smith apples
- Tangerines
- Peaches
- Blueberries
- Clementines
Deserts
- Apple, Rhubarb, Pumpkin, Cherry, Strawberry, Lemon, and Key Lime pies
- Coffee, Strawberry, and Peach ice cream (particularly Häagen Daz)
- Lime, lemon, and peach sherbet
- Cinnamon buns
- Cookies (particularly choc chip w/cherries, ORAPs (oatmeal, raisin,
apricot, and pecan), butter cookies, lemon cookies)
- Stollen
- Lemon "cookie bars"
Beverages
- Coffee (hot or iced) with "half & half" (I like Folger's
Columbian)
- Earl Gray tea
- Iced tea
- Cranberry, orange, and tangerine juices
- Negra Modela, 1554 Belgian, and Grolsch beers
- Gin & Tonic
- Single malt scotches and whiskeys
- Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi Cola
- Cabernet, Sirah, and Cabernet/Sirah blend red wines (particularly the "Yellow Tail"
brand)
Appetizers
- Potato skins
- Chili's Southwest egg rolls
- Brochette
- Onion rings (particularly Red Robin's)
- Chips & Salsa
- Nachos (with LOTS of cheese)
- Fried Mozzarella sticks
- Jalapeno "poppers"
Candy
- Dark chocolate
- Dark chocolate (well OK any chocolate) covered raisins, fruits, or macadamia nuts
- Malted milk balls
- Did I mention dark chocolate?
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Updated 2009-01-17