What food and beverage can you not do without?

[PartyPooper]

For me, it's peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and a glass of water!

What about you?

:beer:

[CatBoreal]

1. Porcupines

[Maat]

2. Very funny!

I'm a Diet Coke addict!

[CatBoreal]

3. I'm serious.

[laheina]

32. Do you mean

the meatballs?

[MissBrooks]

4. Pizza!

Pizza from my favorite Pizza Place.....

Meatball and jalapena....
or
Fried Eggplant....

YUM!

[Kali]

5. Mexican food

and beer, I guess. But the Mexican food - real corn tortillas and good salsa - hard to live without for more than a week or so.

[RevolutionaryActs]

9. Oooh the same! I love Mexican food.

There are two really great places here..... I want some now in fact!

[Menshevik]

11. ditto

I live on Mexican food

[Endangered Specie]

6. Orange Juice and Steak

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. coffee

[stranger_with_candy]

8. i'm addicted to mountain dew

and tacos.

[Califooyah Operative]

10. chinese food. nt

[Cobalt Violet]

12. Anything soy and arugula (sorry it's not in the spell checker).

Well almost anything soy. Not cat food. I mean vegetarian soy foods.
:9

Oh yeah, lately I'm going through an arugula stage. I hope it never ends. :9

[AlCzervik]

13. coffee and mallomars

[steely]

14. chilled monkey brains

honestly - I'd have to say beer and pretzels.

on edit: should read "fake beer" - I did say "honestly"

[OnionPatch]

15. Coffee

Potatoes, prepared any way. Baked, mashed, fried........
(Not necessarily together, though.)

[Champ]

16. Horchata and CHICKEN

Can't leave without Chicken without a doubt.

[steely]

18. I'll "bite"....what's Horchata?

[Champ]

19. It's really really good - I could go for some right now

I found a site

A refreshing cold drink made of rice, almonds, cinnamon (canella), lime zest and sugar. This drink is rumored to be a cure for a hangover and is frequently served at breakfast time. Even though the drink has a milky appearance it is completely dairy-free.

History
According to Sophie Coe in America's First Cuisine's, horchata was an old-world drink brought to the new world by the Spaniards and later enjoyed too by the Aztecs. In Spain horchata was made with with ground melon seeds but given the seeds were not available in the new world the Spaniards substituted the readily available squash seeds. Later almonds and rice were brought to the new world and incorporated into the drink as it is prepared today.
http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/horchata.htm

[steely]

20. Sounds light, and good.

DO you make it fresh, like on the spot - would a small qty keep in the fridge?

And Thanks!

[Champ]

23. I usually buy some at the store or at a mexican fast food place

Here is the recipe

1 quart milk
2 quarts water
4 cinnamon sticks
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup rice flour (or 1/3 cup white rice crushed to a powder in the blender)
1 tablespoon vanilla

Bring milk to a boil in a saucepan.
Reduce to a simmer and cook, stirring frequently, until reduced by half, about 20 minutes.
Strain into a large saucepan and add the water and cinnamon sticks.
Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer and cook 5 minutes.
Remove from the heat and let sit 15 minutes.
Remove the cinnamon sticks and discard.
Combine the sugar, rice flour, and vanilla in a bowl.
Whisk in milk mixture.
Refrigerate at least 4 hours.
Then pour the mixture into a pitcher, discard the sediment that settles on the bottom of the bowl.
Serve cold over ice.


http://www.web-holidays.com/demayo/recipes/horchata.asp

[Kali]

24. A great thing about the massive

south to north migration is they are bringing food habits with - most cities have a Mexican area - hang out ask about horchata, also tamarindo, frescas, hybiscus (blanking on the Spanich) lots of great beverages

[politicat]

35. hibiscus = jamaica.

Love the stuff. Horchata, too, when I can find the real, dairy free, stuff. It's actually based on a medieval recipe for a fasting day and was a substitute for milk in recipes. (Damn, this medieval history degree is so handy!!)

We make Sandia agua fresca (watermelon) in the summer.

I miss the great mexican restaurants from AZ, though. We only have one up here.

Pcat

[laheina]

31. Horchata rocks!

Although I usually fill up on it before my food comes. :(

[BamaGirl]

17. diet coke

and ??? Don't really have a food I can't live without.

[Kali]

21. looks like tacos is the "winner"

I am an old desert dweller and having travelled some when young know what a corn tortilla jones feels like - we used to send boxes to family that were traveling (My parents were in Russia one WINTER!) filled with cornchips and cans of hot sauce.

Two years ago I went to visit a friend in Germany - I took a pack of corn tortillas just in case. I was missing them by the time I headed home but managed. I think they must still be in their freezer.

[Greengirl]

22. Italian food...

& 7-Up...(though, coffee's a close second)

[MrSlayer]

25. Beef and Beer

What a great combination.

[flamingyouth]

26. For food it would be some kind of seafood

For beverage, it would be Pog. :9

[lpbk2713]

27. Diet Coke w/Lemon

and a little bit of nachos n guacamole now and then.

[CornField]

28. It use to be Diet Pepsi

but I gave it up... sadly

[yellowdogintexas]

29. Eggs, I couldn't live without eggs

However I have many food additions.
My beverage of choice is iced tea.

[WindRavenX]

30. coffee, diet coke, vodka

I prefer liquids to solids, obviously.

[Fleshdancer]

33. fajitas and wine (but not together) n/t

[tibbir]

34. Mexican food, specifically guacamole.

Corona and lime is good too.

[TrogL]

36. Cheese and grapefruit pop