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Bouncy Ball Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 08:15 PM
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If you could have anything...
...to eat, what would it be? Cost is not a factor, and availability/seasonal factors don't come into play, either. But you do still have a normal-sized stomach, so "600 buckets of caramel corn" probably wouldn't be realistic.



Here's mine, assume all ingredients are fresh and/or organic:

A salad of field greens with roma tomatoes, mushrooms, and the most amazing Blue cheese dressing ever made. Put a couple of slices of avocado on the side.

Angel hair with garlicky pesto, roasted pine nuts, and finely grated Parmesan (not the powdered stuff).

The most amazing, awe-inspiring bottle of wine EVER BOTTLED.



How about you?

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Kire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 08:20 PM
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1. You know what we ought to do man? First thing, man. Go and get us a...
...groovy dinner. Yeah, break out some of that cash man!
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Bouncy Ball Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 08:23 PM
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2. Wait, don't tell me.
Is that from "Up in Smoke?"

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Kire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 08:24 PM
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3. How's your joint, George?
George: Oh my..I believe it went out. I got to talkin' so much I clean forgot about it...went out.
Wyatt: Well, save it. We'll do it first thing tomorrow morning. Gives you a whole new way of looking at the day.
George: Well, I sure could use that! Yes, I sure could use a little of that!
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Bouncy Ball Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 08:24 PM
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4. No idea.
Edited on Sat Aug-06-05 08:25 PM by Bouncy Ball
You're going to turn this into a pot thread, aren't you? You are totally going to hijack this and I'm not even going to realize it until like post 47, aren't you?

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Kire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 08:26 PM
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7. You're right on top of 'em!
Billy: I'm right on top of 'em?
Stranger: Yeah, the people who this place belongs to are buried right under you. You could be a trifle polite.
Billy: A trifle polite?
Stranger: A small thing to ask.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 08:24 PM
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5. Hmmm...so many options.
There's sushi: fatty tuna, eel, shrimp, salmon, spicy tuna.

There's beef: An aged porterhouse with pommes frites. Perhaps a garden salad with a dijon honey mustard dressing.

There's seafood: roasted salmon with a red wine reduction sauce and some greens sauteed in red pepper flake and garlic. (Actually Emeril made something similar recently, go figure).

Dessert - cheesecake...gelato...

Choices, choices...
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Bouncy Ball Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 08:26 PM
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6. Nope, you have to decide.
It's got to be ONE meal.

Now there's nothing saying you can't have small portions of all of that, remember cost and preparation is not a factor.

But you've got to describe the meal, stop being wishy washy! LOL!:-)
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 08:29 PM
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8. OK, I'm going with steak au poivre with the frites and sauteed greens.
Edited on Sat Aug-06-05 08:30 PM by GOPisEvil
Dessert is New York Style cheessecake with raspberry sauce.

That's enough for me.

Edit - misspelled poivre.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 08:31 PM
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9. I'll have what she's having..........
Edited on Sat Aug-06-05 08:35 PM by BrklynLiberal
BB. Your description made my mouth water.

My only addition is that it would be white wine.

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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 08:42 PM
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10. Linguine with shrimp in a butter & garlic sauce,
garlic bread, tossed salad with freshly made Italian dressing, and peanut butter pie for dessert. For the beverage I want a nice hearty ale.
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Southsideirish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 09:13 PM
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11. Lou Malnati's butter crust cheese pizza. (Its a Chicago thing.)
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Droopy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 09:18 PM
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12. 3 pounds of snow crab legs and lots of melted butter
With unlimited amounts of beer to drink.

I could have the crab legs if I really wanted them, but beer is a no go.
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Bouncy Ball Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 09:24 PM
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13. Mmmmmmmm.....
droooooool.........
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Floogeldy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 09:25 PM
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14. Defnilly a beef enchilada dinner.
:)
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 09:26 PM
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15. Your pic of Willie is REALLY cool
:thumbsup:
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Bouncy Ball Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 10:13 PM
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17. Thanks!
Hey I have a stick figure family on my car, can I put you on as "Best Internet Friend?"

:rofl:

:loveya:

:hi:

;-)
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shanti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 09:30 PM
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16. just what i'm having tonite
oven baked bbq country style ribs with a marinated pasta salad consisting of olives, artichoke hearts, mushrooms, parmesan, hardboiled egg and bacon......topped off with strawberry glazed cheesecake!
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 10:17 PM
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18. Brick oven pizza.
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VelmaD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 10:23 PM
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19. My momma's homemade meatloaf...
which she hardly ever makes any more. Fried okra - just rolled in cornmeal, NOT batter dipped. Corn on the cob fresh out of the garden. Maybe some spinach cooked with bacon and onions. And definitely homemade cornbread.

And for dessert...homemade chocolate cake with homemade vanilla ice cream.

Yup, I miss my momma's cooking. :) I can get good food from nice restaurants here in Austin if I really want it. But momma's home cooking...that's a rare treat.
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Kathleen04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 10:28 PM
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20. Meal @ my fav Mexican food restraunt back home
-Spinach Enchiladas
-Loads of chips and salsa (keep it comin!)
-Fresh (tableside made) guacamole
-Original flavored virgin margarita to drink (underaged!) with a salty rim! :)
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 10:41 PM
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22. mmmmmSpinach Enchiladas. The closest Mexican restaurant
to my house makes divine spinach enchiladas. These are no diet dish, either they are smothered in sour cream sauce yummmmmmmm

where is your spinach enchilada heaven? Mine is in Fort Worth.
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Kathleen04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 11:01 PM
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25. Southern CA
It's a chain called El Torito, I really like it. The main thing I miss about CA when I'm gone is all of my favorite places to eat!

These spinach enchiladas that I get are covered in a spicy green sauce. I like the idea of that sour cream sauce. Mmm. :)
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 11:50 PM
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26. oh it is the best..they do a really awesome sourcream sauce
at this place; I think it is because they use Mexican crema instead of our thick commercial sour cream, it has a different flavor. It is a very filling meal, rice and beans on the side of course.

I love spicy green sauce on chicken enchiladas mmmmm...

This restaurant is a family owned place, just around the corner from my house. Great chips and sauce, good soups and some divine dessert flautas too.

I only go to chain Mexican places if I want salads, or nachos or stuff the little mom & pop places don't bother with.



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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 10:38 PM
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21. Easy:






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SnohoDem Donating Member (915 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 10:44 PM
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23. Cold soba noodles
with good dipping sauce

or

really good Pla Lard Plig

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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 10:46 PM
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24. things I can't have anymore:
steaks like the ones my grandmother used to prepare
my other grandmother's fried peach or apricot pies
and her awesome iced tea

my mother's excellent country vegetable meal
corn on the cob
squash
green beans
cucumbers in vinegar
cornbread
sliced tomatoes
maybe some mac and cheese
good iced tea

and a piece of wonderful pie of some kind or another.

My great aunt's biscuits mmmmmmmmm
and the dairy products from her old jersey cow. Home made butter, buttermilk, cottage cheese, etc.

a home cured country ham.....

not a luxury meal by any stretch, but it would be tasty.

I can duplicate some of it, but I never could get my piecrust like Mom's or my steaks like my grandmother's or my biscuits like my aunt.

and I don't fry anything anymore so the fried pies are just a lost cause.


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