“And, of course, the funniest food of all, kumquats.”
The day is sunny. Yesterday’s quiet has been replaced by the sounds of dogs barking, kids yelling and a lawn mower or two. We had a thunder storm early yesterday evening which rumbled and rumbled but didn’t bring much rain. Tonight is supposed to be cool and the next few days drier. I have some errands today then it’s back to the deck. My book is almost finished, only about twenty more pages to read.
My neighbors are Brazilian, and around dinner time I smell the most wonderful aromas wafting from their kitchen. I don’t know what my neighbor is cooking, but I’m going to ask her. I’m curious as to what dish smells so delicious. I wonder what she thought of the hot dogs I was cooking on the grill the other night.
My mother, when she was a teenager, used to hang around the Stoneham Spa. It was still there when I was a kid, and I remember the wooden booths and the swivel stools at the counter. Small square signs with prices for food and drinks hung on the walls. The signs had handdrawn colored pictures. One sign, on the back wall, was for a lime Rickey, and on it was a crudely drawn glass with green liquid not quite to the top. When my aunt took me to the Spa once, I ordered the Rickey. It was the first time I had ever tasted lime, and I didn’t like it. My taste buds were attuned to a kid’s drink, to Zarex or to the Kool-Aid I got at a friend’s house.
I didn’t try lime for a long time. It usually happens like that. As kids we taste something and find we don’t like it so it goes on the list of foods we don’t eat. A lot of vegetables used to be on my list. Only round beans, Brussel sprouts and beets remain. I periodically try those foods still on the list just in case my taste buds have changed, but the list has remained pretty steady over the years. The last thing I tried was olives, and I still find them really gross. They’re at the top of the list.
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August 6, 2010 at 12:17 pm
The lightning hit the ground just yards from my home and my little cottage started to shake from it. Even old death Erna noticed the thunderstorm this time 🙂 🙂 We have had so much rain here now that the raspberries are rotting on the branches now. I´m a bit tired of it now.
I´ve eaten on a couple of Brazilien restaurants and the food is delicious! Wish we had a restaurant like that in Falköping.
I agree on You about olives, awful! I also refuses to eat pickled herring. It´s like eating raw fish!!! Fish pudding is also one of the few things I refuse to eat again 🙂 Otherwise I eat almost anything.
Have a great day now!
Christer.
August 6, 2010 at 9:07 pm
Christer,
Rain gets to be dreary quickly. Everything begins to get damp and stays that way. I, instead, am wishing for more rain as we have had only a little.
I don’t eat pickled herring either, and I have never tasted fish pudding. Don’t like raw fish either!
We have a Brazilian restaurant, a grill, in Hyannis, and we love it.
August 6, 2010 at 12:22 pm
It took me forever to discover that beets don’t actually taste anything like pickled beets, which is all anyone served when I was growing up. I love roasted or raw beets in a salad or a sandwich, but will pass the pickled variety up each and every time.
August 6, 2010 at 9:08 pm
sprite,
I too grew up pickled and candied beets and didn’t like either. One of my grandmothers served them all the time. I have tasted fresh beets but wasn’t at all enthused.
August 6, 2010 at 2:29 pm
All of the things you mentioned I like. My list includes any kind of Indian food. To me it looks like poop. I can’t stand cilantro although I like most other Mexican foods. I love smoked salmon, but pickled herring is something I would rather not eat along with sushi, tripe, snails or stuffed derma. As a child I loved spinach, broccoli and brussels sprouts.
August 6, 2010 at 9:12 pm
Bob,
I love Indian food, especially curry, and I can’t imagine Mexican without the cilantro. I am not a fan of salmon in any form and dislike most of your list too except I don’t mind snails. I laughed as you liked all the vegetables I didn’t.
I’m thinking we might just share a hamburger.
August 7, 2010 at 9:59 am
A hamburger would be wonderful.
I like mine rare with lettuce, tomato and ketchup. Hold the pickles and onions. What do you like on your hamburgers?
August 6, 2010 at 5:39 pm
Brussels sprouts were the last to come off my childhood gross food list. I discovered that they needed to be cooked by someone other than my mother who cooked all vegetables to mush. The addition of bacon and dried cranberries goes a long way toward making them tasty as well. I think tongue is the only thing still on the list. I have no idea what it tastes like. It’s just that I saw one in the butcher’s case when I was small and have never recovered. 🙂
What are round beans?
August 6, 2010 at 9:16 pm
Caryn,
I’m thinking you don’t really like Brussels sprouts all that much. It’s the tasty bacon and cranberries I suspect.
Once, when I was in Africa, I was served tongue as a course in a meal at what was back then called The Catering Rest House, a small hotel which served good. The tongue was served whole on a bed of lettuce, and I was tempted to look under the table for the rest of the mouth.
Round beans just means the shape. I like green beans and string beans but not Lima, kidney, baked or most other round beans.
August 7, 2010 at 9:19 am
I thought you might have meant baked beans. I used to detest baked beans but have since learned to cook them in various ways that are tasty.
I’m not a fan of lima beans or creamed corn and will not eat either separately but if they are combined as succotash, I will eat them. Go figure.
August 6, 2010 at 7:20 pm
Black olives on pizza! Yummy!
August 6, 2010 at 9:16 pm
Z&Me,
Only if all the rest of the food in the world has disappeared.
August 7, 2010 at 10:17 am
Bob,
I like tomatoes and lettuce and usually nothing else. Cheeseburgers are my favorite. I favor well done.
August 7, 2010 at 7:09 pm
I guess I like a stronger tomato flavor and I like to live dangerously by eating my hamburger either rare or medium rare. I also like cheese such as cheddar or swiss. Do you like a soft bun or something like a Kaiser roll?
August 7, 2010 at 10:07 pm
Bob,
I love cheddar on my burgers, but I’m also happy with Swiss. I can eat burgers on just about anything, but I love them on Portuguese rolls.
August 7, 2010 at 5:35 pm
very interesting post
i have just learned how to cook brussel sprouts to my liking…cut in half drizzel with olive oil and parmesan cheese and broil.
i am willing to try most new things…once
the older i get the more i enjoy robust cuisine.
i try not to be a snob about anything accept wine
i only like sweet and cheap; screw top or box mostly
although we have a local winery stonebrook that has a sumptuous vidal blanc in a most beautiful cobalt blue bottle with a cork…i take it to all the fancy parties.
xoxoxoxox love to you kat
i have missed you these past few weeks trying to catch up!
August 7, 2010 at 6:20 pm
splendid,
I hope you had the best vacation at the beach! I missed you too, but I knew you were probably having a great time with the sun and shore.
I am not much of a drinker, but I do love champagne and some white wines. If I am having a dinner party, I buy good wine to complement the food, but most times I make do with my diet Coke!
The sprouts you make sound great, but I’m still leery of them.