Food meme, ganked from forodwaith

[e_juliana]

As forodwaith said, I will never qualify as a foodie or an amateur chef. I am a good baker, and what I believe used to be called a "good plain cook," meaning that six days out of seven I can produce a decent meal from common foodstuffs. I actually prefer cooking at home, because I can make sure there's no random tastes sneaking in. (On the other hand, I just order out for Chinese. Why bother cooking it when I have all of Chinatown just down the street, and they can do it better than I ever could?)

Despite this, like anyone who eats I have some very definite opinions about food.


Prepared foods I prefer to the real thing

Box mac'n'cheese, preferably Annie's.

Amy's frozen mac'n'cheese.

Instant oatmeal. It doesn't kick off my texture issues like real oatmeal does.



Prepared foods I'm convinced are just as good

Canned beans. So useful, I can sidestep my texture issues for them.

Chopped garlic - not just as good, there is a faint "canned" taste, but it is most useful when I'm pressed for time and the garlic is used as a complement and not as a primary flavor.

Frozen phyllo/pastry dough. I do not have the time or patience to deal with the persnickitiness of pastry dough when I can just defrost and unroll.

Canned salsa. The time & work investment required for homemade sometimes is too much. Same with hummus.



Packaged foods which I will never let past my threshold

Canned mushrooms. Blech and also ptui. Nast.

Bread mix. It's so easy to make dough from scratch! It really is!

Pre-made cookie dough. (points to above)


What do you think?

(Okay, now I'm hungry.)

Comments

[mearagrrl.livejournal.com]

When I first read "canned beans", I thought you meant like green beans. And was like "OMG, you freak, they're disgusting!". But then realized surely you must mean like black beans and pinto beans and stuff. Surely.

[dxmachina.livejournal.com]

I prefer canned green beans to frozen.

[e-juliana.livejournal.com]

Does fresh trump all, or must we shun you now?

[dxmachina.livejournal.com]

I must be shunned. I prefer fresh to frozen, but I like canned best.

[amy37.livejournal.com]

I love canned green beans, although I like fresh ones, too. Canned are almost different food, to me. Reminds me of childhood, too.

[e-juliana.livejournal.com]

Most definitely. Although I do confess to a craving for canned grean beans at times - mostly when PMSing and all irrational-like.

shunned! shunned!

[forodwaith.livejournal.com]

I love real oatmeal.

That said, you are right on about the salsa and also canned mushrooms. Bleah!

[redwright.livejournal.com]

Bread machines -- I think this is the most oxymoronic idea in the universe. Bread making is sacred and lovely and .... well you get my point.

Canned vegetables .... the only thing I LIKE is baby canned peas. LOVE them. LOVE Irish oatmeal.

I'm with you on the Phyllo -- but not the garlic. I can't stand the smell of the jarred stuff. But F. buys it and uses it.

Salsa. I will fly out there with some of the fresh-from-my-garden salsa this August. And I dare you to write that sentence again!

I am now sitting in the back yard staring at the place where the asparagus will sprout. Spring Fever times two!

XOXOXO