The Friday Five: Food

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

1. What are your top 5 favourite foods?

- white rice

- gummy peach rings or gummy watermelon slices

- cashews

- chicken pot pie

- anything cooked by someone else

2. Is there something similar between them?

I tend to like small round things I can eat a lot of (candy, popcorn, nuts, etc)

3. Can you cook them yourself?

I could, but see #5. Marie Callendar makes a better pot pie than I do.

4. Pick one, and tell us why it is so special.

I grew up eating a lot of rice. Beef stew, beans, stir fry, barbeque (read: pulled pork) it doesn't really matter. It's all better over rice. I don't like brown rice or any other kind of rice.

5. Have you eaten your recommended servings of 2 fruit and 5 vegetables today?

Holy fuck no! Five vegetables would be a supreme fantasy. If I get one, it'd be amazing. Fruit is hit or miss. On days after shopping day (Wednesday) there is usually fruit, but by the weekend it's usually gone.

Comments

[smallhobbit]

Interesting answers. Chicken pot pie sounds good.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Yeah, my diet's pretty shitty. But my palate is very dull, too. I don't think I progressed past the age of 6. If I ever make it across the pond, I want to try at least a bite of steak and kidney pudding.

[bethctg]

Ohhh, white rice... So, while I was binge-watching BTS: In the Soop last year, I got the urge to pull out my mom's rice cooker (which I had never used before). I made SO MUCH rice that I'm pretty sure it messed with my blood sugar! ;D So tasty, tho! And I love Marie Callendar chicken pot pies, though I haven't had one in ages.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Ha! I love your icon.

Ah, another rice lover. I was trying to think of 'real foods' I could eat every day, and I'd rather have rice than most other foods. I only buy the family size Marie Callendar pot pies when they're on sale, but when they are on sale, I usually get a couple because it's easy to feed four on one. They're good in the fall and winter, on Sundays when I really don't want to cook.

[cuddyclothes]

I eat more fruit than veggies. I love white rice! You can put anything on it and it's tasty! I also eat brown rice but I don't like it nearly as much. With Asian food, white rice or nothing.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Yeah, fruit is good. I don't like to buy too much and have it go bad. Yay, another rice lover!

[write_out]

I'm with you on the white rice love! One of my favorite comfort foods is buttered rice with salt and pepper (I do the same with pasta- butter/salt/pepper = bliss). One thing my mom used to do with leftover white rice was put it in a bowl with some cinnamon, sugar, and milk- either hot or cold, it's good either way, like a low-rent rice pudding. I haven't thought about that in years, but now I really want it.

I used to loathe pot pies of any kind when I was a kid, but I've definitely grown to like them a lot as an adult. Never made my own though... Trader Joe's has an excellent steak pie- it's a rare indulgence, but so good.

I also love gummy peach rings and watermelon slices! :) I think my favorite are gummy cherries.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

The boys like gummy cherries. The peach rings and the watermelon slices have that layer of sugar grit, a texture I appreciate.

No, I wouldn't make a pot pie. But every now and then they hit the spot. Especially cold weather Sundays when I don't want to cook. I had to eat the little ones by Banquet when I was a kid. My grandmother made them a lot. They were cheap.

Ah, I don't usually eat rice by itself (or with just butter or sugar). I could. But I usually put it with something, but I get the appeal of rice pudding and it usually smells really good. I like bread pudding, too. In New Orleans, they always put like molasses and nuts and and rum and other stuff in it, to make it, you know, UNBELIEVABLY GOOD. :)

[write_out]

Oh yes, I'm a fan of that sugar grit too. :) I really love sour candies, like sour patch kids, specifically because of that sour sugar. Gummy candy has become something of a comfort food lately, which is a bit worrisome but ehhh....

Rice is basically a perfect food. Goes with so much and is delicious by itself. :)

I've never been to New Orleans (one of these days!), but OMG I want that bread pudding NOW.