Food Heaven & Food Hell

[kelper]

I've read that calves' liver and creamed potatoes is the top choice of gourmets. That's creamed, not mashed. Quite hard to do the spuds properly.

 

[kelper]

I've read that calves liver and creamed potatoes is the top choice of gourmets. That's creamed, not mashed. Quite hard to do the spuds properly.

Lambs liver is pretty good, too. I love chicken liver pate'.

 

[Druncan]

Sriracha with wasabi sauce, Sriracha with garlic sauce are our go to food revvas Fresh Wasabi on Costco Maki sushi rolls while we drive back from Glasgow by the rest & be thankful, Bob Marley played loud then into the Oban inn for pints of Fyne ales Yarl.

I went pescatarian four years ago. Meat stinks to me, can't stand the fat and grease, but I still butcher and cook it for other buggers to scoff

 

[Chippy_Tea]

There's a Turkish dish called Kokorec, basically a intestines sandwich, far more appetising than it sounds, one of those would be nice right now.

I had to search for that, it doesn't look as bad as it sounds.

 

[chthon]

I like all offal, favourite is calves liver sauteed in red wine with onions, brains, tripe, smoked cod, Conger eel steaks. On the meat side slow cooked lamb shoulder, rib eye, pork neck and belly.
Lived with a Russian girl for a while got to like cabbage rolls and borscht, could definitely not go for roll mops or bread rolls with butter and garlic. Nothing I don't like.

Like, herring in vinegar?

 

[kelper]

Sriracha with wasabi sauce, Sriracha with garlic sauce are our go to food revvas Fresh Wasabi on Costco Maki sushi rolls

Is that genuine Japanese Wasabi? 99% of the stuff sold in UK is horseradish and green dye. Some have a tiny percentage of real Wasabi.

 

[Linalmeemow]

Is that genuine Japanese Wasabi? 99% of the stuff sold in UK is horseradish and green dye. Some have a tiny percentage of real Wasabi.

Yeah, it's practically impossible to get real wasabi over here, and if it comes out of a package you may as well eat the fake stuff anyway as the real thing has to be served immediately after it's grated. I lived in Japan for a few years and I can't remember ever having the real thing.

 

[kelper]

I'm growing wasabi in Scotland! It's doing well but another year before harvest.

 

[Clint]

That had occurred to me...we have some horse radish on the allotment.

 

[GerritT]

Keng Phet is excellent, but a good fish&chips can make my day too (a GOOD one, not a regular).

Hell: mussels and calamari (prolly snails and insects too). I eat mostly everything without complaints though, I had a proper upbringing.

 

[Linalmeemow]

I'm growing wasabi in Scotland! It's doing well but another year before harvest.

Wow, I believe it's really tricky to grow - I visited a wasabi farm near Matsumoto, and they had to grow it in shaded running water if I remember right!

 

[Brew_DD2]

I'm growing wasabi in Scotland! It's doing well but another year before harvest.

Get selling it to local Japanese restaurants. I'll bet you'd make a decent bit of cash.

 

[Sadfield]

Heaven: Anything from the sea. Mussels, squid, octopus, crab, lobster, anchovies, mackerel.

Hell: Coffee is pretty much the only thing I struggle with and that's more to do with aroma.

 

[hop-a-long]

Food hell is an easy one: every form of beetroot. Is isn't that I don't like the taste, which I find very good, but unfortunately I get an allergic reaction to them!

Food heaven is harder as I like just about everything. If I had to choose something it would be anything made with BEER.
With one to chase it down of course!

 

[Graz]

There isn't much / anything I won't eat. I do have a few things that whilst I'd tolerate them I wouldn't necessarily choose to eat them, broad beans and melon which I just find a bit bland and pointless being on that list. Like the OP I used to dislike beetroot but I've kind of come round to it. The wife on the other hand... won't eat any fish or seafood, hates mushrooms, and has got many other odd things going on with food. Funny thing is she has an allotment, grows all the standard stuff and most of the things that are easy to grow / crop well she's really not that bigger fan of so we have loads of courgettes, runner beans and other stuff around that just ends up back on the compost heap as it's to much for the kids and I to consume. A lot of chutney also gets made with it.

So, heaven, either a well cooked (but not well done) steak with all the trimmings or a nice piece of fish (any). Do love a good fish and chips too.

Hell, anything involving broad beans.

 

[kelper]

Broad beans grow on you. They make a great rissotto! Either very fresh or frozen.

I love roast tatties and roasted beetroot, but beetroot juice gives me a bad reaction and feels as if I have swallowed razor blades. Apparently it's very high in nitrates.

 

[Cwrw666]

At the moment I'm having trouble with me gall stones so basically anything tasty I'm not allowed to eat (anything with fat in it). It's gotten so bad that even salad is starting to taste good!
But:
Heaven: Liver, mash and onion gravy, meat pies, proper Indian curry, pasta with a decent sauce, blue cheese and branston sarnies, pancakes with salted butter and golden syrup. Fried buttered bread!
Hell: Beetroot (soil), celery, brains on toast (I sh*t you not, my Mrs made me eat it once!)

 

[Victor Churchill]

+1 for broad beans especially if they're home grown, picked before they get too big.
Being another non meat eater, I find there's a lot more on offer in non European cuisine than regular European. Got a bit of a thing for Mexican at the mo.
Food hell: other than meat stuff there's not a lot I can think of. My wife cannot stand raw or boiled onions, they have to be sliced ultra fine and fried to a mulch. Once went to a party where a joker had prepare a carrot and onion trifle (yes, custard and cream, the lot). That was not a pretty sight.

 

[kelper]

Anyone else a fan of butter beans?

 

[jceg316]

I hate mushrooms. I've tried to like them over the years but I just can't. Most foods I say I don't like there's usually some form I'll eat them in. Anything with any mushrooms in I just can't.