Monday, January 4, 2010
Bites / Fun and Games Put This Quiz on Simmer, Part 1
Posted by Nicki Wood on Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 6:24 AM
Fine Cooking magazine asks contributors to fill out a foodie quiz so readers can get to know the writers. The answers go with a photo on the "Contributors" page. The magazine currently headed for newsstands (February/March 2010) features a few of my own humble answers along with those of food world giants like Deborah Madison (The Greens Cookbook, The Savory Way) and wine wildman Gary Vaynerchuk.
Typically of the magazine, the questions are thoughtful and worth answering. Even if you know yourself well, some questions may make you pause.
Settle in with a cup of tea and and take the first half of it. Report back.
What is your latest kitchen purchase?
What is your favorite comfort food?
What is the most underrated food
What is the most overrated food?
Sweet or salty?
Pie or cake?
Favorite food memory?
Strangest thing you've ever eaten?
Favorite spice?
Scrambled or fried?
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For most overrated food, I answered "pine nuts." For "strangest thing," it'd be hard to pin that down, but I adore Chinese stewed chicken feet and eat them every time I find them.
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What is your latest kitchen purchase?
Juicer
What is your favorite comfort food?
Shells & Cheese
What is the most underrated food
Frozen Peas
What is the most overrated food?
Extra Virgin Olive Oil (technically just most overused food)
Sweet or salty?
Sweet... Salty... Sweet... Salty... Sweet... Salty...
Pie or cake?
I used to say, "I'll eat anything with 'cake' in the name", but this past holiday season has turned me into a pie man.
Favorite food memory?
The first time I made homemade bread (age 13'ish, no bread machine)
Strangest thing you've ever eaten?
Nothing seems strange to me anymore, tripe, tendon, organ meats, it's pretty passe now, right?
Favorite spice?
Black pepper
Scrambled or fried?
Scrambled solo, fried on a sandwich
What is your latest kitchen purchase? My condo that came with a big kitchen with mostly all new appliances. Before that, a microplane zester.
What is your favorite comfort food? Velveeta shells and cheese. Or broccoli-cheese-rice casserole.
What is the most underrated food? That's a tough one. I think I'll vary AnyNoMouse's and say frozen corn. Can be added to any dish or as a side item. Also works great to ice an injury or a burn. (Honey's also great on a burn too, I used both after a hot toddy mishap this weekend.)
What is the most overrated food? Bacon
Sweet or salty? Sweet
Pie or cake? Cake
Favorite food memory? Will probably be in 2 weeks: my last meal at Zola on their last night.
Strangest thing you've ever eaten? Baby octopus. So many "ew" factors at play.
Favorite spice? Anything with garlic. And cinnamon.
Scrambled or fried? Scrambled, with cheese.
What is your latest kitchen purchase? new cork floor (environmentally friendly and good for your lower back!)
What is your favorite comfort food? either my risotto or my mom's roast w carrots & potatoes and lots of gravy
What is the most underrated food? Brussels Sprouts
What is the most overrated food? cupcakes
Sweet or salty? salty and sweet together
Pie or cake? cake
Favorite food memory? in the kitchen with my mom baking in my easy bake oven :-)
Strangest thing you've ever eaten? pig fries (as in pig testicles) or squirrel
Favorite spice? tough. If red pepper flakes count, those. If not, then pepper.
But I also love cumin and curry...
Scrambled or fried? scrambled
What is your latest kitchen purchase?
Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer (was a gift)
What is your favorite comfort food?
Mattar Paneer
What is the most underrated food
I am going to have to agree with the above poster, frozen peas.
What is the most overrated food?
Amen on the cupcakes.
Sweet or salty?
savory!
Pie or cake?
Pie
Favorite food memory?
My grandmother teaching me to make fried chicken
Strangest thing you've ever eaten?
Fried pig ears
Favorite spice?
Nutmeg
Scrambled or fried?
Scrambled, with cheese
What is your latest kitchen purchase?
Most recent thing I purchased was a Kitchenaid stand mixer, most recent addition to my kitchen was a Gelpro mat I got for Christmas that I LOVE
What is your favorite comfort food?
My mom's beef stroganoff
What is the most underrated food
Beets
What is the most overrated food?
Sad to say...but bacon is nearing it's saturation point although I still love it
Sweet or salty?
I have to pick one?
Pie or cake?
Usually cake, but really I'm not picky when it comes to dessert!
Favorite food memory?
Getting to go to my dad's restaurant with him early in the mornings before school. The chef would let me help fry fresh donuts and then I'd get to frost my own.
Strangest thing you've ever eaten?
I had a really strange pizza at Pizza Hut in Jakarta, I don't remember everything that was on it but it was definitely not on the menu in this country. Also on that same trip I had kopi lewak, coffee where the beans have been harvested (and very well cleaned) from rodent poop. Delicious.
Favorite spice?
nutmeg
Scrambled or fried?
fried
What is your latest kitchen purchase? Actually, we just purchased a whole kitchen as part of our remodel, but my favorite part is the griddle/grill on the Five Star Range.
What is your favorite comfort food? Lasagna
What is the most underrated food? Grilled cheese
What is the most overrated food? Pork belly
Sweet or salty? Usually salty, but chocolate covered pretzels may be the perfect food
Pie or cake? pie, preferably chess from the Harvey's bakery
Favorite food memory? Growing up, if I opened up the Sunday Showcase in the Tennessean and I saw the 10 Krystals for $2.50 coupon had already been torn out by my mom, I knew it was gonna be a crappy food week. So I learned how to cook.
Strangest thing you've ever eaten? Muskrat cooked on a charcoal stove in a duck blind
Favorite spice? Posh
Scrambled or fried? Scrambled
What is your latest kitchen purchase?
- a cheap can-opener, because I could not find my other one after moving last week.
What is your favorite comfort food?
- fried okra
What is the most underrated food
- fish-heads
What is the most overrated food?
-DEFINITELY cupcakes
Sweet or salty?
- salty
Pie or cake?
- pie
Favorite food memory?
- it's probably a tie between dining at Ubuntu (Napa) and dining at Blackbird (Chicago)
Strangest thing you've ever eaten?
- Dinuguan: a Filipino stew made with pig's blood, entrails, meat, vinegar, and chili peppers
Favorite spice?
- pepper (all kinds: black tellicherry, green, white, etc., but szechuan is probably my favorite). I also love black mustard seeds.
Scrambled or fried?
- Fried (over easy)
What is your latest kitchen purchase?
- a cheap can-opener, because I could not find my other one after moving last week.
What is your favorite comfort food?
- fried okra
What is the most underrated food
- fish-heads
What is the most overrated food?
-DEFINITELY cupcakes
Sweet or salty?
- salty
Pie or cake?
- pie
Favorite food memory?
- it's probably a tie between dining at Ubuntu (Napa) and dining at Blackbird (Chicago)
Strangest thing you've ever eaten?
- Dinuguan: a Filipino stew made with pig's blood, entrails, meat, vinegar, and chili peppers
Favorite spice?
- pepper (all kinds: black tellicherry, green, white, etc., but szechuan is probably my favorite). I also love black mustard seeds.
Scrambled or fried?
- Fried (over easy)
What is your latest kitchen purchase?
Received a single cup Kreurig Coffee Maker for a recent birthday. I would never have bought one, but it's awesome.
What is your favorite comfort food? Meatloaf with Garlic Mashed Potatoes.
What is the most underrated food. Catfish ..beautiful golden fried catfish with hushpuppies.
What is the most overrated food? Polenta..thank goodness, its popularity is slowly fading like a rash.
Sweet or salty? a.m. salty/p.m. sweet
Pie or cake? Pie..any pie..it's all about the crust.
Favorite food memory? The Fancy Food Shows at the Javits Center
Strangest thing you've ever eaten? My mother used a make a mean peanut butter, mustard and butter sandwich.
Favorite spice? Rosemary...anyone remember the Out of A Flower Strawberry Rosemary Sorbet from the much missed Corner Market?
Scrambled or fried? Scrambled with a little sour cream.
