I’ve had people tell me that my view of their product is hopelessly flawed, but…
I first became aware of KK while I was in the Navy. Before our ship got underway we’d get a large order of KK donuts. These were intended, I’m sure, as a treat to make the crew less annoyed with having to leave home and family behind.
They got to the ship stale. And for the next several mornings the Mess Specialists would keep putting out these foul things for the crew to eat. They started out flavorless, and slightly sticky. They ended up actually slimey and vile.
And that’s the sum total of my experience with KK. Given that I’m not going to pay my own money to try them, no matter how much people sing their praises.
I hate expensive fancy resteraunt steaks. I have hated literally every hunk of meat I’ve gotten at a resteraunt, but “strips” like what you get in fajitas or in a salad are really tasty.
That being said, the best food I’ve ever tasted was steak, grilled by my father. Why is it that this man can do something so easily and casually that someone being paid 50 dollars for doing it can’t? A few times a year I seem to go out of my senses and order a steak at a resteraunt, apparently forgetting how god awful every previous one has been, and I never seem to learn.
I absolutely love Brussels sprouts, and can’t understand why anyone could ever hate them; ditto the dark meat on chicken.
But I also think that generic food service American cheese (three slices) with tomatos on white bread is the best grilled cheese (cheddar does taste good on sourdough, but not nearly as good as my plastic-y cheese on foam-y bread), and that unless it’s a really fancy hot dog or there’s sauerkraut to be had, ketchup is the best friend a bun and a dog could have.
I also demand my trans-fats. I forgot to mention that.
And I enjoy a little MSG now and then. And while I am at it, I must note that I’ve seen quite a bit of Chinese Buffet bashing 'round these parts. Well, I am going to admit that I run counter to the grain on this. I like me a little Chinese Buffet now and then. If I want me some real Chinese eats, I know where to go, but sometimes I can find three or four nice dishes at the buffet and pound that all down with some soft serve ice cream and cheap Chinese donuts.
As a matter of fact, I think it’s time for a “We Salute You, Mr. Chinese Buffet Inventor” music and song. I don’t think that Bud Lite version was ever produced, but I am proud – again – to go against the grain and defend my Chinese Buffet.
Fake box mix cheesecake is better than the real kind. Re: sushi/sashimi- everyone seems to tell first timers to try the tuna first as it’s supposed to be the least objectional. It’s not. It’s terrible. Turkey burgers are just as good as, and in some cases better than the ones made with beef.
Wait, what? Jello salad? Jello is jelly, right? Like, wobble-y, seethrough dessert? Do you eat it with lettuce? With french dressing? I don’t understand…
Here it is. Yes, it’s lime jello (flavored gelatin -wobbly jelly) with cabbage and carrots. Personally, I love the stuff. The crispy veg and fruity wobbly can’t be beat.
Cabbage and Carrot Salad
3 ounce package lime Jello
1 cup boiling water
3 tablespoons sugar
1 cup cold water
2 tablespoons vinegar
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup shredded raw cabbage
1 cup grated raw carrots
Prepare Jello in boiling water and stir in sugar. Add cold water, vinegar and salt. Chill; when slightly thickened fold in carrots and cabbage. Chill.
Pineapple on pizza is the utlimate in culinary bastardization. A spinach topping comes in a close 2nd. Chicken I could probably tolerate (never had it on pizza, but it is meat on pizza, so I’m sure I could get by).
It could be said that substituting pizza sauce for olive oil is repugnant
Raw onions. I will pick them out of anything I eat, except maybe salsa. I like cooked ones, though, and raw green onions are ok, too.
I want to start a trans fat bootlegging operation, as well. Everything that uses oil now has a disgusting chemical wang, thanks to the trans fat nazis.
Despite being southern and loving southern cooking, I despise “country” ham. It’s spoiled, y’all!
Anything that has the slightest hint of anise or licorice flavor, get it away from me!
Serving inferior meat swimming in sweet brown ketchup and calling it BBQ should be punishable by death. (You’d think this isn’t going against the grain, but judging from what you get most places, it would seem this is what the people demand).
Breakfast should be mostly protein. Pastries, bagels and fruit don’t cut it. Continental breakfast (what a euphenism) is the equivalent of getting a pack of peanuts for lunch on an airplane, except at least there some protein in peanuts.
Fava beans…I just don’t get the love. They taste like undercooked, chalky limas to me.
It’s long been my understanding that, from a health perspective, breakfast should be mostly carbohydrates, as they’re easily processed and you need that quick jolt to the metabolism as soon as you can get it.
Blame it on the wimmens! It is a well known marketing fact that women prefer the sweet and mild barbecue sauces in taste tests. They do most of the shopping, so there you go… A deluge of Girly sauces.
