# What is the one food... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 14, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-one-food/380425 "2006-11-14T20:01:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-one-food/380425/41 "2006-11-15T05:54:28Z")
[QUOTE=Hypno-Toad] DIBS! [/QUOTE] No fair! **Anne** wanted me to have some ham too! ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-one-food/380425/42 "2006-11-15T06:11:35Z")
Then again, **myskepticsight’s** Texas Potatoes and **furlibusea’s** Grandma’s little potato things sound pretty tempting. Maybe I don’t need ham after all. (Though it would make a good ingredient for both.) ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-one-food/380425/43 "2006-11-15T06:18:43Z")
For me it is the brined, rubbed and then roasted over indirect heat from charcoal with applewood smoke turkey. The brine is courtsey of [Alton Brown](http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_8389,00.html) and the cooking is on either a [Weber](http://www.weber.com/bbq/pub/grill/2005/charcoal/cg_ot_g225.aspx) or my [Big Green Egg](http://www.biggreenegg.com/pix/otgcover-big1.jpg) Do one turkey this way and you will never take one near an oven again. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-one-food/380425/44 "2006-11-15T06:36:49Z")
Cabbage rolls… Grandma’s homemade cabbage rolls. Mmmmm. (I know how to make them, and I do a fairly decent job at it, I just don’t do it often so I always look forward to Grandma’s!) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Blue-Sighted_Shadow)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-one-food/380425/45 "2006-11-15T06:45:40Z")
Eggnog, stuffing, pecan pie, Mom’s cranberry sauce. She makes it from scratch, using a different recipe each time. Ooh, and Mom’s yeast rolls. Yum! ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-one-food/380425/46 "2006-11-15T15:17:51Z")
[QUOTE=Tikki] Then again, **myskepticsight’s** Texas Potatoes and **furlibusea’s** Grandma’s little potato things sound pretty tempting. Maybe I don’t need ham after all. (Though it would make a good ingredient for both.) [/QUOTE] That’s OK. There seems to be a definite trend here. People prefer stuffing to potatoes. Maybe advertisers should use it in a commercial or something. ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-one-food/380425/47 "2006-11-15T15:44:01Z")
Clementines. I like oranges well enough, but make 'em small - and let me at 'em! Working my way through a carton right now. Susan ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-one-food/380425/48 "2006-11-15T15:56:54Z")
What is this “fried corn” you speak of? As our family was Pennsylvania German, **dried corn** had to be included at every Thanksgiving and Christmas (and maybe Easter too). I love the taste but didn’t like the juice from it that ran into my other food. For the holidays, I would also have to go with nog. Or maybe creamed onions. Mashed potatoes are a favorite but clearly they are not holiday-only. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-one-food/380425/49 "2006-11-15T16:43:36Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] What is this “fried corn” you speak of? As our family was Pennsylvania German, **dried corn** had to be included at every Thanksgiving and Christmas (and maybe Easter too). I love the taste but didn’t like the juice from it that ran into my other food. [/QUOTE] 😕 Juice from dried corn? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-one-food/380425/50 "2006-11-15T18:00:23Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] 😕 Juice from dried corn? [/QUOTE] I know! It’s [dried corn](http://www.caneandreed.com/copescorn.htm) that you reconstitute through simmering in water (like the “stewed corn” recipe here) and it holds the juice until you put it on your plate and then it’s everywhere. I thought you could only buy it regionally or in family restaurants in PA, so it’s good to see you could mail order it! I’ll have to tell Mom. ---
**Author:** ![Pabitel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@Pabitel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pabitel)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-one-food/380425/51 "2006-11-15T18:17:13Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] Turkey sandwiches after Thanksgiving. Sometimes I think I’d rather just skip right past the turkey dinner and go right to the sammiches. [/QUOTE] Another vote for this one but must add the bacon. Nothing like a good turkey club from the leftovers. I just hope I can find fresh tomatoes. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-one-food/380425/52 "2006-11-15T18:21:37Z")
I second everything mentioned so far but I’d like to add that sitting in front of a cozy fire with nieces and nephews, watching a silly family movie and teaching the newest generation how to crack and eat out of a big bowl of mixed nuts is an activity I really treasure. When you have a 4 year old niece ask her big, strong uncle Brian to crack those thick walnut shells with grandma’s old steel nutcracker, that’s just too precious. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-one-food/380425/53 "2006-11-15T18:22:06Z")
You know, I don’t really know the exact means of making fried corn, but I know that you take the cob of cooked corn, scrape the kernals in to a pan and then, I guess, fry them. i don’t dare ask how it’s made because then if I ever ask for some, mom will say, “Make it yourself. You know how.” [This](http://southernfood.about.com/cs/cornrecipes/ht/fried_cornht.htm) is one recipe for it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-one-food/380425.md?page=2)