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You know how people like to send out those surveys via e-mail which ask you a bunch of questions? You know...the pointless questions like: what's your favourite colour, what shirt are you wearing now, when is the last time you showered, etc. My answers could be blue, North Face Cool-Max polo and last week respectively.
Pointless. Really because you don't learn anything really substantial about the person. Well other than that I probably smell.
On the other hand, eating is such an integral part of life. So I think more than anything else, food preferences can say a lot about a person. If you don't enjoy eating, how can you enjoy life?
I decided I'd sit down and create my own survey. A food survey...a list of essential questions that anyone should know about the other...before you host them for dinner or go out to a restaurant with them. I'm still coming up with the list of questions so it's still a work in progress. But here goes:
1. Any food allergies?
2. You're almost full. Do you pick something sweet or savoury?
3. What's the most obscure thing you've eaten?
4. When you're sick what kind of food do you crave?
5. Do you like a substantial breakfast or a light breakfast?
6. How do you like your eggs?
7. Ketchup on eggs?
8. Orange juice: pulp or no pulp?
9. Milk: What kind?
10. Preference at lunch: soup or salad?
11. Cilantro or no cilantro? (Some people I know don't like the taste and thinks it tastes like soap.)
12. Leftover pizza: cold or heated up in the microwave? (Oven and toaster oven is not an option).
13. Favourite pasta shape.
14. Favourite source of protein (tofu, chicken, beef, veal, pork, lamb, other poultry or game).
15. If not vegan/vegetarian...what preference? Chicken or beef?
16. Cooking preference when eating beef or other protein: blue rare, rare, medium-rare, medium, medium-well-done, well-done, or charred?
17. Chicken: White or dark meat?
18. Whole wheat or white bread?
19. Cold or hot rice?
20. Brown or white rice?
21. Rice in soup? Yes or no.
22. Vanilla or chocolate? Picking both is not an option.
23. Tea or coffee?
24. Wine or beer?
25. Favourite starch or carb: (Potato, bread, rice or pasta?)
interesting. i'm one of those ppl who thinks there are many more important things than eating, and that eating is mainly a requirement for sustenance. [shrug]
Posted by: Caroline :) on September 24, 2004 11:29 PMOk maybe not. I dunno. I felt like writing something as filler before I introduced my list. Maybe it's all crap.
Meh.
Posted by: Dave on September 25, 2004 12:54 AM1. Alcohol?
2. hahahahah... good one. Almost full.
3. fucked if I know
4. fried chicken
5. substantial with a light one on the side
6. on top of more eggs
7. only if scambled
8. pulp
9. 1%
10. soup with a salad on the side
11. cilantro
12. heated in a pan
13. it's all the same, so I'm going to say elephant
14. all of the above
15. beef with chicken on the side
16. medium
17. I eat the whole bird
18. whole wheat with white on the side
19. Hot
20. White
21. Isn't that congee?
22. chocolate (bastard)
23. Tea
24. Juice
25. Rice
ooh a survey about my favorite subject!!!! ;)
1. allergies: none that i can think of, although kiwi seeds make my mouth feel funny and sometimes watermelon and sushi cause my lips to get bumpy (but not always).
2. almost full: sweet! dessert!! but when i'm hungry, i want something savory.
3. obscure: i'm not very adventurous... so i'd have to say uni (sea urchin). it was gross. *gag*
4. sick food: SOUP!
5. breakfast: i like a substantial breakfast. and it can't be too greasy/oily or sweet.
6. eggs: i like them fully cooked or just barely moist... not runny.
7. yes, i love ketchup and salsa on eggs.
8. OJ: either way :) but usually i buy pulpless.
9. milk: skim or 1-2%, but i'll tolerate full-fat with cereal. not alone though.
10. lunch: soup! :)
11. cilantro!
12. pizza: heated up!
13. pasta shape: either linguine or penne.
14. protein: chicken or beef (for steak).
15. hmm, i usually order chicken if given a choice (like in thai/chinese dishes) but if i'm at a restaurant and have to choose between chicken breast and steak, i'll go with the steak.
16. medium-well. eww, blue rare??!
17. chicken: white meat.
18. white bread but i'll get wheat sometimes.
19. hot rice.
20. white rice but i'll get brown sometimes.
21. rice in soup: yes! gookbap all the way! ;)
22. vanilla or chocolate: vanilla.
23. tea or coffee: coffee.
24. wine or beer: wine!
25. carb: potato!!
your turn. :)
Posted by: clara on October 4, 2004 10:50 PMHey DAve, thought I'd join the bandwagon and respond.
1. Any food allergies?
-Some fruits and veggies make my lips swollen and throat itchy, but I think it's probably because of pesticides. Cherries give me the runs...does that count?
2. You're almost full. Do you pick something sweet or savoury?
-Depends on what the sweet or savory food is.
3. What's the most obscure thing you've eaten?
-I'm not brave enought to eat anythign obscure. Hey, I'm Japanese and I've never eaten sashimi (Hey man, I don't want no nematodes crawling around my GI tract -- maybe all you yahoos out there get off on that thought, but I don't).
4. When you're sick what kind of food do you crave?
-McDonalds -- but I always crave McDonalds.
5. Do you like a substantial breakfast or a light breakfast?
-If given the choice, I opt for the former.
6. How do you like your eggs? Scrambled.
-If forced to eat fried eggs I prefer over-medium.
7. Ketchup on eggs? NO!!!!!!
8. Orange juice: pulp or no pulp? No pulp.
9. Milk: What kind? Skim. I like my milk to taste like water...seriously.
10. Preference at lunch: soup or salad?
-Depends. More often then not soup though. Unless it's cream of x.
11. Cilantro or no cilantro? (Some people I know don't like the taste and thinks it tastes like soap.) A little itsy bit of cilantro thank you.
12. Leftover pizza: cold or heated up in the microwave? (Oven and toaster oven is not an option). Cold.
13. Favourite pasta shape.
-Depends on the sauce!!! Ha...take that foodie Dave!!!! Actually, my favourites are farfale (bow ties for the unpretentious) and fettecine (sorry, I'm a bad speller).
14. Favourite source of protein (tofu, chicken, beef, veal, pork, lamb, other poultry or game).
-Tie: chicken/beef/fish. Veal?? man you are a sick bastard!!!! Just kidding.
15. If not vegan/vegetarian...what preference? Chicken or beef?
-Vegans...Vegetarians...are your purposely trying to piss me off!!! If forced to choose I would pick chicken.
16. Cooking preference when eating beef or other protein: blue rare, rare, medium-rare, medium, medium-well-done, well-done, or charred?
-Depends on the cut!!! Ha!!! take that AGAIN foodie Dave!!!! Tenderloin: medium-rare, strip-loin and other steaks: medium. Other protein? well I like my tofu charred.
17. Chicken: White or dark meat?
-white meat.
18. Whole wheat or white bread?
-white
19. Cold or hot rice?
-hot.
20. Brown or white rice?
-white. Brown is for granola-eating, birskenstock-wearing hippies.
21. Rice in soup? Yes or no.
-yes!!!!
22. Vanilla or chocolate? Picking both is not an option.
-vanilla
23. Tea or coffee?
-both--mixed together preferably. Tea.
24. Wine or beer?
-wine
25. Favourite starch or carb: (Potato, bread, rice or pasta?)
-pasta
Hey Dave :) Thought I'd jump on the bandwagon:
1. Milk/Lactose; which is why it makes so much sense that I'm a cheese-freak, lol
2. Savory
3. Caviar
4. Soup
5. My ideal breakfast is bacon, eggs and hashbrowns
6. Lightly over easy
7. eww, no.
8. no pulp
9. Skim, lactose free
10. soup, esp cream of mushroom
11. cilantro!
12. heated; tho the microwave makes it soggy :p
13. Rotini
14. Chicken
15. Beef, smothered in unwholesome sauce, preferably Chinese
16. Medium Well
17. White meat
18. White bread, I know it's not as good for you, but it tastes better
19. hot
20. white
21. yes
22. chocolate!
23. Coffee, esp if it's starbucks
24. neither, eww
25. potato!
This is a long list of questions so i'll answer just a few:
1. Any food allergies?
I tell people that I'm allergic to seafood (not one of my favs and hate having to explain to people why it isn't a crime to dislike it). Exceptions: uncooked (sushi), halibut fish and chips and tuna in the can.
I think I may have also developed some mild allergy to alcohol recently (but this is still in its testing phases)
2. You're almost full. Do you pick something sweet or savoury?
If i had a choice, the meal itself would be sweet. That being said, i've been munching on chewable vitamins for dessert lately. Can't get enough of the ones that are grape-flavoured.
4. When you're sick what kind of food do you crave?
Flat ginger ale
9. Milk: What kind?
Skim all the way. In lattes, coffee, cereal, on its own. Love the taste of it!
16. Cooking preference for beef:
Medium-well. Used to be well-done, but i've become more refined over the years :)
Interesting site Dave. Love the photographs. Want to see the entire collection sometime.
1) nopes...but i think i may be SLIGHTLY allergic to pineapple or acidic fruits...but i still eat them neways...even though my throat closes up and i feel lk i can't breathe for a sec:P
2) SWEET!!!...big dessert fan :(
3) obscure from whose perspective...i think the fact that i ate rice in a bowl of milk is kinda gross...or the lie snake that we caught in the country and cooked over a wood fire and shared ...well in that case just about everything in Korea i ate :P
4) SOUPS and lots of it...teas as well...nething warm and hydrating
5) light on weekdays...substantial breakfast on weekends...or should i say substantial BRUNCHES:D
6) scrambled best or in an omelette of some sort
7) no...not too fond of ketchup...
8) no pulp...i know its good for u..but it gets caught in teeth:P
9) skim...can't take thick milks...i'm asian lk that;)
10) both...but soup makes me sleepy...so for work and school salads..for home soups:)
11) cilantro!..love it!
12) microwave and eat it REALLY fast before it starts to taste lk rubber...don't lk cold pizza...tastes lk wax:P
13) bowtie
14) chicken then tofu then dog (haha...TOTALLY kidd'n:P)
15) chicken
16) well well well done :P but Not charred;)
17) white
18) whole wheat honey with flax...once you go whole wheat you can't go back
19) hot rice (thats what the rice warmer option on the cooker is for:))
20) lk i said once you go brown you can't go back :P..haha
21) DEFINITELY...esp in Korean soups
22) chocolate only if its the REALLY good kind...otherwise vanilla
23) Tea (green, jasmine or chai...not the english breakfast kind)
24) wine by far!
25) ohhh...this is a tough one...i would say rice but bread is a VERYVERY close second...i can't live w/out either...
whoa that was a long quiz...at least it helped me procrastinate for a bit:)
Posted by: kimchi on November 15, 2004 12:18 PM9. (Milk: What kind?) 45% double whipped cream.
Posted by: Stephen on November 16, 2004 04:49 AM