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The correct answer is rice. But beans run a very close second because beans are very wonderful.

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 21:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Really this thread wanted to be a thread about how wonderful beans are in general and how many delicious kinds of beans there are, and how miraculous it is that once dried they'll keep for ages, and what megalithic protein powerhouses they are, and how beautiful some of them are when they are growing or fresh off the vine like for instance those mottled purple-and-yellow ones we grew this year. But! It seemed more fun to have a FITE in which beans might get the chance to defend themselves against the heavier hitters like rice, which pretty much owns the whole world.

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 21:32 (twenty-two years ago)

"Cheese" is theoretically an acceptable answer but get back to me on that after you've eaten nothing but cheese for a whole month

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 21:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Sometimes I think I could survive on nothing but olives.

― NA (Nick A.), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 21:33 (twenty-two years ago)

But yeah, probably rice.

― NA (Nick A.), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 21:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Eggs are such an efficient source of nutrition that they’re often called the perfect food. One large egg provides 70 calories, 6 grams of protein, less than 1 gram of carbohydrate, 4.5 grams of fat and generous amounts of many vitamins and minerals. In fact, the only nutrient completely absent from the egg is vitamin C—chickens, unlike humans, manufacture all they need.

--some website

― lawrence kansas (lawrence kansas), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 21:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Wouldn't a better staple food be something you didn't have to cook?

― NA (Nick A.), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 21:41 (twenty-two years ago)

The doctor once told me the 4 staples are BRAT: Bananas Rice Apples and Toast. Suck on that! No, I mean, eat that stuff. Yeah.

Rice is Nice.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 21:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Horace Mann to thread!

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 21:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Wouldn't a better staple food be something you didn't have to cook?

you cook rice?! come on man, eat it raw!! be h4rDc0R3!!

― geeta (geeta), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 21:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Mmmm, toast. I could live on toast and eggs for month fo sheezy.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 21:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Marshmallows

― Madchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 22:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Madchen OTM.

― Allyzay, Tuesday, 28 October 2003 22:03 (twenty-two years ago)

red beans are good. i mean the kind that is used to make the paste in the center of japanese desserts like mochi. but those have been sweetened and they are sweet enough alone. beans and rice can be cooked together in a rice cooker. actually a variety of beans and brown rice are best. then you can eat them with slices of american cheese and slices of cucumber as side dishes. the american cheese is because i have a feeling that the amino acids in beans are not all the kinds you need to eat together in order for them to complete each other. the cucumber is just for pleasure; i doubt they are very nutritive. carrots are an alternative. plan number 2 for vitamin C is to cook white rice and broccoli separately and then microwave them together with yet more american cheese. i think those red beans are called adzuki beans.

but to answer the question, japanese sweet potatoes. they are in season in fall and winter.

oh, i just looked this up: you don't need the cheese after all because brown rice and beans are complementary proteins.

― youn, Tuesday, 28 October 2003 23:28 (twenty-two years ago)

oh, i just looked this up: you don't need the cheese after all because brown rice and beans are complementary proteins.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 23:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Heinz "Cheezy Beans", I eat at least one can a day. For 50 cents a can they are the tastiest most filling most non-"health food" tasting yet still relatively healthy food you can get for next to nothing. A whole meal that's protein rich, vegetarian, you don't have to cook (just microwave), goes great with fresh vegetables, for 50 cents. Beats the pants off Ramen and Kraft dinner.

― sucka (sucka), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 23:40 (twenty-two years ago)

rice and bean burritos.

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 23:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Note to self: stay the fuck away from sucka's cheezy bean ass.

― Plugged nose man, Tuesday, 28 October 2003 23:46 (twenty-two years ago)

I want "pasta" to count.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 23:58 (twenty-two years ago)

I think pasta makes the cut! certainly I spent a good year where pasta was the #1 most-eaten food in our house. What's really great is pasta & cheese & beans with a simple sauce (tomato & cumin & salt reduced to nice gooey paste).

I shall now eat dinner: cauliflower, potatoes, greens & RICE

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 00:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Pasta is, beyond a shadow of a doubt, what I live on. It's part of the curse of not having a clue how to cook: I can still boil pasta. In fact, that's charitable: I can only boil pasta. I don't know how to cook rice, and beans had better come in a can, and then, if they don't come in some ready-to-eat sauce or chili, I don't really know what to do with them.

Last night's dinner was this potato and brussels sprouts dish that my bf (who, thankfully, can cook magnificently) made. I like potatoes as a staple more than rice. But I would love to have brussels sprouts as a staple; a while back my roommate discovered you can eat them raw, and we have been keeping stalks of brussels sprouts about the house ever since. They're natures candy!

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 00:27 (twenty-two years ago)

I must soak some beans tonight

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 00:37 (twenty-two years ago)

*gives Chris P all her brussles sprouts*

I'm a huge carbohydrate fanatic. I love bread, rice, and pasta. My mom used to make fun of me when I was a little kid because my favorite meal would be steamed broccoli and steamed white rice with a generous dollop of "butter" (am not getting into that again). She also used to call me "her little Italian", because I loved pasta and would try out practically any pasta dish that came my way. I was the first person in the immediate family to champion fetuccine alfredo, and I love angel hair pasta with just garlic and "butter" (or butter, really). And breads -- *sighs*. Especially very whole wheat-type breads. Mmmmm.

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 00:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, pasta without a doubt. I include Thai noodles with that too.

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 01:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Chickpeas and other pulses make up a large part of my diet. Mmm pearl barley in casseroles...

― Matt (Matt), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 01:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Dee, brussels sprouts are so good, oh. Oh they are good. Do you not like cabbages? People who don't like brussels sprouts often haven't had them made well, I suspect.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 01:42 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm going to argue for tea and Ramen. They may not be the healthiest (or in the case of ramen most natural) but I've eaten a disproportionaly high amount of each for, oh, five years or so and look at me!

― Maria (Maria), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 01:51 (twenty-two years ago)

pizza

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 03:45 (twenty-two years ago)

DO lentils count under beans? If so I vote beans. Tho I eat rice and pasta more than beans, but lentils/beans are healthier. Mmmm, lentil and vegetable soup...

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 03:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Oranges/tangerines.

― j.lu (j.lu), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 04:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Chris, I LOVE cabbage! I've found that I can handle the first few layers or so of brussels sprouts -- it's just the rest of the vegetable I can't abide by. Maybe they *weren't* made well; I'm not sure. I'd have to make them myself, to my specifications, I suppose.

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 04:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Beans and rice gets my vote. Followed by pasta and fresh veggies (especially those brussel sprouts! And asparagus!)

But where does chocolate fit into this list?

― I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 04:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Dee, try one raw, sneakily, next time you're at the supermarket.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 06:47 (twenty-two years ago)

on the bean front, natto's a must for any vegetarian.

― Clare (not entirely unhappy), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 11:09 (twenty-two years ago)

The rice/beans combo mentioned at the start wins. Oh my beloved Wahoo's.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 17:49 (twenty-two years ago)

1) Pasta
2) Peas
3) Bacon
4) Doughnuts
5) Toast

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 17:55 (twenty-two years ago)

destroy: eggs

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 18:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Dee, try one raw, sneakily, next time you're at the supermarket.

Heh, Chris. I could actually get away with it, I feel, if I went to the Marketplace. It'd make for an interesting breakfast, that's for sure. Ah well, I'll just dedicate the brussels sprout to you.

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Thursday, 30 October 2003 04:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Beer.

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Thursday, 30 October 2003 04:58 (twenty-two years ago)

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― Skottie, Thursday, 30 October 2003 07:33 (twenty-two years ago)

jel so wins this thread with the 'doughnuts' answer!

― geeta (geeta), Thursday, 30 October 2003 07:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Clare whats natto?

Damn I forgot the greatest staple: FALAFEL!
F A L A F E L! Flafeflafelafelafelafelafleafealawfulafel!
It's the tastiest all-veg food I ever et. Too bad it gives me indignation or I would chow that more than a few times a week. I don't do it traditional style on a pita with tahini, it's a little too heavy for me, so if I do a pita I usually have tatziki (greek yogurt cucumber garlic sauce)- or more often on a salad with ranch dressing, great combination there. Of course no falafel complete without olives, theres another staple I couldn't live without. I ate a kitten once.

― sucka (sucka), Thursday, 30 October 2003 08:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Chewshabadoo said it. There is no staple like Bees.

― sucka (sucka), Thursday, 30 October 2003 08:51 (twenty-two years ago)

"Chickpeas and other pulses make up a large part of my diet."

really?

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Thursday, 30 October 2003 11:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Taters, precious.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 30 October 2003 12:41 (twenty-two years ago)

I reckon rice, though I am a fond pasta fan.

I really get tired of potatoes, cue countless Irish jokes.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 30 October 2003 12:45 (twenty-two years ago)

by the way Plugged nose man, my bean ass is no worse than any bean ass on this thread, so shutchomouth or I'll hold you down and prove it.

― sucka (sucka), Thursday, 30 October 2003 16:03 (twenty-two years ago)

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