I will eat (almost) anything that has [X] in it...

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You know, that one magical substance that can turn anything instantly from merely edible to instant YUM!

Because, coming back from lunch with a Gingerbread Latte and a Chocolate Ginger Star I think it might be GINGER for me. It works both in sweets and in savouries. (Though alas it's hard to get savoury ginger outside of Chinese restaurants...)

What's your magical yum substance?

― Citizen Kate (kate), Friday, 21 November 2003 13:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Peanut butter!

― Sarah Pedal (call mr. lee), Friday, 21 November 2003 13:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Funny, Sarah, cause I was just thinking about peanut butter while asking the question, because Peanut Butter is one of the few other things I could think of that worked just as well as a savoury as sweet.

― Citizen Kate (kate), Friday, 21 November 2003 13:24 (twenty-one years ago)

bacon

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 21 November 2003 13:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Garlic. Mayonnaise. Chocolate. (Not in the same dishes.)

― Archel (Archel), Friday, 21 November 2003 13:24 (twenty-one years ago)

ginger, definitely. also pumpkin, both sweet and savoury, and taro.

― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 21 November 2003 13:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Chorizo

― Lynskey (Lynskey), Friday, 21 November 2003 13:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Took me a while to come round to pumpkin, but now oh yeah, it rocks the sweet or savoury in pie or in curry, respectively!

― Citizen Kate (kate), Friday, 21 November 2003 13:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Pumpkin oh yes definitely! But I would say cheese. It can be sweet and savoury, do you see?

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 21 November 2003 13:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh yes, cheese. But what kind of cheese? "Stilton and Something" can make me eat almost anything. Except maybe steak.

― Citizen Kate (kate), Friday, 21 November 2003 13:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Any sorts of cheese for me pls!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 21 November 2003 13:34 (twenty-one years ago)

im with jim. bacon.

― Chris B. Sure (Chris V), Friday, 21 November 2003 13:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I wonder if I could make a dish that had both cheese and ginger in it. Maybe ginger cheesecake! Mmmmmm!

― Citizen Kate (kate), Friday, 21 November 2003 13:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Feta cheese. Sweet potato.

― Archel (Archel), Friday, 21 November 2003 13:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Bacon cake?

― smee (smee), Friday, 21 November 2003 13:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Sugar.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Friday, 21 November 2003 13:36 (twenty-one years ago)

ROQUEFORT PLAIT
Light and delicious flaky pastry encasing roguefort cheese, asparagus and a creamy fresh parsley sauce made with rich goats milk Served with wild rice melange, tuscan sauce garnish and salad

HOMEBAKE CHEESECAKE, ask for flavour of the day

Which further goes to prove that we need to go to the Rainbow Cafe Kate!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 21 November 2003 13:36 (twenty-one years ago)

OK, I'm salivating, Pink. But that could just be from the ginger chocolate star.

― Citizen Kate (kate), Friday, 21 November 2003 13:37 (twenty-one years ago)

HOORAY, i'll book a table!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 21 November 2003 13:38 (twenty-one years ago)

i'd bathe in bacon cake.

― Chris B. Sure (Chris V), Friday, 21 November 2003 13:39 (twenty-one years ago)

With custard?

― smee (smee), Friday, 21 November 2003 13:39 (twenty-one years ago)

sure.

― Chris B. Sure (Chris V), Friday, 21 November 2003 13:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Pink, I wonder if they take requests! Like if we book far enough in advance, could we ask for something gingery and cheesey!

― Citizen Kate (kate), Friday, 21 November 2003 13:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Bacon & maple syrup surely is a better way to go. (not that i have ever had that!)

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 21 November 2003 13:41 (twenty-one years ago)

We could see if they do a ginger cheesecake sure! I cannot believe that I have the luxury of the rainbow cafe - home delivery & have never taken advantage!!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 21 November 2003 13:42 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm weird and I actually hate the smell of bacon, but maple syrup, mmmmmmmmm.

― Citizen Kate (kate), Friday, 21 November 2003 13:42 (twenty-one years ago)

garlic, cheese, eggplant

― H (Heruy), Friday, 21 November 2003 13:42 (twenty-one years ago)

I love the smell of bacon, but would rather have pancakes & maple syrup on their own!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 21 November 2003 13:44 (twenty-one years ago)

bacon otm. also goat cheese -- it swings both ways (sweet and savory).

― quincie, Friday, 21 November 2003 13:55 (twenty-one years ago)

...but would rather have pancakes & maple syrup on their own!

Yay! I, of course, wholly approve.

I don't know what would answer this question properly for me. I love shrimp, but I wouldn't eat shrimp cookies, for example. I love bread, but I wouldn't eat it stuffed with cheese and deep fried, for example. Even though the "stuffed with cheese and deep fried" instance is a bit less repulsive than the "shrimp cookies" one. Hm. BUT bread isn't a basic ingredient. So I suppose I'll have to return to shrimp and hope no one does anything silly with it and insist I eat it "just because it has shrimp in it".

― Pancakes For Breakfast! (Dee the Lurker), Friday, 21 November 2003 13:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh im also a big cheese fan too. So yeah anything with bacon and cheese is just heavenly.

― Chris B. Sure (Chris V), Friday, 21 November 2003 13:57 (twenty-one years ago)

you wouldn't eat bread stuffed with cheese??

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 21 November 2003 13:58 (twenty-one years ago)

but I wouldn't eat shrimp cookies

If you eat prawn crackers, then you can have shrimp sans teasing! ;-)

― Citizen Kate (kate), Friday, 21 November 2003 14:02 (twenty-one years ago)

yup. feta cheese for me, too, please.

― Jeremy the Kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 21 November 2003 14:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Fried bread is strangely good. I thought it would be revolting, but an ex boyfriend made me eat it once, and it was tasty!

― Citizen Kate (kate), Friday, 21 November 2003 14:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Peanut butter = best answer so far.

― NA (Nick A.), Friday, 21 November 2003 14:10 (twenty-one years ago)

My granny used to eat fried bread, mind you, she fried everything...

― smee (smee), Friday, 21 November 2003 14:10 (twenty-one years ago)

i've had ginger cheese before! my dad got me some from a specialty shop last year. it was a sharpish white cheese studded with bits of candied ginger.

― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 21 November 2003 14:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Mars Bars, Smee?

x-post... GINGER CHEESE?!?!?! ::DROOLS::

― Citizen Kate (kate), Friday, 21 November 2003 14:11 (twenty-one years ago)

I'll eat anything that has had love put into it.

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 21 November 2003 14:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Love? Just insult the chef & there will be plenty of 'love' in there!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 21 November 2003 14:15 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah, it was fairly drool-worthy!

http://www.turbosquid.com/Previews/Content_on_12_14_2001_05_24_41\Wensleydale_Ginger.jpgBE1CC504-066C-47C8-A15AF3432E0C3691.jpgLarge.jpg

― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 21 November 2003 14:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Potato.

― Sarah (starry), Friday, 21 November 2003 14:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh yes sarah, definitely potato!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 21 November 2003 14:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Mmmm potato cake. OR OR leftover mashed potato FRIED UP WITH BACON THE NEXT MORNING!

Bacon != sweet but we have done this pork products thread before.

― Sarah (starry), Friday, 21 November 2003 14:18 (twenty-one years ago)

"Mars Bars, Smee?"

Those are deep fried and can only be purchased from discerning chippies....

― smee (smee), Friday, 21 November 2003 14:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Ginger Wensleydale? Oh my god, I think I'm in cheese heaven! I wants it, I wants it! I wants it!

― Citizen Kate (kate), Friday, 21 November 2003 14:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Remember those peanut-shaped Planters (I think they were) snacks with PB filling? YUM. Yeah, PB still wins here.

― Sarah Pedal (call mr. lee), Friday, 21 November 2003 14:25 (twenty-one years ago)

nutter butters?

― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 21 November 2003 14:36 (twenty-one years ago)

No, these were the shape and size of actual 3-D peanuts.

― Sarah Pedal (call mr. lee), Friday, 21 November 2003 14:42 (twenty-one years ago)

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That is the only place that I find salt acceptible. But only in minute quantities. Putting salt on something is a sure fire way to get me to NOT eat something I would otherwise consider yummy.

― Citizen Kate (kate), Friday, 21 November 2003 15:09 (twenty-one years ago)

salted ginger & cheese flakes?

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 21 November 2003 15:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Don't push me...

― Citizen Kate (kate), Friday, 21 November 2003 15:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Haha, they call ecstacy X in the USA. And yet they have Spelling Bees. No figure.

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 21 November 2003 15:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Ranch Dressing.

― Spinktor the Unmerciful (mawill5), Friday, 21 November 2003 15:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh yum, ranch dressing roxor!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 21 November 2003 15:17 (twenty-one years ago)

when your cooking is as average as mine is, salt is U&K

― kephm, Friday, 21 November 2003 15:17 (twenty-one years ago)

That's what soy sauce is for!

(Actually, that contains a lot of salt, so I guess I just contradicted myself.)

― Citizen Kate (kate), Friday, 21 November 2003 15:18 (twenty-one years ago)

haha

― kephm, Friday, 21 November 2003 15:23 (twenty-one years ago)

I'll go with pumpkin. I've been cooking with it a lot lately.

― disco donut (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 21 November 2003 15:26 (twenty-one years ago)

BBQ sauce...gravy?

― Spinktor the Unmerciful (mawill5), Friday, 21 November 2003 15:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Brilliant perfect cheese. Whichever one it might be.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 21 November 2003 15:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Ginger, pumpkin, your stinky cheese or your handcrafted goat cheeses. Yes. Also salty licorice, I'm down with that scene.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 21 November 2003 16:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Ew! Ew! Ew! I was so with you until you brought up licourish. God, I hate that stuff. Feh! Feh!

― Citizen Kate (kate), Friday, 21 November 2003 16:30 (twenty-one years ago)

your stinky cheese or your handcrafted goat cheeses

< / Shatner >

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 21 November 2003 16:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Sorry, Kate. A friend of mine once had a salty licorice liqueur from Finland, though, which looked like motor oil and tasted fantastic.

But I'll stop talking about it, I realize it's a love it or hate it thing.

More: Pesto. Olives (good olives, not Midwestern-pizza olives). Cucumbers.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 21 November 2003 16:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Pesto. Mmmm, Pesssssto, you have redeemed yerself, Chris!

― Citizen Kate (kate), Friday, 21 November 2003 16:34 (twenty-one years ago)

while i won't eat anything just because it has it in it, my bf recently observed that chocolate is top trumps for me.

if i'm deciding between two things to eat, chocolate will almost always win. (yes, even deciding between eating real dinner and eating cake batter. mmmmm cake batter)

― colette (a2lette), Friday, 21 November 2003 16:35 (twenty-one years ago)

also, on misreading the title, i thought it was saying that kate was willing to try any food that had x in the name. and then i spent a long time trying to think of foods with x in the name.

and failed.

― colette (a2lette), Friday, 21 November 2003 16:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Heh heh, I could eat "Better Than Sex Chocolate Cake"!

― Citizen Kate (kate), Friday, 21 November 2003 16:37 (twenty-one years ago)

mexican!

(xpost)

― disco donut (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 21 November 2003 16:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Tartex.

― Sarah (starry), Friday, 21 November 2003 16:39 (twenty-one years ago)

oxtail!

― disco donut (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 21 November 2003 16:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Although I'm not sure if that counts as "food".

― Sarah (starry), Friday, 21 November 2003 16:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Kix!

Trix!

― disco donut (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 21 November 2003 16:41 (twenty-one years ago)

black pepper

I'm really not a very fussy eater!

― Bryan (Bryan), Friday, 21 November 2003 16:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Monosodium Glutumate.

Oh wait, we're all addicted to that already...

― Pete S, Friday, 21 November 2003 16:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh god pesto is U&K!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 21 November 2003 16:44 (twenty-one years ago)

But most of these things do NOT traverse the sweet/not-sweet foods divide! WTF people!?! Who eats pesto CANDIES? Or chocolate SHEPHARD'S PIE?

So far ginger, peanut butter, and curry are the only answers I've seen even trying!

< /militant foodist>

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 21 November 2003 16:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Explain me curry sweets please....

― smee (smee), Friday, 21 November 2003 16:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Chocolate curry?

(xpost)

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 21 November 2003 16:47 (twenty-one years ago)

And the cheeses. < /forgetful militant foodist>

x-post You no ever had curried sweets? Curried fruit candies? Is this something I made up on my own? To the patent office!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 21 November 2003 16:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Curried fruit candies TM

― smee (smee), Friday, 21 November 2003 16:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Curried sweets - like the sugar coated spice things served by all good Brick Lane eateries!

(Plus, it does say "(almost)" in the thread title, so things don't necessarily have to have sweet or savoury potential...)

― Citizen Kate (kate), Friday, 21 November 2003 16:50 (twenty-one years ago)

(Though chocolate is used as a savoury in some Mexican cooking!)

― Citizen Kate (kate), Friday, 21 November 2003 16:50 (twenty-one years ago)

I want that Gingerbread latte! Where do I get one(pret?) :(
Hey where are you?!?!?!
I talked about you in an interview last night. Yeah, it was tipsy cocktail party sorta interview,but those are the most fun. Jeremy Salmon(JDSALMON on here)was the interviewer. Then I came up with gradiose plans for a small UK tour in April.
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― Dara, Friday, 21 November 2003 21:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Cheese most definitely crosses the sweet/savory divide.

So does carrot which no one has yet mentioned. I'd also agree with peanut butter.

― Trayce (trayce), Saturday, 22 November 2003 02:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Hey Kate! My sister makes a killer pumpkin cheesecake, which combines yer cheese, ginger and pumpkin! (I wouldn't want to try a savory version of this, although I did once see a recipe for for a savory brunch cheesecake.)

As for me, I have yet to taste anything containing hazelnuts that was not good. And another vote for bacon.

― j.lu (j.lu), Saturday, 22 November 2003 04:58 (twenty-one years ago)

not paying for it. Instant delish.

― Ann Sterzinger (Ann Sterzinger), Saturday, 22 November 2003 05:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Ohmigod! Dara! Good to see you here, please stick around!!!

Ed has made the mistake of leaving an open tin of gingerbread cookies by me while Suzy has her fashion crisis about what to wear to the FAP...

― Kate @ Suzy's (dali), Saturday, 22 November 2003 13:52 (twenty-one years ago)

mmmm.... nutter butters....

the answer to this is simple. Parmesean.

― Catty (Catty), Monday, 24 November 2003 12:19 (twenty-one years ago)

you wouldn't eat bread stuffed with cheese??

Pinkpanther, sweetie, you're talking to Ms. "I'm Not A Fan Of Cheese" here! Though I will promise to try it out once....

If you eat prawn crackers, then you can have shrimp sans teasing! ;-)

Ok, done deal -- prawn crackers shall have to be tried out. Hm. Maybe even with a bit of cheese. You know, to please the cheesists here. *grins*

― Tenacious Dee (Dee the Lurker), Monday, 24 November 2003 13:45 (twenty-one years ago)

No no no, prawn crackers are not eaten with cheese! They can only be dunked into soup or eaten with fried rice on top - it's in the rules!

― smee (smee), Monday, 24 November 2003 13:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Dunked into soup? Eaten with fried rice on top? Yes! I love these foods already!

Many thanks for the clarification, smee.

― Tenacious Dee (Dee the Lurker), Monday, 24 November 2003 14:00 (twenty-one years ago)

No problem Dee, they are one of my fave foods...can you tell?

― smee (smee), Monday, 24 November 2003 14:00 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.bluedragon.co.uk/product/view.asp?PROD=444&CUS=-1

― smee (smee), Monday, 24 November 2003 14:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Almonds. (I am very behind on ilx threads)

almond desserts
almond liqueur
almonds, candied, on a salad with mandarin oranges
or in those green bean dishes

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 22:28 (twenty-one years ago)

(Oh I guess I did mention pumpkin. Silly me.)

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 09:29 (twenty-one years ago)

water

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 09:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Dee - you are forgiven for not being a cheese lover as you DO have a love of pumpkin pie!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 09:33 (twenty-one years ago)

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