Are You An Adventurous Eater?
 

When you eat out, do you stick with the same familiar items on the menu, or do you tend to try new selections more frequently?

- Jake

I usually like to expand my horizons! But if it includes any type of muscle or clam I will be sticking to the regular hambuger! :thumbsup:

(Heaven knows I'm not a careful speller on this board, but) I agree that muscles and mussels would be pretty gross to eat. ;) :wavey:

- Jake

That would be a big fat hell no. I am so not adventerous in my eating habits.

I can honestly say I've never had anything on the Applebees menu but a cheesebuger.

If I like something at a restaurant I usually stick with it...

I'm a total burger and pizza type gal....and lately, in fact, I've been getting a lot of flack from my co-workers because of my limited and narrow knowledge of food....

If I find something I really really like, I'll usually order it again. But I do like to try new things once in a while.

Weeell. When you eat a hamburger, you're eating the muscle. Same goes for ham or any other type of meat - it's all muscle.

But stickin' to the topic, I usually just have the same thing. Sometimes I'll get something different, but I know what I like. :)

I like to eat different kinds of food, and we are blessed where i live to have whatever kind you ever thought you wanted, but...I try to go to the specific type of restaurant for that kind of food - like i'm not gonna order sushi from a place that also sells hamburgers, know what i mean? And I don't want to eat Thai food dishes from Riley's Beer and Pub, know what i'm saying? And nooo Ceasar's salad from Korean BBQ place. That said, I really could eat mexican food almost all the time, and it's cheap, so while i want to be more adventurous, it's not usually in the ol' budget.
Amber

Sorry, no red meat in my diet. ;) :cool:

- Jake

Are you type "0" blood?
Amber

Nope.

- Jake

In a word...
 

I am pretty adventurous. I will try almost any kinda of food once. But when it comes to drinks I am as finicky as a Cat. I hate sprit, 7 up Dr Pepper and tea. I use to hate eating at a friends house when I was young. It was always a big deal that I don't drink tea. I would tell them milk or water is fine and they would be like "how can you not like tea" :mad:

Lol!!
 

Yeah, my cats don't like sprite, 7 up or Dr. Pepper either....P.S. I love Pisces!

Gasp! A texan who doesn't eat meat. That's great! It's bad for the enviro. I used to not, but now i do, but i buy free range, blah blah no hormones, from whole foods store. Uh, you're not type "O" blood are you?

not like i could qualify for Fear Factor or anything, but still i'm pretty adventurous, when i go to the supermarket for example, i always snoop for new and exotic groceries to try, i'm willing to try just about everything (other than from the meat dept. or anything which has to do with cinnamon). the only thing i have to consume regularly is white chocolate.
but then again, i think anyone who grew up eating my mom's cooking could not have developed into a picky eater.

Tommy - just wanted to say I love your avatar. "waaann get hiiigghhhh"

Oh, god, thank you. TOOWLYYY! "No, it's the beginning of funkytown"
I don't have cable - I miss it so much...
Amber

No, i've given up eating while skydiving :lol:

I do not have an adventurous bone in my body. Nope. I find that when I try something new, I end up spending a lot for it, it's horrible, and I don't eat it and am still hungry. That? Stinks. I eat a lot salads and i'm a fan of chicken and chicken fingers. I think everytime I go out somewhere, there's chicken involved in whatever meal i'm getting. The only adventurous thing I may do when it comes to food is switch salad dressing :shrug:

Me too. I eat so much chicken it's no wonder I haven't grown feathers. Unless I'm eating Italian, it's always chicken.....So no, I'm not really an adventurous eater. Though I'm better than I used to be. I used to not eat Mexican or Chinese.

I do try new things, but if I find something I like, then just as often I'll go back to it. When I was little my parents used to MAKE me try new things on the menu, which I always resented.

- Jake

Anybody remember the old SNL commercial for McSushi? :lol:

- Jake

I like cold fish such as whitefish, lox, herring, and sable. No cold cuts for me, though, and I hate fast food. I'm a pretty picky eater.

- Jake

I love iced tea, and if I must drink soda then it's Sprite, club, or Ginger Ale.

- Jake

I don't think I know anybody else who likes Coke AND Pepsi. :shrug: I don't really drink either, but I prefer Coke. Hey, spin-off time.

- Jake

Other than meats, I think some of the grossest foods are desserts, believe it or not. Tapioca, tiramisu (yes, I actually hate it), and sponge cake come to mind.

- Jake

What's with the blood question, may I ask?

And this thread keeps bringing back SNL memories. The USA for Africa spoof where they record a song to help support the free range chicken cause. In the middle of the song "Diana Ross" comes on with a speaking voice (like in her "Missing You" song) and says "Tell the world...to tell the children...to tell the chickens...we're on our way!" LMAO :lol:

- Jake

The opposite is true for me. Sorry, Mom. :(

I've been reading about the controversy about selling pork in parts of Israel. I assume you're not kosher yourself, but out of curiosity, do they sell pork near you?

- Jake

Time to give up the Dipstix diet, you Wild(wood)woman!

- Jake

I like chicken, and it's one of the few things I'll eat in an Italian restaurant.
I grew up eating Chinese food. When you don't celebrate Christmas you go for Chinese food every year. I don't think I've ever not had Chinese on the holiday.

- Jake

answer - DLS (dark linen suit)
 

ah hahahaha! No i don't remember the McSushi fake commercial, suprisingly. I keep asking people who don't eat red meat about their bloodtype, because i just read "eat right for your blood type" which is waaaay not as stupid as it sounds and has a bunch of science in it. Anyway, Type o is the oldest blood type, and so theoretically are supposed to eat (for maximum benifit) almost no grains (only certain type, only 2 days a week, or something) and they're supposed to eat veeerrry lean red meat (buffalo, etc.) not the kind at regular stores with hormones and high fat and blah, several times a week, and lots o' veggies. Oh, and absolutely no wheat. Anyway, i could tell you more, but that would be boring, for sure for you, and somewhat for me. I'm not saying this book is the new Bible or anything, but it has interesting points, and that is why I keep asking. The End.
P.S. i've been reading over old posts cause i'm new and you are absa-fricking-lutely high-larious. Moochas Smoochas,
Amber

I know exactly what you're saying, & you're right on the mark. One of the first rules of satisfying dining is to eat what the restaurant specializes in (or prepares the most). It's entertaining just how unbelievably stupid people are: they'll order a steak at Hank's House of Cheese, or a Chinese chicken salad from a taco joint, & then wonder why they feel sick.

I am a very adventurous eater, within bounds of reason (I'm not talking about Fear Factor cuisine here). I love a huge variety of ethnic foods, including Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai, Greek, Italian, French, German, Swiss, Spanish, Russian, Slavic, East Indian -- I could literally rattle off countries & cuisines from around the world & say I've tried them & like them. My parents made sure I was eating a pretty wide variety of food when I was a youth, including sushi (this was long before the sushi fad developed in California) & seafood. Our favorite restaurants were a Japanese place, a Bavarian place, a Greek place & an Italian place; as a treat, like a birthday, they took me to a classic French restaurant in an L.A. suburb called La Parisienne. I had escargots before I hit sixth grade.

Generally, a couple of things I wouldn't try: primate, reptile & some mammals (dogs, cats, horses).

Thank goodness. I don't have it a lot, but i find myself really liking ethiopian food. And japanese, of course. don't like chinese much, why does rice and vegetable have to taste so greasy? Never had french food, am sure i will some day.

"Fa ra ra ra raaaa ra ra ra raaaa" :lol:

I can't imagine having chinese every Christmas. However, I wish we had Chinese on Christmas Eve...I could do without the whole seven fish/pasta thing. Ick.

And again..I've still not heard of Dipstix...someday i'll find this place you speak of...hell, i'll have to buy a t-shirt :laugh:

I believe I'm A positive. What does the book say about my recommended diet. (And stay out of this, Marissa. :p )

- Jake

I've had alligator and snapper soup, but that's as far as I'd go.

- Jake

I can't stand Ethiopian food. Many years ago in Chicago I went with friends tio a restaurant called Moulibet. All I remember is that we were grossed out that the bread felt like baby's flesh. :shocked:
Plus I'm not big on food that's supposed to be shared.

- Jake

I wasn't aware of the fish thing. Is that an Italian-American tradition? I guess I picture the "typical" American Christmas dinner as being ham, turkey, or pork.

- Jake