Stolen from
bardofawen as usual. He always finds the fun memes.
What's the last thing you ate? A Piece of Dried Mango
What's your favourite cheese? Gouda or Pepperjack
What's your favourite fish? Does Octopus count as a fish, or is that the 'What's yor favorite cephelopod' question? If so, Tuna. The sushi kind, not the sea chicken kind.
What's your favourite fruit? Apple
When, if ever, did you start liking olives? I think I've always loved black olives. I get a can of them just for me at Thanksgiving.
When, if ever, did you start liking beer? Why bother when there's alcohol that's both stronger and tastes better?
When, if ever, did you start liking shellfish? Christmas dinner at my house is shrimp. Make what you will of it.
What was the best thing your mum/dad/guardian used to make? Dad makes some good hamburgers, and Mom has a great recipe for Irish Stew.
What's the native specialty of your home town? Detroit would be the patzki I think, for Fat Tuesday. For here in Japan that would be the Yuzu. It's kind of like a cross between a lemon and a lime.
What's your comfort food? Macaroni and Cheese
What's your favourite type of chocolate? dark chocolate, all the way.
How do you like your steak? medium rare to rare
How do you like your burger? medium
How do you like your eggs? scrambled or tamagoyaki style
How do you like your potatoes? Very much. There is no wrong way to make a potato.
How do you take your coffee? Any way it's served, but it's best with cream and sugar.
How do you take your tea? Hm. Black teas with honey. Jasmine tea straight. Green tea can be taken right away. Barley tea and oolong are good either hot or cold.
What's your favourite mug? My Engrish mug. It says "How are you? I'm fine. Bahhhhh!" which is basically any ALT's response to the question after being asked 10 billion times.
What's your biscuit or cookie of choice? chocolate chip.
What's your ideal breakfast? I love breakfast foods, which is surprising since I hardly ever eat it. Pancakes, toast, bacon, eggs, french toast, waffles, fruit, english muffins, muffin muffins, bagels.....any of these and in any order.
What's your ideal sandwich? Simple would be PB&J with potato chips inside. Fancy....I had this ham sandwich with apples in it once that was just to die for.
What's your ideal pizza (topping and base)? I like veggie pizzas. Though at this point I'll take anything without corn.
What's your ideal pie (sweet or savory)? Baker's Square's apple cheesecake pie thing. Any apple pie really. Pumpkin is also high on the list.
What's your ideal salad? something with a honey mustard dressing.
What food do you always like to have in the fridge? food?
What food do you always like to have in the freezer? ice cream. I don't, hardly ever. But I sure would always LIKE to have ice cream in the freezer.
What food do you always like to have in the cupboard? soup
What spices can you not live without? salt & pepper, cinnamon, basil....
What sauces can you not live without? soy, dashi, okonomiyaki, Worchestershire,
Where do you buy most of your food? Kinuya
How often do you go food shopping? 2 or 3 times a week.
What's the most you've spent on a single food item? Not sure, but it was probably steak in the US, and fruit here in Japan.
What's the most expensive piece of kitchen equipment you own (excluding 'white goods')? My Rice Cooker.
What's the last piece of equipment you bought for your kitchen? a hot plate thingy
What piece of kitchen equipment could you not live without? a pot. Spoons are pretty essential too.
How many times a week/month do you cook from raw ingredients? Lately not that much, before quite a bit.
What's the last thing you cooked from raw ingredients? a breakfast thingy.
What meats have you eaten besides cow, pig and poultry? deer, boar, so many kinds of fish you don't even want to know....is ostrich poultry?
What's the last time you ate something that had fallen on the floor? Can't think of one...
What's the last time you ate something you'd picked in the wild? 3rd grade?
Place in order of preference (greatest to least): sushi, italian, chinese, thai, french, indian.
Place in order of preference: whisky, brandy, vodka, rum (light or dark), gin, tequila
Place in order of preference: Garlic, Ginger, Mint, Caramel, Lime, Basil, Aniseed
Place in order of preference: apple, pineapple, watermelon, orange, banana, strawberry, cherry .
Place in order of preference: The Internet, Food, Movies, Sex, Fashion, Sport
Bread and spread: Big fat Japanese bread, butter and black currant jam
What's your fast food restaurant of choice, and what do you usually order? Okonomiyaki. The nearest McDonalds is an hour and a half away.
Pick a city. What are the three best dining experiences you've had in that city?
Masuda: Raku Raku Ten, Isari, Happy's (happy guy went to Italy to learn to make coffee. Oh. My God. it's good.)
What's your choice of tipple at the end of a long day? nothing in particular
What's the next thing you'll eat? School lunch, which today is Curry Udon, milk bread, fried shrimp, seaweed salad and milk.
What's the last thing you ate? A Piece of Dried Mango
What's your favourite cheese? Gouda or Pepperjack
What's your favourite fish? Does Octopus count as a fish, or is that the 'What's yor favorite cephelopod' question? If so, Tuna. The sushi kind, not the sea chicken kind.
What's your favourite fruit? Apple
When, if ever, did you start liking olives? I think I've always loved black olives. I get a can of them just for me at Thanksgiving.
When, if ever, did you start liking beer? Why bother when there's alcohol that's both stronger and tastes better?
When, if ever, did you start liking shellfish? Christmas dinner at my house is shrimp. Make what you will of it.
What was the best thing your mum/dad/guardian used to make? Dad makes some good hamburgers, and Mom has a great recipe for Irish Stew.
What's the native specialty of your home town? Detroit would be the patzki I think, for Fat Tuesday. For here in Japan that would be the Yuzu. It's kind of like a cross between a lemon and a lime.
What's your comfort food? Macaroni and Cheese
What's your favourite type of chocolate? dark chocolate, all the way.
How do you like your steak? medium rare to rare
How do you like your burger? medium
How do you like your eggs? scrambled or tamagoyaki style
How do you like your potatoes? Very much. There is no wrong way to make a potato.
How do you take your coffee? Any way it's served, but it's best with cream and sugar.
How do you take your tea? Hm. Black teas with honey. Jasmine tea straight. Green tea can be taken right away. Barley tea and oolong are good either hot or cold.
What's your favourite mug? My Engrish mug. It says "How are you? I'm fine. Bahhhhh!" which is basically any ALT's response to the question after being asked 10 billion times.
What's your biscuit or cookie of choice? chocolate chip.
What's your ideal breakfast? I love breakfast foods, which is surprising since I hardly ever eat it. Pancakes, toast, bacon, eggs, french toast, waffles, fruit, english muffins, muffin muffins, bagels.....any of these and in any order.
What's your ideal sandwich? Simple would be PB&J with potato chips inside. Fancy....I had this ham sandwich with apples in it once that was just to die for.
What's your ideal pizza (topping and base)? I like veggie pizzas. Though at this point I'll take anything without corn.
What's your ideal pie (sweet or savory)? Baker's Square's apple cheesecake pie thing. Any apple pie really. Pumpkin is also high on the list.
What's your ideal salad? something with a honey mustard dressing.
What food do you always like to have in the fridge? food?
What food do you always like to have in the freezer? ice cream. I don't, hardly ever. But I sure would always LIKE to have ice cream in the freezer.
What food do you always like to have in the cupboard? soup
What spices can you not live without? salt & pepper, cinnamon, basil....
What sauces can you not live without? soy, dashi, okonomiyaki, Worchestershire,
Where do you buy most of your food? Kinuya
How often do you go food shopping? 2 or 3 times a week.
What's the most you've spent on a single food item? Not sure, but it was probably steak in the US, and fruit here in Japan.
What's the most expensive piece of kitchen equipment you own (excluding 'white goods')? My Rice Cooker.
What's the last piece of equipment you bought for your kitchen? a hot plate thingy
What piece of kitchen equipment could you not live without? a pot. Spoons are pretty essential too.
How many times a week/month do you cook from raw ingredients? Lately not that much, before quite a bit.
What's the last thing you cooked from raw ingredients? a breakfast thingy.
What meats have you eaten besides cow, pig and poultry? deer, boar, so many kinds of fish you don't even want to know....is ostrich poultry?
What's the last time you ate something that had fallen on the floor? Can't think of one...
What's the last time you ate something you'd picked in the wild? 3rd grade?
Place in order of preference (greatest to least): sushi, italian, chinese, thai, french, indian.
Place in order of preference: whisky, brandy, vodka, rum (light or dark), gin, tequila
Place in order of preference: Garlic, Ginger, Mint, Caramel, Lime, Basil, Aniseed
Place in order of preference: apple, pineapple, watermelon, orange, banana, strawberry, cherry .
Place in order of preference: The Internet, Food, Movies, Sex, Fashion, Sport
Bread and spread: Big fat Japanese bread, butter and black currant jam
What's your fast food restaurant of choice, and what do you usually order? Okonomiyaki. The nearest McDonalds is an hour and a half away.
Pick a city. What are the three best dining experiences you've had in that city?
Masuda: Raku Raku Ten, Isari, Happy's (happy guy went to Italy to learn to make coffee. Oh. My God. it's good.)
What's your choice of tipple at the end of a long day? nothing in particular
What's the next thing you'll eat? School lunch, which today is Curry Udon, milk bread, fried shrimp, seaweed salad and milk.