The Food Survey
Stolen from moobie and blergeatkitty.
1. What's the last thing you ate? Yogi Cereal, Vanilla Almond Crunch
2. What's your favourite cheese? Parmesan
3. What's your favourite fish? I don’t consider this a food question. I’m fond of all fish.
4. What's your favourite fruit? Blueberries
5. When, if ever, did you start liking olives? I’ve liked olives for as long as I can remember. Kalamata are my favorite.
6. When, if ever, did you start liking beer? Probably when I tried Guinness, but I don’t drink it anymore.
7. When, if ever, did you start liking shellfish? The Bible tells me that I shalt not eat shellfish, and I obey it on that particular point.
8. What was the best thing your mum/dad/guardian used to make? My dad makes this great cow tongue soup. I have never tried it.
9. What's the native specialty of your home town? If you’re counting Saigon as my home town, then probably some kind of Canh Chua soup, if Ionia - Fat Balls, if Palo Alto I’ll say the carrot soup at Bay Leaf.
10. What's your comfort food? Product 19. It reminds me of my grandma’s house, which was the first place I lived when I came to the US.
11. What's your favourite type of chocolate? British Lion Bars, Lindor truffles
12. How do you like your steak? Fake
13. How do you like your burger? Boca
14. How do you like your eggs? Free range
15. How do you like your potatoes? Mashed
16. How do you take your coffee? Vietnamese style, with lots of sweetened condensed milk and ice.
17. How do you take your tea? Plum and Kumquat with pearls.
18. What's your favourite mug? The black Bellair one that I have been using for years. I have no idea why. Either that or the homosexual pink one with the kitten on it that goldenmoonbear gave me.
19. What's your biscuit or cookie of choice? Alternative Baking Company’s Mac The Chip
20. What's your ideal breakfast? Product 19, blueberry juice
21. What's your ideal sandwich? Tofurkey on ciabatta with everything
22. What's your ideal pizza (topping and base)? Roman style with green peppers and onions, or just plain Margherita. Boca pizza is also good.
23. What's your ideal pie (sweet or savory)? Pumpkin
24. What's your ideal salad? Vietnamese Goi Ga with fake meat
25. What food do you always like to have in the fridge? Salad fixins, tofurky, Kaboom. (Is Kaboom a food? It has a full day’s supply of vitamins.)
26. What food do you always like to have in the freezer? Boca pizza
27. What food do you always like to have in the cupboard? Spaghetti, welfare noodles, Barbara’s Puffs, Rice, Amy’s soup
28. What spices can you not live without? Basil, lemongrass, curry
29. What sauces can you not live without? Vegenaise, Annie’s Shitake Sesame dressing, various Vietnamese sauces that I don’t know the names of.
30. Where do you buy most of your food? Country Sun, J.J. & F., Whole Foods and Mollie Stone’s.
31. How often do you go food shopping? Almost every day. I’m pretty compulsive about it.
32. What's the most you've spent on a single food item? A single item? Probably not more than $20. I’m not into expensive food.
33. What's the most expensive piece of kitchen equipment you own (excluding 'white goods')? Again, I probably don’t have anything that cost more than $20. Does a toaster oven count as a white good?
34. What's the last piece of equipment you bought for your kitchen? Vietnamese coffee maker which cut my thumb open.
35. What piece of kitchen equipment could you not live without? Toaster/toaster oven
36. How many times a week/month do you cook from raw ingredients? Does making a salad count? If so, probably 3 or 4 times a week.
37. What's the last thing you cooked from raw ingredients? A salad. Technically it was still raw when I ate it, but I sliced stuff up and mixed it together, so I guess that counts as cooking.
38. What meats have you eaten besides cow, pig and poultry? Rabbit, deer, pheasant, and probably many more. I’ve been a vegetarian for 13 years though.
39. What's the last time you ate something that had fallen on the floor? A few minutes ago.
40. What's the last time you ate something you'd picked in the wild? I pick oranges from my landlady’s tree sometimes. Is that the wild?
41. Place in order of preference (greatest to least): Thai, sushi, Indian, Chinese, Italian, French. (Although it was not included in the question, I rank Vietnamese above all of those.)
42. Place in order of preference: dark rum, light rum, tequila, vodka, whiskey, gin, brandy. (I just left them in the same order that moobie had them in because I have no preference and don’t drink.)
43. Place in order of preference: garlic, basil, ginger, lime, caramel, mint, aniseed
44. Place in order of preference: cherry, watermelon, strawberry, banana, orange, apple, pineapple
45. Place in order of preference: food, sex, internet, movies, sports, fashion.
46. Bread and spread: Ciabatta with Vegenaise.
47. What's your fast food restaurant of choice, and what do you usually order? Probably Subway although I haven’t been there in years. When I did go there I got the 12” veggie sub.
48. Pick a city. What are the three best dining experiences you've had in that city? I’ll pick Palo Alto and say Bay Leaf, Kam Zeman and Zao Noodle House.
49. What's your choice of tipple at the end of a long day? Cranberry juice.
50. What's the next thing you'll eat? Cookies from the main office.
1. What's the last thing you ate? Yogi Cereal, Vanilla Almond Crunch
2. What's your favourite cheese? Parmesan
3. What's your favourite fish? I don’t consider this a food question. I’m fond of all fish.
4. What's your favourite fruit? Blueberries
5. When, if ever, did you start liking olives? I’ve liked olives for as long as I can remember. Kalamata are my favorite.
6. When, if ever, did you start liking beer? Probably when I tried Guinness, but I don’t drink it anymore.
7. When, if ever, did you start liking shellfish? The Bible tells me that I shalt not eat shellfish, and I obey it on that particular point.
8. What was the best thing your mum/dad/guardian used to make? My dad makes this great cow tongue soup. I have never tried it.
9. What's the native specialty of your home town? If you’re counting Saigon as my home town, then probably some kind of Canh Chua soup, if Ionia - Fat Balls, if Palo Alto I’ll say the carrot soup at Bay Leaf.
10. What's your comfort food? Product 19. It reminds me of my grandma’s house, which was the first place I lived when I came to the US.
11. What's your favourite type of chocolate? British Lion Bars, Lindor truffles
12. How do you like your steak? Fake
13. How do you like your burger? Boca
14. How do you like your eggs? Free range
15. How do you like your potatoes? Mashed
16. How do you take your coffee? Vietnamese style, with lots of sweetened condensed milk and ice.
17. How do you take your tea? Plum and Kumquat with pearls.
18. What's your favourite mug? The black Bellair one that I have been using for years. I have no idea why. Either that or the homosexual pink one with the kitten on it that goldenmoonbear gave me.
19. What's your biscuit or cookie of choice? Alternative Baking Company’s Mac The Chip
20. What's your ideal breakfast? Product 19, blueberry juice
21. What's your ideal sandwich? Tofurkey on ciabatta with everything
22. What's your ideal pizza (topping and base)? Roman style with green peppers and onions, or just plain Margherita. Boca pizza is also good.
23. What's your ideal pie (sweet or savory)? Pumpkin
24. What's your ideal salad? Vietnamese Goi Ga with fake meat
25. What food do you always like to have in the fridge? Salad fixins, tofurky, Kaboom. (Is Kaboom a food? It has a full day’s supply of vitamins.)
26. What food do you always like to have in the freezer? Boca pizza
27. What food do you always like to have in the cupboard? Spaghetti, welfare noodles, Barbara’s Puffs, Rice, Amy’s soup
28. What spices can you not live without? Basil, lemongrass, curry
29. What sauces can you not live without? Vegenaise, Annie’s Shitake Sesame dressing, various Vietnamese sauces that I don’t know the names of.
30. Where do you buy most of your food? Country Sun, J.J. & F., Whole Foods and Mollie Stone’s.
31. How often do you go food shopping? Almost every day. I’m pretty compulsive about it.
32. What's the most you've spent on a single food item? A single item? Probably not more than $20. I’m not into expensive food.
33. What's the most expensive piece of kitchen equipment you own (excluding 'white goods')? Again, I probably don’t have anything that cost more than $20. Does a toaster oven count as a white good?
34. What's the last piece of equipment you bought for your kitchen? Vietnamese coffee maker which cut my thumb open.
35. What piece of kitchen equipment could you not live without? Toaster/toaster oven
36. How many times a week/month do you cook from raw ingredients? Does making a salad count? If so, probably 3 or 4 times a week.
37. What's the last thing you cooked from raw ingredients? A salad. Technically it was still raw when I ate it, but I sliced stuff up and mixed it together, so I guess that counts as cooking.
38. What meats have you eaten besides cow, pig and poultry? Rabbit, deer, pheasant, and probably many more. I’ve been a vegetarian for 13 years though.
39. What's the last time you ate something that had fallen on the floor? A few minutes ago.
40. What's the last time you ate something you'd picked in the wild? I pick oranges from my landlady’s tree sometimes. Is that the wild?
41. Place in order of preference (greatest to least): Thai, sushi, Indian, Chinese, Italian, French. (Although it was not included in the question, I rank Vietnamese above all of those.)
42. Place in order of preference: dark rum, light rum, tequila, vodka, whiskey, gin, brandy. (I just left them in the same order that moobie had them in because I have no preference and don’t drink.)
43. Place in order of preference: garlic, basil, ginger, lime, caramel, mint, aniseed
44. Place in order of preference: cherry, watermelon, strawberry, banana, orange, apple, pineapple
45. Place in order of preference: food, sex, internet, movies, sports, fashion.
46. Bread and spread: Ciabatta with Vegenaise.
47. What's your fast food restaurant of choice, and what do you usually order? Probably Subway although I haven’t been there in years. When I did go there I got the 12” veggie sub.
48. Pick a city. What are the three best dining experiences you've had in that city? I’ll pick Palo Alto and say Bay Leaf, Kam Zeman and Zao Noodle House.
49. What's your choice of tipple at the end of a long day? Cranberry juice.
50. What's the next thing you'll eat? Cookies from the main office.