An impossible Friday five

[brutti_ma_buoni]

Thanks kazzy_cee for tempting me with these. So hard if you're a cook

Comments

[slaymesoftly]

LOL I'm not even going to touch these! I hate to cook (I can do it, and have for multiple people for much of my adult life - but not for fun) and I'm a fussy eater to boot. :)

[brutti_ma_buoni]

No, it's not a week for you.

[manoah]

My dad didn't like peppers or cucumbers either. He said they gave him "the greps". Heh. Must be something in them. I, on the other hand...lurves them! And lemons!

[brutti_ma_buoni]

I like the taste, just not the repercussions. Bleugh.

[kazzy_cee]

I always have lemons - I agree they are such a nice way to spruce up something.

I like your Mediterranean answer. I wish I’d said that for all the reasons you said ;)

[brutti_ma_buoni]

They kind of go together - if you want a bright flavour like lemon to gee something up, it goes well with Mediterranean food.

[brunettepet]

Yes on the tomatoes (in season which is right around the corner here) and lemons! They boost every dish they're in.

[brutti_ma_buoni]

Alllll the tomatoes! And I really love a lemon. I know there are other ways to sour, but they are my best friend.

[curiouswombat]

What interestingly difficult questions!

I can live without tomatoes, except as an ingredient, so I'd manage fine as long as I could have tinned ones or paste. But I would find it hard to cook anything but cakes and puddings without onions.

And if I could introduce the whole world to one ingredient - your lemon, or limes are tempting, but I think I would choose ras al hanout... or there again, za'atar.... :)

[brutti_ma_buoni]

Oh there are so many others - garlic and onions, I agree. And I adore ras el hanout in winter. Such a gorgeous mix. (I put it on roasties sometimes and it's perfect.)