Comments on: Food Phases

By: Sally

Sally — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 16:12:08 +0000

My son has practiced the vacation food phase approach since he was about 8. He changes the preferred food for each trip, but eats the same thing for the entire trip as much as he can. We think it’s his way of seeking comfort in an unfamiliar locale.

Here are some of his phases

Age 9 Washington DC — chicken wings
Age 10 Ireland — chicken fingers
Age 11 Spain — hamburgers and fried potatoes
Age 13 Italy — Margherita pizza
Age 14 Puerto Rico — Giant burritos

So is this a guy thing? I don’t know, but we indulge him, and he really enjoys his food!!

By: Matt (brother)

Matt (brother) — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 20:25:11 +0000

Oh yes, I remember going on vacation with the great Kartooner and have him order grilled cheese the whole freakin time. I also remember that time when you ran out of the car and started throwing up, and grandma offered you sprite. I have no idea why I remember that.

Love ya man..

~Spoiler: At the end of Star Wars III, Anakin becomes Darth Vader!

By: Matt Burris

Matt Burris — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 04:55:55 +0000

I was the same way as a kid, always ordering the same safe thing over and over. It wasn’t until the past year that I started appreciating food more, especially ones that I have no idea about.

Alton Brown had an episode talking about how most people always buy the same things for most of their life at the grocery store, and we should take more risks and try new things in life. I agreed so much, that I decided that everytime I go out, I will try something new, because I can have safe food when I’m home, but when I go out, I can afford to be adventurous.

Today, for example, I had brie for the first time. Sure, it isn’t real French brie, and it was a bit underripe, but it was still pretty good stuffed in a baked potato with chives and butter. I grew up on 4 cheeses, American, cheedar, mozzerella, and parmesan, it’s time for me to explore the wonderful world of cheeses, and so many other foods I never had.

By: beto

beto — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 03:53:06 +0000

Food phases? Um… not really. Anything that looks tasty and interesting enough is fair game with me.

However, I have had my drink phases — Until recently, I was on something of a Scotch phase. I used to “wind up” after each day with a glass of the stuff “on the rocks”. I even hit a Scotch tasting course, and there began an affair with pure single malt whisky. For some reason, after a while scotch and my stomach just weren’t getting along as they used to. I guess I just have had too many shots of the stuff… let’s see if I pick it up again in the future

By: dad

dad — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 02:54:07 +0000

Lesst not us forget your ‘grilled chesse’ phase.…every meal for two weeks one vacation time.
ugh.
Dad

By: kartooner

kartooner — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 01:24:57 +0000

Molly: I absolutely adore asian cuisine and especially towards the end of the meal when your palette is cleansed and your belly is full. Off topic, but when I was younger I bought a box of Dieter's Green Tea and assumed it was "de-a-teers". Boy did I feel like a complete idiot when my Dad nudged me, telling me it was tea for dieting folk. Colin: A cup (or bowl) of onion soup at TGIF's is certainly a phase. Have you had it in a bread bowl? Man, that is good. The best soup in a bread bowl is in San Francisco, down by Fisherman's Wharf. Rob: Turkey with peppersauce? Sounds good. Turkey phases are good, especially right after Thanksgiving -- stockpiling the slices of turkey on bread? Mmm. Good stuff. Scott: Pickles and bacon bits sounds like an odd combo, but hey, I'll try it sometime. Jim: Yeah, certain seasons will change your tastes. Kitta: I married into an Italian family so that's all I ever eat; pasta, pasta, pasta! It used to be a delicacy for me or a treat, but now it's just an everyday thing! Simon: Oh yeah! Chicken with cashew nuts is delicious. Now I'm feeling a bit hungry. Greg: I go through my Root Beer phases as well. My grandparents owned an A&W (Ants and Worms) in Iowa during the 1940s and then another drive-thru in the 1970s in East Moline, IL. Since that time the A&W has been converted into a beauty shop -- a rather dingy one at that. Mike: Believe me, I'm trying to try new things but I tend to come back to the foods I'm familiar with or enjoy on a regular basis. John: Cucumber and ketchup sandwiches? Wow, I've never heard of that combination. I too go through the veggie vs. bacon and the bacon vs. veggie phase. Greg: John has a tendency to throw you for a loop. I don't always think it's because he's a Brit, it's mainly because he's slighty crazy (in that 'Crazy Cook' kind of way.) I can't wait until he interviews me though because, yeah, I'm going to refrain from being coherent.

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 05 Apr 2005 21:56:02 +0000

Ha…if I didn’t read Oxton’s site and know he’s a Brit, I might think there was something strange about those cucumber and ketchup sandwiches.

By: John Oxton

John Oxton — Tue, 05 Apr 2005 21:51:35 +0000

As I kid I had phases too, one of particular note was cucumber and tomato ketchup sandwiches on brown bread. These days it tends to be things like a veggie phase, were I try and fool myself that I can live without bacon, shortly followed by a bacon phase where I try to convince myself I can live without veggies.

Summers coming though, which means the Asparagus and new potato thing will start.… yummm!

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 05 Apr 2005 20:44:42 +0000

I’m going through the try new things food phase. However, this is not when I go to a restaurant, in fact I tend to order the same couple dishes at each of my favorite restaurants.

I picked up the cookbook Tyler Florence’s Real Kitchen from my local library and was inspired to try new things, its superbly designed. It has a nice section on grilling too, which is perfect this time of year. Grilled mushrooms on a skewer are fantastic. I tried roasted onion with balsamic, wow just delicious, and many other great foods. That’s my food phase. New! Hopefully improved cooking.

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 05 Apr 2005 18:15:55 +0000

I dont really go through food phases, but Im in the middle of a several week long Root Beer addiction. Itll morph into a tea phase, and then a water phase, and so on.