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Started 1 year ago by shmack
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shmack

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What foods are you addicted to? Can be vegan, vegetarian, meat-free, sugar-ful/free, snacks, meals, ingredient or technique driven.

I'll start.

Seasonal, limited edition, snack foods. Right now: Peppermint Joe Joe's and all variations of (Dark Chocolate covered Peppermint Joe Joe's).
Homemade candied pecans.
Laughing Cow lite cheese.
Wheat berries in soup/stews.
Thurn's smoked white cheddar.
Spiced Squash bread with flax.

ETA: chia seed in cashew milk with cardamon and vanilla WITH pomegranate seeds!!

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Rockmastermike
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shmack wrote >>
What foods are you addicted to? Can be vegan, vegetarian, meat-free, sugar-ful/free, snacks, meals, ingredient or technique driven.

Contrary to popular belief, not bacon.

Coffee in almost every format, except the ones with sugar/sweetener.

Freshly baked bread.

Chocolate (which shares flavor components with coffee so go fig)

Cheese. Almost every kind. Cow and bug in perfect harmony.

Waffles. Dunno what it is about waffles. I had to stop makin' waffles.

Onions in any Asian food. Seriously, I'd eat stirfried monkeybutt if it has onions in it and a good sauce.

Home made Pastrami. SO GOOD.

New addiction this year: Anchovies

Posted 1 year ago #
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Coffee is on the list. No cream, sugar, foam or other nonsense. Just hot, dark and bitter.

Bacon, certainly. Center cut peppered, preferably with diced ham, sausage ( especially chorizo ) and eggs.

Liking anchovies myself, along with sardines.

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Twixlen
Westgate, Columbus
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Oh man. I'm going to type this, and leave immediately for lunch....

Squash, in nearly any form. Particularly butternut, in soup, made savory.

Ice cream... I *heart* Jeni's, of course and the Homemade brand Pumpkin Pie ice cream that is here for such a short time, and so friggin delicious.

Olives & pickles

Gravy on most anything, but preferably homemade biscuits

Bono pizza

A really good piece of meat - whatever the cut, prepared perfectly

Kitchen Little's meatloaf & scalloped potatoes.

NOM!

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EmZeeGee
Clintonville
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Lately I can't be left alone with a bowl of grapes anyone else wants to see again. They're so good at this time of year.

Wine, always. I like reds, whites, and roses equally.

Coffee with a little skim milk.

Dried apricots (I limit myself to two a day, otherwise it ends up like the grapes, but with more calories.)

Peanut butter, specifically Smucker's natural. Those homoginized store brands are like trying to use a cigarette to squelch a heroin craving.

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chaptal
West Side
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Cashews, the larger the better.
Kettle chips.
Vienna Fingers cookies.
Mashed potatoes. Starch, and butter.
Fine Rieslng, Kabinett and up.

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Anne
King Lincoln
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bubble tea and pizza!
also chick fil a chicken anything
and honestly coca cola. i get cravings for those on a pretty regular basis.

geez, i wish this sounded like a healthier list! ;P

Posted 1 year ago #
joev
Merion Village
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Toasted hazelnuts
Mulberry jam
Kale, brussels sprouts or other bitter brassicas
Coffee - brewed strong with 1/2 and 1/2 and sweetened
Woodford Reserve bourbon
Extra hoppy IPAs
Chickpeas in everything - hummus, masala, soup, under greens
Polenta
Cheeses like extra sharp, crumbly cheddar
Fresh figs

Posted 1 year ago #
vestanpance
Harrison West/at work OSU
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chips and salsa
sharp cheddar cheese
Diet coke
anything with Franks Red hot on it.

Posted 1 year ago #
Talcott
Clintonville
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Anything with pork belly from Foodie Cart.

As many IPAs as I can find. I think they've trumped black coffee as my bitter drink of choice.

Chips and salsa are always on the list, but bonus points go to homemade salsa.

Saag. Although it's been a while since I've had really good saag. I should fix that.

I'm also getting into squash lately. I'm mostly playing around with acorn squashes, but want to expand to other kinds.

Cumin. I think I could justify adding cumin to anything.

Posted 1 year ago #
KSquared
Literally Hell
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Right now:
Garlic, I'm pretty sure I smell like it 90% of the time.
Hot sauce
Goat cheese
Red wine that tastes like dirt, leaves and leather
Andouille sausage
Great Lakes Christmas Ale

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AmyJ

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This changes daily, but my current addictions are:

- Sweet potato black bean enchiladas w/homemade green chile sauce - I made these Sunday for a dinner party and then immediately had to make them again last night.
- Pistachios
- Sparkling mineral water w/slice of lime
- Cinnamon-cayenne sticky chocolate brownies - I've made a batch a week for the past three weeks.
- Frozen mixed berries in a bowl w/sliced extra ripe bananas
- Honey wheat pretzel sticks dipped in extra-lemony hummus

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catnfiddle
Giant Corncob District
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-Pasta of almost any sort. It is my ultimate comfort food. I would stand in line for you at the BMV for a really good bowl of gnocchi with meat sauce.

-Freshly baked bread. I'm dying to try the Hounds in the Kitchen no-knead bread recipe to give our bread machine a rest.

-Black plums. I love the taste, texture and smell of them.

-Crock pot chili. Fortunately, this is also one of the few things I cook with confidence.

-Dark chocolate, especially with a glass of deep red wine. This is pure sensuality for the palate.

-Bono Pizza. I'm specific about this because half the reason I love to go is because of the high food quality, half because of Peggy's nuturing of their clientele, almost to the point of being an honorary mom to them. This makes it comfort food for me while my own mother is in another state.

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joev
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Forgot to add: Anything with blackcurrants.

Posted 1 year ago #
Anne
King Lincoln
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I forgot #42 Yolandas at Rancho Alegre!

Posted 1 year ago #
Twixlen
Westgate, Columbus
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OH... cider + whiskey (or rum).... particularly if it's mulled cider. I'm going thru a serious hot toddy addiction.

Posted 1 year ago #
michaelcoyote
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Love this thread, food should bring joy!

Beef. Especially tougher more flavorful cuts cooked "ghetto sous vide" style and finished on a hot cast iron skillet. This is new for me. In the past I tended to eat much less meat in general, but I've noticed how much better I feel as I've increased my eating of (grassfed) beef.

Greens. Fried lightly in hot oil, poached or braised in liquid, steamed, or fried crispy like kale chips.

Tea. Although I love coffee and will drink it often, I generally tend to drink far more tea. I drink mostly strong breakfast tea with milk (in the mornings) or Japanese green tea (in the afternoons and evenings), but I love other styles of tea as well, especially many Chinese teas.

Fish of all kinds. If it comes from the water, I'll probably eat it. I usually prefer flavorful oily fishes and fresher is better, but I like just about everything (including preserved fish).

ETA:

Bitters and cocktails with lots of bitters. Anyone who has drank with me know of my love for Italian style Amaros and cocktails that use them. Recent love is the Fanculli cocktail with Whisky (I use 1.5oz rye, but you can also use bourbon), sweet vermouth (Punt e Mes .75 oz.) and Fernet Branca (.25 oz). It's not for everyone, but I do love it. I could see using a less potent amaro like nonino and using a less sweet vermouth for more crowd appeal.

Rye. Spicy and complex. I prefer it to bourbon, and at times even scotch.

Posted 1 year ago #
DavidF
Elysium Fields
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Good dark chocolate
Nom Tak from Bangkok
Duck with bean sprouts from Sunflower
Diet Coke
Takis (Mexican corn chip treat) any flavor though Guacamole and Fuego are must eats
Just about any kind of cheese
Kalamata Olives
Bono Pizza
Pork Belly from Sage or G. Michael's
Anything from Skillet (working through a jar of their home made hot sauce right now)
Matouk's hot sauces
Char siu bao

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rus

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michaelcoyote wrote >>
Love this thread, food should bring joy!
Beef. Especially tougher more flavorful cuts cooked "ghetto sous vide" style and finished on a hot cast iron skillet. This is new for me. In the past I tended to eat much less meat in general, but I've noticed how much better I feel as I've increased my eating of (grassfed) beef.

New for me too... thanks for mentioning it! Looks like an interesting method.

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shmack

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I just had a new one: cornbread with stewed vinegar greens. Salty, smoky, sweet, and tart!

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