25 Random Things About Food and Me

From Ivy Manning — Blog by Ivy Manning

February 5, 2009

In the same vein as the popular “25 Random Things About Me” trend, I give you this, a way to know me better: by my stomach!
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1. I love to chew on pen caps
2. I crave fried chicken thighs (never the breast..tastes like cotton)at least once daily.
3. I schmear roasted garlic on toast and eat it for breakfast.
4. I love lethally hot pork curries, no matter of country of origin...vindaloo, jungle curry, Burmese with young ginger...
5. I like equally spicy shredded green papaya salad with rice paddy mud crabs
6. I eat pot stickers from Golden Horse in Old Town Portland around 3pm on weekdays so no one can see my boarding house manners.
7. I make a mean Schaum Torte (meringues filled with frozen custard, strawberries and whipped cream), ask me for a recipe!
8. I hate hard boiled eggs. Have since kindergarten.
9. I am beginning to get the appeal of Spaghetti Squash
10. I didn’t like fish until I moved to Oregon.Now I have a little sushi problem.
11. Some consider me a dumpling addict. But I can quit whenever I want.
12. I dream of someday opening a restaurant that only serves mashed potatoes.
13. I don’t see why everyone makes such a big deal of beef tenderloin. Braise me a knuckle, tail or neck bone and I’m all yours.
14. I once ate an entire pound of Purple Peacock Broccoli in one sitting.
15. I once got in a shouting match over a bag of huckleberries.
16. I collect bottles of truffle oil.
17. I ran away when I was 6 with a saute pan and a spoon. (A girl’s gotta eat, ya know?)
18. I love Juicy Fruit gum.
19. I have been to Autentica dozens of times, but can’t bring myself to order anything but the whole fried fish in adobo.
20. I have shaken hands with Alice Waters, Ruth Reichl, Charlie Trotter, Ming Tsai and Alton Brown. Only one really impressed me.
21. I don’t like cold soups.
22. I can’t eat cream, but I sometimes do.
23. I am a lousy pie fluter. I try and try and never get better at it.
24. My favorite quote is by Dolly Parton. When asked if she had a sweet tooth, she replied, “Oh honey, I’d much rather have one little potato than a whole pie!: