A Long Long Time Ago…
February 27th, 2007
Yeah, that’s me.On a blog far far away, an extremely delightful and intelligent blogger by the name of Ros tagged me for a meme. Unfortunately, along the journey to posting there were all kinds of crazy obstacles that kept me from reaching the destination, like friends visiting from across the country and finding a new job… Okay, enough cheese, lets get down to it!
Here are 5 things you (probably) don’t know about me:
1. I won’t drink prune juice…but not because I think it’s nasty. I grew up with a grandmother who thought we needed to have a BM everyday. So every time my parents would ditch us with her while they went on vacation, she would force me to drink prune juice till I went.. uh, to the “potty”. Agh! Damn me for being to young during those days to know how to lie! 
2. One of my favorite sandwiches as a child was a peanut butter, sharp cheddar, and mayo sandwich. Hey! Don’t wrinkle you’re nose! Peanut butter and cheddar taste awesome together! Seriously guys, if you can get past eating a sandwich made with two layers of fat, I would suggest giving it a whirl….although it’s been quite sometime since i’ve eaten the sandwich with mayo (i don’t really eat too much mayo period), i’m sure it would still be quite tasty.
3. I have never had foie gras!… There! I said it! I’ve eaten plenty of liver, just never the delightful fatty liver that is so highly acclaimed. I really really really want to but for most of my life I haven’t lived in areas where it was easily accessible (or worked in restaurants that served it). Since we moved to San Diego I haven’t been working in kitchens and have been extremely poor (due to working in the non-profit mental health field until recently) but I SWEAR I’m gonna get some soon! *06/26/2007 update: i’ve been back working in a kitchen since february! woo hoo. i still do some desk work, and i still haven’t eaten any foie.*
Update 3/03/07: I’m still working as a personal chef and I HAVE now eaten foie gras. I like it a lot, but there is only so much fat I can take in one setting!
4. (This one I’ll steal from aria because it’s oh-so true!) I’ve been known to just toss out really nasty dishes that have things growing on it rather than deal with the funk. Fortunately, I don’t really let things get to this state anymore, but when I was in college… wooooaaah.
5. I’ve got a terribly dirty mouth that would shock 99.9% of all humans on earth. Fortunately for all humans, I know how to restrain myself, and tend to keep my fowlness for those near and dear to me, like T(ea)-cakes… aka pepita brittle. 
While I’m not going to tag anyone else for this meme (mostly because you’ve all done it already… several times!), if anybody wants to do it, go for it!
February 28th, 2007 at 3:15 pm
I’m so happy to know I’m not the only one with a bad language habit. Thanks for sharing.
February 28th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
well that makes us two since I havent eaten foie gras as well. I do love prune juice though hehehehe
February 28th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
I haven’t had the pleasure of foie gras either, have mixed feelings about the production of it and the not to mention the $$
besides the opportunity hasn’t arisen, not yet anyway.
March 1st, 2007 at 6:48 am
so exposed….do you feel naked…?
March 1st, 2007 at 12:42 pm
Gasp! No foie gras?? I would like to tell you that you’re not missing much, but, well, you are! With a glass of Sauterne, it’s really one of the best things in this world. Please note that it took a great deal of self restraint for me to type that sentence without any bad words because I have the same potty-mouth disorder you do
March 1st, 2007 at 6:11 pm
Vanessa you are definitely not alone!
chase, someone has to like prune juice! otherwise it wouldn’t still be on the market i suppose!
bron, i agree. share your mixed feelings. i think that my stomach would most likely win if i was faced with the chance to eat some though
beyond naked, heather. i’m naked and shivering in the middle of a crowded public arena. oh the shame!
I know anna! i don’t know how i’ve gotten to this point with out eating some gd f*&^ing foie gras.
oops! did my potty mouth show? you know, the other day i heard some one saying that they had never used a curse word in their life. I just don’t know if i can buy that. seriously. could you?
March 2nd, 2007 at 5:05 am
Interesting…it seems that there’s a link between potty mouth and cooking talent. You, Vanessa, Anna, Gordon Ramsey….
Sorry for exposing you. I hope you didn’t find it too traumatic!
March 3rd, 2007 at 3:47 am
I, for one, think foie gras is terrible. I’ve had it several times and I always get the same impression: iron flavored butter. It’s liver after all and I just don’t like it. Yeah, I said it, I DON’T LIKE FOIE!
I swear like a sailor when things go wrong. I had my own GRamsey fit making macarons the other day, too! I even went so far as to throw a pan of them across the kitchen; needless to say, the dog was terrified.
March 3rd, 2007 at 8:08 am
i’m so happy to hear you have a filthy f*&^%$ing mouth! i do too, i do too. i had foi gras for the 1st time not too long ago and it was really good, still never had a truffle though, sniff.
haha, i did it again yesterday. some ancient chocolate ganache had fused itself to one of my not so near and dear bowls. it had to go - hanging my head in shame….
March 4th, 2007 at 10:18 am
Dirty mouth? We should have a dirty mouth swear off! Swear words are the best words there are!
As for foie gras, I think it’s vile (even before I went vegetarian), but I had some once…I think it was duck on a dried apricot and that was a tasty combo…you know, if you want some cookin’ ideas.
March 5th, 2007 at 3:06 pm
I used to love peanut butter and cheese sandwiches! Hold the mayo, though.
Foi what? Is that going to be out in a couple of years and fermented duck eggs the new deal?
Embrace the dirty mouth. Love the dirty mouth. Breathe…through the dirty mouth.
March 5th, 2007 at 3:49 pm
Foie gras….try it if it comes around, but, I am jaded ever since I ate about 2 pounds of it in less than 30 minutes. I was bullies into drinking the juice from a terrine on the line one night and almost booted, but I swallowed it back down. If you want I’ll send you some, french foie is the way to go, but hudson valley is not too bad especially if its all you can get, and I can tell you the easy way to remove the veins, a spoon……
March 5th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
Sorry I missed the latest poll, guess heather beat me to it. Damn not not being able to sleep at night. I want you to make Brandade au morue, like 50# and send it all to me, and I’ll eat that in 30 minutes and be ready for more!!!!!
March 6th, 2007 at 8:08 am
Fantastic blog!!
Hope you don’t mind but I’m going to put a link to your site on my blog. Am just starting to write again and adding some new links.
cheers-
Cat
August 1st, 2007 at 9:48 am
Oh man I’ve got a bad habit of throwing away tupperware with nasty old black bean soup in it.
August 24th, 2007 at 7:09 am
Don’t just have the processed, pate-like spread of fois gras(have it too!) but butter sauteed, fresh foie gras with a cherry or fig sauce is an experience not to be missed! If you have the opportunity, go to Madeline’s in Sens, France during the summer.