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What's the last thing you ate?
Porridge (oatmeal for the Transatlantically challenged) with blueberries.
What's your favourite cheese?
English Cheddar - good, strong, farmhouse cheddar, not supermarket-wrapped plastic soap
What's your favourite fish?
Salmon
What's your favourite fruit?
Blueberries
When, if ever, did you start liking olives?
I don't.
When, if ever, did you start liking beer?
Sometime after I gave up drinking cider at University
When, if ever, did you start liking shellfish?
Can't remember not.
What was the best thing your mum/dad/guardian used to make?
Would you believe, sausages, baked beans and mash :)
What's the native specialty of your home town?
Probably roast beef and Yorkshire Pudding
What's your comfort food?
Chocolate
What's your favourite type of chocolate?
White chocolate champagne truffles, or Cadbury's Dairy Milk with Biscuit
How do you like your steak?
Medium-rare
How do you like your burger?
Medium
How do you like your eggs?
Scrambled, or poached a la The Sainted Delia in "How To Cook"
How do you like your potatoes?
The way
oreouk roasts them.
How do you take your coffee?
Black, two sweetners.
How do you take your tea?
White, two sweetners, Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Gold, made 'strong enough to trot a mouse on'.
What's your biscuit or cookie of choice?
Oof. tricky. Probably plain chocolate Hobnobs.
What's your ideal breakfast?
Porridge with blueberries, followed by bacon, eggs, sausage, beans, hash browns, fried bread, black pudding, hold the tomatoes.
What's your ideal sandwich?
Granary bread, butter, strong Cheddar, Branston pickle.
What's your ideal pizza (topping and base)?
Pizza Hut thin crust Meat Feast.
What's your ideal pie (sweet or savory)?
Farmhouse cheese and apple (you HAVE to try this!)
What's your ideal salad?
The crab Cobb salad from the South Beach diet book.
What food do you always like to have in the fridge?
Cheese!
What food do you always like to have in the freezer?
HaagenDazs cookies'n'creme...
What food do you always like to have in the cupboard?
Peanut butter :)
What spices can you not live without?
Actually, not sure I'd miss 'em. Pepper, I would.
What sauces can you not live without?
Heinz Tomato Ketchup, Hellmans Mayonnaise
Where do you buy most of your food?
Tesco.
How often do you go food shopping?
Weekly - actually, Anne does, more often - her weekly work trip to Wisbech takes her past Tesco's.
What's the most you've spent on a single food item?
£65 on a bottle of 21yo cask strength Dallas Dhu single malt.
What's the most expensive piece of kitchen equipment you own (excluding 'white goods')?
Probably the Sabatier knife block.
What's the last piece of equipment you bought for your kitchen?
Ermmm. That'd be the rather nice skillet with lid.
What piece of kitchen equipment could you not live without?
A good, sharp, large knife.
How many times a week/month do you cook from raw ingredients?
Me, rarely. Anne, twice or three times a day.
What's the last thing you cooked from raw ingredients?
Me? Erm... gosh. Salmon/chilli stir fry last time Anne was on late evening rota at the dog track.
What meats have you eaten besides cow, pig and poultry?
Lamb, veal, venison, kangaroo
What's the last time you ate something that had fallen on the floor?
Mmm - probably yesterday.
What's the last time you ate something you'd picked in the wild?
Some blackberries last autumn.
Place in order of preference (greatest to least):
Chinese, Italian, Indian, Thai, French, Sushi
Place in order of preference :
Whisky......... Brandy, Rum............. Vodka, Gin, Tequila
(although that assumes you mean a) whisky, not whiskey, and b) single malt, otherwise you can place it behind the brandy.
Place in order of preference :
Garlic, Basil, Ginger, Mint, Lime .............. Aniseed
Place in order of preference:
Pineapple, Cherry, Banana, Strawberry, Apple, Orange, Watermelon
Place in order of preference:
Sex, Internet, Food, Sport, Movies, Fashion
Bread and spread?
Granary, peanut butter.
What's your fast food restaurant of choice, and what do you usually order?
Burger King., Mushroom Double Swiss
Pick a city. What are the three best dining experiences you've had in that city?
Harrogate. Garlic Mushrooms, Spare ribs that just fell off the bone, Coconut/Cherry Sundae.
What's your choice of tipple at the end of a long day?
Tea. Or, rarely, a single malt from the collection.
What's the next thing you'll eat?
A piece of cheddar.
Porridge (oatmeal for the Transatlantically challenged) with blueberries.
What's your favourite cheese?
English Cheddar - good, strong, farmhouse cheddar, not supermarket-wrapped plastic soap
What's your favourite fish?
Salmon
What's your favourite fruit?
Blueberries
When, if ever, did you start liking olives?
I don't.
When, if ever, did you start liking beer?
Sometime after I gave up drinking cider at University
When, if ever, did you start liking shellfish?
Can't remember not.
What was the best thing your mum/dad/guardian used to make?
Would you believe, sausages, baked beans and mash :)
What's the native specialty of your home town?
Probably roast beef and Yorkshire Pudding
What's your comfort food?
Chocolate
What's your favourite type of chocolate?
White chocolate champagne truffles, or Cadbury's Dairy Milk with Biscuit
How do you like your steak?
Medium-rare
How do you like your burger?
Medium
How do you like your eggs?
Scrambled, or poached a la The Sainted Delia in "How To Cook"
How do you like your potatoes?
The way
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How do you take your coffee?
Black, two sweetners.
How do you take your tea?
White, two sweetners, Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Gold, made 'strong enough to trot a mouse on'.
What's your biscuit or cookie of choice?
Oof. tricky. Probably plain chocolate Hobnobs.
What's your ideal breakfast?
Porridge with blueberries, followed by bacon, eggs, sausage, beans, hash browns, fried bread, black pudding, hold the tomatoes.
What's your ideal sandwich?
Granary bread, butter, strong Cheddar, Branston pickle.
What's your ideal pizza (topping and base)?
Pizza Hut thin crust Meat Feast.
What's your ideal pie (sweet or savory)?
Farmhouse cheese and apple (you HAVE to try this!)
What's your ideal salad?
The crab Cobb salad from the South Beach diet book.
What food do you always like to have in the fridge?
Cheese!
What food do you always like to have in the freezer?
HaagenDazs cookies'n'creme...
What food do you always like to have in the cupboard?
Peanut butter :)
What spices can you not live without?
Actually, not sure I'd miss 'em. Pepper, I would.
What sauces can you not live without?
Heinz Tomato Ketchup, Hellmans Mayonnaise
Where do you buy most of your food?
Tesco.
How often do you go food shopping?
Weekly - actually, Anne does, more often - her weekly work trip to Wisbech takes her past Tesco's.
What's the most you've spent on a single food item?
£65 on a bottle of 21yo cask strength Dallas Dhu single malt.
What's the most expensive piece of kitchen equipment you own (excluding 'white goods')?
Probably the Sabatier knife block.
What's the last piece of equipment you bought for your kitchen?
Ermmm. That'd be the rather nice skillet with lid.
What piece of kitchen equipment could you not live without?
A good, sharp, large knife.
How many times a week/month do you cook from raw ingredients?
Me, rarely. Anne, twice or three times a day.
What's the last thing you cooked from raw ingredients?
Me? Erm... gosh. Salmon/chilli stir fry last time Anne was on late evening rota at the dog track.
What meats have you eaten besides cow, pig and poultry?
Lamb, veal, venison, kangaroo
What's the last time you ate something that had fallen on the floor?
Mmm - probably yesterday.
What's the last time you ate something you'd picked in the wild?
Some blackberries last autumn.
Place in order of preference (greatest to least):
Chinese, Italian, Indian, Thai, French, Sushi
Place in order of preference :
Whisky......... Brandy, Rum............. Vodka, Gin, Tequila
(although that assumes you mean a) whisky, not whiskey, and b) single malt, otherwise you can place it behind the brandy.
Place in order of preference :
Garlic, Basil, Ginger, Mint, Lime .............. Aniseed
Place in order of preference:
Pineapple, Cherry, Banana, Strawberry, Apple, Orange, Watermelon
Place in order of preference:
Sex, Internet, Food, Sport, Movies, Fashion
Bread and spread?
Granary, peanut butter.
What's your fast food restaurant of choice, and what do you usually order?
Burger King., Mushroom Double Swiss
Pick a city. What are the three best dining experiences you've had in that city?
Harrogate. Garlic Mushrooms, Spare ribs that just fell off the bone, Coconut/Cherry Sundae.
What's your choice of tipple at the end of a long day?
Tea. Or, rarely, a single malt from the collection.
What's the next thing you'll eat?
A piece of cheddar.