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[cactuswatcher]

15 things I won't order at a restaurant.
Things I'll eat but won't order if I have a choice.
1. Cornbread
2. (American, baking powder) biscuits
3. Macaroni salad
4. Mac & cheese
5. Bread pudding

Things I don't want at all
6. Sweet Potato fries
7. Liver
8. Oysters
9. Coffee
10. Anything mocha
11. Sushi
12. Fish tacos
13. Meat loaf
14. Black-eyed peas
15. Beef ribs

Comments

[ann1962]

I'll order sweet potato fries almost every time, and almost every time I'm disappointed. I'm on a quest. I love them enough to try!

[mamculuna.livejournal.com]

I like the frozen one from Trader Joe's.

[cactuswatcher.livejournal.com]

I don't like sweet potatoes or yams. The idea of them fried doesn't appeal to me much at all. But good luck on your great quest!

[mamculuna.livejournal.com]

We have different tastes, for sure! For me, many of those (both lists) depend on the restaurant.

Things I like when I cook for myself: Black-eyed peas, cornbread, oysters. Things I love at certain restaurants and hate at others: sushi, fish tacos, meat loaf, sweet potato fries, bread pudding.

something I don't trust any restaurant to do well: crabcakes (you should be able to see and taste actual crab).

I totally agree about liver. Never, nowhere, no time. Cured me of ordering things when I didn't know the language the menu was in, let me tell you.

Coffee tastes sublime at some places, but I'd never sleep again.

[cactuswatcher.livejournal.com]

If coffee tasted as good as it smells, I'd drink it all the time. But even the caffeine in tea can give me problems.

In this part of the country you have to figure the meat in crabcakes probably had fins instead of claws. ;o) But I do like the stuffing part of it.

[mamculuna.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on the smell of coffee and the caffeine in tea.

We have blue crabs (http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/blue-crab/) that we catch ourselves! The meat is much more delicate than the big crabs, but a lot of work to get out. We make crabcakes that are 1 pound of very fresh (swimming that morning) crabmeat to half a cup of bread crumbs, a little sherry, salt and pepper, and fried in butter and served hot (no peppers, onions, etc). I haven't been to a restaurant that can do that.