I have no single favorite food but I have some Indulgences that I like to indulge in when I can.
Pizza. For health reasons too long to go into, I can only have pizza rarely.
Steak - a properly prepared slice of the appropriate muscle of a sub-sentient animal, grilled or pan-seared to the perfect done-ness, which varies by animal.
Bagna Cauda - a garlic and anchovy flavored pot of butter and olive oil, heated to aromatic, into which raw pieces of vegetable are dipped and savored. J Michael Straczynski made the common foolish mis-evaluation of the food on an episode of Babylon 5 (and this would require unpacking 'television' as a concept and entity, but you can consider it to be a high-quality theatrical performance greatly enhanced by the use of specific illusidor to create the representation of a slightly different, potentially future, universe.) His doctor character was all upset about the "high fat" content of the food, which is a common prejudice among uninformed people; in fact the fat content of the meal is not terrible, given the predominance of olive oil, which actually corrects many problems. Further, the use of raw vegetables (usually cruciform veggies which are specifically good in other ways) makes a meal of the stuff much healthier. And, since it's almost never eaten except as a very special feast food with friends, one doesn't usually eat that much of it. JMS, like many, misunderstood that eating a high-calorie high-fat meal once or twice a year will NOT harm one's health, unless one is already to the point of needing massive healing. Though it's possible to eat Bagna Cauda with bread cubes as well, it's better with vegetables anyway. (Highly processed grain, fruit, and other carbohydrates being one of the things we don't necessarily handle well despite our love for the things; our "design" isn't made for high-starch foods all the time, even though it's also what has allowed us to have civilization.)
[Bard saw that episode of Bab5 not long ago, and can explain to Vae. Vae sits still to listen much better than Sythyry ever does, incidentally. -bb]
The bagna cauda perhaps I shall prepare, or ask Arfaen who cooks better than I do to prepare. The nutritional details I do not know, and the precise olive oil I do not have, but there are aromatic oils of delightful flavor [some of which Bard translates as 'olive oil' -bb] and they shall find their employment in my "bagna caudal". [Bard and Vae had to work on that one. -bb]
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Date: 2010-12-18 07:29 pm (UTC)Pizza. For health reasons too long to go into, I can only have pizza rarely.
Steak - a properly prepared slice of the appropriate muscle of a sub-sentient animal, grilled or pan-seared to the perfect done-ness, which varies by animal.
Bagna Cauda - a garlic and anchovy flavored pot of butter and olive oil, heated to aromatic, into which raw pieces of vegetable are dipped and savored. J Michael Straczynski made the common foolish mis-evaluation of the food on an episode of Babylon 5 (and this would require unpacking 'television' as a concept and entity, but you can consider it to be a high-quality theatrical performance greatly enhanced by the use of specific illusidor to create the representation of a slightly different, potentially future, universe.) His doctor character was all upset about the "high fat" content of the food, which is a common prejudice among uninformed people; in fact the fat content of the meal is not terrible, given the predominance of olive oil, which actually corrects many problems. Further, the use of raw vegetables (usually cruciform veggies which are specifically good in other ways) makes a meal of the stuff much healthier. And, since it's almost never eaten except as a very special feast food with friends, one doesn't usually eat that much of it. JMS, like many, misunderstood that eating a high-calorie high-fat meal once or twice a year will NOT harm one's health, unless one is already to the point of needing massive healing. Though it's possible to eat Bagna Cauda with bread cubes as well, it's better with vegetables anyway. (Highly processed grain, fruit, and other carbohydrates being one of the things we don't necessarily handle well despite our love for the things; our "design" isn't made for high-starch foods all the time, even though it's also what has allowed us to have civilization.)
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Date: 2010-12-18 08:25 pm (UTC)The bagna cauda perhaps I shall prepare, or ask Arfaen who cooks better than I do to prepare. The nutritional details I do not know, and the precise olive oil I do not have, but there are aromatic oils of delightful flavor [some of which Bard translates as 'olive oil' -bb] and they shall find their employment in my "bagna caudal". [Bard and Vae had to work on that one. -bb]