Friday Food Fun - Week 15 - Snacks

I love to snack on stuff. What do you like to snack on?

01. Granola bars - do you have a favorite? Nature Valley Trail Mix Fruit and Nut Bars
02. Vegetables - which veggies do you like to snack on? Celery, bell peppers, snow peas
03. Fruit - which fruits do you like to snack on? Cherries, red grapes, peaches, avocados, tomatoes, watermelon, figs, muscadines, scuppernongs
04. Dried fruit - which dried fruits do you like to snack on? banana chips, pineapple
05. Nuts - which nuts do you like to snack on? pistachios, cashews, peanuts (especially boiled)
06. Seeds - which seeds do you like to snack on? sunflower seeds,
07. Creamy things - which puddings, tapiocas or yogurts do you like to snack on? I like a variety of pudding cups and yogurts.
08. Candy - which candies do you like to snack on? Bit o' honey, gobstoppers/jaw breakers, pixie stix, smarties, nerds
09. Cookies - which cookies do you like to snack on? Oreos, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate fudge oatmeal cookies, sugar cookies
10. Crackers - which crackers do you like to snack on? Oriental rice crackers, mini Saltine crackers, club crackers
11. Chips - which kind of chips do you like to snack on? Cool Ranch Doritoes, fritos, Scoops, dried sugar snap peas (don't remember what they are called, but they make a good snack - they are chips made out of pea pods)
12. Movies - what snack do you like to get at the movies? soda, popcorn, Nerds rope, chocolate covered cookie dough bites
13. Are there any snacks you like that I didn't mention? I like Oriental delight - it's got sesame crackers and oriental rice crackers and dried green peas in it. I love it, but don't confuse those green peas with the wasabi peas - that is something else that I wouldn't like! I also love cheese - I especially enjoy snacking on string cheese (mozzerella).
14. What are three of your most favorite snacks? I like my snacks to fill me up. I like the trail mixes like the oriental delight. I like chips. I like nuts.

Tastes: Friday Food Fun - Week 5 - Beach Food - Seafood

1. What is your favorite seafood? Probably scallops, but I also love shrimp, crab, lobster, oysters, clams, and I like fish but not as much as the rest of these.
2. Are there certain seafoods you won't eat? No, but there are some that I've never had the chance to try. I will say, because of the way that most of it is prepared, I'm not crazy about deviled crab. I do eat it, but most of the times, I can't taste the crab...all I taste is the spices and so it's not seafood-y to me. Plus, they usually use a lot of onion and that overpowers everything else, so it's not one of my favorites.

3. Are you allergic to any seafood? Not that I'm aware of. I do, however, have a cousin who is highly allergic to seafood, among other things, and he can't even have his food prepared on the same surface or with the same utensils.
4. Do you prefer fried or broiled seafood? Broiled.
5. Do you like sushi (cooked or uncooked)? Yes!

6. What is your favorite seafood item? Well, I'm a sucker for a good bowl of clam chowder or oyster stew, some fried clam strips, or some boiled shrimp dipped in melted margarine, but really any combination of broiled seafood is bound to make me happy. I did find a really good seafood soup at a local sushi restaurant that has lobster, crab, shrimp, scallops, and fish cake in it and it has what tastes like a steakhouse seasoning flavor to it. Very good soup.

7. Do you have a good seafood recipe? Well, when I fix fish at home, I usually simply spray some butter on it and sprinkle it with parsley flakes and then pop it in the oven.

8. When you eat at the beach, do you go out to eat for your seafood, or do you fix it yourself? We usually do at least one shrimp boil (with corn on the cob, sausage and spice bag), but we always go out at least one or two times for a good seafood meal.
9. Is there something other than seafood that you consider to be "beach food" that you always have at the beach? We usually buy sandwich fixings for lunch. I usually like to have a bag of pistachios at the beach. I eat them other times of the year too, but there is just something about a vacation that says enjoy what you eat and what you do, and I love pistachio nuts, so that is one of my treats.