Happy food meme.

[saxikath]

(As opposed to happy food noises. Though not unrelated.)

From ceo: List your top 6 "happy foods". the foods that when you eat them, make you want to do a little dance in your seat. Can be restaurant, junk food, home-made, whatever.

1. My mother's linguine and clams. No tomato sauce and no cream sauce, thank you.
2. Hot, fresh-from-the-oven homemade bread.
3. A grilled cheese sandwich and a cup of soup on a cold day. Preferably for lunch.
4. A gorgeous, vine-ripe, just-picked tomato, by itself or drizzled with basil and olive oil.
5. A really good piece of tuna. (Sushi, or a tuna steak just barely cooked.)
6. A ripe, late-summer peach.

Comments

[cramerica.livejournal.com]

Sax--

My list looks like yours, with some mutations.

My sub in for #1: big ol' handmade gnocchi in gorgonzola sauce, with roasted garlic, roasted red peppers, and fresh-grated romano.

#2: pumpkin bread pudding (aka deep dish french toast) mixed in with: about a pound of butter, some alcoholic beverage, cinnamon, and raisins. If feeling particularly wack, top off with a buttermilk or cream cheese frosting glaze.

Absolutely agree with #3, on potato bread with fontina cheese. And a spicy fruit relish on the side.

#4... too healthful... must leave room... sub in a large bowl of half-soggy Peanut Butter Cap'n Crunch with whole milk. Or flat rice noodles with chili oil, caramelized onions, and peanut butter (yup!).

Big yes to #5 (especially seared tuna sushi, with wasabi mayo). I could also sub in a too-tender filet mignon, a rare burger with all the fixins, or spicy pork bulgogi.

My sub in for #6: a perfectly ripe, sweet mango, you know, the kind with the day-glo meat. And in so many formats: au naturel, dipped in bitter chocolate, or in a crisp w/coffee heath bar ice cream...

I'd better get out of here... ;)

[cramerica.livejournal.com]

I almost forgot: my happy dance consists of waving my fork/spoon around like a conductor's baton.