A Different Eight

Elizabeth over at Mom Cooks has come up with a little twist on the Eight Things meme. She's listing her 8 favorite things to eat, and even though I did something similar not too long ago, I'll do it again, 'cause I love food. I won't tag anybody since this seems to have made the rounds, but feel free to list your own 8 in the comments!

I'm a bit of a food purist-definitely not a snob-but I do like just plain food, so not many of these will be anything pre-packaged or prepared.

1) Tomatoes. Tomatoes had to have been the first thing planted by God-no contest.

2) Olives. Those were second ;o)

3) New potatoes. Yum--I can eat these plain--cooked, of course.

4) Goat's cheese. What is the world without it?

5) Chicken. Just about any form will do. Nothing beats a slow roasted bird, though.

6) Garlic. No brainer. I know it's not really a food itself, but it's so necessary to the flavor of so many things. I know when it's there, I miss it when it's not.

7) Ben and Jerry's New York Super Fudge Chunk. I've eaten a whole pint myself before. Not for some time now, but when I was pregnant with my third child, I ate a pint nightly for the last month of my pregnancy. Scary. She seems fine, though.

8) Pissaladiera. I could probably eat this daily. I may not have anyone to talk to, but it's worth it.

It's all about ME...me...me

This is from dear Nino the Mindboggler, a meme. When you're done reading my drivel, go there and read; he writes so much better than I--and everyone else, for that matter.

* Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
* People who are tagged need to write posts in their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
* At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.


1. Writing is not easy for me. Most days I can be found pulling out my copies of the AP Stylebook and Elements of Style for reference. I always use spell check, and I'm right about 99% of the time, and that 1% drives me insane.

2. My early forays in the kitchen turned out things like pizza made from a flour and water dough topped with sliced tomatoes and American cheese. Foul is the only word I can think of to describe that one.

3. I cooked about every food imaginable to man when I was in Culinary school, but many things I haven't cooked since then much less laid eyes on.

4. My kids do not define me. Just because I have 7 doesn't mean that all I am is a breeder; I am darn good at that, though ;-)

5. I love plants. I love plants in any form and color. I am watching 2 boys for about a month and their dad is working for a landscaper. When he has leftovers, he leaves them on my porch. I'm like a kid on Christmas whenever I walk out the door to find the greenery he leaves behind!

6. I've never been out of the US, except to Canada. We've driven though to Michigan with dad.

7. My best friend when I was 14 is still my best friend today. She lives in Maine now, but we still get together whenever she's in town and act like 14 year olds.

8. I used to sing. Music seems to run through my family's blood in one way or another. Now I sing when I'm cooking or for the kids at night...but that's it.


My tagging victims are as follows:
KFarmer

Ian

Krista

Bobby

Jenni

Steve

Confessing7girl

Jenn

Meme

OK, from Steve at cymru66, a meme.

Rules (two of which I will break-oops):

1. The person who was tagged will just have to make an introduction and link back to who tagged you.
2. List your five reasons as to why you blog.
3. Choose five people and tag them.
4. Drop a comment on their blog to let them know they were tagged.

Here are 5 of my reasons for blogging:

1. For ME!
2. For my kids-chronicles of our food-life. I found that passed-down recipes lacked stories or notes etc. and I so wished I had them to read. I wanted my kids to have that.
3. To meet new friends.
4. To expand my knowledge of food, cooking and LIFE.
5. For my fans...I mean, readers :O) Some people actually like and READ this thing! Wonders never cease.

I'm skipping tagging anyone else; everyone I know is too busy to meme! Please, if you feel like it, grab this meme and pass it on.