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Posted by tonyb • 9/12/09
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What type of food do get serious regular cravings for? I understand chocolate and ice being common though do you have unusual food cravings.

Sometimes I get serious cravings for grapes (or at least lately), I used to crave sushi all the time.

How about you?

Chocolate, food cravings, grapes, sushi

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AngieAlaniz (9/12/09)

Besides dark chocolate, coffee and cofee cake with sweets?
Hummm , well....not sure I can comment on what goes through my mind just about now.
But, it isn't food.

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  Theresa111 (9/14/09)
  
  Let me think ... I bet it's plans for your next vacation ... yes?
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naoko (9/12/09)

Hhhmm Mines would have to be, fresh made rice with nori(Seaweed).

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Theresa111 (9/14/09)

Right now it is steamed lobster tail and drawn butter. I have a flash frozen one in the freezer but it does me no good. I can fantasize about it.

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Anniepooh (9/14/09)

I am a true Umami freak. I know that sounds funny, but it took me years to discover what it was I was always craving and it can only be described as anything that is Umami. Sushi is right up there - once I get a craving, it's maddening until I can sate it.

Umami is described here very well: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umami

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  Theresa111 (9/14/09)
  
  Isn't it strange that when one is craving a particular food, you can eat or drink many many things, but until your craving is sated (thanks Annie) you will not be satisfied. Better to eat it and be done instead of walking around dwelling on it.
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  Theresa111 (9/14/09)
  
  Maybe my teeny little brain is on overload, but I still do not understand exactly what Umami is. Is it a way of figuring out what to add to make a savory dish better? COuld it be something on your tongue which makes you crave something? Or is it an actual substance to cook with? Clue me in in easy to understand A-B-C's.
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  Anniepooh (9/14/09)
  
  Did you read the link? It's considered a '5th taste' - you know, salty, sweet, sour, bitter - umami.
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  Theresa111 (9/14/09)
  
  I did read it but apparently I did not "Get it." Close your eyes and describe it? Or, is it a play on words Your mammy? Ha. Too much soup broth.
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  sugarpies (9/18/09)
  
  Well, the science of it was interesting. It causes a release of Serotonin and ATP. So, that would explain why you're happy when you eat things that are Umami.
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chinagal9 (9/14/09)

Apple Crisp is definitely one of the two foods. Good thing that apples are available year round. The other is Lasagna.

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  Theresa111 (9/14/09)
  
  By the way, do you have a good recipe for apple crisp, like they used to serve in grade school? I have tasted so many over the years, but the ones I ate are missing that certain ingredient. I would love to serve this for Thanksgiving.
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sweetcynic (9/15/09)

there's a restaurant in austin called Madam Mams. I'm positive I paid for at least one of their newer locations. (there's three) I've been going since they first opened their first one in 2001.

i'm in love with their pad kee mao. During college, I'd go sometimes 6 times a week. Now I go 2-5 times a month.

Their service is HORRIBLE and I even 'broke up' with them once and went on a Pad Kee Mao restaurant sprint trying to find a replacement. Pathetically, I eventually came crawling back.

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  Theresa111 (9/15/09)
  
  Why not get this delicacy Take Away? Then you do not have to endure their horrible service. You can have your Pad Kee Mao and eat it (in peace) too.
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amybyrd21 (9/15/09)

it use to be Quincy's steak house yeast rolls. But since they are no longer in business I have to say Avacados lately. I have no clue why. I eat them on sandwiches, as a xhip dip, or just by them selves. Hubby thinks I have gone nuts.

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sugarpies (9/18/09)

Boiled Peanuts. (It's a southern thing, y'all.) What's worse is that now that I'm in AZ I cannot satiate that craving because these people wouldn't know a green peanut if it bit them. You say "peanut" out here and they think dried and roasted.

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  amybyrd21 (9/18/09)
  
  I was in southern Alabama twice last week. The boiled peanut are all over the place down there. You walk into a gas station and instead of hot dogs they aboiled peanuts.
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  Theresa111 (9/18/09)
  
  Dry being the key word. I need a bit of oil and salt on my nuts.
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  sugarpies (9/19/09)
  
  Amy, there's a great "peanut stand" near my hometown. The guy that owns it used to own a little gas station but he did a bigger business in his peanuts. They're fantastic and he takes great care with them. Always fresh and often hot right out of the pot. It finally got to the point he sold his struggling gas station and just ran the peanut stand every year. He made much more money doing that! In fact, he made enough to buy a franchise for another gas station and now owns several, all on the sales of the peanut!
  
  'Course, I should probably have been getting free gas from him. I'm fairly sure I paid for at least one station. The stand was on my way home from work!