Typically if someone asks me a very off key question like this, I assume it’s because they want to be asked that question in order to start a conversation they have in mind. So I would usually give some answer: “I’m really enjoying baking bread right now, so I suppose flour.”
Then ask “what about you?” Which is usually when the really interesting and often much more off key conversation starts. If not, I can start talking about baking bread, so it’s win/win for me!
Zucchini is pretty alright.
And cucumbers… eggplants… squash… pineapple… 😊
Colorado jack white cheddar popcorn. Literally the best popcorn I’ve ever had.
Full body shudder…
Dude, Newman’s Own has a sourdough crust frozen pizza and it’s amazing. It’s now our go-to, “I’m too mentally drained to cook,” food.
Actually yes! Fresh basil. I’m making a bruschetta chicken dinner tonight.
I got a basil plant from Walmart a few months ago because it was literally the same price as the dried stuff.
I’ve been putting basil in basically everything haha
Seems like fine small talk to me.
I’ve literally overheard multiple dinner party conversations about good finds from trader joes
A fellow Trader Joe’s lover definitely transcends the lame smalltalk boundary. I don’t even go but the way my dad recommends food when he meets someone else who goes to Trader Joe’s you would think they had known each other their whole life.
Trader Joe’s is okay for some things. I like their cinnamon rolls and think they are worth the five dollars.
I wouldn’t lead with that but there’s a lot of “foodies” out there. If you don’t talk sports or the weather, food isn’t a bad topic at a party. Everybody gotta eat
A choice of groceries? Mister Moneybags here has so many choices for his groceries he has the luxury of having a preference of some over others. Ladies, if you go home with this guy you get your choice of breakfast the next morning. /s
Naw that’s just part of getting old.
My younger self would be very disappointed at the things I find exciting now.
I recently found an Indian grocery store that stocks those Heinz beans in the teal can that are popular on toast in the UK! …turns out they’re not very good. But I found them!!
“not very good”. I’m actually getting really rather angry about this. In fact I think this might be a hate crime.
Aw fuck. This is my cue to confront my own bias: my palate is Americanized as fuck. Hell, my own mother probably had a corn syrup subsidy to add it to her tit juice before feeding it to me as a baby.
So, take my culinary assessment with a grain of
saltsugar.Haha. Nah, you’re good 😊 . Brits like beans because they’re cheap, easy and available. They’re ok, hardly a culinary experience worth seeking out though :)
Although they are one of your five a day!
Younger me might be disappointed in a lot of things, but my fascination with new and interesting foods would not be a disappointment at all! If I told me “We’re really into brie and canning salsa” we’d be delighted!
I’ve moved over to Branston now. The last Heinz beans I had were horrible - watery sauce, not enough beans. Branston is the bomb.
My partner is British and we are in the US, so we end up hunting for stuff like this all the time. Luckily a market up the road happens to be owned by a Brit, so we can at least get tea biscuits there.
I have no idea what makes a good vs bad tea biscuit, but that Indian grocer definitely sold those as well. Idk if that’s just a random coincidence or if there’s some overlap in Indian and British snacks, but if there are any Indian stores near you, you might have some luck there.
Also Indian food is fucking incredible, so even if you don’t find what you’re looking for, you WILL find something tasty!
Yes, Indian food is incredible, we are in agreement there. The best biscuits, in our opinion, are Dark Chocolate Digestives (blue package), dunked in breakfast tea just long enough to soften the chocolate. I prefer 3 bites. She prefers to take the whole thing and sho… Well, you get it.
This might be sweeter than you prefer, but there is a dark chocolate flavor: you familiar with Tim Tams? Or more specifically, the ‘tim tam slam’?
Tim Tams yes (Australian, but they’ll do haha), but never heard of the Tim tam slam…
I’m eating kiwis every day, including the hairy skin.
I was feeling extravagant recently and picked up some Blackberry Dr Pepper.
Could be her
I’m a very simple being and my grocery tastes reflect that.
But I will grouse about changing the layout in the store for the rest of the night if you don’t intervene.
Foreign born tomatoes. Figured I better enjoy them while I can.
