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Title: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: twirl on April 03, 2008, 07:27:18 AM
I answered this in Dream Dinners when I first read it I thought it was about what you would dream to eat.
I was afraid no one would read it thinking it was about the company, Dream Dinners.

My Dream Dinner
Lousiana Seafood Gumbo large bowl
hushpuppies with hot green tomato sauce with slices of green tomatoes
crab claws with red sauce
gallon of very cold unsweetened ice tea, 12 ounces of any kind of beer, what the hell, make it 16 ounces
ice cold strawberries and peaches

                    :yahoo;


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Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: Rerun on April 03, 2008, 07:57:18 AM
Jamoca Shake at Arby's, Large French Fry with Arby's sauce, garlaic potaotes with cheese on top, Large Milk, and chocolate triple fudge cake for dessert.


                                                             :guitar:
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: rose1999 on April 03, 2008, 08:02:27 AM
Twirl this is really going to show up the differences between the countries, I don't know what some of the things you both fancy are -  but Hushpuppies are shoes in the UK  :)
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: devon on April 03, 2008, 08:18:36 AM
A whole side of Ribs, garlic potates, green beans and beer to wach it down. 

Then, Maryland-style Crabs with lots of Old Bay seasoning and... beer to wash it down. 

Finally, Key Lime pie with great conversation and laughs around the dinner table while we all digest our meal.  Oh and strong coffee, preferably Community Coffee - French Roast... to wash it all down.

Jeeze... that was good, just Dreaming about it! Thanks Twirl!

-Devon
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: twirl on April 03, 2008, 08:33:54 AM
Twirl this is really going to show up the differences between the countries, I don't know what some of the things you both fancy are -  but Hushpuppies are shoes in the UK  :)

I know what you mean, people from London eat toads in pudding.  ???  I will post recipes for hushpuppies in the recipe section.
the older the shoe; the better the hushpuppy
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: rose1999 on April 03, 2008, 08:59:10 AM
Twirl this is really going to show up the differences between the countries, I don't know what some of the things you both fancy are -  but Hushpuppies are shoes in the UK  :)

I know what you mean, people from London eat toads in pudding. I will post recipes for hushpuppies in the recipes section.
the older the shoe, the better the hushpuppy

 :rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: thegrammalady on April 03, 2008, 09:20:58 AM
i would have an entire cantaloupe!!! i limit myself to one or two small bites each year.

the perfect meal would be an extra large lobster
fresh vegies
and a hot fudge sundae

rose: hushpuppies are shoes here too, but they are also little fried corn meal bites sometimes known as corn fritters.
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: jbeany on April 03, 2008, 04:06:28 PM
Anything cooked by my dad - I miss him!  To be specific - homemade Christmas dinner the way we used to have it when my parents were both still alive - venison steak, lobster tail, mashed potatoes, the family favorite salad, squash, black olives, gram's homemade fridge pickles, homemade dinner rolls made with the sweet dough we used for the cinnamon rolls that morning, 6 kinds of homemade favorite cookies for dessert, and a couple of sneaking bites of dad's fudge, as soon as we figure out where he hid the pan.  And while I'm dreaming, no binders, no insulin, a bottomless glass of milk to drink with it, and no gastroparesis to bug me when I over eat!
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: boxman55 on April 03, 2008, 04:57:38 PM
A few bottles of wine. (to share of course)
Fresh fruit salad (strawberrys, watermelon, cantilope,grapes, banana's)
T-Bones grilled medium rare
Baked potatoes with bacon bits and sour cream
Fresh baked oven rolls
baked yellow squash
Portabello mushrooms sauted in butter and garlic
Strawberry cheesecake for dessert

Boxman
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: KT0930 on April 03, 2008, 05:22:35 PM
Let me preface this part...I have been told that any meat I eat for the first six months after my transplant has to be cooked to well-done. I usually eat my steaks medium rare, so there's no way I'm going to eat one well-done!

Having said that, my favorite restaurant has a filet mignon that they cover with demi glace and serve with french fries - which I always have with extra demi glace - along with a really good glass of red wine, preferably Zinfandel. For dessert, 5 Leches, which is bite size pieces of a pound cake made with five types of milk; each bite has a different topping: chocolate; roasted vanilla beans; raspberry; pineapple; and caramel.
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: twirl on April 03, 2008, 05:27:25 PM
 :mysty:  it is a dream menu you could eat steak  tar-tar if you like ( isn't that raw meat)
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: KT0930 on April 03, 2008, 05:30:03 PM
I just didn't want people to wonder why I couldn't have it now...just give me three more months, though!
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: RichardMEL on April 06, 2008, 05:49:29 AM
food not so fussed about though scalloped potatoes sound nice about now.... but to DRINK!!!

While part of me would love to be able to chug down a few cold beers... I think even more I'd just love to drink large cold glasses of fruit juice - like Apple or Orange, or coke with lots of ice, or iced coffee... for hot drinks - hot chocolate with whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles... and bananas to eat

oh and a hot fudge sundae with ice cream, hot fudge sauce and whipped cream.....

chocolate of course!
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: kitkatz on April 06, 2008, 04:00:49 PM
Iced grapefruit juice
pancakes with warm real maple syrup
scrambled eggs with salsa
sourdoughtoast
hashbrowns

Wait, that was breakfast this morning..Just kidding!
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: flip on April 06, 2008, 04:33:24 PM
Deluxe pizza with a frosty mug of draft beer.
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: BigSteve on April 09, 2008, 02:00:41 PM
I have stopped craving most of the foods we are not supposed to eat, but recently one item
keeps popping into my mind, a banana split done the old way, not the DQ way.
Chocolate, vanilla and strawberry ice cream, pineapple, chocolate and strawberry toppings, sliced banana, with
whipped cream, nuts and a cherry. There, I hoped I dove the devil out of my head by writting it down.
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: bolta72 on April 09, 2008, 02:02:38 PM
I pretty much eat what I want, but in small servings and a few binders.
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: meadowlandsnj on April 15, 2008, 12:58:34 PM
I pretty much eat what I want, but in small servings and a few binders.

A big bowl of boiled potatos with butter and salt and pepper.  SImple but so YUMMY!!!! 
A vanilla milkshake
PIZZA!  (I had a slice last week though after my bloodwork)
 
I also pretty much eat what I want within reason.  I drink Coke, eat chocolate--small amounts, though.  I'm not going to go out and eat a whole banana or a large potato, a small taste is fine with me.  I won't eat bland, non tasting food.  If I want an ice cream cone I'm going to have one but a small one with maybe a 1/4 cup ball of ice cream like they do in Italy.
I eat cheese every now and then with binders.  My K was 4.9 and my phos was 5.3 last bloodwork.

Donna
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: kellyt on April 15, 2008, 03:00:38 PM
I pretty much eat what I want, but in small servings and a few binders.

A big bowl of boiled potatos with butter and salt and pepper.  SImple but so YUMMY!!!! 
A vanilla milkshake
PIZZA!  (I had a slice last week though after my bloodwork)
 
I also pretty much eat what I want within reason.  I drink Coke, eat chocolate--small amounts, though.  I'm not going to go out and eat a whole banana or a large potato, a small taste is fine with me.  I won't eat bland, non tasting food.  If I want an ice cream cone I'm going to have one but a small one with maybe a 1/4 cup ball of ice cream like they do in Italy.
I eat cheese every now and then with binders.  My K was 4.9 and my phos was 5.3 last bloodwork.

Donna

How does this work for you?  I ask because that's my plan when I start dialysis.  Moderation seems like the key, but how hard is it?  Also, how are your dialysis sessions?  I'll probably be on hemo in the next few months.  I've tried so hard to eliminate certain items, but just can't!  I take Tums after every meal and snack and so far my phos and potassium are always within range.

Good for you, I say.
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: twirl on April 15, 2008, 06:02:14 PM
Kellyt                   it is not always easy to stay on a renal diet, this is my third year
                          this is make believe , not in the real world
                          we have our dreams.....when you dream........dream big
                          and in dreams you don't weight or bring physlo, or limit fluids
                                                            >:D
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: twirl on June 29, 2008, 07:51:36 AM
here I go again :clap;

gumbo the seafood kind with crab, oysters and shrimp and okra, pepper sauce, rice
ice cold beer----- only 12 ounces
crackers
the red gumbo not brown with no suasage
side of seafood salad ---- it is cole slaw with chopped shrimp---- yummy
no dessert needed but if you insist
lemon or key lime pie
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: keith on June 29, 2008, 08:12:49 AM
my perfect meal is a beef brisket dat has been made in my own rub mix and smoked 4 10-12 hrs wit BBQ sauce add @the end some grilled corn on de cob, it a mild sauce sum grilled veggies. Along wit it go sum beef ribs fish cooked in a banana leaf and sum fried chicken and pineapple upside-down cake made wit rum surrounded by watermelon,cantaloupe,and pineapple balls dat was soaked in rum
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: monrein on June 29, 2008, 08:23:51 AM
I would go back to Hashimoto's, a great Japanese restaurant, for their ten course, three hour long Kaiseki menu.  The dinner is cooked around the foods in season(spring, summer, fall and winter) and everything is flown in from Japan.  Even the soy sauce is specially made in a Mom and Pop operation just outside Kyoto. T he chef is also very artistic and the presentation is amazing. 

Here are three examples from the last time I was there in 2007.  I'd then fly to Paris and spend two weeks hitting all my favorite restaurants in France with special emphasis on the Southwest region. 
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: twirl on June 29, 2008, 08:49:05 AM
Keith    fruit balls soaked in rum------------ I want that------- would it count for fluid------ who would care about a few balls-----
           you have such beautiful food ( I can visualize your table) and Marley in the background---- :guitar:
          sounds like a jamanican holiday
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: LightLizard on June 30, 2008, 02:15:42 PM
if i could i would love to scarf down a big bowl of kraft dinner and sliced, boiled weiners. >:D
go figger... i was pretty much a 'health nut' as far as food goes, before i got 'sick.'
kraft dinner was the last thing i would eat, then. but now that i can't have it, i want it badly.
with ketchup, please.
and a cold beer.
and a joint for later.
thanks.

i'll wait here...
 :cowboy:
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: monrein on June 30, 2008, 04:35:31 PM
I'll be right over LL.  Just one question, what's The Wife going to have ready for us when the munchies hit.
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: flip on June 30, 2008, 04:39:06 PM
Beef liver smothered in onions with mashed potatoes and gravy and black-eyed peas with a large chocolate shake
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: twirl on June 30, 2008, 04:48:11 PM
OMG you backwoods people know how to eat
no one will eat liver/onions but me so I never cook it, I go to Luby's (not the same)
and mashed potatoes and black eyed peas-------- sounds like my next dream meal

is the secret to good eatin' placing your washing machine on the porch------ if so, I will move mine

oh gosh, now I'm thinking who wants freakin' fruit tonight------ I want what flip is having
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: flip on June 30, 2008, 05:02:51 PM
I didn't say I was having it.....just dreaming about it
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: twirl on June 30, 2008, 05:25:23 PM
oh right, I was thinking we were in what's for supper
we have the same dreams
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: kellyt on July 01, 2008, 01:50:39 PM
Twirl, where are you from?

I LOVE Luby's!  I usually get the LuAnn Fried Fish.

Are you in Conroe?  Don't know if I spelled it right..  :)
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: donnia on July 01, 2008, 03:55:55 PM
Ahhh Luby's.... I love their mac and cheese!
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: jamoman on July 01, 2008, 04:01:22 PM
1/2 gal of ben & jerry`s everythingbut..................................coma!
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: boxman55 on July 01, 2008, 07:32:40 PM
Ahh man, beef liver, bacon and onions the ultimate I love it...Boxman
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: twirl on July 02, 2008, 03:07:16 AM
I am in Conroe, Texas
I grew up where the Woodlands is now located
love Luby's
fried fish, liver and onions, cabbage and I could go on and on --- anything with strawberries
the fish and liver are the best
if you are around this part of the world do not eat in the Woodland's Luby's
eat in the Conroe Lubys's
I have the recipes for the mac and cheese--- bought a cook book years ago------ it is the same!
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: twirl on July 02, 2008, 03:09:17 AM
Ahh man, beef liver, bacon and onions the ultimate I love it...Boxman

and bacon? never had it like that..... oh the possibiilities.......... glad to see you. Box!
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: donnia on July 02, 2008, 09:19:25 AM
Oohhh twirl... could you share the mac and cheese recipe .......  pleeeaaassseee  :bow;
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: twirl on July 02, 2008, 09:47:23 AM
yes and I was hoping someone would ask
now, I need to find the cookbook

post ya' later
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: kellyt on July 02, 2008, 03:23:38 PM
That would be great!  Thanks, Twirl.   What about their pumpkin pie recipe?   Do they make their own pies?

mmmmm, Luby's.   :2thumbsup;
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: twirl on July 02, 2008, 05:00:13 PM
I am looking for my Luby's cookbook and will look for pumpkin pie

post ya' later
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: alrightstill on July 03, 2008, 09:30:59 PM
Monrein - what exactly are each of the dishes you posted in the photos?

I pretty much eat what I want too..  but being on daily home-hemo definitely helps with that.  Everything in moderation as well!

I wish I could eat more cheese though.. I love cheese!  And I absolutely loveeeeeeeeeee seafood and fruits.  Littleneck clams on the bbq I loveee.. and softshell crabs, mmmm.

Lately I've been eating blueberries like mad, they're a great snack! 

I dont know what my dream dinner would be though. 

Red Lobster has these new Lobster covered mashed potatos that are soooo good but you can just tell they're bad for you by looking at them.   :banghead;
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: twirl on July 04, 2008, 02:53:18 PM
did I understand you correctly
mashed potaotes covered in lobster
sounds so gooooooood
I am doing the blueberries also
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: alrightstill on July 07, 2008, 08:55:53 PM
did I understand you correctly
mashed potaotes covered in lobster
sounds so gooooooood
I am doing the blueberries also

I'm 28 and actually pretty much just started eating blueberries this year.  I can't believe what I was missing!

And yes - mashed potatoes covered in lobster with this lobstery (is that a word? haha) gravy-ish sauce on it.  I took a pic of them the other day with my phone as soon I get the pic off the phone I'll post it.  :)

Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: Chris on July 07, 2008, 09:25:01 PM
Anything with potatoes, but really would like chees scallopped potaotes with bacon bits on top.
Chilli, hot
Spicey Foods
Lasagna
Cheese, lots of it
Smoked Almonds
and anything else that easily raises my lab levels over the normal range.
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: monrein on July 08, 2008, 01:10:15 PM
Alrightstill, those pics are three courses of a ten course seasonal (fall) menu.

1.  A chestnut course.  In the bowl is rice cooked in bonito broth with bits of chestnut throughout.  Soft textures.  The chips are deep-fried slices of chestnut and the thing that looks like a chestnut popping out of its casing is a roasted then grilled chestnut inside a shell made of shrimp and egg whites then rolled in pieces of noodle and deep-fried.  Light and fluffy but crunchy with intense shrimp taste.

2. Thin layer of savory, warm gelatin topped with fish steamed in seaweed with baby radish, hand cut piece of adult radish (daikon, the japanese variety), carrot flower and delicious sauce of unknown-to-me ingredients.
The thin strips of green on top are the zest of a type of japanese lime with intense citrus kick.

3.  Delicate flavoured green pepper (a variety from Japan) dipped in sake then rolled in tiny beads of puffed cereal and deep-fried,  slices of deep-fried sushi roll (no raw fish here however) with soba noodles inside wrapped with a ribbon of fish then the rice layer then the seaweed and the extremely light batter on the outside.  The marvel here is in the variety and subtlety of the textures.  The carved crane is eaten with the carrot sauce in the small bowl and I confess to licking the bowl.  There is also a clear juice in the bottom of the long dish that was outstandingly delicious and not a drop was returned to the kitchen.


I really love this restaurant Mibarra.  They only serve a maximum of 8 people on any given evening and you must reserve a week ahead because they source things from Japan.  At the end of the meal, they tale a photo of you and email it to you with the pics of everything you ate.  Here we are in October 2007 at my birthday dinner.  We were the only people there that evening.
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: CW on July 11, 2008, 12:10:00 AM
Wow this is a tuffie there are so many choices

My aunts super cheesy macaroni and cheese
Fillet mignon with smashed garlic potatoes
oxtail stew with pigeon peas and rice
Jamaican beef pattie with american cheese
tall glass of cold coke
tall glass of cold OJ
Good chocolate
Good medium cheddar cheese
Super moist yummy Carrrot cake from Mimi's here in fairfield
Strawberry cheesecake from junior's

I can do this all night  - so I will stop here
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: Chris on July 16, 2008, 10:59:26 PM
Here's a food question, what are white beans? They are suppose to contain either Calcium or Vitamin D (not looking at my list of foods to eat). Only thing I can think of as white beans are butter beans in a can.
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: monrein on July 17, 2008, 03:16:04 AM
Could be the navy bean which is white (they're used for pork and beans) or the Tuscan white bean, cannellini, which is also called a white kidney bean (used in french and italian cooking).  In France they're used for the traditional dish, cassoulet, and in Italy they're used in pasta e fagiole.
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: Chris on July 17, 2008, 01:45:21 PM
Well pork and beans I have had, but still staying away from due to the tomato base used because of potasium levels, pasta e fagiole I think I have had, but hard to find. The bone doctor wants my nephrologist to put me on a binder so I will eat more of what I like. When I was on dialysis, I was on Phoslo and those where big pills to take. To bad lentil soup wasn't on the list.
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: Robby712 on July 26, 2008, 05:20:49 PM
Half a meat lovers pizza with a 6 pack of beer.

Followed by a large piece of chocolate cake and another 6 pack of beer.

Man I miss beer.  Not just being able to drink as much as I want...but the social part.

Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: sickofbeingsick on August 08, 2008, 09:24:52 PM
I would eat what I have been missing since I left New Orleans: 5 lbs of crawfish with corn and red potatoes boiled in crab boil, and an overstuffed shrimp poboy dressed. (A poboy to you guys would be a "hoagie" or a "sub". "Dressed" means with lettuce, tomatoe, and pickle). Washed down with an ice cold glass of Coke. And for dessert? A big slab of bread pudding with bourbon sauce from Ruth's Chris Steakhouse. God I miss New Orleans!!
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: Chris on August 09, 2008, 03:16:06 PM
I would eat what I have been missing since I left New Orleans: 5 lbs of crawfish with corn and red potatoes boiled in crab boil, and an overstuffed shrimp poboy dressed. (A poboy to you guys would be a "hoagie" or a "sub". "Dressed" means with lettuce, tomatoe, and pickle). Washed down with an ice cold glass of Coke. And for dessert? A big slab of bread pudding with bourbon sauce from Ruth's Chris Steakhouse. God I miss New Orleans!!

I'll go for the bread pudding and skip the rest. Seafood just makes me want to  :puke;
haven't had a really good bread pudding in years and never had it with bourbon sauce, that sounds really good.
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Post by: MIbarra on August 09, 2008, 09:32:56 PM
bread pudding! yummm.. . I've had it with bourbon sauce in New Orleans at the Gumbo Shop.
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: Robby712 on August 10, 2008, 01:44:41 AM
Bread Pudding doesn't look all that difficult to make...here are a few recipes, one uses raisin cinnamon bread instead of french:

http://whatscookingamerica.net/BreadPudding.htm

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-specials/southern-style-christmas-bread-pudding-with-bourbon-sauce-recipe/index.html
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: carla13 on August 13, 2008, 11:06:52 PM
Bananas
bananas
bananas
 :bandance;

sigh.......

Also a big plate of (english) chips smothered in tomato sauce, with a massive glass of ice cold fresh pure orange juice to wash it all down....
xx
carla
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: twirl on November 17, 2008, 09:42:00 AM
seafood gumbo and more seafood gumbo and then 1/2 cup more
from Louisiana
at this hole in the wall place we stopped at
best in the world
I wanted Allen to play for University of Louisiana
so we would be by that hole in the wall place
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: Wallyz on November 17, 2008, 10:34:54 AM
BBQ RIbs, Coleslaw, Onion rings, and Smoked hot sausage.

Salad with Blue cheese dressing to start, Banana Cream Pie to finish.
Title: Re: what would you eat if you could.....dream menu
Post by: twirl on November 17, 2008, 02:13:42 PM
Wallyz  I want to come eat with you on your dream dinner-----yum