I'll order anything that has the word 'fig' or 'crusted' in the menu description.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Mexican, Mediterranean, Italian, sushi, I love it all. Put it on a plate, and as long as I know what it is, I will eat it.
If you would ask me some of the ingredients that people are surprised by that could appear on my menu are such things as bleu cheese, vegetables like parsnips and rutabaga, bacon, pork fat, fois gras, truffles, and olives.
For dinner I want real sushi - not the Americanized kind. My parents are American Samoan so I don't go for any of those rolls. I'll have raw prawn or sea urchin or octopus. I love it.
A great fig should look like it's just about to burst its skin. When squeezed lightly it should give a little and not spring back. It must be almost unctuously sweet, soft and wet.
I'm not the bake-sale-mom type - though once in a while, I'll make challah French toast for my sons.
Cheese and jam are really nice. Cheese and apple as well. Cheese and grapes are good.
Where's my food? When is it coming? What did I order, anyway?
I grew up with a Mediterranean diet, so I like clean, simple food. But if there's pizza on a menu, I always end up ordering it. I can't resist it.
I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.