horse radish

Jeff and I went to his mom's place out near Orangeville for dinner to celebrate JBR's birthday; the whole Ridpath clan was there except for Brittany, who was with her father yesterday. Pork chops and ribs with asparagus and roasted potatoes for dinner, apple pie and birthday ice cream cake for dessert, with slices of cheddar available for those who wanted it with their pie.

I had never come across the cheddar and apple pie combo until I hooked up with Jeff's family. Initially I thought it was pretty weird, but found it wasn't so bad. I still prefer my pie sans cheddar, however. :-) Anyone else out there have interesting food combination traditions?

On our last visit to the cottage, I had dinner with Jeff and his parents; Jeff had barbecued some steaks. He looked at me aghast when I offered him some horse radish. "HORSE RADISH? With STEAK?" he said, staring at me as if I had just asked if he'd be interested in renting Notting Hill.





It made me wonder how many other dining combo quirks I have which would probably horrify culinary purists. Not that I plan to change any of my quirks, but I'd be highly interested in hearing if anyone else shares any of these preferences. :-) Anyway, here's a list of some of mine:

-- I like ketchup with my Kraft dinner.

-- I mix wasabi with my soy sauce at sushi restaurants.

-- I like blue cheese and/or horse radish with steak.

-- I like maple syrup on pretty much anything (fruit, ice cream, etc.).

-- I like a raw egg and soy sauce mixed with freshly-cooked Japanese rice (or at least I did before the whole salmonella scare).

-- I like ketchup with my scrambled eggs. I purposely didn't list this right after my ketchup and Kraft dinner quirk to keep you from thinking I have a ketchup fixation.

-- I like butter and pepper in my mushroom soup. This is a habit I picked up in university, when Sue Wong and I would get our lunch or dinner from the food vending machines near Robarts Library. Sue used to buy the pre-heated mushroom soup and add a dollop of butter meant for rolls, add pepper. I thought that was gross until I tried it, then got hooked.

Hm. I could go on way too long on this topic (or face it, any food-related topic), so I'd better stop now.

Speaking of food, we never did get out to the Krispy Kreme outlet this past weekend. The quest continues. Here's a recent Toronto Star article about Krispy Kreme vs Timothy Hortons.





Not sure what I'm going to do today (I had forgotten it was the long weekend). Jeff has to work, but I think I'm going to take at least part of the day off to do something frivolous. Cathy and I are going to the ballet tonight to see the Erik Bruhn competition. Hey, and she taped the last X-Files episode for me, yay!!

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Today's Blatherpics:

	JBR blowing out the candles on his birthday cake last night with the assistance of grandchildren Garrison and Olivia.
	My sister-in-law, Debbie Ridpath.
	My sister-in-law Larkin and her fiancé, Rick.