The History Book Club discussion

You can have anything to eat in the whole world and it will miraculously appear right in front of you. What would you eat and ask for?

Knowing myself - I might ask for pizza and ice cream (lol) - or if I could have a lobster brought to me cooked fresh from Maine - I might opt for that.

I also like sushi and Japanese food - this is tough. Maybe I will just get a nice cold glass of bottled water.

Tough one. Not sure. Ice cream would be one item, though.

Yes, I am thinking about it right now.

There is a dish I grew up on in Springfield, Mo. There was a Chinese restaurant that Americanized the dish Cashew Chicken in a way that you cannot really find outside of SW Missouri. It's just fried chicken pieces with a sauce made mainly of soy and oyster sauce, with cashews and green onions. It's such a legend, it has it's own Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cashew_...

I generally don't "crave" foods, but that one comes close. It's a mess to make (I love to cook but don't have much patience to deep fry) and the sauce is never "just like back home", but it comes close.

Now I'm off to a late dinner and I'm starving!

I have never heard of that. It looks like it would be tough to do on your own without the home fire alarm system going off (smile)

A real NY bagel. Can't get those in Florida! :(

That's a hard one. I guess I'd say my mom's beef roulad or chicken and rice. Making me hungry.

For me, probably Japanese Shojin cuisine, which is a vegan cooking style and related to kaiseki, the Japanese version of haute cuisine. Select tea pairings are a perfect accompaniment.

(certainly not what I eat every day around the house!)

Glynn wrote: "A real NY bagel. Can't get those in Florida! :("

Isn't that the truth Glynn - whenever I am in Florida or anywhere else for that matter - I say the same thing. Aside from the Big Apple that is (smile)

Francie wrote: "That's a hard one. I guess I'd say my mom's beef roulad or chicken and rice. Making me hungry."


It is funny how some things you never forget or how they tasted - made with love.

Kristen wrote: "For me, probably Japanese Shojin cuisine, which is a vegan cooking style and related to kaiseki, the Japanese version of haute cuisine. Select tea pairings are a perfect accompaniment.

(certainly ..."

Yes in Japan for sure - but I think I went to one of the those in the city (NYC) it was called Kajitsu if you are ever in these parts.

My Mom's pork and sauerkraut.

Ahhh that sounds wonderful