Casual Conversation: If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be?

[Nick_S]

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Pure joy.Feel free to choose the circumstances you want (e.g. deserted island, every food you touch turns into this one food, etc.) that would restrict you to only one food source. Now, what one food would you be willing to eat for the rest of your life?

I can't say I'm much of a foodie, but I do enjoy eating food. There are a few items of nourishment that tend to rise to the top of my hierarchy of wants but if I could only choose one food, hmm...

Probably zen butter ice cream, which can only be found at the Original Chinatown Ice Cream Factory in Manhattan. It is a peanut butter with toasted sesame seeds. I don't think it necessarily even tastes like peanut butter or sesame seeds, but it does taste like a gift from Dionysus himself. Pure joy.

I never take pictures of food, but I almost always take a picture of zen butter ice cream when I'm lucky enough to be in the area. Of course, the last couple of times I've tried to get it they were all out... My wife claims she's never seen a grown man appear visibly despondent in front of a (presumably) adolescent ice cream scooper before.

All right, now it's your turn! Whatcha eatin' for all eternity?

[William_A]

For me it's a toss-up between burrito bowls and gyro bowls. There's some great standalone and chain restaurants in my area that I frequent, that actually live up to the ideals of "fast and fresh." They make me feel less guilty about eating "fast food," and are usually well-seasoned.

For burrito bowls it's usually: rice, chicken, mixed veggies, cheese, queso, corn salsa, red hot salsa, green tomatillo salsa, pico de gallo, and sour cream.

For gyro bowls it's usually: seasoned rice, either falafel or lamb & beef gyro meat, feta, onions, olives, tomato, red cabbage, cucumber, spicy tzatziki, and spicy hummus.

[Nick_S]

Dang, if I hadn't settled on ice cream, a burrito or burrito bowl would definitely be my next pick. I always loved visiting the Colorado office and getting to indulge on smothered burritos... every day. The gyro bowl sounds good, too.

[Grace_R]

I'm going to have to go with gyoza (aka Japanese dumplings). I find them so addicting! You've got the pork and cabbage filling with a wonderful garlicky-gingery bite, a thin dumpling wrapper that is perfectly crispy on the bottom, and a salty, tangy dipping sauce. PERFECTION. Whenever I get sushi, I absolutely must get an order of these as an appetizer!

They are also not difficult to make. Time-consuming, perhaps. But sooo worth it in the end. Sharing a recipe from The Woks of Life!

[Nick_S]

Ooo, definitely making note of that recipe. Definitely can't go wrong with gyoza. As you said, the garlic/ginger kick, the sauce, and the crispiness. Yum. I wonder if I can convince my wife we should get dumplings tonight... 🤔

[Abigail_S]

Welp! Now I'm hungry. This is such a hard question...

If I could eat one food for the rest of my life it would probably be this Mediterranean salad I make. Ingredients include: Greek olives, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, chopped dill, olive oil, and apple cider vinegar. An optional ingredient includes some sort of feta or goat cheese depending on your mood. 

It's so fresh, clean, and I could solely live off of Greek olives for the rest of my life. 

[Nick_S]

Well, you definitely win with healthiest entry so far! That does sound tasty, though. Minus the olives, but I've never been an olive guy.

[Elizabeth_K]

Olives are the best! I used to make finger puppets with them at Thanksgiving because there was always a dish of them on the table. A bagel and cream cheese with olives on the top 😚👌

[Elizabeth_K]

Would it be cheating to say sandwiches? I mean, there are infinite possibilities of sticking things between other things and eating them with your hands! I really would miss soup though. Then again, does it count in a bread bowl? (If the bread bowl has a lid, I think it should count.) Open-face sandwiches are also technically a pizza, and if you disagree I have one word for you: calzone.