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Name Three Foods You Can't Live Without
Posted by gtally • 2/20/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: ate, cuisine, desert island, eat, eating, food, gourmet, restaurant, three things
Cake. I couldn't live without cake. Or chicken sandwiches; I can't quit them. And there's no question I can't make it through life without chocolate!
(For proof, see an earlier discussion thread I posted:
www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/so-what-goes-best-with-chocolate )
This is one of those, "If you were stranded on a desert island, what three foods would you have to take with you?" questions.
And why? What makes these foods special?
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Ants, termites, and pie.-
Mmmm. aardvarks love pie. Ant pie?
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Oh any kind of pie, I'm from the north of England and all we ever eat is pie and curry.
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Grub pie.....mmmmmmmm! -
Seriously, aningeniousname, what's your favorite pie, sweet or savory? Do you eat a lot of meat pies?
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I would have to go with the traditional English steak and kidney pie for savoury and the classic hot apple pie served with ice cream for sweet.
There is actually a pie that squeezes together both of England's favourite foods, a Balti pie which is Balti curry in a pie. -
OK, now you've raised a totally different question. What's in a Balti curry pie? And what's Balti curry? Explain it to a poor lost soul on the other side of the Atlantic...
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Balti curry is a mild curry served in a metal bowl (Balti means bucket in Urdu) in Indian restaurants here, it's a very popular dish.
The Balti pie is just a normal pie but the filling is Balti curry.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balti(food)
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Cheeseburgers, potatoes and chocolate. I wouldn't take chocolate on a desert island with me, but i couldn't live without it in normal life. And potatoes are the all purpose food. You can make them a 100 different ways.-
Potatoe Pie for instance.. -
Any favorite potato dishes, CoyoteRose?
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Not really. I love French fries and mashed potatoes mostly, but i could have them baked, julienned, scalloped, roasted. I mean thats what is so great about them in general.
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After reading this, I had to run out and eat some French fries. CoyoteRose, you're a bad influence!
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Yogurt
Bread
Fruit-
Very healthy. What flavor of yogurt? What kind of bread and fruit? And when are you going to start blogging about your taxi stories? Sorry, I'm a one note Nellie; i just really want to read about it. You've got me intrigued.
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Wheat, soy, potato...these are the staples I use the most. If I was on a desert island, these are what I would propagate. The island itself would probably have resources of its own.-
So you'd go into the gardening business. This is awesome because I never expected people to look at this silly question from a survivalist stance. I was picturing the cartoon island of a little hill of sand with one coconut palm and maybe a monkey. So what kind of soy would you eat LynneaUrania, edamame or curds or soy products, like soy hot dogs or something?
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Why not the basic soybean? You can make everything else if you have that.
If that island is the stereotypical rock with one coconut palm, I'd have to ask why that coconut palm still exists without saline poisoning. There would have to be a reservoir of fresh water beneath to allow it. If there's water, there's means to drink, clean, and to farm.
The monkey would probably be roasted for food and his bones made into fish hooks after a week or so. When people are hungry, watch out! -
Hah! I was visualizing a Gary Larson cartoon and you're approaching it like Tom Hanks from "Castaway." Really, really cool. It just goes to show you, there's always more than one way to the answer; it's the question that's the tricky part!
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I never saw that movie. Nothing unusual for me, of course.
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Bread, oranges and Pasta.-
What kind of bread? What kind of pasta? Campanelle? Capunti? Casarecce? Cavatelli? Cechetti? Cencioni? Conchiglie? Conchiglioni? Corzetti? Creste di galli? Croxetti?
And those are just the "C's"!
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Everyone loves potatoes! Oops. Comment meant for cooltool below. Carry on, everybody...
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i wont answer but i can't live without potatoes-
Technically that is an answer, not a complete answer but an answer nonetheless
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who would have thought that Potatoes would be so popular.
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Why not? Potatoes saved the world at the Little Ice Age.
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Oh i think they are very good.
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That too. Woof.
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Hmmm... let me think .. I don't "eat only to live", and treat food more than just some substance that helps me to survive...
My answer:
* Bananas, because I suffer from muscle cramps. Bananas alleviate the cramps.
* Potatoes, because they are the one solid food stuff you can live longest on.
* Plain black brewed coffee, because I'm addicted to coffee:)-
Bananas alleviate the cramps?
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yes, bananas have potassium. If you are low on potassium you get cramps. I used to get charlie horses in my big toe!!! So weird, I know! Anyhoo - Eating a banana a day got rid of them.
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Charlie horses in your big toe?...hmm yeh that is weird.
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Scott - can't recall. It's been years and I don't dare go off bananas!
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Fair enough...as long as it helps ..then that's ..um Toe-riffic.
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Scientist also did studies which showed that cockroaches love bananas
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I've recently switched from coffee to tea, much against my will. I've been a black coffee drinker for ages, but for some reason my gag reflex started kicking in. Coffee was a very hard thing to walk away from...
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Hershey bars, cheeseburgers and fruit salad! lol-
A well balanced meal, if there ever was one.
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I would say eggs, potatoes, spinach. Of course, I would end up dying of scurvy.
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--Or making one helluva good breakfast omelette.
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Potatoes - as sexy as Pamela Anderson + Scarlet Johanson
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Yes, potatoes are the sex pots of all the root tubers...
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Rice!-
White, brown, wild rice? All of the above?
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Scottmillerd: Yes, "A banana a day keeps the cramps away". Bananas are rich in potassium, calcium, magnesium.
I suffer from cramps in my calves and feet. I wake up with them. They sure do hurt. Cramps can be avoided by increasing the intake of calcium, potassium, and magnesium.-
Hm interesting ...i did not know that.
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Brown rice, vegetables, fruits.-
Healthy. Substitute that with chocolate fudge sundaes, Ho Hos and Twinkies and I'm right there with you.
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1. Chips and salsa
2. Potatos of any form but my first love is for mashed potatos, esp garlic mashed potatos. They are my comfort food.
3. Spaghetti-
This thread has a theme. Everybody loves the spuds!
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Eggs!
Fish!
Durian!-
What kind of fish?
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salmon
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Ummm...let me think.
Cheesesteak subs....a sub that is made up of cheese and steak, and steak with cheese on top placed gently in between a submarine bun. Yep that's all three of them-
Are you from Philly? Or just a cheese steak fancier?
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Nope...I just recently became a vegetarian and I'm hungry :-)
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how about
Orange Jello
Grape Jello
Cherry Jello-
Sounds like the beginning of any cafeteria line, with the Jello line-up sitting there on crushed ice. I always liked to get this weird concoction of molded Jello salad that was mint green. If memory serves me correctly, the mold was green Jello, cream, walnuts and pineapple. Not bad, for Jello.
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Too hard to choose! -
Well then, just bring the whole fridge.
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grains, nuts, vegetables, fruits
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Hey that's four. Sneaky, timethief, sneaky. Could you give up one food for a trifecta? Or is it an all or nothing proposition?
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Nah there are vegies that some think are fruits & visa versa so it's a three ...
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I could give up almost anything if it was going to kill me. I couldn't give up chocolate or beef...or...maybe cheese.-
Don't eat beef, but I've loudly declared my undying love for chocolate and cheese in some other discussion threads. They're all listed above in the related topics section of this discussion, if you're interested.
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forget it i can't do without my daily yoghurt-
Any particular flavor of yogurt?
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WATER salads WATER-
You must be as skinny as a rake, eating that healthy!
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Meat, veggies, and chocolate...specifically steak, broccoli, and Heath bars.-
Yay for the broccoli and Heath Bars! But I don't eat the steak, and stay away from beef of all kinds. (Afraid of Mad Cow disease).
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grilled chicken, produce, protein bars, wine-
That's *four*, SC. Give up the protein bars, the others taste too good.
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oops! for some reason i saw 4 instead of 3.... apparently i should've put coffee on the list and left it at that
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1. Big Mac
2. Mac Chicken
3. Poutine ( French fried with gravy and BBQ sauce )
I know, I know it's all junk food. But I cant find a purpose in life without them!
KIWIPULSE // EVOLUTION OF ART
www.kiwipulse.com-
My God, you must be from Quebec! Poutine is like the best junk food ever. Fell in love with the stuff last time I was in Montreal. Good answers.
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1. cadburys Chocolate
2. Chocolate cake
3. Chocolate milkshake-
Lifeposter, you are a BC member after my own heart. All hail the mighty chocolate!
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Fruit juices, Bread, Beef........-
What kind of bread? What kind of juice?
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Vanilla Milkshake, sushi, tandoori chicken-
Yum. Tandoori chicken is amazing. I think I'll go out for some Indian food this weekend. Thanks for the suggestion!
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Rice, Legumes or Tofu, leafy greens-
Is that your diet, acousticguitarist, or is that for your Red Panda avatar?
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Damn it, i wish i had a medium grilled steak right now.....
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why don't you go and get one?
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Icecream........icecream......and ....ya.............ICECREAM!!!!!-
That's it, scream for that ice cream! What are the flavors of the three scoops in your triple decker ice cream cone?
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Whatever's in my fridge
Whatever's in the kitchen cabinet
Whatever else I can scrounge up in the kitchen
They're special because I'm feeling too lazy to go out and get anything else...-
Go for some Chinese delivery, drjay1966. And if you have a TiVo, you can now order a pizza through your TV. Ah, progress...
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Not a food person even though I have put on some weight in the recent past. Need sweets after every meal, love chicken and meat.-
What kind of meat? And yes, dessert is a *right*, not a privilege.
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Nice blog, livtotravel. Can you be more specific on what kinds of meat and veggies?
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i can't live without all the
sweetish, saltish and watery delights
visit my blog at
www.enginehour.com
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I agree on sweet, disagree on salty. And what do you mean by waterish?
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Yogurt, oatmeal, green tea.-
I'm a black tea drinker, myself, although I do occasionally enjoy some green.
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Oranges, Cheerios and grilled chicken
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That's breakfast and lunch covered, right there. But what's for dinner?
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salade greens
chicken
chocolate cake-
Yes, yes, yes, idevourfashion! Bring on the chocolate cake! And pile it high with gooey chocolate frosting!
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wine, cake, cheese I cant live without those. But to be practical probebley fresh, water, water, and more water.-
Awwwwww. you're no fun. Don't be practical. Let's go with door number one and enjoy the wine, cake and cheese.
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Potatoe pancakes, chicken, and tilapia. Yum -
You're the first person who's said tilapia. It has the potential of being one of the few environmentally safe farm-raised fishes that doesn't promote overfishing. Unfortunately, there's only one fish farm in the U.S. and the rest are in China, and are sources of heavy pollution. Great answer!
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Spinach, Apples, Cheese.
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Yum! That could be a really good salad, maybe with a little honey mustard vinaigrette...
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While none of these would be all that good on a desert island, they are three foods I find it hard to live without.
1) Cheese and sausage deep dish pizza from Lou Malnati's. It's tart tomatoes and cornbread crust piled high with mozzarella cheese. It also helps that I go there when I have friends from out of town.
2) Hot dogs from Portillo's. A mark of a good hot dog is if you can order it plain - nothing on it except a poppy seed bun - and it still tastes like something. Portillo's has a dog with a secret recipe courtesy of Vienna Beef that I've never been able to replicate (though a mix of chili pepper, oregano, black pepper and other spices seems to come close).
3) Sliders from White Castle. What can I say? It's 3:00 in the morning and you're coming off something enjoyable, where else can you go but White Castle and pick up a "sack" (actual measuring unit of Sliders).
Upon reviewing this list, it could explain why I'm on Weight Watchers!-
Wow, they all sound incredible! Where are Lou Malnati's and Portillo's?
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Pizza
Cheeseburgers
Shrimp-
Love shrimp, especially tiger prawns.
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Big decisions! Has to be potatoes, chicken and definitely chocolate x-
What kind of chocolate?
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Bread, cheese and rice crackers!-
That meal would make you thirsty!
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My three favorites foods at my age are Royal Gala Apples, Roast Chicken and good old Pumpkin Pie.
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Gala apples are one of my favorites, and I can't believe no one has said pumpkin pie, yet! With whipped cream, or without?
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Choclate, Pizza and Ribs but ask that question in a nother year and it all mite change but the choclate.-
Sounds like a good meal out at a neighborhood sports bar. Could be a lot of fun!
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rice cakes, fruits and vegetables are my favorite foods-
Healthy, healthy, healthy. Do you have any favorite junk foods?
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coffee, cheese, chocolate (huh, they all start with "c" coindcidence?). But I suppose that wouldn't keep me alive on a desert island for long (happy and alert, though). On the island, I guess I'd want coconuts, limes and fish. That should cover a lot of the nutrients, plus, I could do a nice fish stew with it.-
Well, I couldn't live without the most expensive coffee in the world:
www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/most-expensive-coffee-in-the-world
Sorry folks, you just have to check it out! -
I'm sorry, you deserve a more respectful answer, as well. Your first three foods sounds like a nice before dinner coffee party. Your desert island foods sound like a really good Thai dish!
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beef, rice, and cake
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What kind of cake? My favorite is chocolate.
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chocolate-
Bad, TonyB! Chocolate is bad for dogs!
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Olive, rice, yogurt-
What kind of olives? I like Kalamata the best.
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Olives, mayonnaise and curry
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Nothing better than a good, hot curry.
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Peanut butter, potato chips and ice cream!-
GlobetrottingBride, you're a junk food junkie after my own heart. What flavor of ice cream?
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Jamaican food, Mexican food, pizza.-
You know, I must remind people of Jamaican food because they keep calling me a great big jerk. As for Mexican food, I love refried beans and rice, and pozolé soup!
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rice, laksa, curry-
What's laska? Never heard of it before!
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Chicken; fruits and baked potato
Thanks,
~Anthony-
Baked chicken? Or fried? And what kind of fruit?
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Potatoes, Chocolate and mint.-
Fresh mint sounds pretty good to me, too. Or would you eat chocolate chip mint ice cream?
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rice, banana, dried fish-
Dried fish? Now you've intrigued me. What kind of dried fish?
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rice, mac and cheese and strawberries-
That's a complete meal, right there. Nothing beats fresh strawberries!
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Chocolate, fresh fruit, pasta.-
What kind of fruit and pasta?
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Steak, potatoes and Red Vines-
Ah ha ha ha ha! Red Vines the licorice sticks? Seriously awesome answer!
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butter croissont, chocolate and apple pie^^-
How about a chocolate croissant? One of my favorites. French pastry is the main reason I tolerate the French.
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pie, nuts, fruits-
How about fruit nut pie? You could east everything in one dish!
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Rice, potatoes, lentilles!-
Lentils are great. What's your favorite way of cooking them?
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rice
eggs
steak-
I like a hard boiled egg with just a little bit of yellow mustard.
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1) 3/4 boiled egg because its so delicious
2) Fish because its so fresh
3) Chicken because its so tasty
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Coffee, coffee and ummm....COFFEE! -
I'd bring coffee, potatoes (the little red ones), and cheese (cojack, if I have to pick a particular kind, as it's mild enough to enjoy with any...kind of potato, but I'd love to bring an assortment, with some gouda and some extra-sharp cheddar).-
I've decided that, as coffee is a beverage rather than a food, I'll change that part of my answer to chicken. I can think of many ways to prepare chicken, cheese, and potatoes, separately and in combination, as well as the fact that live chickens will provide me with eggs. It's too bad I can't grow a cheese tree, though.
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bread vegetable fruit -
bread vegetable fruit
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Sheesh --- ok - fine - I didn't answer it then - but now I will.
I have to have these things to survive:
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Sushi
Meat
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Chilli
Coffee
Chicken -
Rice, meat and vegetable
Rice is the main food in daily meals in our country, although we also enjoy bread and noodle...
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Mac n' Cheese
Cous Cous
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Rice
Fish
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Marinara sauce, fresh baguette, and cured meats. -
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sushi,hotdogs,eggs
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