Okay, I’m totally lying.
I was simply feeling entirely too lazy to do some real cooking, so reheating some homemade BBQ pulled pork that I stashed away in our freezer sounded much more appealing!
It was just as good the second time around.
Roasted cauliflower tossed in Garlic Gold classic balsamic vinaigrette served as our side.
Dessert was awfully good tonight as well.
Festive, huh? The kind people at Tastykake apparently caught wind of my sweet tooth and sent me a whole box of goodies to try.
Being the coconut lover I am, the Ghostly Goodies dark chocolate covered coconut cakes were my first victim.
They reminded me of an Almond Joy, but with richer chocolate (a very good thing!).
I always feel like coconut is one of those polarizing foods. People seem to love it or hate it which inspired a fun little “love it or loathe it” game.
Let’s play!
Question of the Evening
- Do you love or loathe the following foods:
- Coconut
- Mushrooms
- Cilantro <—This one is historically polarizing!
- Mayonnaise
- Black Licorice
My answers:
- Love
- Love (Unless they’re canned and then they taste like armpit.)
- Love
- Neutral (I prefer Miracle Whip.)
- Newly neutral (I used to hate black licorice and recently started to like the taste. Weird.)
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1.) loathe
2.) loathe
3.) like; don’t love it but don’t hate it either
4.) loathe
5.) loathe (if this were red licorice this would be a totally different story)
1) Coconut – Love
2) Mushrooms – Love
3) Cilantro – HATE ( I just read a study that suggests whether or not you like cilantro is genetically based, wish I could find the link!)
4) Mayonnaise – Love
5) Black Licorice – Hate
Here’s the link! http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/14/dining/14curious.html
My mom hates it too… Not your fault! 🙂
1. Love
2. Love
3. Eh, not the worst, not the best
4. Don’t really have it that often
5. Eww!!
🙂
1. Love
2. Love
3. Love
4. Loathe – with an absurd passion.
5. Loathe
I can’t wait to see everyone else’s answers. These really are some foods people feel passionately about.
1. Neutral
2. love
3. love
4. I prefer miracle whip too
5. Hate
Sometimes lazy dinners make the best dinners 🙂
1. Loathe
2. Love
3. I’m the same as Kaitlin. Don’t love. Don’t hate.
4. Loathe
5. LOVE. LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE. This usually works to my advantage as most people loathe it. Don’t want your black liquorice jelly beans? Don’t mind if I do! NOM NOM NOM.
1.love –oh so good with chocolate
2. LOATHE !!!!
3. love! A lot. SO tasty.
4. loathe.
5. LOATHE.
1. LOVE almost TOO much
2. Love (also, not canned though)
3. LOVE
4. Neutral
5, Loathe. EW! My boyfriend loves it though. I prefer the red licorice.
1. Depends! Used to loathe big time, but I love the new chocolate coconut Luna bars!
2. Love, but only sautteed or roasted (NOT raw).
3. LOATHE. Gross.
4.Neutral
5.Neutral
Fun survey! Here are my answers:
Coconut — Loathe. (Sorry!)
Mushrooms — Love
Cilantro — Love
Mayonnaise — Loathe (Greek yogurt, all the way!)
Black Licorice — Loathe. I’m partial to red licorice though, especially Nibs! 🙂
Coconut – Yes, but only real coconut…hate anything to do with simulated coconut whether its to eat or put on me.
Mushrooms – yes, but never ever raw.
Cilantro – NO. Tastes like soap, and I dont often find myself craving a nice tasty piece of soap…
Mayonnaise – Love…I’m a mayo over miracle whip girl although I will eat MW if its my only option.
Black Licorice – no. reminds me of old people who eat licorice all sorts. This always works out well because my mom picks out the black licorice candies out of everything (jujubes, jelly beans, etc.) and leaves all the good red ones for me when we split a bag!
definitely didnt do a loathe or love pattern, but basically:
1. Neutral
2. Love
3. Loathe is not strong enough of a word.
4. Love
5. Loathe
i agree! hate coconut smelling body products.
1.Coconut – LOVE LOVE LOVEEE
2.Mushrooms – neutral – I like when they are tasty and not just mushy or brown and bland
3.Cilantro – HATE!!!
4.Mayonnaise – neutral – there is a time and a place for it, and that’s usually burgers or sandwiches or dips – but not too much of it!
5.Black Licorice – hate – ick!
Ahhh TastyKakes! I miss having those around.
1. Love
2. Love
3. I can tolerate – Love in some things, loathe in others
4. Loathe! I will use Miracle Whip if a mayo like product is needed
5. Loathe
1. Love now but used to hate (weird how our tastes change as we get older!)
2. Love
3. Love
4. Neutral
5.Neutral
ewwww i can’t stand black licorice! it’s one of those things where even the smell freaks me out!
Coconut – newly like, not quite love
Mushrooms – love
Cilantro – love
Mayonnaise – loathe (freaks me out!)
Black Licorice – LOATHE! one of my least fave flavors of ALL TIME.
I am not a fan of any of those except cilantro. I have a particular hate for mushrooms. 🙁 I want to Like them… but even their sight and smell disgust me.
oh, that’s easy. I ADORE coconut and mushrooms, am neutral with cilantro, love mayo, and am pretty neutral on black licorice. so many people hate all of the above, though!
1.Coconut: LOVE but only the sweetened kind haha…not the healthy raw kind! 🙂
2.Mushrooms: LOVE
3.Cilantro: I can take it or leave it…so neither.
4.Mayonnaise: LOATHE
5.Black Licorice: LOATHE
Like (not love yet)
love
Loathe
Like
Love
love
love
love
love
LOATHE
1. LOVE
2. Love
3. Love in my guac.
4. Loathe.
5. Loathe.
Since I’m just now catching up on your blog from the last few days…. My Aunt (married into the fam) has a nephew who is married to Samantha Brown from the Travel Network. She’s been to my parents house for dinner and she’s just as sweet in person as she is on her show.
Dennis Leary is a member at my parents country club and when I worked there I served him food a number of times!
Bruce Jenner went to my high school. The track was going to be named after him but when he failed to show up to the dedication, they nixed that idea.
And for the song lyrics…. my husband drives me crazy when One Republic’s “Apologize” comes on the radio. Instead of saying “It’s too late to apologize…” he says “It’s too late to call the judge…” hahaha
how cool! i LOVE samantha brown. i think ryan’s mom looks a lot like her.
Love
Neutral
Loathe
Love
Loate
This was cute!
1.Coconut – Neutral
2.Mushrooms – Love, love, love
3.Cilantro – Love
4.Mayonnaise – Loathe (used to love)
5.Black Licorice – Loathe squared
i love this!
1.Love!- I had a coconut paradise iced coffee today!
2.Neutral- I’m just actually starting to experiment with mushrooms
3.Love
4.Only in Tuna. Besides that. grossss
5.loathe!
Ohh those tasty cakes look good!
1. Coconut Love
2. Mushrooms Newly love! I used to loathe!
3. Cilantro Love
4. Mayonnaise Loathe!! I try to avoid mayonniase/miracle whip in general, except on egg salad, which I love!
5. Black Licorice Loathe! I cannot stand this taste.
1. Coconut — loathed, then loved, then became allergic to it. (sadness)
2. Mushrooms — loathed, but now I enjoy them in moderation
3. Cilantro — like it on occasion, but don’t love it
4. Mayonnaise — love the veganized version
5. Black Licorice — LOATHE
Hate them all except MUSHROOMS. I LOVE THEM (and my boyfriend hates them and loooves coconut)….weird.
coconut-love
Mushrooms-like..not love. like enough to buy though.
Cilantro- LOVE cilantro!!! its SO good..it makes everything better!
Mayo- love..haha my husband thinks im so gross but its so good!
Black licorice- loathe..ew. reminds me of jager which brings back bad memories haha. actually good ones..
I don’t think I could ever get sick of BBQ pork or chicken sandwiches – mmmm!
Coconut: LOVE!
Mushrooms: Used to loathe, but now I love (not canned though – I agree, Julie, they taste gross)
Cilantro: love
Mayonnaise: LOATHE
Black Licorice: LOATHE – I can’t even stand the smell
Love
Love
Like
LOATHE
Dislike
Mayonnaise might as well be a hairy black spider I dislike it THAT much!
Coconut – adore. Love. Ymmmmmmm
Mushrooms – love
Cilantro/Parsley – allergic (soooooo many restaurants drown their food in this garnish.
Mayo – love it. MW is fine as long as not “fat free”.
Black Licorice – loathe it … It also puts me in the loo for days on end!
Coconut — LOVE!
Mushrooms — DOUBLE LOVE!
Cilantro — like!
Mayonnaise —— I don’t mind the taste but I really don’t want to eat it
Black Licorice —— neutral!
1. Loathe
2.-5. Neutral
I’m becoming less of a picky eater, but none of those are my absolute faves!
1. LOVE
2. Neutral I love the button ones seasoned and regular ones in Marsala
3. Love
4. HAtE mayo absolutely grosses me out!
5. Loathe
Love, love, love, loathe (I have never been a lover of Mayo, I cannot stand the smell)!!!, love!
1. Love
2. Love
3. Love
4. Hate – give me mustard any day
5. Abhor!
Coconut — LOVE
Mushrooms — Exact same canning issue but I eat them all the time when they’re fresh!
Cilantro — LOVE
Mayonnaise — LOATHE! I heard a joke back in like 2nd grade about Mayo being made from acne (which I realize makes no sense) but I’ve never been able to eat it again! Sorry if that ruins it for anyone else! 🙂
Love
Love
Neutral
Loathe: I’m vegan but I have always hated mayo… gross
Love
1. Love
2. Depends on my mood, but typically a no-go.
3. Love
4. Eh neutral; if it’s on something I’ll eat it.
5. Never had it before, but I hate the smell!
1. Love
2. Love
3. Love
4. Love
5. Love
I am not picky at all 😉 Love them all!
love
love
love
neutral
loathe!!!!!!
And I NEED those tastycakes!!!
coconut – hate it
mushrooms – HATE IT
cilantro – neutral, as long as there isn’t too much of it, I like it
mayonnaise – LOVE IT
black licorice – HATE IT
Love all.
I find it hard to think of a food I do not enjoy –
Coconut – ew, hate it
Mushrooms – love, but this is new in recent years
Cilantro – love, love love!
Mayonnaise – only if it’s in things like potato salad, never on sandwiches if I can help it
Black Licorice – yum! love! Red Vines are even better though
1.Coconut—neutral. i could take it or leave it.
2.Mushrooms—LOVE
3.Cilantro —loathe!
4.Mayonnaise—don’t care for it, but i don’t hate it.
5.Black Licorice—loathe!
Coconut–only fresh coconut–not the dried stuff in candy and cakes
Mushrooms–yuuuuccckkkk
Cilantro–LOOOVE the more the better 🙂
Mayonnaise–neutral, I go to the store and can never remember which one is which
Black Licorice–YUCK
Loathe, Love, Love, Loathe, Loathe 🙂
1) Coconut – Love!!!!! (one of my favorite dessert things!)
2) Mushrooms – Love (Hated until I was in my early 20s — now I’m 27 and love them)
3) Cilantro – Adore! Adds such great flavor!
4) Mayonnaise – Neither?? It’s okay — I don’t request it on sammies or anything — but if it’s on one, fine.
5) Black Licorice – Just recently began to enjoy it (black jelly beans and all!)
1. LOVE
2. LOVE
3. LOVE
4. Only flavoured!
5. Loathe