{"id":146,"date":"2006-03-24T13:10:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-24T13:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sararosso.com\/wordpress\/2006\/03\/24\/eat-to-live-ready-to-die\/"},"modified":"2011-11-12T23:19:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-12T21:19:00","slug":"eat-to-live-ready-to-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2006\/03\/24\/eat-to-live-ready-to-die\/","title":{"rendered":"Eat to live, ready to die?"},"content":{"rendered":"

BBC published their “50 foods to eat before you die<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

I have to say I was astounded by the broad sweeping picks…why not make people work a bit before they settle down to die?? #23 Chocolate. That’s it?? Hersheys and Caffarel<\/a> are the same? White chocolate is the same as luscious gianduia? #24 Sandwiches. Argh!<\/p>\n

#15 Pasta. (All 58 million<\/a> Italians send up a cry of rage) There are hundreds and hundreds of pasta recipes<\/a> – I mean, there’s several books with 500 recipes each (greatest ever<\/a>, cook’s guide<\/a>, almost fat-free) How can you lump in America’s spaghetti and meatballs in Prego sauce with pappardelle con pecorino di fossa?<\/p>\n

I’m only missing about 5 from the list (close to death, y’all!) but don’t intend to eat kangaroo or reindeer or guinea pig in the near future, so I’ll live for quite some time.<\/p>\n

I consider myself pretty well-traveled, and definitely well-fed, so I thought I would make my own list. Instead of being so general (Mexican food???) I thought that I would focus on specific dishes…those ingredients in their BEST preparation.<\/p>\n

What things are missing from the BBC list, in your opinion? What’s something you discovered late in life that you now can’t live without? How close are you to “dying?”<\/p>\n

My list, in no particular order…<\/p>\n

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  1. Cracked whole dungeness crab\n<\/li>\n
  2. Grilled shrimp enchiladas with jalapeno cream sauce<\/li>\n
  3. Panzanella<\/a> salad\n<\/li>\n
  4. Tom Yum Gai<\/a> soup<\/li>\n
  5. Beef & Broccoli with noodles\n<\/li>\n
  6. Fresh homemade basil and pinenut pesto<\/li>\n
  7. Lindor truffle (the red one)\n<\/li>\n
  8. Sausage (I’ll make it easy on you….Polish, Summer, Chorizo, Jalapeno, Beer, Pesto, chicken, beef, pork, whatever!!)\n<\/li>\n
  9. Olive pate<\/li>\n
  10. Pane e pomodoro – fresh tomatoes smeared on Pugliese bread with Pugliese olive oil & oregano<\/li>\n
  11. Vegetarian Samosa<\/a><\/li>\n
  12. Chicken Khorma or Tikka Masala\n<\/li>\n
  13. Chocolate mousse<\/li>\n
  14. Fresh potato gnocchi with meat sauce<\/li>\n
  15. Mango<\/li>\n
  16. Pineapple<\/li>\n
  17. Portuguese breakfast (eggs, rice, and sausage with soy sauce)<\/li>\n
  18. Tiramisu<\/li>\n
  19. French crepe (preferrably with Nutella)<\/li>\n
  20. Nutella <\/a>(see above)<\/li>\n
  21. Honey or Spicy Mustard<\/li>\n
  22. Cinnamon hot chocolate<\/li>\n
  23. Fresh buffalo mozzarella<\/li>\n
  24. Kebab (with hot sauce!)<\/li>\n
  25. Pistachio gelato<\/li>\n
  26. Mint chocolate chip ice cream<\/li>\n
  27. Pot stickers<\/li>\n
  28. Brownies<\/li>\n
  29. Beef stroganoff<\/li>\n
  30. Macaroni and cheese with salsa<\/li>\n
  31. Chicken fried steak<\/a><\/li>\n
  32. Hot buttermilk biscuits and sausage cream gravy<\/li>\n
  33. Queso<\/a> (Tex-Mex dip)<\/li>\n
  34. Hawaiian-stlye pizza (with ranch dressing)\n<\/li>\n
  35. Argentinian Churrasco steak<\/li>\n
  36. Pho<\/a>\n<\/li>\n
  37. Fried calamari (especially the legs)<\/li>\n
  38. Hot edamame with salt<\/li>\n
  39. Smoked salmon<\/li>\n
  40. Shredded beef tamales<\/li>\n
  41. Roti prata<\/a> with curry dipping sauce<\/li>\n
  42. Grilled cheese sandwich<\/li>\n
  43. Arancina<\/a> with meat sauce<\/li>\n
  44. Vietnamese spring rolls<\/a> with peanut sauce<\/li>\n
  45. American or British breakfast<\/li>\n
  46. Clam chowder in a sourdough bread bowl<\/li>\n
  47. Bread: Pizza bianca, garlic naan, garlic bread, hot baguette\n<\/li>\n
  48. Yellow Thai curry<\/li>\n
  49. Spicy tuna rolls<\/li>\n
  50. Sticky toffee pudding<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    BBC published their “50 foods to eat before you die.” I have to say I was astounded by the broad sweeping picks…why not make people work a bit before they settle down to die?? #23 Chocolate. That’s it?? Hersheys and Caffarel are the same? White chocolate is the same as luscious gianduia? #24 Sandwiches. Argh!…<\/p>\n

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