toolprincess

I ate at Hash House a Go Go when I was in Vegas last December and it was amazing. We had the Fried chicken eggs benedict and a pancake as big as a wagon wheel. At the time we were there they were preparing to open a Hash House on the Strip in the Imperial Palace Casino. I also visited Hot and Spicy Crawfish located in a strip mall and no surprise adjacent to a Massage Parlor. We had some crawfish that were wonderfully spicy and some blue crabs as well. At the end I had used up too many paper towels to think about (the poor environment) and my lips were swollen from the spices. Both were a great experience!

I love Provision company in southport. Really good peel and eat shrimp, great burgers and grouper salad. An awesome view....

Me too! Oak Island is fabulous! I love Thai by the Sea on the Island.

Exactly - I think that with my SO a lot of it is in his mind. He just has his mind made up...if you don't tell him otherwise...he never even notices. But I agree if it was a real allergy I would be much more concerned.

I love Reese's pumpkins (and eggs at easter and christmas trees and hearts) - they now make them at almost every holiday so a version of them is almost always in season. I do find they are more tasty than the regular reese cups. I like the Mellowcreme pumpkins which are basically pumpkin shaped candy corn. edited to add: the texture is a bit different because they are thicker than candy corn.

The crunch and sweetness (must have some sugar) of a finely chopped mayo based slaw is a nice counterpoint to the zing and heat of Eastern NC BBQ.

Native Eastern NC'er here. I do love a good butt! Your sauce sounds divine. the only thing I'd like to add is a true eastern NC bbq is not pulled pork rather it is chopped pork butt. Put your butt on the chopping block and using a large knife or cleaver chop away. then add sauce. This way you get succulent meat and crunchy browned bits in every bite.

I have been with my SO now for almost 10 months and the food proclivities make me bonkers... He will eat onion rings occasionally and bloomin onions from Outback but turns up his nose at anything that he thinks or suspects has onions in it. I LOVE onions.... He "hates" sour cream - but I put it in a variety of foods and he doesn't even know. He "likes" shrimp and fish but only when they are fried. He eats no vegetables except iceberg lettuce and cucumbers. He will eat corn but only if it is cut off the cob. He doesn't like ham unless it is boiled ham. He doesn't care all that much for bacon. (I know its SICK) He likes french fries but not roasted or boiled potatoes or even pan fried potatoes. He will eat baked potatoes. He could happily live on hotdogs (boiled), chicken breasts (fried or bbq'd), french fries, and pizza (no veg). Edited to add: he will only eat sweet and sour chicken (no sauce so basically chicken nuggets) at chinese, won't even consider thai or indian and made 1 attempt at teriyaki chicken while I ate sushi and said it was "gross". It makes my head hurt. Not to mention my palate...I love asian flavor profiles and spicy curries.

We do this too -- we call it "fending," as in "Fend for yourselves!!" We call this "pick and point" as in pick what you want and point at it before anyone else and it's yours. You snooze you lose.