Your Power Food of Choice

[Raynickben]

Fig Newtons.

[QuinaQuen]

Pho.

Andrea, in ABQ

http://tenacity.net

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Heck yeah. Did you know that pho, while not specifically prohibited in name, was all but impossible to dish out legally in Vietnam until a few short years ago? Something about conspicuous consumption...

At any rate, everything's O.K. now.

Do you take yours with just the simple stuff, or do you go for the lovely crunchy things that come from the more obscure portions of the cow?

[TheFoodTutor]

Pho is a good bet, but gazpacho would be another pick for me. Refreshing, cleansing gazpacho with lots of cucumber and tomato, plus some shrimp for protein.

It's too bad it's getting cooler now, and it's almost too late to make it. Maybe just one more batch before late fall sets in.

[Carrot Top]

I'm bringing spagetti bolognese and a big salad. And 'garlic bread' if my suitcase is big enough.

Isn't anyone bringing a good bottle of red wine?

[arielle]

Ever since I saw Anna capitalize LARB in another thread, I think of LARB as a sexy <a href="http://www.ntsearch.com/search.php?q=movie&v=56">movie</a> star sort of guy, not a <a href="http://www.ntsearch.com/search.php?q=food&v=56">food</a>.

Does that help you any, in making your decision?

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Sorry, but what is Larb??????!!!!! I keep seeing it here, and have no idea!

[Carrot Top]

There is an extensive thread on the subject...just search for "larb' and you will discover everything about it!

[simdelish]

Since you all are bringing enough other stuff,

for my "power food" I think I'll just bring LARB along...

that tall, tan, blonde, muscular, square-jawed Scandinavian guy...

Ever since I saw Anna capitalize LARB in another thread, I think of LARB as a sexy movie star sort of guy, not a food.

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[maremosso]

Papaya.

...except it takes eight years for the tree to bear fruit...

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hmm... 8 years? Here on the Western Coast of India my new papaya trees always bear fruit from the first year, and delicious they are too!

[foodie52]

An industrial size bottle of Tums

[Carrot Top]

My earlier answer was spaghetti bolognese. I'd like to change that, please, to hummus and pita.

[miladyinsanity]

Pasta cooked in chicken soup, then tossed in olive oil and garlic.

[Henry dV]

2 live rabbits and 2 live pigs(1 male and 1 female of each species)let the rabbits free and let the pigs cultivate the land, but hey if it`s going to be a few animals hows about a billy and a nanny to create the open areas and provide the dairy produce......some asparagus shoots, parsley, corriander....

[GTO]

I'd bring (probably also float there on) a thick, softly spongy Focaccia with tangy Goat's cheese, sea salt and tons of olive oil and rosemary.

Anyone with pasta would then be welcome to join me.

[_john]

peanuts

[srhcb]

fig chips

[Carrot Top]

fig chips

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Those are a fig ment of the imagination, I'm afraid. Figs can have shoulders (like humans) that can have chips upon them. Sometimes the chips get knocked off, or fall off. The figs can then grow larger, more delicious, better in all ways.

A chip is what one makes it. And a chip can be well used for excellent purposes, too. But everyone knows that.

I've often had it said to me, "Betcha can't eat just one."

[scubadoo97]

I'm not sure these would be my choices on a deserted island but as far as healthy

spinach, sardines and blueberries are high on the list for super foods high in vitamins, minerals, omega 3, and antioxidants. Help keep those eyes sharp to look for that rescue ship.

[Carrot Top]

spinach, sardines and blueberries are high on the list for super foods high in vitamins, minerals, omega 3, and antioxidants.  Help keep those eyes sharp to look for that rescue ship.

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Funny you should say that. When I first posted the topic I was thinking specifically of these sorts of "power foods".

I was really surprised the posts started pouring in with almost everything *but*.

Some very creative people around here.

Power, apparently, comes from different sources for different people.

(Why are Pokemon coming to my mind? )

[savvysearch]

I would take a whole cow with me.

[onedaylingers]

I'm going to be boring and practical and say 'bananas' =) Not the regular Del Monte or Chiquita ones we see at supermarkets though, but the ones we call 'Indian bananas' (kek leng jio in the Chinese Hokkien dialect) in Asia. These small bananas have a pleasantly firm and almost rubbery bite when just ripe, and a lovely sweet-tart flavor.

[GTO]

onedaylingers - I just thought "Hmmm...I think I'll find that superfoods thread and post bananas, seeing as how they rich with awesomeness."

[mizducky]

Hmmmmmmm ... I could go several different ways with this concept.

If I wanted to be purely pragmatic, and depending on how long I would be marooned, I might bring a whole case of MREs. Reasonable sustenance, relatively easy to doctor up, and bits of 'em (cookies, baby bottles of Tabasco, etc.) might be useful for bartering with the natives. For that matter, since way at the beginning of this topic it was specified that the natives had food in cans, I might also, or simply, make sure I brought a can opener.

If I wanted to be as creative in my interpretation as others have been here, well ... I'd probably bring along a whole bunch o' pork products. Mmmmm pork belly. Or better yet, I'd do what somebody else suggested, and bring a breeding pair o' piggies. Dissertation on Roast Pig, anyone?