Six Random Food Related Facts About Me: A Meme.

A little while ago, Betty from Cuisine Quotidienne tagged me in a meme asking me to share six random facts about myself.  I do love a list or two, so here goes…

1. I am absolutely terrified of yeast because it’s a) alive and b) grows, and yet wiggly, jiggly Jell-O is not a problem for me.  Most likely because Jell-O doesn’t double in size when left alone on the counter with a towel over its head.
2. My favorite thing to snack on as a child were Chips Ahoy!  I would cram as many as I could fit into a beer stein, smoosh it down, and then douse it all in milk.  Then I would skim off the soggy dough and suck the chips until they turned into melted streaks in my spoon.
3. I cannot listen to music when I cook — my mind needs to follow a storyline, so I plug my laptop in near the fridge and watch something on Hulu or pop in a DVD.  I get too antsy otherwise.  When I write, though, I absolutely must listen to music; I can’t think about it too much or else I’ll start to obsess over my playlist, so I put iTunes or Pandora on shuffle and skip songs only occasionally.
4. When I have a sore throat, all I want to eat are milkshakes and baguettes.  Milkshakes to soothe the burn and baguettes to scratch the itch.  Ideally, the milkshake will be strawberry or maybe even orange-vanilla, and the baguette must be as fresh as possible to maximize its effectiveness as a scratching tool.
5. I want so desperately to move.  While a lot of my friends are in Boston, I still think about what it would be like to live in a different city, walk down different streets, find new places to eat and shop.  Particularly the eat…
6. The dish I like to prepare the most is the easiest I know: pan-fried and broiled rib-eye steak.  I just love the smell of the meat cooking.