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raptureready 03-25-2010 04:20 AM

I put something in earlier but I forgot about the best pizza I ever had. It was in a tiny little place on the Outer Banks in North Carolina, called Nino's Pizza.
That pizza alone is the reason I would love to go back to the Outer Banks. When some of my friends were talking about going this year I asked if there was any way they could bring me back some Nino's pizza. There were 13 of us the year we went and we all agreed that it was the best we'd ever had.

raptureready 03-25-2010 04:22 AM


Originally Posted by GladGrams
On our last vacation in Krakow, Poland we ate in a place called "Under the Angels" and I ordered breast of duck prepared over a hickory fire. It was the best meal I ever ate in my life! That "dead duck" as we laughingly called it, was better than any expensive cut of beef I have tasted anywhere. Was pleasantly surprise at the culinary expertise in Poland.

Otherwise, since I am from Norway, I have to say that nothing beats a good roast of reindeer with wild game sauce , and of course, home made Norwegian waffles with raspberries and sour cream for dessert.

Can you give me the recipe for Wild Game Sauce? I have some cousins that are really into hunting and always looking for new recipes.

damaquilts 03-25-2010 04:35 AM

Daddy D's ribs and warm off the bush raspberries from my neighbors farm. I am sooo lucky I get to walk across the street and pick anything I want. :-)

vjengels 03-25-2010 04:36 AM

Okay, it's actually a meal we traditionally have around Easter.
Hummus, Tabouli, Grapeleaves stuffed with Lamb, Lubia ( Lamb & green bean stew) real pita from the middle eastern bakery, ... and to finish it off.... Baklava! you have to roll me away from the table... I could eat like that every day.

bob1414 03-25-2010 07:44 AM

salmon with ponzu sauce and a spicy tuna hand roll

bstanbro 03-25-2010 07:51 AM

Chocolate sack at Jake's in Portland, OR.

marta 03-25-2010 07:51 AM

Our son-in-law's Sirloin Steak. He won't tell me how it fixed it, but it is "out of this world.!"
Marta

Roberta 03-25-2010 07:56 AM

I'm easy to please. We had a wonderful dinner at Ruby Tuesday that consisted of 2 lobster tails and steak with steamed veggies. It was just delicious and we had a "buy one, get one free" coupon so it was only $20 for the two of us, yippee ;)

Marjpf 03-25-2010 08:24 AM

This is too hard! First thing that comes to mind is crab fried rice at a very small local Thai restaurant. I don't know how they do it, but I always way over eat with that one. Second are chocolate truffles from some small place in Berkeley that I can't remember the name of. Have them about 20 or so years ago, but still remember them.

Alu_Rathbone 03-25-2010 09:57 AM

Home made mac and cheese!

nanamo 03-25-2010 10:00 AM

sweatpotato pie

LogCabinLady 03-25-2010 10:01 AM

Oyster omelet in LA. Oh it was soooo very good!

mrs theo 03-25-2010 11:10 AM

A piece of wedding cake that was baked and decorated by the Best Man : ) It was white cake and in between the layers he laid out fresh raspberries and drizzled Chambord liqueur. It was beautifully decorated as well. I had to rescue the cake top and put it in the freezer because the guests were going back for seconds on the cake. Delicious :!:

raptureready 03-25-2010 11:40 AM


Originally Posted by EllaBud
Ok, everyone, here goes...

What's the best thing you ever ate? It has to be edible!

I'll start: Caviar

You must have had better caviar than I did because I thought I'd have to lick my armpit to get the taste out of my mouth. :lol:

Rachel 03-25-2010 11:45 AM


Originally Posted by JanetM
My Grandma's Chicken 'n Noodles (a Depression meal).

Oh, I'd have to agree, well, my Gma's, cuz' I've never had your Gma's. tee hee I still make them to this day, thank goodness she taught me to cook.

Rachel 03-25-2010 11:46 AM


Originally Posted by Roberta
I'm easy to please. We had a wonderful dinner at Ruby Tuesday that consisted of 2 lobster tails and steak with steamed veggies. It was just delicious and we had a "buy one, get one free" coupon so it was only $20 for the two of us, yippee ;)

I love their Turkey avocado burger. cant' be healthy, but oh so good...

sunlover 03-25-2010 11:59 AM

There is nothing better on Gods green earth than Dungeness Crab from the Pacific Northwest. I grew up on Hood Canal (Grammas_) and we ate crab, fresh salmon, and oysters (small Olympias) practically every day. Last August I went to Wa State to see my kids and my boy (50) said he had a surprise for me. It was fresh Halibut, Sea bass and Dungeness crab that he and his other caught in the San Juan Islands and the halibut in the Pacific Ocean. I ate that stuff for 3 solid days. My heritage is American Indian from the Washington coast so I am a native and also a seafood lover. Can't get ANY fresh seafood here in lovely sunny Arizona!!!!! Am taking an Alaska Cruise in May and hope to stuff myself on crab, fish and oysters, and some Lobster from the east coast.....

Jingle 03-25-2010 12:06 PM

I have so many favorites it is impossible to pick just one.

grandma Janice 03-25-2010 12:11 PM

a big dish of butter pecan ice cream or vanilla icecream with strawberries on top. of course, chocolate covered pecan candy is nice too.

redrummy 03-25-2010 12:50 PM

I'd have to say Homemade black walnut ice cream. mom would get it ready, dad ran the ice cream maker as we kids helped add ice and salt. the anticipation about tore us up, but was worth it.

Karenmay 03-25-2010 12:56 PM

My mums meat and potato pie!...I know exactly how how to make it and Ive done it hundreds of times...but it never tastes quite as good as my mums!

Karen xx

EllaBud 03-25-2010 01:20 PM


Originally Posted by raptureready

Originally Posted by EllaBud
Ok, everyone, here goes...

What's the best thing you ever ate? It has to be edible!

I'll start: Caviar

You must have had better caviar than I did because I thought I'd have to lick my armpit to get the taste out of my mouth. :lol:

I know. The very first time I had caviar, I couldn't stand it. But the third time was the charm--plus, it was the real thing, which I think made all the difference.

Oh, there was also a fabulous dessert I had at a French restaurant in NJ when I was pregnant: profiteroles filled with vanilla ice cream and drizzled with chocolate sauce. It was soooooo good that I had 2 orders. No wonder my son is so sweet!

ForestHobbit 03-25-2010 01:30 PM


Originally Posted by raptureready

Originally Posted by EllaBud
Ok, everyone, here goes...

What's the best thing you ever ate? It has to be edible!

I'll start: Caviar

You must have had better caviar than I did because I thought I'd have to lick my armpit to get the taste out of my mouth. :lol:

ROTF LMAO . . . . .. trying to visualize that!

Edie 03-25-2010 01:55 PM

The best thing I ever ate is when my father and I made home made Potatis Korv (Swedish Potato Sausage) with lefse and lingonberries. Gosh, I miss my Dad! Edie

Ramona Byrd 03-25-2010 02:03 PM

Snow Ice Cream in the middle of winter, with fresh from the
cow cream, sugar and vanilla.

Nothing since then has tasted so good, even in gourmet rxestuarants!!

SaraSewing 03-25-2010 02:47 PM

Huge big fat soft thick sugar cookies from my childhood neighbor "Martha". We asked Martha for the recipe and she laughed that she didn't have a recipe. She learned how to make them from her mom, "Mother Haney". so once my sister and I watched her make them, and wrote down exactly what she did and how much she used (the blue bowl = 1 1/2 cups). They are close, but not exact. Martha has been gone for years and years, but even my kids know and love "Martha cookies"

raptureready 03-25-2010 02:57 PM


Originally Posted by SaraSewing
Huge big fat soft thick sugar cookies from my childhood neighbor "Martha". We asked Martha for the recipe and she laughed that she didn't have a recipe. She learned how to make them from her mom, "Mother Haney". so once my sister and I watched her make them, and wrote down exactly what she did and how much she used (the blue bowl = 1 1/2 cups). They are close, but not exact. Martha has been gone for years and years, but even my kids know and love "Martha cookies"


Sounds yummy, care to share? The recipe I mean. You don't have to mail me any cookies. LOL

Dawn Hendrix 03-25-2010 02:59 PM

Lobsters off the boat in Maine.. ooo what a vacation that was!

lalaland 03-25-2010 03:24 PM


Originally Posted by Charlee
The scallops that nearly killed me, wrapped in bacon and grilled...the night I ate those wonderful things, I had my first allergic reaction to them...blistering hives that lasted for six weeks...

Probably knowing that I can't have them again makes them more attractive...~sigh~

My first scallops were drop dead delicious Hawaiian style scallops that I found I was deathly allergic to - had a reaction like food poisoning but also created such hypersensitivity in my skin that no one could touch me. Unfortunately I had the same reaction when I went into labor with my son. Go figure!

Never ate another scallop but dang they were good!!

EllaBud 03-25-2010 03:24 PM


Originally Posted by SaraSewing
Huge big fat soft thick sugar cookies from my childhood neighbor "Martha". We asked Martha for the recipe and she laughed that she didn't have a recipe. She learned how to make them from her mom, "Mother Haney". so once my sister and I watched her make them, and wrote down exactly what she did and how much she used (the blue bowl = 1 1/2 cups). They are close, but not exact. Martha has been gone for years and years, but even my kids know and love "Martha cookies"

What a nice legacy for Martha and Mother Haney!

Lisa T 03-25-2010 03:28 PM


Originally Posted by raptureready

Originally Posted by EllaBud
Ok, everyone, here goes...

What's the best thing you ever ate? It has to be edible!

I'll start: Caviar

You must have had better caviar than I did because I thought I'd have to lick my armpit to get the taste out of my mouth. :lol:

Ahahahahaha! That is hilarious!

chris_quilts 03-25-2010 03:47 PM

Have to second the homemade black walnut ice cream but also put in a plug for my father's corn fritters with real maple syrup or my mom's fried chicken dinner. When I was stationed in Germany, we used to go the the Shutzen Haus restaurant and they served a "Shutzen Platter" dinner there that was delicious and filling plus reasonably priced. Too many good foods to narrow it down to one except fresh caught and cooked lobster dripping in butter. That would be my final meal. Just the lobster and plenty of it. Yummers.

no1jan 03-25-2010 03:55 PM

Homemade English Toffee!!! My mom made it when I was a child and I make it every Christmas.

This year I sent a tray of cookies with English Toffee in the middle in a cupcake paper with my daughter to work. The first person, ate a piece of the english toffee and took the whole thing!

Pamela Artman 03-25-2010 04:01 PM


Originally Posted by Alu_Rathbone
Home made mac and cheese!

OH YEAH!! awesome!!

Ruth 03-25-2010 04:02 PM

My mom's cornbread. She passed away in 1987. Would love to have some. She made the best ever.

joeyoz 03-25-2010 04:46 PM

Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. YUMMMMMM!!!! :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

wvdek 03-25-2010 06:19 PM

Welllll, do the Dove chocolates I am currently let melt in my mouth count? Thanks to my SQA. MMMMM

mem123 03-25-2010 08:53 PM

Tie..Dove Chocolate and My Nana's homemade OATMEAL COOKIES!

mem123 03-25-2010 08:54 PM

Tie..Dove Chocolate and My Nana's homemade OATMEAL COOKIES!

JoanneS 03-25-2010 09:15 PM

My Mom's made from scratch Macaroni and Cheese - and I waited too long to ask her for the recipe - she couldn't remember it - she always made it 'by slap and by dash.' She used small mac shells, butter, I don't know what kind of cheese in chunks, poured milk on it and baked it. I loved the crispy edges!


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