Friday Five 13-January-2023

[elusivek]

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1. What's a food you liked when you were younger but don't anymore?
I can't think of anything in particular... but as a kid I liked sweet things, but now I prefer savory.

2. What's a food you used to not like but now you do?
I think I was a pretty easygoing kid all along. I eat almost everything. There are things I don't like like celery and raw onions, but I would still eat them if served. There are certain things I won't eat, like durian (just don't feel like trying) and gingko nuts (for some stupid superstitious sh*t that I don't really believe in but still observe).

3. What's a food you enjoy eating both warm and cold?
ugh..... cake?

4. Are there any foods you can't get anymore? Why not?
There used to be this malt candy grandpa that pushes his trolley to sell malt candy. Since he's passed, I haven't seen anywhere selling that. It's just malt candy pushed onto a skewer stick, and you either eat it plain like that, or with crackers or shaved coconut.

5. What's your favorite "breakfast for dinner" (or "dinner for breakfast") food?
I think pancakes are an all day food. Before, I used to think "bread is for breakfast" and "rice is for lunch and dinner" but then after the first time I went to Japan and had a Japanese breakfast that had "rice for breakfast" it was a game changer. I love rice.

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1. What’s your best physical feature?
People say my nose is tall and nice (Asians like tall noses) but I think mine is maybe too tall. People also say my eyelashes are pretty but I find them inconvenient. Do you know when eyelashes fall off and then are dangling between lashes and then swing around and poke in your eye... do you know how much that bloody hurts?
I think my best physical feature are my teeth. I have very neat teeth, and relatively strong too.

2. What aspect of your personality do people seem to appreciate most?
That I'm easygoing and I don't poke around people's business.

3. What skill are you proud of?
Pretending to not know things. LOL. To be specific, keeping things confidential. And giving the appropriate response when "news" is announced (OMG what??? when I already knew it all along).

4. What are you right about?
My spidey senses are usually rather accurate when it comes to who have unkind intentions.

5. Who appreciates you?
I'd hope my Boss does! He did casually ask if I was interested in a trip to Australia in February but when I heard it was a 2-day trip I declined LOL. 8-10 hours flight each way for a 2-day trip? Nah thanks but no thanks.

Comments

[soemand]

I went to Japan and had a Japanese breakfast that had "rice for breakfast"

Coming from Canada this was one of the challenges when I lived in 🇯🇵. It took some time to adjust to rice three times a day.

Nattō was a road too far. Way too far.

[elusivek]

I tried nattou and while the smell was indeed too far, taste-wise it wasn’t too bad. I wouldn’t take the initiative to eat it, but if I’m offered/served it I can still have it.

The one thing I don’t know why I just never want to eat is durian. I don’t exactly mind the smell, but I just won’t eat it, despite never having tried it.