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Food I had a dream... of FOOD!

Discussion in 'Tilted Food' started by genuinemommy, Aug 19, 2011.

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Do you dream of food?

  1. Yes

    2 vote(s)
    40.0%

  2. No

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  3. Occasionally

    3 vote(s)
    60.0%
  1. genuinemommy

    genuinemommy Moderator Staff Member

    Do you ever dream of food?

    Last night I had the most delightful dream... giant roasted ice cream puffs, fresh butternut squash lasagna, bite-sized spinach mushroom quiche... the spread continued but these were the most memorable. But the best part about it? The company. It was a potluck feast, with good friends who showed up spontaneously bearing edible delights.

    Share the food of your dreams - delicious, sinfully sweet, or outrageous. What foods do you dream about?
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    (image from good housekeeping, recipe from Yummly)
    http://www.yummly.com/recipe/Cream-Puffs-with-Ice-Cream-and-Hot-Fudge-Sauce-Martha-Stewart

    Preheat oven at 425 degrees F. Butter 2 baking sheets.
    Combine in saucepan:
    1/2 C unsalted butter
    1/4 tsp salt
    1C water
    heat slowly until butter melts.
    Add
    1C flour
    Stir 30 seconds while cooking. Cool 1 minute.
    Add
    4 eggs, beaten lightly
    Drop batter onto prepared sheets.
    Brush with:
    1 egg yolk beaten with 1tsp water
    Bake 25 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through.
    Turn off the oven, poke one hole in the middle of each puff using a toothpick
    Place back in cooling oven for 10 minutes to dry puffs.
    After cooling, cut each puff in half, fill with a scoop of ice cream, then put it back in the freezer. Allow them to harden for up to 2 days. When you're ready to serve, drizzle them with warm fudge sauce.
     
    genuinemommy, Aug 19, 2011
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  2. Leto

    Leto Slightly Tilted

    Location:
    Toronto
    ceviche. for some reason I had a dream that I was looking for a restaurant that served good salmon ceviche and my wife was totally opposed due to the health risks. I woke up before I was satisfied.
     
    Leto, Aug 19, 2011
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  3. Plan9

    Plan9 Rock 'n Roll

    Location:
    Earth
    This one time at band camp I spent two weeks basically eating one meal a day and surviving on zero sleep. I was absolutely starving (I lost ten pounds when said and done) and utterly delirious (I had no idea where in the solar system I was after awhile despite planning complex GI Joe activities like ambushes and raids). During that time I had drunken lucid daydreams of food, wonderful food. No-shit dreams. And I'm not talking "Oh, that would be nice," or "I'm so goddamn hungry," no-no, I'm talking seriously drooling all over myself because I was vividly recalling every item in every aisle of every grocery store I'd been in. The sheer quantity of food types and variants and meal combinations flooding my brain was like a divine revelation... clear as day in an otherwise foggy, molasses-speed brain. Peanut butter M&Ms and quinoa and broccoli with that soupy cheddar cheese sauce and a tuna sandwich with bacon bits covered in Sweet Tarts. Nonstop. For hours. Didn't matter if it was raining buckets on the side of a mountain, didn't matter if I was slapping det cord on a door frame to blow it in so I could go spray the people insides with fake bullets. Hostess Snoballs and mashed cauliflower with chives were in charge of my soul. Whenever I had down time ("planning huddles") I made extensive lists of all the food I was going to eat when I got back from camp in a notebook. Pages and pages of the names of food items. I still hang on to that notebook--it's in an old footlocker somewhere with other memories--and I always have to laugh when I see it. It's so incredibly crazy.

    I had "dreams" about writing in it... but it's really real.

    So, uh, I'm a shitty person to take into a survival situation with you. I mean, I know how to do all sorts of MacGyver shit, sure, but I'll eat everybody's rations in one day. Let this be a warning: Don't get on a plane with me, people. If we crash, I will kill you for your dinky bag of pretzels.

    /hopes that's funny and not creepy

    ...because it's true.
     
    Plan9, Aug 19, 2011
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  4. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member

    I dream of food all the time. I dream that I am grocery shopping about every other night.

    Last night I dreamt I was at a huge buffet put on in honor of a wedding. They had so many things to eat, and a huge dessert bar. Candy bars, chocolate cake, whatever you wanted, all for the taking. It was like one of those buffets at a casino, but better, because it had fancy wedding food mixed in with the standard buffet fare. I gorged myself on this tomato jam-Brie thing and then ate a ton of goat cheese with tritip. Then I had prime rib, crab, and dessert--chocolate fudge cake.
     
    snowy, Aug 19, 2011
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  5. Lordeden

    Lordeden Part of the Problem

    Location:
    Redneckhell, NC
    The only time I've straight dreamed of food was when I was in complete chef mode and would dream about prep lists and what I would be cooking as a speical that day. I'd often wake up and be thinking about that days prep.
     
    Lordeden, Aug 19, 2011
    #5
  6. Leto

    Leto Slightly Tilted

    Location:
    Toronto
    As long as you can remember the dream, and the taste it's a guilt free and calorie free way of enjoying food!
     
    Leto, Aug 19, 2011
    #6
  7. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member

    It is! Research has shown that thinking about food can be just as satisfying as actually eating it.
     
    snowy, Aug 19, 2011
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  8. Leto

    Leto Slightly Tilted

    Location:
    Toronto
    I'm thinking of butter tarts right now.
     
    Leto, Aug 19, 2011
    #8
  9. Lordeden

    Lordeden Part of the Problem

    Location:
    Redneckhell, NC
    I can not believe that in a second. Then again I'm hungry ALL THE TIME. Sometimes food doesn't satisfy that craving.
     
    Lordeden, Aug 19, 2011
    #9
  10. Plan9

    Plan9 Rock 'n Roll

    Location:
    Earth
    Turns out guys in the military would love to know all about this mind over matter trick.
     
    Plan9, Aug 19, 2011
    #10
  11. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member

    snowy, Aug 19, 2011
    #11
  12. Lordeden

    Lordeden Part of the Problem

    Location:
    Redneckhell, NC
    I think the keyword in there is MAY.

    It won't satisfy if you are hungry, it just might make you eat less. Not, "I'm thinking of cheese pizza, so I don't feel hungry" but more "I thought about cheese pizza all day so when I finally ate it, I didn't eat as much".
     
    Lordeden, Aug 19, 2011
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  13. Fremen

    Fremen Allright, who stole my mustache?

    Location:
    E. Texas
    Like men who stare at goats? ;)

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    I dream of a big cart of desserts like you see in movies (or expensive restaurants), that has tortes, cakes, pies, mousses, ice creams, pudding, cobblers and other sweets I can't think of at the moment.
     
    Fremen, Aug 19, 2011
    #13