I'm bored of food. What to do?

[FlorenceYi]

My foodie self can't understand 'bored' and 'food' in the same conversation. Am actually slightly offended. How can anyone be bored of food.. #foodislife

You don't eat soy.. and think horse meat is gross? Maybe you are a bit picky with your foods and are bored with your limited and repeated choice for takeout? Sometimes I get in a rut and order the same things because I can't be bothered to think about it... but I'll keep a list of saved restos on yelp and google so I can quickly pull stuff up when I want something new. I can attest that horse sashimi is bomb. Also I think I had horsemeat at edulis tasting.. or maybe it was rabbit.. either way it was delish albeit mildly gamey. Open your mind!

I personally fast intermittently. I recently watched a youtube video on a healing retreat (I forget where in the world) that utilizes fasting as a way of healing complicated/advanced ailments, where western medicine has failed, including cancer.. it was one video, but interesting nonetheless. I don't do it for health, I do it for my waist. Health is a bonus.

Have you tried the following adventures:
-pressure cooking (pho, broths, soups..)
-making your own steak tartare (yes, take a visit to st. lawrence and get a nice cut of beef)
-truffle paste infused, runny scrambled eggs..
-tasting menu restaurants (I really don't see the value at Alo though.. side note)
-a completely foreign-to-you cuisine
-mixology. get some bitters (queen west has a nice shoppe!), some fresh herbs, a large ice cube silicone mold. make some cocktails at home. I like Woodford Reserve for my old fashioned's

I absolutely love sous vide chicken breast. I love the juices, it goes well on white rice. Definitely gives it more allure when pan searing a bit after coming out of the sous vide, but I've prepared them before with sous vide, pop em in the fridge, and microwave with rice for a quick meal. The re-heating will cook it a bit more. Salt and pepper to season in the sous vide bag.

 

[Insidious Von]

I had horse carpaccio on my last trip to Italy but I refused to eat ass. They are useful, intelligent beasts that should not be used for food...what did you think I meant?

Pho broth is the magical elixir that cures what ails you. It stopped me from going full Tony Soprano while I battled stomach flu. I really am a farmaioli, never heard of Sous Vide before. I'm not sophisticated and debonair like my reluctant paisan Take Out Cat. Although the Campagna story missed the mark, in the version I heard the priest comes out with a thong on his head.

Old Italian joke, hopefully it doesn't get lost in translation. Two morons in the cockpit of an airplane, they were scared shitless. As they approached the runaway, they prayed to God to be spared from death. They crash land the plane it brakes apart but they survive. The first moron says, "that was close man, this is a very short runway", second moron looks side to side and says, "yeah but it sure is wide".

 

[Ceiling Cat]

Although the Campagna story missed the mark, in the version I heard the priest comes out with a thong on his head.

Von, (Il Gambero )

It was a true story, not a joke. Either the grandfather was too embarrassed to face the priest again or he lost faith.
.................your version with the priest wearing the thong on his head, was that in your alter boy days?

 

[Insidious Von]

Happy Thanksgiving to all.

This year it's my turn to roast the bird. I don't like turkey, it's too bland. So I've used the Michael Smith method as preparation, I brined the bird in a salt/sugar ice bath. It was a cool night so I left the bird in a cooler on my balcony overnight.

Take Out Cat you never told us what Unemployed Man's super power is. Does he turn criminals into slovenly couch potatoes, eating Cheetos and watching Coronation Street?

 

[Ceiling Cat]

You never told us what Unemployed Man's super power is. Does he turn criminals into slovenly couch potatoes, eating Cheetos and watching Coronation Street?

Evidently there is more than one Unemployed Man. They are among the legions of unemployed. Their powers are merely to be able to post on TERB at all hours of night and day and to annoy people with their petty gripes. U-men can turn into the Cackling Dead all of the sudden. Both are have pretty much the same urge to annoy people so that they can feel alive. The only difference is that when a U-man turns Cackler his body starts to putrify and parts start to fall off.

 

[Insidious Von]

Every day change ethnic food, one day italian, one day greek, one day Indian and so on.

The problem with Indian food, if it's not fresh you end up with atomic sharts.

This contagion is really bustin my balls. I wanted to go for an ethnic breakfast but there's no place where I live that has it. Can't get take out from 416, it will be stone cold by the time I get it home.

 

[y2kmark]

Awww, food is boring. You sound like my cat (finnicky pussy). Man up, shut up and eat what's put in front of you...

 

[JackBurton]

When I’m bored of the same old meal routine I head to the Korean grocery store PAT at 333 Dundas St E, Mississauga, ON L5A 1X1

I walk around and I’m reminded all over again that I love Korean BBQ.

Excellent quality, it perks my mood up and I get excited to cook a different way with flavors I love.

 

[MissCroft]

Every day change ethnic food, one day italian, one day greek, one day Indian and so on.

This. I'll make a nice gnocchi one day, souvlaki the next, curry the next, etc. Then I'll do pad thai, then pho, then quesadillas, then borscht and perogies. I never get bored!

 

[Medman52]

I actually ate horse before. it was a bit gross.

Very big in Europe, full of iron and quite delicious.

 

[y2kmark]

The problem with Indian food, if it's not fresh you end up with atomic sharts.

This contagion is really bustin my balls. I wanted to go for an ethnic breakfast but there's no place where I live that has it. Can't get take out from 416, it will be stone cold by the time I get it home.

WHAT?? No grits?

 

[Insidious Von]

Maybe the op yearns for something different? Shouldn't it be the other way round.

 

[shack]

I winged it last night.

I had a nice rainbow trout filet defrosted that I needed to use but wanted something different. So I pan seared it 'til ready and let it cool. I then mashed it with some, Miracle Whip, lemon juice, salt, pepper, Old Bay, cajun spice, scallions and I grated in some gruyere cheese.

I then put it on some bread with a slice of processed cheese (my bad). I then grilled it with a bit of butter and made a hot and tasty rainbow trout melt. It was PFG.

I'd never tried that before. Experiment with new things. Make it a culinary adventure. The other week, I made oxtail stew for the first time. I'd never had oxtail prior, let alone make it.

 

[superstar_88]

Stop eating until you get so hungry that you'll eat anything.

 

[MissCroft]

The other week, I made oxtail stew for the first time. I'd never had oxtail prior, let alone make it.

Love oxtail!

 

[AssTastic]

When I’m bored of the same old meal routine I head to the Korean grocery store PAT at 333 Dundas St E, Mississauga, ON L5A 1X1

I walk around and I’m reminded all over again that I love Korean BBQ.

Excellent quality, it perks my mood up and I get excited to cook a different way with flavors I love.

They have pre-marinated/packaged spicy pork at the butcher counter...it’s easily one of my favourites