Four Foods on Friday

25th April 2008

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I missed this meme last week, but I’m not letting that happen again! Posting Four Foods on Friday means my weekend is just about to officially begin. This week has been rather busy for all of us, so I’m glad it’s Friday. This is a great meme, if you’d like to participate, give Valmg a visit!

This week’s questions:

#1. When going out to dinner what items do your order? Appetizers, soup, salad, dinner, dessert. I usually will have soup or a salad and dinner. There are certain restaurants that I look forward to ordering desert, but that doesn’t happen too frequently.

#2. How predictable are you when eating out? Do you usually order a meal that you’ve had before or do you like to try new things? That too depends on where we go. Some restaurants I tend to order the same thing, particularly Italian or Mexican. Others, I tend to order something different every time I go in.

#3. When eating at a restaurant, what beverage do you like to order with your meal? Most of the time I just get water or ice tea, but, depending on my mood, sometimes I’ll order a glass of wine. I’m cheap and don’t like paying the price of alcoholic beverages that I can have or make at home!

#4. Name a meal that you ate at a restaurant that you liked so much you tried to recreate it, as well as the name of the restaurant and the recipe. I don’t have a meal that I’ve tried to recreate, but I did try to recreate the bread pudding that our local KFC used to have on their buffet. I’ve never been successful at making it though, so really don’t have a recipe to share. However, if anyone knows a good, sweet bread pudding recipe, I’d love it if you’d share it with me. In fact, I’ll post it here if you share it!

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1 On April 25th, 2008, Mike New said:

Oooh…that bread pudding does sound really good right now. Please post it, please!

Mike New’s last blog post..Giants Win Third Straight! Beat Cardinals 5-1!

posted on April 25th, 2008 at 5:02 pm

2 On April 25th, 2008, lynne said:

Mike - I can’t figure out how to make the bread pudding, I’m hoping someone else will give us a recipe!

posted on April 25th, 2008 at 9:16 pm

3 On April 25th, 2008, valmg said:

Thanks for playing FFOF!
My Mom used to make bread pudding. I’ll have to ask her how she made it.

posted on April 25th, 2008 at 10:04 pm

4 On April 25th, 2008, Fun, Crafts and Recipes | What I learned from Four Foods On Friday #26 said:

[…] Lynne tried to recreate KFC bread pudding but it didn’t work so she’s looking for a good…. Lynne’s level of predictability depends on the restaurant she’s at. […]

posted on April 25th, 2008 at 10:28 pm

5 On April 26th, 2008, chili queen said:

Have you tried searching for copycat recipes for this bread pudding?
chili queen’s last blog post..four foods on Friday #24

posted on April 26th, 2008 at 7:49 am

6 On April 26th, 2008, kelly said:

I asked my mom and she shared this bread pudding recipe with me. She came across it a few years ago from Italian Cooking and Living Magazine.

I vanilla bean
6 cups whipping cream
2 cups whole milk
1/2 cup brandy
9 large egg yolks
1 1/2 cups sugar
ten 3/8″-thick slices rustic bread, crusts removed
2 lemons, cut into 20 thin slices
10 mint sprigs
Preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Split the vanilla bean in half lengthwise. Scrape the seeds from the pod and combine them with the pod, cream, milk, and brandy in a 3-quart pan. Bring to just below the boiling point over medium heat. Discard the vanilla pod and seeds. Whisk the egg yolks and sugar until thick in a bowl. Slowly whisk in the cream mixture, whisking constantly. Arrange the bread in a 3-quart soufflé dish. Pour in the egg yolk-cream mixture, submerging the bread with a spoon so it soaks up some of the liquid. Place the souffle dish in a 10″ x 14″ baking dish and fill the baking dish with enough hot water to come halfway up the sides of the souffle dish. Bake 30 minutes, or until the edges have set and the center is still a bit runny; the pudding will continue to cook out of the oven and will set as it cools slightly Serve warm, garnished with the lemon and mint. Serves 10

kelly’s last blog post..Friday Means Its Four Foods Time

posted on April 26th, 2008 at 9:31 am

7 On April 26th, 2008, corrin said:

I use the same recipe as Kelly. Make sure it’s a Madagascar Bourbon vanilla bean!

corrin’s last blog post..Flights to the USA

posted on April 26th, 2008 at 3:33 pm

8 On April 26th, 2008, lynne said:

chili queen - That’s a great idea! I’ll have to look for a copycat recipe.

Kelly - Thanks for the recipe, check back as I will be posting it and linking back to you!

Corrin - Okay, clue me in, where do I find a Madagascar Bourbon vanilla bean?!

posted on April 26th, 2008 at 6:01 pm

9 On April 26th, 2008, Tina Kubala said:

I’m with you on the cheapness. I even hate ordering a hamburger at most sit down places. I can’t help but think I could have had one for a dollar at McD’s.

Tina Kubala’s last blog post..Food Foods on Friday

posted on April 26th, 2008 at 10:42 pm

10 On April 27th, 2008, lynne said:

Tina - It has to be a really good burger for me to order one at a restaurant to justify the expense. I do enjoy not having to clean up after a meal though!

posted on April 27th, 2008 at 9:10 am

11 On April 28th, 2008, blueyes said:

Luckily for me the local place has some great food really cheap and you get way more than you can eat in one sitting. I mean I pay $6.95 for 2 count em TWO chicken breasts fileted with a salad and 2 vegetables/potatoe. Can’t be that. And drink prices do kill me but the bar upstairs serves them at $3.25 so its not too bad and if you order a pitcher of Long Island Iced Tea downstairs in the restaurant it is on $8.00 verses $4.00 for a glass when you can get 4 glasses out the pitcher. Now also if I go upstairs half or 3/4 of my drink orders never make it to my tab cuz I’m one of the regulars

posted on April 28th, 2008 at 2:04 pm

12 On April 28th, 2008, Charla said: