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Ärende: Food Quiz part 2
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Your travel plans:

(a) are followed by a dig through for restaurant recommendations in
the area
(b) are usually based on the quality of the food in the region
(c) revolve solely around food and restaurants
(d) come only once you've confirmed your reservations and made sure
the hairy crab are biting.

On the plane you:

(a) try to opt for anything Asian on the menu or anything that
benefits from being reheated before being served

(b) are glad you make a point of only flying business and only with
a very specific cadre of airlines (and say a little prayer of
benediction in Neil Perry's direction)

(c) note the looks of envy your packed home-cooking draws

(d) wait until no one's looking before you undo the silk ribbon on
your Fauchon box of truffled pâte de foie gras and Anatolian figs,
then open the half bottle of that St Estèphe you favour.

Your favourite food movie is:

(a) Mostly Martha
(b) Tampopo
(c) Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
(d) only available in plain wrapping from a certain Japanese
mail-order firm.

In sizing up a potential mate, you are pleased to note:

(a) they like food
(b) they like to cook
(c) the tattoo of Fernand Point on their bicep
(d) that Ferran looks taller in person.

SCORING

Mostly As: Food is one of the good things in your life, but one of
many. You are happy to remain innocent of the proper singular term
for ravioli, and hope to never own a fish knife, but are willing to
try most things once, whether it be beurre D'Isigny or devon. You'd
never call yourself any kind of cook, but somehow things turn out
right for you. Your approximate food-tragic level: Homer Simpson.

Mostly Bs: Food and dining are among your chief joys. The knowledge
you pick up along the way enhances your pleasure, but you're largely
satisfied with the entrée-main-dessert concept and haven't yet tried
adding mid-courses or uttered the word 'appellation' out loud. These
may be good things. At barbecues the plate you brought is always the
first to go. Your approximate food-tragic level: Pac-Man.

Mostly Cs: You love to eat, are usually planning dinner even as
you're enjoying lunch, own two different kinds of kitchen
thermometer and make most of your travel decisions based on the
availability of restaurant reservations. Your dinner parties are the
stuff of legend. Your approximate food-tragic level: Peter
Russell-Clarke.

Mostly Ds; Put the fork down for a second and listen. You own
cutlery that mere mortals don't recognise and eat things most people
would hesitate to give to the cat. (No, we don't want to hear your
cat recipes.) You have a problem. Or a three-star restaurant. Or a
restaurant review column. Don't expect a dinner invitation any time
soon. Your approximate food-tragic level: Anton Ego. Or Hannibal
Lecter.

This article appeared in the January 2009 issue of Australian
Gourmet Traveller.

Cheers

YK Jim


... Everything needs to be seasoned.

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