T is for Taste
There are some questions that are impossible to answer.
What’s your favorite movie of all time?
Favorite song?
Best memory ever?
The options are too broad to select just one. And it depends on the mood.
I’ve never been able to come up with a good answer for “What would you want your last meal to be?” Should I ever find myself on Death Row, I would be hard pressed to create a menu. The options are too broad and varied.
But today my answer would be:
For an appetizer, I would want a fondue course–apples, celery and dark rye bread dipped in ooey gooey melted cheese. A crisp bruschetta with spicy tomatoes and heavy garlic. And a large sea salted loaf of still hot bread so you can tear out hunks to dip in a low dish of balsamic vinegar and an excellent extra virgin olive oil.
Of course, I would need a large bottle of a California Merlot. I’m not picky about the year or the brand but the temperature must be just right–a few degrees below room temperature.
The meal itself mimics the appetizers–sea salt, cheese, basil, balsamic vinegar and olive oil. All my favorites.
I’d start with a Roma tomato salad, topped with thin slices of red onion and basil and large curds of homemade Mozzarella cheese. Its dressed with balsamic vinegar, olive oil, sea salt and coarse black pepper. This is my summer time lunch–every single day, picked straight from the garden.
Next up is a grilled steak (medium rare) with goat cheese crumbles, grilled shrimp with lime and grill pineapple. I am obsessed with grilling since I couldn’t own a grill for the first decade of marriage.I’m still looking for a decent recipe for grilled pizza.
I’m also a fan of chargrilled chicken on penne pasta, with pine nuts, goat cheese and pesto. Side dishes are unnecessary.
Dessert is impossible to select just one. Creamy turtle cheesecake or tiramisu. Crisp baklava with hot honey. Steaming hot blackberry cobbler with vanilla bean ice cream. Salted caramels with chocolate drizzle. Lemonade ice box pie.
Dessert must be accompanied by a strong black coffee. No frills, no cream and dear Lord, no whipped cream with syrup drizzles. Black. Period.
My last meal most likely would be a tub of pudding and a bowl of mac’n’cheese. I like to go for something nice and simple.
It’s a pleasure to meet you via the A-Z Challenge!
I’ll just join you for your last meal. It all sounds delicious. Just substitute hot tea for the coffee…black tea; no fruity stuff.
I’m with Sue. I’m in for the last meal. I’ll just take some of that great tea you’ve addicted me to….in place of the coffee =)
Woops, don’t think I’ll be able to think of a last meal. But a meal I would like would be any of my mom’s basic dishes. Nothing like home-cooking to set me in the best mood 🙂
Lovely to stop by your blog via A-Z!
mmmm… now I’m waaaay too hungry!
It would definitely be the Chicken Tenders Platter from The Brookwood Grill in Roswell, GA. Along side that tasty plate would be an order of their scrumptious Garlic Mashed Potatoes , all drenched in ranch dressing and sour cream. Plus their divine Caesar salad with homemade dressing (and please, Do NOT bring up the fact that there might or might not be any ground up anchovies in there, yeecck), with the melt-in-your-mouth hot honey buttered croissant to top it off. Whew! Who has room for dessert! Not me! (See, and this is why I cannot lose weight! lol)