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I've always been of the opinion that there are two kinds of people when it comes to food (sometimes a combination of the two, so I guess that makes three kinds). Anyway, there are taste people and there are texture people.
I, for one, am a texture person. The way food feels to me, the mouth texture is much more important than what food tastes like. To that end, I like food that has "body" to it. I like a nice chewy fried catfish (or talapia) better than I like trout or halibut or some other very delicate fish.
When I eat chicken I like the gizzard best because it is sooo chewy. I am the person who eats all the crunchy things at the ends of the chicken bones. Yes, I even LOVE those hard, crunchy things at the end of ribs!
My dh on the other hand, is not a texture person. He eats things like rice pudding which give me goosebumps! And he likes his steak medium rare.
I like my steak as well done as you can get it without it charring. When I go to restaurants I tell the waitress "shoe leather, please" when she asks me how I like my steak. Naturally, I do not ever order Filet Mingnon or even Prime Rib, because I cannot deal with the looks I get from others for "ruining" those cuts of meat by cooking them uber-well.
Dh tells me that he likes his meat med rare or medium because it is more tender than well done. I understand this is quite true. But I am not interested in tender when it comes to steak. I have tried medium rare and even a bite of RARE steak once (shudder) and it was like eating "nothing" because it did not give you a good chew. dh says that tough meat is disgusting! He tells me "how can you eat that? I'ts tough!" My favorite cut of meat being the KC (or NY) Strip.
I am the same way with all my food. I like my shrimp boiled until they are the texture of hard little rubber balls, and dh tells me they are tough that way and likes them when they have just turned pink and are still tender.
I am wondering out there in HT land, who is a taste person and who is a texture person and how you like your food cooked and why.
Your thoughts?
donsgal
I, for one, am a texture person. The way food feels to me, the mouth texture is much more important than what food tastes like. To that end, I like food that has "body" to it. I like a nice chewy fried catfish (or talapia) better than I like trout or halibut or some other very delicate fish.
When I eat chicken I like the gizzard best because it is sooo chewy. I am the person who eats all the crunchy things at the ends of the chicken bones. Yes, I even LOVE those hard, crunchy things at the end of ribs!
My dh on the other hand, is not a texture person. He eats things like rice pudding which give me goosebumps! And he likes his steak medium rare.
I like my steak as well done as you can get it without it charring. When I go to restaurants I tell the waitress "shoe leather, please" when she asks me how I like my steak. Naturally, I do not ever order Filet Mingnon or even Prime Rib, because I cannot deal with the looks I get from others for "ruining" those cuts of meat by cooking them uber-well.
Dh tells me that he likes his meat med rare or medium because it is more tender than well done. I understand this is quite true. But I am not interested in tender when it comes to steak. I have tried medium rare and even a bite of RARE steak once (shudder) and it was like eating "nothing" because it did not give you a good chew. dh says that tough meat is disgusting! He tells me "how can you eat that? I'ts tough!" My favorite cut of meat being the KC (or NY) Strip.
I am the same way with all my food. I like my shrimp boiled until they are the texture of hard little rubber balls, and dh tells me they are tough that way and likes them when they have just turned pink and are still tender.
I am wondering out there in HT land, who is a taste person and who is a texture person and how you like your food cooked and why.
Your thoughts?
donsgal