Mar 23 2007
Cheesy Lemons
What do cheese and lemons have in common? Well, for starters they’re both yellow. And they both have to do with weird food issues I have.
It’s no secret to those who know me that I ♥ Pasta. I also lurve garlic. So one evening, when out to eat at a local chain restaurant with my mother, I saw Lemon Garlic Chicken Pasta on the menu. It sounded good, and this place was a safe bet as far as ordering “outside the box,” so to speak, so I ordered it. But something just wasn’t quite right. I could not get over the feeling that it was laced with lemon dishsoap. It didn’t taste soapy, but that artificial lemon scented cleaner feeling was definitely there.
A couple months later I thought I’d bring in one of my usual micro-meals to work. This one was also a lemony dish, and again I got that weird lemon cleaner vibe. That was it. I was done with lemony dishes. I don’t even put lemon on my fish. Who said that seafood had to be served with lemons, anyway?
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t hate lemons all around. I love a good refreshing glass of lemondade. And lemon meringue pie is da bomb. Lemony sweets in general I love. It’s lemony savory dishes that I take issue with.
Now on to the cheese. I have the opposite affliction with cheese. I love cheese, especially the hard cheeses that have a nice sharp flavor to them. Bring on the Cheddar! But desserts? Nope, not for me. No cheesecake. No cannolis. No dessert foods that involve cheese. It’s just too heavy for me. I like my desserts lighter in texture and calorie density (ok, maybe not that second one, but dessert should not sit like a brick in my stomach).
I do have many other food likes and dislikes, but these are the ones I get the most comments on, because of the rules that come with them. Yes, I’m weird. Go ahead, tease me all you want. I dare you. I’m still not having Chicken Piccata for dinner with cheesecake for dessert - even if it’s chocolate cheesecake.
I like flavored (unsweetened) carbonated water. I even like the lemon flavor, even though it reminds me of Lemon Pledge.
i totally agree about the lemon thing. i feel like i’m eating lemon pledge.
oh, and i love that you said, “what do lemons and cheese have in COLOR.” tee he
I’ve re-read that post a few times and still didn’t pick that up! Thanks, it’s fixed now.
You’ve gotta try Tintern; it’s a white Welsh cheddar with chives and shallots, and just the smell will make you swoon (stores like Whole Foods that sell imported cheeses will have it).
cheesecake rules.