That lil’ Quiz

There is a fun vegan quiz going around the blog-world, and, in my procrastination-filled life as of late,  I couldn’t resist. But I promise more original content soon: I have a “dinner-with-friends” post to report on a recent Veganomicon veggie burger triumph, and a fabulous sandwich post to come.

I will also be in Toronto and Calgary soon, meaning good vegan food adventures to come! But for now, the quiz…and please, do it too! You know you want to.

On an unrelated side note, I recently had an article published for T.o.f.u. magazine, a vegan lifestyle magazine from Halifax. It is a gorgeous magazine, $8 a copy (yikes!). The article is part I of a series I am doing for them about the tenuous relationship between welfarist and abolitionist activists – obviously, I’m trying to be impartial. It isn’t working very well. But still, you should spend $8 and read it. Heh.

1. Favorite non-dairy milk?
Natura Unsweetened. And on a side note, the worst non-dairy milk has to be fat-free soy milk. That shit is so vile, it tastes like a 50:50 combination of milk and water. Sick.

2. What are the top 3 dishes/recipes you are planning to cook?
I hope to make a pumpkin loaf, or a holiday loaf of some sort; I want to make pasta because I never eat it and I want to learn to love it; pizza

3. Topping of choice for popcorn?
Sheesh, it’s been so long since I’ve had popcorn – but probably olive oil and a lot of salt.
4. Most disastrous recipe/meal failure?
Probably the “rice in the microwave for 45 minutes” kitchen fire disaster of 1998. Long time ago, but big meal failure. And also very dangerous.

5. Favorite pickled item?
Pickles, but never sweet ones.
6. How do you organize your recipes?
A stack of cookbooks. Good ones are discernible because the pages are covered in stains and bits of food.

7. Compost, trash, or garbage disposal?
Trash. I am disgusting. I wish I had a compost. Maybe this summer I’ll work at that.

8. If you were stranded on an island and could only bring 3 foods…what would they be (don’t worry about how you’ll cook them)?
Apples. Tofu. Granola.

9. Fondest food memory from your childhood?
Heh. Cool Whip in the closet. Enough said.

But a more legitimate answer might be cherry cobbler at my cottage, homemade cinnamon buns every Christmas morning, or homemade bread maker bread. I really liked food as a child.

10. Favorite vegan ice cream?
The organic rice stuff at the store near me, I forget what it’s called, but the carrot cake, vanilla, and coconut mango are all fabulous.

11. Most loved kitchen appliance?
Toaster.

12. Spice/herb you would die without?
Salt. So much of it. Also cumin.

13. Cookbook you have owned for the longest time?
How It All Vegan…the old vegan standby.

14. Favorite flavor of jam/jelly?
Hm, I’m pretty impartial – maybe raspberry, or apple is good and unusual and fun.

15. Favorite vegan recipe to serve to an omni friend?
Maple-walnut cookies from VWAV always go over very well. Generally just really unhealthy baked goods do the trick.
16. Seitan, tofu, or tempeh?
Tofu.

17. Favorite meal to cook (or time of day to cook)?
Dinner is fun because I feel like I can be more extravagant and often have guests to impress. But I think my favorite is coming back from a run, getting a coffee, and eating breakfast while I procrastinate on the Internet by myself. I’m such a loser.

18. What is sitting on top of your refrigerator?
Tupperware and paper napkins.

19. Name 3 items in your freezer without looking.
Frozen bananas, blueberries, strawberries

20. What’s on your grocery list?
Nothing, because I’m going out of town – but generally, the list always includes more tofu, broccoli, apples, and an avocado.

21. Favorite grocery store?
Duh, mold store. But for non-moldy groceries, the produce place in Kensington run by the Polish crazies, or Noah’s.

22. Name a recipe you’d love to veganize, but haven’t yet.
My mom’s crunchy cheezaroni casserole topped with canned french fried onion rings. I tried to veganize it, but ground beef, cream of mushroom soup, cheese, and canned onion rings are all fundamental ingredients…

23. Food blog you read the most (besides Isa’s because I know you check it everyday). Or maybe the top 3?
Eat Air

24. Favorite vegan candy/chocolate?
Blegh. Ginger Chews.

25. Most extravagant food item purchased lately?
I buy way too much smoked tofu – $4!

26. What was your favorite food BEFORE becoming veg*n?
Eh, Cool Whip?