I Love to Eat!

I feel as though I should be sharing this post at an eat-aholics anonymous meeting...My name is Kristen and I love to eat.  There, now that that's off my chest I feel much better.  Anyway, last year in my list for the year, I made a resolution to eat everything that was offered to me.  The thing is, I've got a bit of a reputation for being picky.  It's not that I'm picky in the sense that I only eat 3 things and complain mercilessly if I don't get those 3 things.  Not at all.  It's more along the lines of my father's a really good cook and I really hate bad food so I like what I like.  I never thought that I was too bad but those around me thought that I was annoyingly picky, ipso facto new resolution.

The fact that I am surrounded by ACTUAL annoyingly picky people made this a pretty easy resolution to follow.  Of course, those picky people really like alcohol so I was forced to sip all sorts of beer and spirits (Ick!  I'll stick to my lone margarita each month) But for the most part, nothing too crazy.  But what I did try I actually enjoyed.  I tried kimchi, some kind of yellow japanese thing (very yummy, but still no idea what it was), Pho Ga, calamari and my new personal favorite (after years of shunning it) fish.  I never liked fish because it was "fishy" but apparently I never had good fish.  I've learned that there are millions of fish in the sea (see what I did there?) and I just hadn't tried the right ones yet.  It's also quite good for you and makes a great quick meal!

But back to my point at hand, and I actually do have a point.  I made the realization today (after another indulgent brunch at Carrol's Creek) that brunches are the perfect way for me to continue on with my little taste the world resolution. I'm not such a fan of ordering new and different foods at restaurants (although, I've gotten much better) because I don't want to pay for a meal that I might not like. But with a brunch I can still get all the wonderful things that I know I like: Eggs Benedict, Fruit salad, and so good it's criminal apple fritters.  But I can try other more interesting foods just because they're there for the eating: Mussels (Blech! these were most likely rotten because how can millions of people eat something that tastes and smells THAT bad!?), Seafood Risotto (yum!), and Blackened Mahi (Double yum!).  It's a win win situation! 

After years of indulging in the food network and the travel channel, I have compiled a list of about 100 foods that I still need to try to truly call myself a foodie.  But, I feel I may need to start branching out into some new brunch spots if I want to fullfill this particular desitiny.  I just don't see a Naptown seafood joint adding curry or poke to their brunch menu.