10 Top Foods I can not live without

Saw this on epicurious, and it got me thinking about what my "foods I can't live without" are.

http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/blogs/editor/2009/03/the-top-ten-foo.html

Here's my list, What's yours ( in priority order)?

Diet Coke ( I'm so ashamed to admit it )
Cheese
Good crusty bread
Wine
Garlic
Pasta
Garden- fresh Tomatoes
Baby Salad Greens
Proscuitto
Potatoes

(I'm thinking olive oil doesn't count as a food- if it did it would be near the top of my list)

Deb

Coffee
Chocolate
Cheese
Olive Oil
Garlic
Poblano peppers
Onions
Tomatoes
Beans
Rice

Interesting question.

fage
tomatoes
watermelon
ground chuck (I'd say steak but as it turns out I *can* live without it)
rice
chicken tikka masala (go ahead, point and laugh)
green leaf lettuce
blue cheese
bialys
costco tuna in the can

All right, so I read the article and all the lists posted there. The article stated ". . .listed our top ten foods we must have in order to really enjoy life. Bacon, popcorn, and pita chips were ubiquitous. Here is my list of the foods I need to have, if not daily, then almost every day."

With the exception of sea salt, fresh ground pepper, olive oil, and probably garlic, there are really no foods that I need to have almost daily. I love too many foods! Oh I agree with the garden ripe tomatoes, but that is true for three months at the most, the rest of the year I shun tomatoes.

Bacon, popcorn, and pita chips? I could easily go the rest of my life without popcorn or pita chips. The only time I really have an overwhelming desire for bacon is when garden ripe tomatoes are available and then made to choose between the two the tomatoes would win hands down.

Some days I drink coffee, some tea, eh! I think if I were to list a liquid it would be wine. red wine, Pinot Noir.

I couldn't live without fish, particularly salmon, or spinach, but two or three times a week is sufficient. Daily? Almost every day? Nah!

Now, if I were to create a list of my top ten favorite foods it would be another matter.

crab legs
goat cheese
blue dog baguette
home grown tomatoes
watermelon
wine
sea salt and vinegar chips
white castles
pizza king pizza
garlic

Hmmmm...where to begin...

1. Fresh garden salads w/homemade blue cheese dressing
2. Steak au Poivre
3. Lobster
4. Fresh fruit
5. Southern fried chicken
6. Brussel sprouts
7. Ice cream
8. Fresh-squeezed orange juice
9. Asparagus
10. Roast turkey w/all the trimmings

Hmmmmmm.....

Beer ("Corn flakes in a can")
Chicken Wings (All Drummies)
Peanuts (Roasted/salted/in the shell)
Steak (NY Strips from Butchers Best)
Shrimp (Wild Caught only please)
BBQ (ribs or brisket...OK pulled pork too)
Crab Legs (preferably "all you can eat")
Hot Sauce
Pizza
Cheese (lots of cheese)

Tomatoes
Tomatoes
Tomatoes
Tomatoes
Tomatoes
Tomatoes
Cottage Cheese
Heavily grained Bread
Coffee
Beer

Big Whoop to Steve P
Admirable list to say the least. I most sincerely envy you!

Oatmeal
Grapefruit
Pistachio
4-5 frites or other deep fried matter (preferably batter fried morel)
Fish
Rice
Something from the Brassicaceae Family
Bacon
Chocolate
Beer

1-Diet Vanilla Pepsi(Every morning)
2-De Wafelbakkers (Meijers just stopped stocking them )
3-Med rare filet(Jack Frys, The English Grill, Volare, Stoney River, or my kitchen)
4-sweet potato fries(Lynns and Havana Rumba)
5-white chocolate moose(Cafe Metro)
6-Frisco melt(Steak & Shake)
7-Coffee(cause it pays the bills)
8-popcorn(I must love it to pay $6 for it at the movies)
9-Blue Bell Vanilla Pudding ice cream
10-last but not least chicken wings(Dittos has my fav)

list are great, we should do a food bracket.

Olives (all kinds)
Cheese (again, all kinds)
Classic Coke (not every day - I just have to know it's there)
popcorn
Tomatos (in the dead of summer)
NY strip or filet (almost raw)
Rye bread (with caraway seeds)
Fish (any kind EXCEPT talapia, cooked or raw)
Cornbread
Peaches

It'd be tough but here is my 10.

Ground Chuck
Popcorn
Chocolate
Watermelon
Blue Dog French Bread
Father's Bacon
Tomatoes
Corn
Fried Chicken
Diet Rite

Look, I've thought about this, and I just refuse to participate, because in some post-apocalyptic future, it will get thrown in my face somehow, I just know it!

You guys have fun. There's no way I'm actually making a list of only 10 favorites. Carry on.

wine
garlic
grits/polenta
bacon
greens
goat cheese
sweet breads
tuna
Diet Coke
French bread

Olive Oil
Tomatoes
Polenta
Boars Head Honey Turkey
Hard Crusty Bread
Onions
Tuna
Green Leaf lettuce with Nana's Italian Dressing
Pecorino Romano
Coffee