Saturday Six: Episode #271

Here are this week’s “Saturday Six” questions. Either answer the questions in a comment here, or put the answers in an entry on your blog… but either way, leave a link to your site so that everyone else can visit! If you repost the questions on your site, you must link back to this site as the source.

1. You’re invited to a get-together with friends, and you’re asked to bring a tasty treat: what are you most likely to bring? I would bring hummus. Absolutely delicious!

2. Considering your answer to the previous question, are you more likely to buy something already prepared, or prepare something from scratch on your own? Oh, I can barely boil water. I certainly wouldn't want to kill anyone with my "cooking". I don't cook. I don't even make frozen meals, for the most part. I can muddle through a PB&J sandwich!

3. Where is the last place you met a close friend for coffee or a meal? Um... well... Hmmm. It's been a while. Wow, that's pretty sad.
4. Take the quiz: What Mexican Food Are You?

If you were to have a taco, what kind of taco would you like?
Ground beef
Pork
Chicken
Bean and cheese
Guacamole
Shredded beef

What do you like about Mexican food?
It's fun food
Every kind tastes good
The spice
It's true comfort food
It's satisfying
The simple flavors

In your opinion, no Mexican meal is complete unless it has:
Sopapillas
Avocados
Fresh salsa
A twist of lime
Refried beans
Lots of chips to go around

In your opinion, every Mexican restaurant needs:
Authentic flavors
Cave divers
Some interesting new dishes
Big portions
A traditional menu
A mariachi band

What flavor margarita appeals to you most?
Mango margarita
Peach margarita
Strawberry margarita
Pineapple margarita
Regular old margaritas
Watermelon margarita

You Are Chips and Salsa
You are energetic and a real go getter. You can even be aggressive at times. You love taking risks and taking the rewards. You are a true daredevil. You can be a bit greedy in life, and you go after what you want. You are courageous and edgy. You will do what others are afraid of.

5. How many local restaurants have some special sentimental significance for you because of time you’ve spent there with family or friends? None, for the most part. Restaurants are special because of the food!
6. If you had a local restaurant that you liked, but that was a hangout for you and a close friend, and that friend moved away, would you find it hard to go back how hard would it be for you to continue going to that restaurant? Not even a little bit. I'm very prosaic about these things. I haven't had a restaurant that's been a hangout for me since I was a teenager and we hung out at the King George Diner in Wayne.

If you have a Reader’s Choice question you’d like to see asked (and answered), send me an email! I’d love to be able to include it in a future edition of the Saturday Six. [Go to www.PatrickPhillips.com for submitting suggestions.]

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