It's not a trick question, or is it? It's gonna be comfort food, so get over it!  Ya shoulda known that cause it's Foodie Tuesday and all.  Though the other two choices bear some consideration.......so stay tuned.

Having said that, there was some wacko on the radio yesterday who claimed that if women were given the choice between food, sex and jewelry, most women would choose jewelry!  Maybe I'm outta the loop, but I'm not thinkin' it's jewelry.  Toss up between good food and sex for me.  Depends on the day...and my mood.  Right?!

Got all the jewelry I need for one life time and priorities do change, don't they?!  Give me a scrumptous meal first and then maybe we're talkin' a little "hoochie koochie" after we digest.  OK, well maybe "a little nookie," then.  You can fill in your own blanks.  Different 'strokes 'for different folks...literally, sexually and otherwise.

Why do ya think men always take ya out to dinner on most first dates?  They usually wine and dine ya, make polite conversation with you, compliment you, find common interests, maybe talk Astrology with you if they're really desperate and interject as much humor as can be mustered.  And the penetrating looks, directly into your eyes, that say, "I'm looking right through your clothes, right this second and there's not a doggone thing you can do about it!"  A bit creepy, but it has you wondering...  "Read any good books lately?"  Give me a break!  Try, "Had any delicious meals lately...followed by hot, sweaty, animal sex?"  Any of that?!  Maybe nowadays it should be, "Read any great blogs lately?!"  Creepier.

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So, for the MEN, I offer you my father's absolute best German Pot Roast Recipe:

1 and a half pounds of beef chuck roast

1 medium yellow onion, finely sliced in rounds

1 can tomatoe sauce

2 cloves garlic

2 tablespoons flour

1 teaspoon ground black pepper

1 teaspoon chopped fresh basil and parsley

Sear the meat in a heavy stove top to oven skillet on medium high heat.  Sear till browned on both sides.

Sprinkle both sides of the roast with flour and pepper.

With a sharp knife, make several small slits in the roast on both sides and insert slivers of fresh garlic deep into the meat.

Pour the tomatoe sauce over the top of the roast.  Top with onions

Seal the roast in tin foil and bake in the oven at 325 degrees for 2-3 hours

or until very tender. 

Sprinkle with fresh chopped basil and parsely and...

Serve with hot egg noodles and the excess sauce from the roasting juices and buttered cooked whole carrots.  (optional)  (Well, not really)

 I like to use the whole carrot with the stems.  Sexier, right?

My dad served this family favorite dish many Sundays in winter time.

My folks had 7 kids...just sayin'!

Your house will smell so yummy during the cooking and long after.

***Note:  Whether a man or a woman prepares the dish, this should get you layed.  Or is that laid?  Or simply, lain?  Covering the bases.

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And for the Gals, I offer you my best dessert recipe and it's NOT from scratch, so there's time for some afternoon delight during the baking process and then again while the cake cools...there's a lot of heat in the kitchen!  Plenty of time before you spread on the frosting!

Pistachio Cake with Butter Cream Frosting

And/or Pistachio Cupcakes

 A recent request to make these for a birthday party for my "Bunko Babes"

1 box of Duncan Hines White Cake Mix (told ya, not from scratch!)

Use 3 egg whites total

1 box of pistachio pudding mix

1/2 cup extra water

Make according to cake mix instructions and add the above.

1/4 cup of crushed pistachios for garnish

Frosting:

Confectioner's Sugar Butter Cream Frosting Recipe

1 box of confectioner's sugar

1 cube of butter melted

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 cup of warm milk (can be more or less for thinner or thicker frosting)

Mix together till smoothe, by hand or with electric mixer on medium

After cake or cup cakes completely cool, about 30 minutes,

Frost and sprinkle with pistachio bits!

Men, women and children alike, adore these green (yep, they are pale green inside) delectable little cup cakes or layered cake, whatever.  It is so moist inside you can barely stop between bites.  You can barely catch your breath.  It's impossible to stop from having a second slice of this heavenly cake.  A veritable mouth orgasm.  I kid you not!

Note:  My pastry chef daughter would sneer at this cheater recipe, in her mind only, as she would and does make this from "scratch."

You scratch yours and I'll scratch mine!  It's faster!  It's easier!  It's gauranteed to please!

PS - Jewelry came in last.  Like Chicago.  (Bummer)