https://libperry.codeberg.page/tags/food/Recent content in Food on perry's websiteHugoen-INContent is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0Sat, 15 Aug 2026 15:30:00 +0530https://libperry.codeberg.page/blog/nom-nom/Sat, 15 Aug 2026 15:30:00 +0530https://libperry.codeberg.page/blog/nom-nom/<p>ഞം ഞം translates to nom nom in English, which is an alternative form of <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/om_nom_nom" title="om nom nom - Wiktionary, the free dictionary">om nom nom</a>.</p> <p>I have been labelled a picky eater quite a few times, which is possibly true. I don&rsquo;t eat certain kinds of food, and often had to stay hungry at almost all conferences and events because they don&rsquo;t serve food I can eat.</p> <p>People often say I should make a list of food I can eat. So I did.</p> <h2 id="perrys-yum-and-yuck-ഞ-ഞ-list">perry&rsquo;s yum and yuck ഞം ഞം list</h2> <p><em>last updated August 19</em></p> <h3 id="5---yum-">5 - yum 😋</h3> <ul> <li>al faham</li> <li>banana</li> <li>beef pepperoni pizza</li> <li>chicken fry</li> <li>chicken nuggets</li> <li>chocolate mud cake</li> <li>kinnathappam</li> <li>potato fries</li> <li>red wine</li> </ul> <h3 id="4---like-">4 - like 👍</h3> <ul> <li>apple</li> <li>banana fritter/പഴം പൊരി/pazham pori</li> <li>beef fry</li> <li>beef liver</li> <li>black coffee</li> <li>carrot cake</li> <li>cheera/ചീര</li> <li>chicken cutlet</li> <li>chicken liver</li> <li>chicken pepperoni pizza</li> <li>chicken puffs</li> <li>chicken shawarma</li> <li>chickpeas and wet rice/പയർ കഞ്ഞി</li> <li>chickpeas/കടല</li> <li>chocolate cake</li> <li>cowpeas/വൻപയർ</li> <li>egg puffs</li> <li>kerala beef fry</li> <li>kerala parotta</li> <li>kozhukatta/കൊഴുക്കട്ട</li> <li>meat roll/chicken roll</li> <li>mixed fruit jam</li> <li>omelette</li> <li>raw banana chips</li> <li>rose matta rice</li> <li>seer fish fry/നെയ്മീൻ/neymeen</li> <li>sharkara upperi</li> <li>thiruvananthapuram boli/തിരുവനന്തപുരം ബോളി</li> <li>wheat bread</li> </ul> <h3 id="3---meh-">3 - meh 😐</h3> <ul> <li>appam</li> <li>aviyal</li> <li>beef curry</li> <li>black tea</li> <li>bonda</li> <li>chappathi</li> <li>chicken burger</li> <li>chutney</li> <li>dosa</li> <li>duck roast</li> <li>ghee dosa roast</li> <li>green gram/ചെറുപയർ</li> <li>kichadi</li> <li>Kozhikode halwa</li> <li>mutton stew</li> <li>neyyappam</li> <li>pulisseri/പുളിശ്ശേരി</li> <li>puttu/പുട്ട്‌</li> <li>tapioca/കപ്പ</li> <li>undampori</li> <li>unniyappam</li> </ul> <h3 id="2---yuck-">2 - yuck 🤢</h3> <ul> <li>achappam</li> <li>almond</li> <li>beetroot</li> <li>black mustard seed/കടുക്</li> <li>bull&rsquo;s eye/fried egg</li> <li>cashew</li> <li>chicken curry</li> <li>coconut</li> <li>ela ada</li> <li>fish curry</li> <li>fish fry</li> <li>fish molly</li> <li>ginger</li> <li>idiyappam</li> <li>idli</li> <li>Indian anchovy/നത്തോലി</li> <li>jackfruit</li> <li>kallappam</li> <li>kuzhalappam</li> <li>lasagna</li> <li>lentil/പരിപ്പ്</li> <li>mandi</li> <li>orange</li> <li>papadam</li> <li>pathiri</li> <li>payasam/പായസം</li> <li>pear</li> <li>pesaha appam</li> <li>pickle</li> <li>pineapple</li> <li>plum cake</li> <li>pork</li> <li>pumpkin</li> <li>rasam</li> <li>ripe banana chips</li> <li>salad</li> <li>sambar</li> <li>sukhiyan</li> <li>theeyal/തീയൽ</li> <li>thoran</li> <li>vattayappam</li> <li>vegetable burger</li> <li>vegetable puffs</li> </ul> <h3 id="1---dont-even-think-about-it-">1 - don&rsquo;t even think about it ☠️</h3> <ul> <li>biriyani</li> <li>cooked carrot</li> <li>ice cream</li> <li>lady&rsquo;s finger/okra/വെണ്ടയ്ക്ക</li> <li>masala dosa</li> <li>milk and milk products</li> <li>onions</li> <li>peanut</li> <li>pungent food - anything that contains chilli pepper, pepper, capsicum</li> <li>tea or coffee (with milk)</li> <li>tomato</li> </ul> <h2 id="boycott-divest-sanctions">boycott divest sanctions</h2> <p>Like many people I try to avoid eating from food chain businesses, especially those with <a href="https://masjidalaqsa.com/boycott-israeli-products-brands-list" title="BDS: List of Israeli Products with Proofs [Updated] 2026">ties to murderers in Israel and USA</a>. Yes, I&rsquo;m aware I eat meat and I do not fail to see the irony.</p> <h2 id="statements-dreamed-up-by-the-utterly-deranged-rant">statements dreamed up by the utterly deranged (rant)</h2> <p>Sometimes, people ignore my allergies and food preferences and offer me food I can&rsquo;t eat, such as tea with milk or biriyani. When I point out I can&rsquo;t eat them, I&rsquo;m offered friendly advice such as &ldquo;get over it&rdquo; or &ldquo;stop showing off&rdquo;.</p> <p>Sometimes people comment on my food preferences.</p> <blockquote> <p>do you have ulcer?</p> </blockquote> <p>no.</p> <blockquote> <p>what&rsquo;s wrong with you?</p> </blockquote> <p>no.</p> <blockquote> <p>are you even from kerala?</p> </blockquote> <p>yes.</p> <blockquote> <p>what kind of indian are you even?</p> </blockquote> <p>yes.</p> <blockquote> <p>you should up your spice tolerance</p> </blockquote> <p>no.</p> <blockquote> <p>why you say you no like this food that food. remember children in north india die of hunger every day.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://invite.joinjabber.org/#ok@groups.durare.org%3Fjoin">ok.</a></p> <blockquote> <p>tell your mom to cook better food</p> </blockquote> <p>fuck you.</p>