Just as Ben Roethlisberger and Ramon Foster are serious about football, so are they about food. In separate interviews during Steelers training camp, they talked about their favorite meal, diet on game day and love affair with food.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s the most memorable meal you have had?<\/strong> What\u2019s the most unusual thing you\u2019ve ever eaten?<\/strong> Did you shove it down your throat or spit it out?<\/strong> What will you never eat again?<\/strong> Is sushi something you would never eat again?<\/strong> What do you like to eat even though you know you shouldn\u2019t?<\/strong> If there\u2019s one dessert you can eat for the rest of your life, what would it be?<\/strong> Is there a favorite meal you like to eat when you dine out in Pittsburgh?<\/strong> After a long day of practice, what\u2019s the first thing you eat or drink when you get home?<\/strong> What do you typically eat on game day?<\/strong> Do you eat anything for good luck on game day?<\/strong> Do you do anything for good luck before going onto the field?<\/strong> What\u2019s always in your refrigerator at home?<\/strong> Do you cook? What\u2019s your favorite equipment?<\/strong> Who would you love to have dinner with but have never been asked?<\/strong>
\nBen:<\/strong> \u201cIt\u2019s probably the meal every year for my birthday. It\u2019s flank steak cooked rare my dad makes, cheesy potatoes my mom used to make, and my wife now makes, and for dessert, we have chocolate cream pie.\u201d
\nRamon:<\/strong> \u201cMy mom\u2019s lasagna, easily. It was special because of the love she put into it. It was always made on a special occasion and wasn\u2019t just like an everyday thing. It showed up on birthdays and holidays.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nBen:<\/strong> \u201cThere\u2019s obviously the very rare sushi, and some crazy things you could have when you have sushi, but probably a few years ago, over in Scotland, we had haggis, which was very unusual. [Laughs] Just a bit, that\u2019s all.\u201d
\nRamon:<\/strong> \u201cProbably raw sushi. Coming from the South, doing it just wasn\u2019t normal. It was hard to take down. If I can fill in with something else, I would do that. Absolutely. The [sushi] texture just does it for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nBen:<\/strong> \u201cI love different types of food, and I\u2019ll try pretty much to eat anything. But I tried haggis, I had one bite of it, and I had enough.\u201d
\nRamon:<\/strong> \u201cI braved the sushi down. But it was just weird for a young black guy from the South. You don\u2019t do that usually. It\u2019s usually something fried.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nBen:<\/strong> \u201cHaggis.\u201d [Laughs heartily]<\/p>\n
\nRamon:<\/strong> \u201cNo, it\u2019s not. I will eat it again. It will depend on the presentation and what type of fish it is.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nBen:<\/strong> \u201cI have a sweet tooth, and so I try not to eat too many sweets. But I like them and so have to really fight myself against that.\u201d
\nRamon:<\/strong> \u201cChocolate. I love chocolate, particularly milk chocolate.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nBen:<\/strong> \u201cThat\u2019s tough. I don\u2019t think I can pick just one. But if I have to, I think I\u2019ll go with something pretty plain and say chocolate-chip cookie.\u201d
\nRamon:<\/strong> \u201cA good old-fashioned pecan pie, and don\u2019t mess with it. I don\u2019t want any ice cream or anything with it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nBen:<\/strong> \u201cIt depends on what kind of a mood I\u2019m in. I love all different kinds of food, everything from seafood to pasta, and there\u2019s not something I don\u2019t like, and so it\u2019s difficult for me to pick one meal.\u201d
\nRamon:<\/strong> \u201cUsually I\u2019ll have a good steak or a lobster mac \u2018n\u2019 cheese at The Capital Grille.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nBen:<\/strong> \u201cWhatever we have for dinner. I don\u2019t go home and snack.\u201d
\nRamon:<\/strong> \u201cWater. It has to be water because when I get home, I\u2019m dehydrated. I get my mind off football and chug down water.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nBen:<\/strong> \u201cUsually not a whole lot. It\u2019s usually a ham-and-cheese omelet, some fruit and a piece of toast. I don\u2019t like to fill up before the game.\u201d
\nRamon:<\/strong> \u201cIt\u2019s usually something light. If I do anything it\u2019s just breakfast. I don\u2019t want to feel heavy on game day. It\u2019s never heavy breads. I usually have rice and chicken. Then I just ready myself for the game.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nBen:<\/strong> \u201cNo, not really.\u201d
\nRamon:<\/strong> \u201cNo, I never have. I\u2019m not superstitious.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nBen:<\/strong> \u201cI do a lot of things outside food.\u201d
\nRamon:<\/strong> \u201cI used to put everything on my right side first, but now I don\u2019t. I think the game comes to you regardless.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nBen:<\/strong> \u201cAlways a gallon or two of milk. We are a milk family. Also, although it\u2019s not in the refrigerator, we have peanut butter. My wife knows I like peanut butter, and so we always have it.\u201d
\nRamon:<\/strong> \u201cCran-grape juice. Always. It\u2019s so good, it\u2019s my indulgence right there.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nBen:<\/strong> \u201cI love cooking, and it\u2019s probably the griddle.\u201d
\nRamon:<\/strong> \u201cA little bit, not much. I let my wife handle it now. It\u2019s my coffeepot.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nBen:<\/strong> \u201cI would love to have dinner with Jesus. Also, Babe Ruth and someone who has war stories and has seen a lot, like Genghis Khan or Julius Caesar.\u201d
\nRamon:<\/strong> \u201cJoe Greene and James Harrison. Dinner will be whatever they want, and it will be on me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just as Ben Roethlisberger and Ramon Foster are serious about football, so are they about food. In separate interviews during Steelers training camp, \n [...]<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"coauthors":[7],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/pgh-food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/11\/Foster_1120.jpg?fit=1920%2C1328&ssl=1","wps_subtitle":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/pgh-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/pgh-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/pgh-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/pgh-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/pgh-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/pgh-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/pgh-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122\/revisions\/123"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/pgh-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/pgh-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/pgh-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/pgh-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/pgh-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}