what foods are you addicted to?
We need a new thread in the food section!!
Do you have any foods that you can't stop eating? You eat the whole bag every time- or a food that you think about and crave and crave until you cave in and go to town with it?
Oh goddammit. Now I need to find some pringles.
Cheetos.
Baked.
Bring me my Cheesy Poofs, bitch!
I regularly make and eat a whole batch of pudding at one sitting. Hey, it's got calcium, right?? Ripple style chips dipped in A&E Party flavor sour cream chip dip. They must be forcefully removed from my grasp. Ummmmm, carbs.
ghetto cookies. You know...fake oreos in flavors other than chocolate?
My personal downfall is cheese. I am afraid to eat just a little or buy it, because it turns into a 3xday habit that I find hard to break.
Chips- I consider a 9 oz bag a single serving portion.
Dr Pepper...it's probably a good thing that caffeine-free regular Dr Pepper is not available in the Philadelphia area.
Queso. Most effectively, queso from a local place called Kerbey Lane Cafe--but any Tex-Mex queso will do in a pinch.
That was dinner last night, actually. Mmmmm cheese.
Twix. I love the texture.
Oranges, when they're really ripe and juicy.
I've recently developed a thing for beercheese soup and bread.
Pretty soon now I'm going to go buy some broccoli and lemon at my local overpriced-organic-food-store. I'll also eat a ranger cookie, because they're 79c, massive, and delicious.
Dr Pepper...it's probably a good thing that caffeine-free regular Dr Pepper is not available in the Philadelphia area.
I grew up on the DR. When I went to welding school in 59, Tulsa,OK and asked for it, was like Duh, what's that.
I grew up on the DR. When I went to welding school in 59, Tulsa,OK and asked for it, was like Duh, what's that.
Really? I would think that it would have been popular down there, given that it comes from Texas.
One of the things I always find interesting when I'm traveling is the number of different sodas out there, and how the flavors vary from region to region.
Pringles.. Once you pop you cant stop in an understatement. If we buy them.. i wait until my partner is outside gardeing or soimething before i pop them.. otherwise i have to share and sharing a box of Pringles is just NOT an option.
Other things i eat on a weekly basis include:
Smoked Oysters with water crackers, vintage cheese and avocado spread. (actually thats more like my daily entree at night)
Cup of Soups.. now its winter i go through a box a day.. i live the ones with croutons.. spicy asian.. garden vegetabe and the ol favourtie cream of chicken with noodles.
SALAMI!!! or Pepperoni.. which either is readily accessable
Chai Tea - Vanilla Tea - Jarrah Hazelnut coffee - Instant Dendelion Tea
Hot chips and Gravy (best when the chips are soggy in the middle and crunchy on the ends)
One of the things I always find interesting when I'm traveling is the number of different sodas out there, and how the flavors vary from region to region.
No kidding. Try drinking a fanta in Czech Republic. They have flavors they don't even make here. Plus they use cane sugar instead of hfcs as their sweetner. I think I should import a bunch of that stuff and sell it by the roadside. Yummmm.
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No kidding. Try drinking a fanta in Czech Republic. They have flavors they don't even make here. Plus they use cane sugar instead of hfcs as their sweetner. I think I should import a bunch of that stuff and sell it by the roadside. Yummmm.
You know what Fanta have just brought out in Oz?!! SOUR Fanta. It includes Sour Grape - Sour Apple and also Sour Rasperry. I havent tried one.. doesnt appeal to me much.
I go through phases... I'll have a hot food item for awhile and then I move on. I was on a peanut M&M kick for awhile.
My two standards:
Diet Pepsi.... love it! I've been drinking it since I was 14 and haven't stopped.
Cookies... any kind will do - I love them.
No kidding. Try drinking a fanta in Czech Republic. They have flavors they don't even make here. Plus they use cane sugar instead of hfcs as their sweetner. I think I should import a bunch of that stuff and sell it by the roadside. Yummmm.
I remember when Fanta had 9 billion flavors spread out across the US (root beer, birch beer, red creme, white creme, etc.). Then I didn't see it for a while. Now, it's apparently
back nationwide.
I got about four.
Pirate's Booty: I've eaten the whole bag before.
Taquitos: I can't remember the brand but the market in CA had ones I could have eaten a box of. $4 for 12 of them though :( The ones I find in Minnesota are total crap IMO. El Monterey would do well to steal the recipe.
Salt + Vinegar Pringles: They get my bitter and salty taste buds. I usually have to stop after 1/2 a can just so I don't overdo the salt.
Ceviche Tostada from El Tapatio in CA: Good plain, but I love to glop mine in salsa and hot sauce. My neighbor says it ruins the taste but it's a euphoric combo that gets my hot fetish, bitter lust, and salt love all in one bite. :love:
I remember when Fanta had 9 billion flavors spread out across the US (root beer, birch beer, red creme, white creme, etc.). Then I didn't see it for a while. Now, it's apparently back nationwide.
Yeah, I think it was the generic pop back then. If you had fanta you were either a. my grandmother's age b. also buying ghetto cookies or c. both.
Fanta is now trying to be "cool", I guess.
all of this talk of fanta is making me sing the commerical theme song...
wanna fanta?
Twizzlers.
Red.
Lesser brands or varieties (like pull-n-peels) will not do.
Twizzlers.
Red.
Lesser brands or varieties (like pull-n-peels) will not do.
That's blasphemy. It's Red Vines or nothing.
And guacamole.
And Ruffles & French Onion Dip.
Penn Station or Steak Escape hand cut french fries dosed with vinegar. McDonald's french fries. Cheesesteaks, no onion, pepper or mushroom just extra cheese, mayo and lettuce. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
And iced tea.
Cheesesteaks, no onion, pepper or mushroom just extra cheese, mayo and lettuce.
Eeeeeeauw.
That's not a cheesesteak. That isn't even a cheesesteak hoagie.
Point of order: nothing eaten more than 20 miles outside of Philadelphia is a Cheesesteak.
Mike and Ikes are my current sugar pills
Jelly Bellys (previous sugar pills)
Muenster cheese
Swiss Cheese crackers from Nabisco, also Chicken in a Biskits
my absolute fav is my mom's homemade blueberry cheesecake!! oh-my-god! that's usually what i ask for and get for my birthday! ohhhhhh, only 2 more months!!! i've GOT to get her recipe!
Carol ( my wife ) makes me a SCRATCH German Chocklet cake for my birthday every year , my step son makes me a chocklet chess pie for my xmas present every year !!!!!!!
Yes ,I am an un-apolijetic chocaholic !!!!!!! The darker the the better !!!!!!
The Dark side penut M&M's are the BOMB !!!!!!!!! Weird colors aside !!!!!
I am hoping that M&M figures out that people are really liking the dark chocolate M&Ms and add them into the product line permanently. After all, they now have peanut butter, mint, and cookies & cream flavors.
They NEED dark chocolate to round out that mix.
Oh I SOOOOOO Agree !!!!!!!!!
What? where are all these M&M flavours coming from! it cant be tru!! YUM YUM YUM!!
i love the originals, and they just brought out a "crispy" M&M and i LOVE them.. never heard of any others except the peanut ones tho! i wish i could go food shopping in another country.. JUST ONCE!
Yeah, crispy M&Ms came out here... I want to say at least ten years ago. Someday they'll sell all the other varieties in Australia too.
Spicy Cajun Pringles: Can't keep them in the house or they start replacing meals
Reese's Crunchy Peanut Butter Cups
I'm just coming off a Nachos phase as I've finished the last of the home grown peppers.
It'll probabaly start again in September when this years crop start to mature.
Really odd, but I love buffalo wings. I have to restrain myself from eating them every day, which is difficult considering a) just about every shop in my neighborhood makes a good batch of wings, and b) the wings I make are pretty damn awesome too.
Most likely it's because I love hot stuff. I drown most everything I eat in tabasco, but there's something about fried chicken bits soaked in wing sauce (I prefer straight tabasco and butter) that is so delightfully greasy and ... perfect.
Amen to keeping the darkside M&Ms... they ROCK! Especially the peanut ones.
I wish M&Ms would coat pretzels in chocolate and then cover that with the crisp candy shell that melts in your mouth, not in your hands. I think that would be the ULTIMATE snack.
Breaking news, whenever my mother or my grandmother want to lose weight, they snack on low fat popcorn and tabasco sauce all day. It gives you that heat and flavor, salt and crunch with minimal calories and no fat. Too bad I'm allergic to corn...But try it! It might cure your wing issue :)
Yeah, crispy M&Ms came out here... I want to say at least ten years ago. Someday they'll sell all the other varieties in Australia too.
I can't forget the carmel M&Ms perth's mother brought out from Las Vegas one year. I haven't seen them since.
Most likely it's because I love hot stuff. I drown most everything I eat in tabasco, but there's something about fried chicken bits soaked in wing sauce (I prefer straight tabasco and butter) that is so delightfully greasy and ... perfect.
and i thought i was the only one who liked that combo! have you every tried
wing stop ? they're atomic sauce blows away hooters bentley.....
Not a food but...
Boylan's Soda pretty much every flavor I've tried is fantastic:
Creme -- the best
Diet Creme -- even bester
Orange or Grape -- for a change
okra and tomatoes... damn southern living! and grits.... and and and.. I could go on about food all day long, it's my one love and I'm a skinny bastard
and i thought i was the only one who liked that combo! have you every tried wing stop ? they're atomic sauce blows away hooters bentley.....
Shucks, no location near me. Where the fuck is Liverpool, NY, anyway?
<A HREF="http://www.atomicwings.com">Atomic Wings</A> has overrun NYC, and I have to say, they make a damn fine buffalo wing. Choice of six levels of heat, plus three "sweet" flavors (for the weaklings). Truth be told, anything below "Nuclear" - while really, really tasty - is more like flavoring; Nuclear is steamy, and "Suicidal" is just kinda silly.
And then for you other northeastern types, <A HREF="http://www.cluckuchicken.com">Cluck-U Chicken</A> has got to be one of the best, greasiest joints out there. They used to have about 12 levels of heat. Not only could I barely eat just one "911" wing, the sauce made my fingers burn, too.
But goddamn I love it! :drool: :sweat: :yum:
Eeeeeeauw.
That's not a cheesesteak. That isn't even a cheesesteak hoagie.
Point of order: nothing eaten more than 20 miles outside of Philadelphia is a Cheesesteak.
Is so a Cheesesteak. Freakin' elitist.
No dear, it's not. I know...it's hard to accept, but if there is one thing that is truly Philadelphia, it's the cheesesteak. They can't be duplicated anywhere else. :)
And then for you other northeastern types, <A HREF="http://www.cluckuchicken.com">Cluck-U Chicken</A> has got to be one of the best, greasiest joints out there. They used to have about 12 levels of heat. Not only could I barely eat just one "911" wing, the sauce made my fingers burn, too.
Cluck-U is awesome...Rho and I used to live by two of them when we lived in DC. Good stuff!
No dear, it's not. I know...it's hard to accept, but if there is one thing that is truly Philadelphia, it's the cheesesteak. They can't be duplicated anywhere else. :)
There are three "genuine" Philly steak places here in New York, including a branch of Tony Luke's on Oregon Ave.
While Carl's and Tony Luke's are both pretty damn tasty, they don't at all size up to an authentic Whiz Wit from Sonny's or Jim's. I think it has to do with the amount of greasy drip, which was entirely absent the last three times I ate a cheesesteak in NY. Furthermore, the guys at Carl's didn't even understand my order and totally fucked up (whiz shrooms with), and then my friends wimped out and went with american cheese. Bunch of fairies, they are.
And 99 miles to Philly, in Astor Place, is just plain horrendous.
So, in short, I agree. Near impossible to get a good steak outside of Philly.
Is so a Cheesesteak. Freakin' elitist.
A cheesesteak is more than steak, cheese, and a roll.
What you describe, incidentally, wouldn't be a cheesesteak even if it were sold in the heart of Sout' Philly.
And then for you other northeastern types, <A HREF="http://www.cluckuchicken.com">Cluck-U Chicken</A> has got to be one of the best, greasiest joints out there. They used to have about 12 levels of heat. Not only could I barely eat just one "911" wing, the sauce made my fingers burn, too.
But goddamn I love it! :drool: :sweat: :yum:
We use to have one of those in Fort Collins, CO. I think they had a bunch of other flavors besides just hot. There was some garlic kind I really liked. I don't know how many years its been, though, since the Cluck-U was changed into something else. It started out a 39 cent Hamburger stand.
I have a new addiction that has controlled my diet for the last two weeks-
potatoes and hot sauce!!
Sound gross? No, it's sooo good.
First, you thin slice the potatoes and bake at 450 degrees for 20 minutes. Then you toss them with 1 1/2 tablespoons of butter and dip in either Frank's red hot sauce or Tobasco chipotle pepper sauce. Yum!
Blue cheese dressing is a very nice accompaniment.
If you're feeling lazy, just melt the butter in the microwave with about 1 T hot sauce and toss it all- no need to dip. You can mix the hot sauce with the blue cheese, too.
Sorry- I have pms.
How about layering with a bit of butter before you bake the potatos? It'll make them nice and crispy like potato chips!
We use to have one of those in Fort Collins, CO. I think they had a bunch of other flavors besides just hot. There was some garlic kind I really liked. I don't know how many years its been, though, since the Cluck-U was changed into something else. It started out a 39 cent Hamburger stand.
I drove by that place a couple days ago....it's got another chain in it now, don't recall what. I miss Cluck U. Great after-bar food.
I had totally forgotten about the 39 cent Hamburger Stand. That place was nasty. It actually replaced a der Weinerschnitzel in the same building. That was kind of a traumatic moment in my childhood.
breaking news, why did you have to go and put ideas in my pms-ing head?
I'm trying to control the amount of butter I load on them, but I've got to try that!
Yo, staceyv: News flash!!
The Most Important Story Ever! Preventing PMS
Jason L. Miller | Staff Writer | 2005-06-14
Everyone prepare to dance a jig. I'm there already and its really hard to jig and type at the same time. The latest research suggests that a diet rich in calcium and vitamin D may prevent premenstrual syndrome. Somebody get me a bullhorn STAT.
http://news.google.com/nwshp?hl=en&gl=us&ncl=http://www.webpronews.com/business/topbusiness/wpn-54-20050614TheMostImportantStoryEverPreventingPMS.htmlCheerios. Dry.
I am writing this as I am having some other breakfast cereal (generic Sugar Smacks) dry.
Any cereal dry is AWESOME! I love cheerios, smacks, golden grahams, chex, anything.
Steak with bleu cheese melted over it. :yum:
AND WHAT IS A CHEESESTEAK IF IT ISN'T CHEESE AND STEAK, HUH??
*sniff*
that calcium and vitamin D thing is BS.
I'm already eating and taking enough calcium and vitamin D supplements to put me over my daily allowance. I've already read everything about how to relieve pms on the internet, in books, and asked my gynocologist for advice.
Even the psychologist I went to said I don't have a mental disorder, but I seem to have a hormonal issue.
This month was really strange. I was spotting on and off for a week. That's never happened to me before. I also had strange cravings for fried onions. I ate too many and woke up with kidney pains. Also, I was extremely tired, bitchy, bloated, moody, depressed, unmotivated, my breasts hurt really bad, and like every other month, I kept thinking: "oh my God, this can't be normal. I must be pregnant!" (I get many many symptoms of early pregnancy when I'm pms-ing) And of course I wasted over $20 taking 3 different pregnancy tests before the bitch came.
Then I laid in bed with a heating pad for 36 hours, rolling, tossing and turning, grabbing, clawing and attempting to massage my stomach, and whimpering and crying from pain.
...Feeling much better now, thanks.
I used to think being able to write my name in the snow was my greatest advantage over you...Thanks for doubling my thankfulness quotient.
I know staceyv has probably already checked with doctor's, but damn. That is some very nasty sounding PMSing. The only time I've ever laid in bed for 36 hours straight is when I had the flu.
And all of a sudden I want some good French Toast with extra butter. And bacon.
And a large tomato juice with lemon in it. MMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...
staceyv: :O
snobs: there is help for your addiction
the gynocologist recently found a ruptured cyst in my uterus which he said is no problem, nothing you can do to prevent it, blah blah blah.
I am 90% sure I have endometriosis, since I have like, every single friggin syptom- but I'd have to get a surgery just to be officially diagnosed, and there's really not that much they can do to treat it.
Sometimes I think I should have a baby- 9 months no period,
then breast feed the baby for a year- no period!
And then buy one of those suction cup milking machines and just milk myself for the rest of my life- no period!!:)
...crap. I just looked it up. You only stop getting your period for 6-12 months while breastfeeding. Still, with the 9 months pregnancy and even just 6 months of lactational amenorrhea, that's 15 beautiful months!!
Maybe I could be a surrogate mother...
totally addicted to ice.
Well, not that I would ever be one to suggest ruining a glass of perfectly good whisky ...
oh, there's the solution!! Switch to a fine Single Malt ... you never, ever put ice in those, and you won't even notice the ice is gone after the third one.
Some crazier Moms out there keep breast feeding for years. I bet if the demand was constant you could push back your next period for a loooooong time.
wolf- I took a chance on a $13 bottle of blended crlllaaaappp recently. Yeah this needs ice but it still leaves me hunting and pecking on the keyboard...
can't you stop periods with some Pills?
mangos. hommous. Utterly irrational on the second one, living on hommous on toast at the moment. with the occasional mango.
Get yourself a nice, dark pumpernickel for the hummus.
Crunchy chickpea laden Heaven.
(I've been doing one slice hummus, once slice natural peanut butter when I don't feel like the chocolate frosted sugar bombs.)
--snip--Maybe I could be a surrogate mother...
How selfish of you to take away your coworker's main source for evil gossip. Without your weight "problem" what would they talk about?
well, if I became a surrogate mother, they could all huddle and whisper :3some: that I was selling my baby on the black market, or that I was just stuffing my shirt to get better tips and I wasn't really pregnant :headshake
I tried a few different birth control pills in high school. I started getting anxiety attacks :worried: , I gained 15 pounds:donut:, and I was having black outs at work:dead:, where I'd almost faint and then snap out of it. Even though I'm cutting down on smoking,
the pill + cigarettes= stroke...
Have you ever read the health risks/side effects on the insert that comes with the pill?! :eek:
Hell no, not for me...
and it's okay if I go off topic and try to hijack a thread if it's one I started, right? :blush:
Stacey, honey, I don't want to sound like your mother, BUT why not just QUIT SMOKING??? It would be soooooo much better for you in the long run and no more worrying about counterfeit cigs! It's a perfect plan! :)
Salted in the shell peanuts.
Stacey, honey, I don't want to sound like your mother, BUT why not just QUIT SMOKING??? It would be soooooo much better for you in the long run and no more worrying about counterfeit cigs! It's a perfect plan! :)
Copycatnot addicted, but...
Strawberries are in full swing here so I go for fresh strawberries in plain WHOLE MILK yogurt with maple syrup and vanilla.
repeat.
Smoothies for breakfast have also been my quotidian fare lately.
I AM quitting smoking- gradually. I am now on the lightest cigarettes in existence. They have the lowest amounts of nicotine and tar you can buy. It's like smoking air. I'm still trying to get used to them and back down to my regular 20 a day. When I am fully adjusted, I plan on switching to the lowest dose nicotine patch.
It's all part of the one year plan to quit smoking that I formulated un January- and it's going very smoothly. I was on lights. Then I switched to superlights and smoked those for about 5 months. Now I'm on the superest lights.
Getting there, I'm getting there...but I'm still not gonna take the friggin pill when I quit!
Now, does red wine count as a food addiction? Or do I belong in the alcoholic thread?
I AM quitting smoking- gradually.
Now, does red wine count as a food addiction? Or do I belong in the alcoholic thread?
Oh, yeah. I forgot. You do have a plan for the smoking. And as far as the red wine thing goes, only you can answer that question. I know I'm an alcoholic because when I drink my life gets f*cked up. Badly. It's a big clue. ;)
--clip-- And as far as the red wine thing goes, only you can answer that question. I know I'm an alcoholic because when I drink my life gets f*cked up. Badly. It's a big clue. ;)
Respectfully, maybe not.
For me, alcoholism was like hypothermia--the first casualty was my judgement. After that's gone, it's "anything goes". It wasn't always a stupefying bacchanal, but when the safeties are off, who knows what will happen. Sometimes, it was "who knows what happened?"
I sense staceyv was asking in a humorous way, but it's a real question for many. "Do you think I need help?, because I can't tell." Also, alcoholism can range across a spectrum of severity. As can the symptoms. There's still considerable stigma attached to the word, and everyone here knows the power of denial. It can be pretty easy to ignore the signs, even big ones like having your life pretty f*cked up.
totally addicted to ice.
I can totally relate! I need to chew on it whenever I drink something.
I can't stand the darn things. I barely tolerate them in middle eastern dessert items that involve lots of honey and crunchy bits.
coffee.
While technically a necessary bodily fluid (like blood or saliva) coffee isn't actually a food, I do enjoy not going without it for more than an hour or so.
Mountain Dew - the caffeine and sugar calls to me.
toasted sandwhiches = i am on my third for today.
cheese and tomato = yum and easy
bolognaise, mash potato and grated cheese = drool!
ham and cheese = ok in a hurry
milo and butter ~ with ice cream on after its toasted = desert sandwhich
Peanut butter, honey and banana = TASTY!!
I can't stand the darn things. I barely tolerate them in middle eastern dessert items that involve lots of honey and crunchy bits.
pistachio is good!
there is a pistachio farm up the way from me and they sell items from their home, the lady makes an amazing relish.. Red Tomato and Pistachio Relish.. OMG!! yum on a well done t-bone steak.
milo and butter ~ with ice cream on after its toasted = desert sandwhich
What's milo?
oh!! you have never had milo!!
Maybe its an Aussie thing? It has the consistency of coffee but it is chocolate, primarily used to flavour milk, can beadded to almost anything (ice cram, bread, drinks etc.)
yum!
www.milo.com.auThe US is not one of the 30 countries in which the product is available. The website says it's fully of vitaminy goodness, and also mentions malt as a component. Near as I can figure, it's like Ovaltine, because the consistency you are describing is very different from Nestle's Quik powder.
My parents will no longer buy any Nestle products. Nestle is closing their 3 St. Louis plants next year, and my stepdad will be unemployed after 42 years with them.
Is it like Marmite? I tried that stuff once...
I think I was wrong on the Fanta thing...I was actually thinking of Shasta. Maybe they were the same thing???
I like to eat buttered toast with molasses on it. yum. I dunno what it is about molasses, but I love the taste.
I am sorry to hear about your stepdad, Syc. If it makes you feel any better, their cocoa powder sucks for making cake. I like Giradellis.
Milo and Marmite appear to be two totally different food items, though I was originally thinking of Marmite myself when Sun said Milo.
Shasta has always been American to my knowledge, but did have 950 flavors...I don't see it much these days.
Thanks, Case. He'll be alright...he's essentially retiring early (he turns 61 in September), and he's getting a pretty decent package from them.
Yes, shasta was the kind my grandma had all the time...and in about a million different flavors. Fanta...I remember orange...but I can't remember much else about it. Fanta was the stuff I had in Czech that came in Raspberry flavor.
The only time I every really saw Fanta was at fountain machines (usually orange or strawberry)...I did see a bunch of varieties in Indiana about 15 years ago, though.
I just had a Green Tea Frappuccino from Starbucks...Goddamn, that was good!
Fanta now has the most annoying commercials before movies.
And the gals could look better, IMO.
Damn you! Now it's stuck in my head :(
"Wanna, wanna..Don't cha wanna..."
Shasta was a great cola, better than RC, I thought.
One of my all-time favorites, though, is A-Treat (for you northeastern pennsyltuckians). There was something about Sasparilla flavor that made it so much better than even Stewart's root beer ... which is a damn good root beer. Fun restaurants too - when we were about 15, we got banned from the one sort of near us on Rt. 31 in central jerz for setting off two stink bombs at the counter. Those were the days.
Milo and Marmite appear to be two totally different food items, though I was originally thinking of Marmite myself when Sun said Milo.
Isn't Marmite the British equivalent of Vegemite? Foul-tasting, salty vegetable (so they claim, I think it's ground up babies or something) paste?
Shasta has always been American to my knowledge, but did have 950 flavors...I don't see it much these days.
I mostly remember Shasta as a kid in Illinois, particularly as a diet soda. It probably had all those yummy cyclamates in it. I don't remember seeing it here in Pennsylvania, though. Possibly because we had our own regional cheap soda company ... mmmmm Frank's Black Cherry Wishniak!
The
Shasta website has a wealth of information on Shasta history, flavors, and even a special Hispanic section.
I occasionally buy A-Treat because they have Blue soda. The best Blue Soda, though was Blue Sky Soda, came in a glass bottle. Last saw it in the late 80s. This is NOT the same Blue Sky Soda that you can get at the hippie grocery store, which is all kinds of organic crap with no chemicals. Weren't nothin' real in my Blue Sky Soda ... it was a most awesome (to some frightening) shade of electric blue, and tasted particularly blue as well. Blue Pepsi came close for flavor, but not for color.
My family did drink Shasta... but they were also really into Slice... and the flavor that my mom and her parents just thought was the coolest was Diet Apple Slice. It was actually pretty good, or at least I liked it at the time. I'd love to try some now.
I want Apple Slice back. With Sugar, not the diet version. There was another apple soda on the market at the same time called Aspen that is also sadly gone.
There is a NEW apple soda out, but I haven't tried it yet. Jolly Rancher (the candy company) is starting a soda line. It just showed up in the 7-11. I bought a bottle of Jolly Rancher Watermelon today, but it's still in the fridge at work.
I'm going on a diet. Starting now. I just need to figure out which one then I'll be fine. I can't go on like this being addicted to pasta salad and grilled cheese and Big Macs. I'm starting to look like a potato with toothpicks for arms and legs. Not Very Attractive! Big Cleansing Breath---Ok---low fat? Adkins? South Beach? Weight Watchers? So Many Choices! I hate low fat, though. Maybe South Beach.
I gots A-Treat up here. I'll have to look for Blue Soda. Even though I refuse to eat blue food on the grounds that it's not natural for food to be blue. Hell, even blueberries aren't really blue, they're purple!
I can even find A-Treat in the old glass bottles, though those are sadly disappearing.
Brian
Wolf ,Blue sky soda , but blue M&M get sent back ???????
I am corn-fused ,,, I thought [COLOR=Indigo]BLUE[/COLOR] was [COLOR=Red]EVIL[/COLOR] and un-natural !!!!
Just the blue M&Ms ... because they are supposed to be tan and went bad, remember?
Blue Sky soda is supposed to be blue.
I mostly remember Shasta as a kid in Illinois, particularly as a diet soda. It probably had all those yummy cyclamates in it. I don't remember seeing it here in Pennsylvania, though.
Brewer's Outlet. ;)
At this point, it seems to be bacon mater sandwichs. If all the rain don't bust them open. 1.9 inch the last shower of the day.
Blue berry pie and ice cream Yummm
Pete counted 4 empty ice cream containers in this weeks trash... we don't have a problem.
Ya know what's good on blueberry pie? a slice of Cheddar, melted oh-so-delicately over the top crust...AAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Blueberries!!
I love cheese and I love pie, but the whole cheese on pie thing makes no sense to me.
Hostess Cup Cakes.
I saw recently they were offering yellow cake cupcakes. I almost spit up.
Grated chedder on hot Apple pie w/ice cream is great.!
I put sharp cheddar cheese in my apple pie!
Hostess chocolate cupcakes (and not Dolly Madison crapola either). Nothin' but Hostess baby. For an added treat, stick them in the freezer and that greasey white frosting gets rock hard. Ok, now you've done it, I'm off to Circle-K.
I'm with you Hobbs! No Dolly and certainly not that skank, Little Debbie, either.
*gasp* I can't believe you called Little Debbie a skank! Her snack cakes and treats are bursting with sugary goodness! She's been a life-long friend! She's a tea-time boon companion!
Little Debbie is a poor substitute for the Real Sugary Deal known as Hostess. Hostess has the Mostest, you know.
And anyway, look at the chick's hair. And that hat. Dear lord...
...And that hat. Dear lord...
Really Debbie. Loose the hat, buy a new hat. Anything. Sun hat, tuke, sombraro, truckers hat, anything! Blahhhh!
There is a reason you can get so many Lil Deb's for the price. Because they taste like poo. Agreed: Hostess is the Hostess with the Mostest. (But home made sugary goodness kicks all butt by far.)
Little Debbie is only good for peanut butter bars, nutty bars, and star crunch. The rest is crap.
Hostess... I like the chocolate frosting on the choclate cup cakes and whoever said before, they are AWESOME frozen.
Dolly Madison... never.
Now my favorite are the snack cakes made by Colonial... especially the carrot cakes. MMMMM, good stuff.
Tastykake kicks Hostess ass.
Ooooo, hmmmm. Tasteykakes are quite yummy in their own right, especially the yellow ones without the filling. I love the frosting on them. Egads!
Plaintain Chips. Thank you Goya. May I have another?
Tastykake kicks Hostess ass.
I second that. Hands down best baked shit out there.
TWO WORDS: BUTTERSCOTCH KRIMPETS
Not jelly. Butterscotch. Preferably a tad warm so the icing is all melted and gooey.
Pete counted 4 empty ice cream containers in this weeks trash... we don't have a problem.
Our coop's supplier had a sale on Julies organic ice cream – some insane price like 2 bucks a pint. I ordered a couple of cases thinking they'd last a while.
SWMBO started freebasing them, they never made it three weeks.
...I wonder if they are still on sale...
Never having tasted the wonder that is known as Tastykake, I'll have to take your word for it. Until I do, Hostess will always me My Best Friend.
Gawd, I'm hungry.
Ooooo, hmmmm. Tasteykakes are quite yummy in their own right, especially the yellow ones without the filling. I love the frosting on them. Egads!
Those would be the Butterscotch Krimpets.
I am from a Tasty family.
My uncle and my grandfather were both master-bakers at Tasty.
My greatest regret is when they switched the packaging over ... from the original folded waxed wrappers to the current heat sealed plastic. They don't taste the same, and the cakes themselves are smaller.
But I still love them Chocolate TandyTakes. :)
Never having tasted the wonder that is known as Tastykake, I'll have to take your word for it. Until I do, Hostess will always me My Best Friend.
Gawd, I'm hungry.
Tasty ships worldwide.Beef jerky, esp. from this lil place out in the desert on the way from Ontario CA to Mammoth.
My home made guacamole or jalapeno verde salsa.
Chipotle burritos
Baja Fresh chicken quesadillas
Cilantro.. yes i eat just plain cilantro..mmmmm
You can tell i grew up near San Diego..
Tasty ships worldwide.
for the love of god, wolf, if you think i'm going to PAY to have snackcakes delivered....oh, screw it. I'll do it! I've already paid for your hippie shampoo, might as well have the cakes shipped!*
*brianna does everything wolf thinks is a good thing.
Beef jerky, esp. from this lil place out in the desert on the way from Ontario CA to Mammoth.
Dude! Is it the "Really Fresh Jerky" place in Olancha? Or Indian Jerky from the smoked meats place in Bishop? Both are very tasty! You've got to try Schwab's High Sierra Garlic Stuffed Olives too!!!
[url=http://www.bigjohnsbeefjerky.com/index.php]These guys are a couple hours drive away from me ... I've only ever dealt with them online, though. I'll be out in York later this summer, and may check them out in person, if I have time.
Dude! Is it the "Really Fresh Jerky" place in Olancha? Or Indian Jerky from the smoked meats place in Bishop? Both are very tasty! You've got to try Schwab's High Sierra Garlic Stuffed Olives too!!!
sweet Lord those olives sound amazing.. and i think it was the "Really Fresh Jerky" place.. they smoke with some super old kind of wood.. mahogany or somethin, i dunno. Uncle Mike's jerky is pretty amazing too
the olives go really good with jerky and beer around a campfire.
Those would be the Butterscotch Krimpets.
I am from a Tasty family.
My uncle and my grandfather were both master-bakers at Tasty.
My greatest regret is when they switched the packaging over ... from the original folded waxed wrappers to the current heat sealed plastic. They don't taste the same, and the cakes themselves are smaller.
But I still love them Chocolate TandyTakes. :)
Yes! That's right! Butterscotch Krimpets. Yeah baby. And I remember the wax paper wrappers too, back when I was first introduced to them. I think it was during my time in Houston (that's where Little Debbie reared her ugly head as well). I can't seem to find them very easily her in AZ, but when I doo find them, I grab a box.
Hats off and a nod to your family for producing such a yummy treat.:notworthy
We have Mrs. Freshley's here... who the hell is she?
Freshley? Never heard of her.
Probably a friend of the skank, Little Debbie.
I'd steer clear, if I were you.
In general, i don't like snack cakes very much... so I think I'll avoid them all - except for the occasional Little Debbie Peanut Butter Bar.
Currently addicted to East of Chicago's Taco Pizza.
Salsa, ground beef, sour cream, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, cheese, black olives. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Plus, it gives ya heartburn. What's not to like? :)
I've become addicted to Caffeine yet again. Diet Dr. Pepper and Diet Mtn. Dew, so it's not a waistline killer, it does give me kidney stones/pain though.
No worries, I'll kick it in the first couple days of the semester(starts tomorrow, Aug. 29th).
Queso. Most effectively, queso from a local place called Kerbey Lane Cafe--but any Tex-Mex queso will do in a pinch.
That was dinner last night, actually. Mmmmm cheese.
Trudy's is waaaaaaaaaaaaay better. Hell -- even Chuy's over a sirloin burrito kicks KLC's ass.
Trudy's is waaaaaaaaaaaaay better.
Trudy's queso is way better than Kerbey Lane's? I'm sorry sir, but you are mistaken. And you can't involve the sirloin burrito if all we're comparing is queso. Now if we're comparing the whole menu, then I'll agree, both Chuy's and Trudy's are better. But Kerbey Lane's queso is still the best.
Santa Barbara Olive Company's jalapeno stuffed green olives.
OH MY GOD they are fantastic!!!!
I have a bottle of
Gil's Crying Tongue Olives that were given to me as a gift.
I occasionally want to have a martini party so I can inflict them on some unknowing person.
But I do not like martinis.
Or olives.
:yum: The Airliner is reopening this weekend!!!! :jig:
They only have the BEST pizza within 600 miles of here... I think Perth might be able to back me up on this, if this thread catches his eye. I can't wait till lunch Monday, woo hoo!! Thick crunchy crust, perfect amounts of tomatoey sauce, and loads of real cheese. :drool:
I'm gonna quit eating. I'm a freaking elephant these days. did anyone see Courtney Love on Comedy Central's Pamela Anderson Lee's Roast? I didn't, either, but I saw a pic of Courtney during the Roast in People mag. I'm fatter than that. I am no longer going to eat.
I guess I'm going to have to put you on a rigorous physical regimen. Get naked and assume the position. :apimp:
Ya know all this discussion of Hostess.. Dolly Madison and Tastycakes.. I am not sure of alot of you are aware that Hostess - Dolly Madison and Drakes Cakes are made from the same company ? Yes they are.. Interstate Bakeries Corp.. If you go to any of their web sites they actually link to one another..
And by the way the yellow Hostess cupcake is to have a orange flavoring and they have been around since I was a kid.. Definately no where near as good as a chocolate cupcake though!
Favorite (somewhat odd) eating habits of Hostess.. 1) when eating a cupcake you must remove the top icing and eat it last.. 2) when choosing a package of Ho-Ho's I always feel them.. I dont want the out layer of chocolate to be broken.. When you have a whole one you must first eat the entire outer covering first and then moving on to the cake.. BUT you must unroll it as you go.. licking off the creme filling as you go.. and 3) while eating a Susie Q you must carefully remove the tops of each cake.. careful not to remove too much of the creme filling.. once you have consumed both tops.. place both bottoms together and you have a Double-Stuff Susie Q!! (almost like a double stuff oreo but only better!!)
2) when choosing a package of Ho-Ho's I always feel them.. I dont want the out layer of chocolate to be broken.. When you have a whole one you must first eat the entire outer covering first and then moving on to the cake.. BUT you must unroll it as you go.. licking off the creme filling as you go.. and
Wow. I'm not the only person who does this? I don't actually lick off the cream filling before eating it. That part is a little wierd.
I also do the bottoms of the Hostess Cupcakes first thing ... the consistency of their chocolate icing with the vanilla squiggle seems to demand this. But then I also eat the bottoms of muffins first, and the tops last. I have been banned from a friend's house for eating the middles of oreos and other sandwich cookies first. He finds it uncivilized. I'm allowed in his house at all other times, but not when there are Oreos. Or Hydrox. or Vienna Fingers.
Harry & David Dark Chocolate Truffles, wowza.
Ya know all this discussion of Hostess.. Dolly Madison and Tastycakes.. I am not sure of alot of you are aware that Hostess - Dolly Madison and Drakes Cakes are made from the same company ? Yes they are.. Interstate Bakeries Corp.. If you go to any of their web sites they actually link to one another..
And by the way the yellow Hostess cupcake is to have a orange flavoring and they have been around since I was a kid.. Definately no where near as good as a chocolate cupcake though!---clip---
My office is adjacent to a Hostess Factory. Ok, I guess they're a bakery, but it's a bakery that takes up a half a city block. Sometimes I come in to work in the morning, it's early, 6:45-7:15 and they're filling the whole neigborhood with the aroma of cake-y goodness. Sadly, they closed the walk up window a while back. I guess it's only fair that I should have to walk to the store now to get some Ding-Dongs.
Oh yum!! But it has to be the real thing, straight from the vendor. The microwave crap they try to pass of as kettle corn I wouldn't feed to homeless people. Yech.
I made the mistake of trying that crap. Made with Splenda ain't kettlecorn.
Pepperidge Farm Goldfish. Cheddar.
Chocolate icecream with brownie dough.
Did I mention coffee? I guess it's not really a food if it's an essential body fluid, right? Unless you're a vampire or something...
Inspired by a discussion of other herbs on the Newbie Intro thread: Basil, especially in a good pesto.
Cheez-Its and Dr.Pepper..............oooo, and beef jerky too :rasta:
These guys are a couple hours drive away from me ... I've only ever dealt with them online, though. I'll be out in York later this summer, and may check them out in person, if I have time.
Just be careful it's not like
this place.
We did travel to a place in PA that made Lebanon Bologna (I can't remember if it was Weavers or Seltzers). The whole place smelled like wood smoke from the smokehouse.
My wife and I had a Tastykake discussion. It turns out her favortie is the chocolate Hostess cake with Tastkykake taking second and third place. Having tried both I was stunned. To me Tastkykakes taste closer to 'real' than anything Hostess makes. The very fact the Tasty Pies have a 5 day shelf life shows that they don't use preservatives. In the snack world, only the good die young. If it has a 2 year shelf life, stick it in an MRE box and save it for emergencies.
The best Tastykakes are the 'special feature' flavor pies like strawberry and pineapple. Peanut butter cakes which are 'enrobed', are good in the freezer.
Before I even knew that you liked them, I was considering sending you a care package of Tastkycakes if you were down in Louisiana for more than a month. Send me your address if you can actually get mail.
I'm only going to be there for three to five days, so a mailing address shouldn't be an issue.
What I don't know is if I should be worried that the staging area is "Jimmy Swaggert Ministries"?
[SIZE=5]YEE SHALL BE HEALED OF YOUR[/SIZE]
[SIZE=7]HEATHEN WAYS !!!!!!![/SIZE]:3_eyes:
Let me know if i need to bring you some ammo !!!!!!!
Oh and Don't worry about the 4500 class 3 sex offenders from down there , they ALL moved up here :eek: :mg:
Sherrif Langston is going to be BUSY !!!!!!!
Oh and a RC and a Moon Pie is a FINE snack !!!!!!!
Diet Coke with Splenda...damn, this shit is good! Coke Zero isn't bad, but the Diet Coke with Splenda whoops its ass. Now if Dr Pepper would switch to Splenda instead of NutraSweet...
THEY CAME OUT WITH A NEW PIBB ZERO...................NOT TOO BAD!
Is that the stuff that's pretend root beer, or pretend Dr. Pepper?
Umm...I am somewhat addicted to Pot Noodles. Actualy, any really cheap and nasty instant noodles like Super Noodles hit my buttons. Dont know why. I am also dangerously addicted to Indian sweets like Bhurfi (sp) and Luddhu (sp) .....
Ashamed as I am to say it I'm afraid McD's double cheeseburgers are on my must eat list.
(Say the following with an English accent): Whale oil beef hooked! Fun, huh?
That really only scans with an English accent as performed by an American a la Dick Van Dyke :P
Is that the stuff that's pretend root beer, or pretend Dr. Pepper?
Mr. Pibb is Coke's answer to Dr Pepper. The only place I saw it out east was at Wendy's restaurants in Philadelphia. Dr Pepper out here is directly distributed by the Dr Pepper/Seven Up Company; in Philly, its distributed by Coke (so no need for Mr. Pibb in those parts). In DC, it's distributed by Pepsi, though I don't recall seeing Mr. Pibb during my time there.
It's at a theater in Mazza Gallery in NW DC.
Umm...I am somewhat addicted to Pot Noodles. Actualy, any really cheap and nasty instant noodles like Super Noodles hit my buttons. Dont know why. I am also dangerously addicted to Indian sweets like Bhurfi (sp) and Luddhu (sp) .....
There is a huge greek community in Schenectady, NY. A couple weekends ago they had a greek festival. Best greek food ever and the deserts were to DIE for.
Baklavah, and a bunch of other things I don't have names for.
Oh and a RC and a Moon Pie is a FINE snack !!!!!!!
OMG, zippyt must be one of my homeys. But that ain't what they called it back in good ol' Rocky Mount NC in the early 50's. I remember standing barefoot on the wooden floor of the local country store and hearing somebody say "Hey, y'all know what a n----r breakfast is? A Moon Pie and an RC Cola!" and all the good ol' boys cracked up. I could never touch another Moon Pie again after that :sick:
I'm also addicted to movie theater hotdogs. And airport hotdogs (except for in Chicago coz their hotdogs are weird).
I make weird foods. The other day i was in an odd state of mind, and mixed flour with water, salt,and dried basil, then fried chunks flattened with a little olive oil...it was good.
Diet Coke with Splenda...damn, this shit is good! Coke Zero isn't bad, but the Diet Coke with Splenda whoops its ass. Now if Dr Pepper would switch to Splenda instead of NutraSweet...
For some reason pop with splenda is sooooo much better. I like the Diet Rite varieties.
gummy worms, very very very fresh gummy worms.
this is disgusting but my step mum used to give em to me when dad wasnt supervising and for some twiste dreason i like em.
MICROWAVEABLE FROZEN BEEFER BURGERS from your supermarket freezer. Ick. I zap em for 2 mins then add a little extra cheese and lettuce. mmmm. i even like that weird smell they have.
*shame*
Tira Misu and/or Sacher Torte.....gobs of carbs of every kind must be kept in a lock box.
I unfortunately inherited my fathers taste for all things weird and odd.
On my list include peppers (the kind pickled in a jar), ham + ranch dressing, celery sticks, pickled onions, and prawns. :greenface
For some reason pop with splenda is sooooo much better. I like the Diet Rite varieties.
I can tolerate Splenda where I can't have anything to do with Nutrisweet (stomach cramps and headaches here, and I have a friend that goes into full-blown anaphyllactic shock. I've saved her at least twice when she's ingested it by accident.)
I tried the New Diet Coke with Splenda.
I am very, very sorry that I did. It tastes nothing at all like Coke. I'd much rather have one regular Coke every couple of weeks than subject myself to that awfulness ever again.
Yeah, but 7-UP with Splenda is really, really GOOOOOOD. Better than regular 7-UP.
My true addiction - with cravings & all - is ice cold Lucozade first thing in the morning. And I mean so cold that the top is slushy and your throat almost closes up in self defence. I just love feeling the chill all the way down......
Its my hangover cure, my pick me up and my breakfast substitute.
But just about everything I eat at the moment falls into the category of "Once I start I'll carry on until its all gone", which is why a health kick beckons. And my beloved Lucozade will be replaced by fruit. Tcha.
I googled lucozade--it seems it's a glucose drink? Like, tons of sugar? Buzz cola, if you will?
I didn't realise it wasn't international or I'd have given more detail. Yes, its a glucose drink - if you were ill in the 70's the chances are your Mum would have poured this down your throat!
Its bright orange but doesn't have a particularly strong flavour, so not to be confused with Iron-Bru.
But as you say - brimful of sugar, and bearing in mind I'm drinking it partly to repair myself following a night on calorific beer its hardly surprising I am beginning to bulge out of my clothes :(
Health kick, health kick, health kick. October.
I tried the New Diet Coke with Splenda.
I am very, very sorry that I did. It tastes nothing at all like Coke.
Wolf, have you tried the Coke C2 yet? Half sugared, half Splenda, just a touch lighter on the palate than regular Coke. Not a diet drink, just a smaller dose of sugar. You could get up to one of those every week! I think in C2 Coca-Cola Corp actually succeeded in what they tried to do with New Coke -- by taking a totally different road.
Near impossible to get a good steak outside of Philly.
My onetime manager, of blessed memory, was raised in Allentown PA and was plenty particular about his Philly cheese steaks.
He found happiness with The Great Central Steak & Hoagie Company, four or five locations in Ventura County CA. He thought the GCS&H in Santa Paula did it the best, and he'd always stop there on his sales rounds. Being as it's Ventura County, you can also get a tri-tip sandwich there. This marinated barbequed beef is a local specialty.
Wolf, have you tried the Coke C2 yet?
I
tried it when it first came out...that, and Pepsi Edge. Awful.
Wolf, have you tried the Coke C2 yet? Half sugared, half Splenda, just a touch lighter on the palate than regular Coke. Not a diet drink, just a smaller dose of sugar. You could get up to one of those every week! I think in C2 Coca-Cola Corp actually succeeded in what they tried to do with New Coke -- by taking a totally different road.
Unless they reformulated it, C2 has aspartame in it also. No go.
Oh dear. Well, I only react normally to aspartame. I wonder if it's brain chemistry or some other detail of the sensory nervous system?
Wolf is totally pulling your leg about the aspartame reaction. It actually turns her into a raging liberal...she makes Michael Moore look like a violent reactionary. It's not pretty...the last time she had it, she threw her gun in a creek and hugged a tree.
Nice thing about Glocks is that as soon as the feeling passes I can fish it out of the creek and dispose of any witnesses.
Hey, my lips are totally sealed about that one guy you snuffed at Forks 2003.
Wolf is totally pulling your leg about the aspartame reaction. It actually turns her into a raging liberal...she makes Michael Moore look like a violent reactionary. It's not pretty...the last time she had it, she threw her gun in a creek and hugged a tree.
I have nothing to add to this. I just wanted to see it in print again.
gala apples, sliced thin, sprinkled with Cinnamon
yum.
gotta love fall.
