What food is really trashy that you enjoy in spite of the fact that it
may not be good for you?

My guilty pleasure is Ramen Noodles.

I make them with half the water... add a little butter and whatever
left-over meat I have on hand. If we have any, I'll throw in some green
onions. Maybe a dollop of hoisen sauce and some sriracha for a touch of
heat.

Yes, I know they are no good for me and the sodium content is sky
high.... but if it were health food, it wouldn't be a guilty pleasure.

George L

On Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:35:21 -0500, George Leppla
> wrote:

>What food is really trashy that you enjoy in spite of the fact that it
>may not be good for you?

Grilled cheese sandwiches made with velveeta. We had them last night
but added thin farmers market heirloom tomatoes. I just love that
combination.

>My guilty pleasure is Ramen Noodles.
>
>I make them with half the water... add a little butter and whatever
>left-over meat I have on hand. If we have any, I'll throw in some green
>onions. Maybe a dollop of hoisen sauce and some sriracha for a touch of
>heat.

I like it like that too. I like to add some frozen stir fry
vegatables too.

>Yes, I know they are no good for me and the sodium content is sky
>high.... but if it were health food, it wouldn't be a guilty pleasure.

Cheetos.

Lou

On 02/08/2011 3:35 PM, George Leppla wrote:
> What food is really trashy that you enjoy in spite of the fact that it
> may not be good for you?
>
> My guilty pleasure is Ramen Noodles.
>
> I make them with half the water... add a little butter and whatever
> left-over meat I have on hand. If we have any, I'll throw in some green
> onions. Maybe a dollop of hoisen sauce and some sriracha for a touch of
> heat.
>
> Yes, I know they are no good for me and the sodium content is sky
> high.... but if it were health food, it wouldn't be a guilty pleasure.
>
>

Red licorice.

On Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:35:21 -0500, George Leppla
> wrote:

>What food is really trashy that you enjoy in spite of the fact that it
>may not be good for you?
>
>

Ro-tel dip

Tara

"George Leppla" > wrote in message
...
> What food is really trashy that you enjoy in spite of the fact that it may
> not be good for you?
>
> My guilty pleasure is Ramen Noodles.
>
> I make them with half the water... add a little butter and whatever
> left-over meat I have on hand. If we have any, I'll throw in some green
> onions. Maybe a dollop of hoisen sauce and some sriracha for a touch of
> heat.
>
> Yes, I know they are no good for me and the sodium content is sky high....
> but if it were health food, it wouldn't be a guilty pleasure.
>
> George L

all the posters on this one are peasants!

Foie Gras!

George Leppla > wrote:
> What food is really trashy that you enjoy in spite of the fact that it
> may not be good for you?
>
> My guilty pleasure is Ramen Noodles.
>
> I make them with half the water... add a little butter and whatever
> left-over meat I have on hand. If we have any, I'll throw in some green
> onions. Maybe a dollop of hoisen sauce and some sriracha for a touch of heat.
>
> Yes, I know they are no good for me and the sodium content is sky
> high.... but if it were health food, it wouldn't be a guilty pleasure.
>
> George L

Snicker Candy Bars

--
Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)

On 8/2/2011 3:35 PM, George Leppla wrote:
> What food is really trashy that you enjoy in spite of the fact that it
> may not be good for you?
>
> My guilty pleasure is Ramen Noodles.
>
> I make them with half the water... add a little butter and whatever
> left-over meat I have on hand. If we have any, I'll throw in some green
> onions. Maybe a dollop of hoisen sauce and some sriracha for a touch of
> heat.
>
> Yes, I know they are no good for me and the sodium content is sky
> high.... but if it were health food, it wouldn't be a guilty pleasure.
>
> George L

Likely you mean instant ramen not real ramen noodles?

On Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:06:02 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 02/08/2011 3:35 PM, George Leppla wrote:
>> What food is really trashy that you enjoy in spite of the fact that it
>> may not be good for you?
>>
>> My guilty pleasure is Ramen Noodles.
>>
>> I make them with half the water... add a little butter and whatever
>> left-over meat I have on hand. If we have any, I'll throw in some green
>> onions. Maybe a dollop of hoisen sauce and some sriracha for a touch of
>> heat.
>>
>> Yes, I know they are no good for me and the sodium content is sky
>> high.... but if it were health food, it wouldn't be a guilty pleasure.
>
>Red licorice.

I abhor red licorice. I buy black Twizzlers in 1 pound packs, 12 packs
at a pop... I'm on auto delivery from Amazon, I get a shipment every
three months.

On 8/2/2011 5:02 PM, George wrote:
>>
>> My guilty pleasure is Ramen Noodles.
>>
>> I make them with half the water... add a little butter and whatever
>> left-over meat I have on hand. If we have any, I'll throw in some green
>> onions. Maybe a dollop of hoisen sauce and some sriracha for a touch of
>> heat.
>>
>> Yes, I know they are no good for me and the sodium content is sky
>> high.... but if it were health food, it wouldn't be a guilty pleasure.
>>
>> George L
>
> Likely you mean instant ramen not real ramen noodles?


Yeah... the ones you get for around 15 cents a package.

George L

On Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:35:21 -0500, George Leppla
> wrote:

>What food is really trashy that you enjoy in spite of the fact that it
>may not be good for you?
>
>My guilty pleasure is Ramen Noodles.
>
>I make them with half the water... add a little butter and whatever
>left-over meat I have on hand. If we have any, I'll throw in some green
>onions. Maybe a dollop of hoisen sauce and some sriracha for a touch of
>heat.
>
>Yes, I know they are no good for me and the sodium content is sky
>high.... but if it were health food, it wouldn't be a guilty pleasure.

Try ramen with cubed spam... also good with hillshire kielbasa... but
not both together, mixing spam with hillshire kielbasa is TIAD

On 02/08/2011 5:51 PM, Ranée at Arabian Knits wrote:

> Doritos. It used to be those Pillsbury pop can crescent rolls, but
> now I can't eat them. I make them homemade, the flavor of the canned
> ones got to be too fake. I love Doritos, though. I only buy them if I
> can get the really big bag for $1.67 or lower. Since they made the bag
> smaller, our gotta buy it price went down, too.
>


Doritos are a once a year treat for me. I was never much of a junk food
eater. We don't buy potato chips, Doritos, tortilla chips etc. except
when we go to Family Camp at the end of August. I always take a couple
bags of Doritos. Can't beat them when I get that once a year craving.

George Leppla wrote:
> What food is really trashy that you enjoy in spite of the fact that it
> may not be good for you?
>
> My guilty pleasure is Ramen Noodles.
>
> I make them with half the water... add a little butter and whatever
> left-over meat I have on hand. If we have any, I'll throw in some green
> onions. Maybe a dollop of hoisen sauce and some sriracha for a touch of
> heat.
>
> Yes, I know they are no good for me and the sodium content is sky
> high.... but if it were health food, it wouldn't be a guilty pleasure.
>
> George L

Okay. I am going to live to regret this, and I don't even KNOW
how I discovered this trashy pleasu Combine one can of Hormel
Chili (I like the one with beans--actually I usually don't even
eat Hormel chili, so it is odd to say that) and a can of Chef
Boyardee Ravioli--not the minis, the larger, beef (or maybe I
don't want to know) filling. Add chili powder--maybe some ground
ancho chile and some Tabasco too. Eat. Heat if you are that
ambitious. (And I don't recall how I happened to have that
ravioli either, since I hadn't eaten it since I was a kid and had
it at a friend's house--maybe I was sick and craving something
with a slimy texture????) So, this is all a mystery, but it is
cheap and fills one's hunger for such garbage.

--
Jean B.

On Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:35:21 -0500, George Leppla
> wrote:

>What food is really trashy that you enjoy in spite of the fact that it
>may not be good for you?

Chocodiles for the win!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocodile


Nico

Marty wrote:

> I've got another one. Start with cottage cheese in a bowl. Crush up a
> bunch of potato chips (preferably Lay's original... homemade are great but
> that's not trashy enough for this discussion). Stir potato chips into
> cottage cheese until well mixed, and chow down.

I don't think I'd like that, but I can reveal that a certain lurker here had
potato chips with peanut butter for dinner. I recommended wrapping them with
lettuce, which would have added at least a *symbolic* health benefit!

Bob

"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
b.com...
> Marty wrote:
>
>> I've got another one. Start with cottage cheese in a bowl. Crush up a
>> bunch of potato chips (preferably Lay's original... homemade are great
>> but
>> that's not trashy enough for this discussion). Stir potato chips into
>> cottage cheese until well mixed, and chow down.
>
> I don't think I'd like that, but I can reveal that a certain lurker here
> had
> potato chips with peanut butter for dinner. I recommended wrapping them
> with
> lettuce, which would have added at least a *symbolic* health benefit!
>
> Bob
Last's night's supper was peanut butter sandwiches with sliced banana and
honey. Potato chips might have been an interesting addition. Other than
Elvis' special, anyone have a better peanut butter pleasure? Polly
>

Polly wrote:

> Last's night's supper was peanut butter sandwiches with sliced banana and
> honey. Potato chips might have been an interesting addition. Other than
> Elvis' special, anyone have a better peanut butter pleasure? Polly

I tend to like peanut butter in savory applications just as often as in
sweet. The aforementioned lurker said she might try peanut butter and
bananas together next, and I replied that I'd be likely to add sriracha,
lime juice, and pickled ginger to that combination. I like peanut sauce with
grilled meats, peanut-based dressing in the Moosewood Thai salad (posted
here last year; Message-ID: ), and
I combined peanuts with pork ribs earlier this year.

For sandwiches, I like a simple peanut butter sandwich on freshly-toasted
multi-grain bread with a glass of milk. I will gussy it up for variety, but
the simple one is still my favorite.

Bob

On 8/2/2011 9:03 PM, Polly Esther wrote:

>
> Last's night's supper was peanut butter sandwiches with sliced banana
> and honey. Potato chips might have been an interesting addition. Other
> than Elvis' special, anyone have a better peanut butter pleasure? Polly
>>
>


Peanut butter and homemade pomegranate jelly. Nearly as good is
peanut butter and red raspberry jam.


gloria p

George Leppla wrote:
>
> What food is really trashy that you enjoy in spite of the fact that it
> may not be good for you?
>
> My guilty pleasure is Ramen Noodles.
>
> I make them with half the water... add a little butter and whatever
> left-over meat I have on hand. If we have any, I'll throw in some green
> onions. Maybe a dollop of hoisen sauce and some sriracha for a touch of
> heat.
>
> Yes, I know they are no good for me and the sodium content is sky
> high.... but if it were health food, it wouldn't be a guilty pleasure.
>
> George L

Homemade mac and cheese in whatever form, sometimes made quickly with
Ramen noodles, sometimes regular pasta, with or without whatever protein
is convenient be it tuna, shrimp, chicken, etc.

"Jean B." wrote:
>
> George Leppla wrote:
> > What food is really trashy that you enjoy in spite of the fact that it
> > may not be good for you?
> >
> > My guilty pleasure is Ramen Noodles.
> >
> > I make them with half the water... add a little butter and whatever
> > left-over meat I have on hand. If we have any, I'll throw in some green
> > onions. Maybe a dollop of hoisen sauce and some sriracha for a touch of
> > heat.
> >
> > Yes, I know they are no good for me and the sodium content is sky
> > high.... but if it were health food, it wouldn't be a guilty pleasure.
> >
> > George L
>
> Okay. I am going to live to regret this, and I don't even KNOW
> how I discovered this trashy pleasu Combine one can of Hormel
> Chili (I like the one with beans--actually I usually don't even
> eat Hormel chili, so it is odd to say that) and a can of Chef
> Boyardee Ravioli--not the minis, the larger, beef (or maybe I
> don't want to know) filling. Add chili powder--maybe some ground
> ancho chile and some Tabasco too. Eat. Heat if you are that
> ambitious. (And I don't recall how I happened to have that
> ravioli either, since I hadn't eaten it since I was a kid and had
> it at a friend's house--maybe I was sick and craving something
> with a slimy texture????) So, this is all a mystery, but it is
> cheap and fills one's hunger for such garbage.
>
> --
> Jean B.

Sort of a chili-mac on crack. Sounds tasty, but about a weeks worth of
fat and salt quota.

George Leppla wrote:

> What food is really trashy that you enjoy in spite of the fact that it
> may not be good for you?
>
> My guilty pleasure is Ramen Noodles.

A friend told me she found many varieties in a chinese owned shop in town,
I'll have to try them.
My guilty pleasure is a mile long list, so I'll have to pick one, let's
see...
Oh, yes, the infamous gnocco + insalata capricciosa + golfetta! Gnocco is a
kind of focaccia with pork lard in it and on top of it, insalata capricciosa
is pickled veggies (bell peppers, celery, carrots, cucumbers...) julienned
and mixed with mayonnaise, and golfetta is a big, fine grained salami to be
sliced thin.

Insalata capricciosa in very quick and easy to prepare, here's a picture and
a recipe for insalata capricciosa:
http://www.lospicchiodaglio.it/index...a&elemento=890
The recipes reads:
80 grams mixed pickled julienned veggies (carrots, bell peppers,
turnip-celery or "sedano-rapa")
40 grams mayonnaise
Drain the veggies, rinse them under cool water and pat them dry. Mix them
with the mayo. Let them rest in the fridge for at least an hour before
serving.

Here is the infamous gnocco:
http://www.tinysites.com/SitesPublic....htm?r=3717532

And here is the also infamous golfetta salami:
http://www.pubblicitaitalia.com/cgi-...li&campo=Im g
--
ViLco
Let the liquor do the thinking

"George Leppla" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> What food is really trashy that you enjoy in spite of the fact that it may
> not be good for you?
>
> My guilty pleasure is Ramen Noodles.

The fat on steak.

anything greasy, mcdouble, white castle, sausage gravy, don't even need
bread, Lee
"George Leppla" > wrote in message
...
> What food is really trashy that you enjoy in spite of the fact that it may
> not be good for you?
>
> My guilty pleasure is Ramen Noodles.
>
> I make them with half the water... add a little butter and whatever
> left-over meat I have on hand. If we have any, I'll throw in some green
> onions. Maybe a dollop of hoisen sauce and some sriracha for a touch of
> heat.
>
> Yes, I know they are no good for me and the sodium content is sky high....
> but if it were health food, it wouldn't be a guilty pleasure.
>
> George L

three parts peanut or almond butter, one part or to taste dark kayro syrup,
eat on bread or crackers, or on top of pancakes or waffels, remeber to
butter the starch with real butter first, Lee
"Polly Esther" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
> b.com...
>> Marty wrote:
>>
>>> I've got another one. Start with cottage cheese in a bowl. Crush up a
>>> bunch of potato chips (preferably Lay's original... homemade are great
>>> but
>>> that's not trashy enough for this discussion). Stir potato chips into
>>> cottage cheese until well mixed, and chow down.
>>
>> I don't think I'd like that, but I can reveal that a certain lurker here
>> had
>> potato chips with peanut butter for dinner. I recommended wrapping them
>> with
>> lettuce, which would have added at least a *symbolic* health benefit!
>>
>> Bob
> Last's night's supper was peanut butter sandwiches with sliced banana and
> honey. Potato chips might have been an interesting addition. Other than
> Elvis' special, anyone have a better peanut butter pleasure? Polly
>>
>

On Tue, 02 Aug 2011 18:10:31 -0400, Brooklyn1 wrote:

>
> Try ramen with cubed spam... also good with hillshire kielbasa... but
> not both together, mixing spam with hillshire kielbasa is TIAD

mixing spam or hillshire kielbasa with *anything* is TIAD.

BLAKE

This is an appropriate thread to mention a junky street food I tried
recently -- Frito Pie's cousin, the walking taco. It was new to me.
It's a snack-sized bag of tortilla chips cut open across the top then
topped with seasoned taco meat, lettuce, tomato, onion, and taco
sauce. It makes a little taco salad in a bag.

Tara

Pete C. wrote:
> "Jean B." wrote:
>> George Leppla wrote:
>>> What food is really trashy that you enjoy in spite of the fact that it
>>> may not be good for you?
>>>
>>> My guilty pleasure is Ramen Noodles.
>>>
>>> I make them with half the water... add a little butter and whatever
>>> left-over meat I have on hand. If we have any, I'll throw in some green
>>> onions. Maybe a dollop of hoisen sauce and some sriracha for a touch of
>>> heat.
>>>
>>> Yes, I know they are no good for me and the sodium content is sky
>>> high.... but if it were health food, it wouldn't be a guilty pleasure.
>>>
>>> George L
>> Okay. I am going to live to regret this, and I don't even KNOW
>> how I discovered this trashy pleasu Combine one can of Hormel
>> Chili (I like the one with beans--actually I usually don't even
>> eat Hormel chili, so it is odd to say that) and a can of Chef
>> Boyardee Ravioli--not the minis, the larger, beef (or maybe I
>> don't want to know) filling. Add chili powder--maybe some ground
>> ancho chile and some Tabasco too. Eat. Heat if you are that
>> ambitious. (And I don't recall how I happened to have that
>> ravioli either, since I hadn't eaten it since I was a kid and had
>> it at a friend's house--maybe I was sick and craving something
>> with a slimy texture????) So, this is all a mystery, but it is
>> cheap and fills one's hunger for such garbage.
>>
>> --
>> Jean B.
>
> Sort of a chili-mac on crack. Sounds tasty, but about a weeks worth of
> fat and salt quota.

Luckily, I don't sink that low very frequently. Hmmm. I had such
a bad day... Looking back, if I had gotten home earlier... But,
no, it was late, and I didn't even think of it.

--
Jean B.

Giusi wrote:
> "George Leppla" > ha scritto nel messaggio
>> What food is really trashy that you enjoy in spite of the fact that it may
>> not be good for you?
>>
>> My guilty pleasure is Ramen Noodles.
>
> The fat on steak.
>
>
Oh! That is sooooo yummy! Especially the crispy bits.

--
Jean B.

Peanut butter on white with mayo and kosher dill pickle slices.

Or, perhaps, nacho flavor Dorito chips to scoop up 4 % cottage cheese in
large dollops.

Or, perhaps cheap Ramen with about half the water, all of the beef
flavor packet, and a lot of Cheese Whiz.... maybe 1/2 cup.... soupy.....

"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
b.com...
> Polly wrote:
>
>> Last's night's supper was peanut butter sandwiches with sliced banana and
>> honey. Potato chips might have been an interesting addition. Other than
>> Elvis' special, anyone have a better peanut butter pleasure? Polly
>
> I tend to like peanut butter in savory applications just as often as in
> sweet. The aforementioned lurker said she might try peanut butter and
> bananas together next, and I replied that I'd be likely to add sriracha,
> lime juice, and pickled ginger to that combination. I like peanut sauce
> with grilled meats, peanut-based dressing in the Moosewood Thai salad
> (posted here last year; Message-ID:
> ), and I combined peanuts with
> pork ribs earlier this year.
>
> For sandwiches, I like a simple peanut butter sandwich on freshly-toasted
> multi-grain bread with a glass of milk. I will gussy it up for variety,
> but the simple one is still my favorite.
>
> Bob
>

Peanut butter sandwich with thinly sliced sweet onion....Sharon in Canada

"biig" > ha scritto nel messaggio
>
> Peanut butter sandwich with thinly sliced sweet onion....Sharon in
> Canada

Why would you feel guilty about that? God and Allah both want you to eat
that.

>>> George Leppla wrote:
>>>> What food is really trashy that you enjoy in spite of the fact
>>>> that it may not be good for you?

A Big Mac and a chocolate Triple Thick Shake. And yes, please. I'll
have fries with that.

Felice

"Giusi" > wrote in message
...
>
> "biig" > ha scritto nel messaggio
>>
>> Peanut butter sandwich with thinly sliced sweet onion....Sharon in
>> Canada
>
> Why would you feel guilty about that? God and Allah both want you to eat
> that.
>

At last!!! redemption....rofl...people usually get grossed out when I
tell them....Sharon

On 8/4/2011 11:40 AM, biig wrote:
> > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> > ha scritto nel messaggio
>>>
>>> Peanut butter sandwich with thinly sliced sweet onion....Sharon in
>>> Canada
>>
>> Why would you feel guilty about that? God and Allah both want you to eat
>> that.
>>
>
> At last!!! redemption....rofl...people usually get grossed out when I
> tell them....Sharon
>
>
Even a Christian can subscribe to "There is no god but the god". In
fact, Arab Christians do say "Allah".

--


James Silverton, Potomac

I'm *not*

Giusi wrote:
> "George Leppla" > ha scritto nel messaggio
>> What food is really trashy that you enjoy in spite of the fact that it may
>> not be good for you?
>>
>> My guilty pleasure is Ramen Noodles.
>
> The fat on steak.

the caramelized dark bits and drippings on the bottom of a roasting pan!

Sqwertz wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:19:13 -0500, cshenk wrote:
>
> > Yup. I have no CLUE of the right name for our favorite Japanese one
> > but we can get it here too. Only the nutritional label is in
> > english. Top is green and has a picture of a large fried tofu
> > round (inside, it is deydrated and fluffs nicely).
>
> I've had a few little trinkets that are pink and white, sometimes
> flower shaped. They fluff up a little, bit not more than 4x their
> volume. Maybe pinkie-nail sized expanding to thumbnail size. Mostly
> for decoration, I assume.

That sounds familiar. Tofu bits i bet, colored. Possibly dehydrated
mochi?

--