# Crap foods you love **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [June 13, 2022, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097 "2022-06-13T12:23:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/201 "2022-06-21T14:07:11Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > On a whim I got a box of boring old ice cream sandwiches the other day. They’re sublime. Ice cream sandwiches boring??!!! Never - ice cream sandwiches are my all-time favorite ice cream treat. I just bought a box on Friday. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/202 "2022-06-21T16:15:17Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > Subway tuna … It’s very different than the tuna salad I make at home. I like it, too. I can confirm it’s just plain tuna (light chunk in water) with mayonnaise, about a 1:1 basis, pretty wholesome as far as fast food goes. Subway workers discuss: [This is Real Tuna : subway](https://old.reddit.com/r/subway/comments/o6dnu3/this_is_real_tuna/) I don’t care for the herb or cheese bread so get it on white (RIP wheat), no cheese, no toast, lettuce, tomato, onion, green pepper, giardiniera and a zip back and forth with the vinegar. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/203 "2022-06-21T16:34:50Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > When my dad and I would go fishing, he’d always pack box of Saltines, a can of Vienna sausages, and a tube of braunschweiger (an inexpensive processed liver spread). So I’ll always have a soft spot for that stuff. I’ll bet they made good bait, too! 😄 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/204 "2022-06-21T16:41:17Z")
To save money when traveling, I sometimes pack tins of tuna and corned beef in my luggage and consume them cold in the privacy of my hotel room. Driving from Wisconsin to Vermont back in 1989, I brought along tins of tuna, B&M baked beans, and Chef Boy-ar-Dee ravioli. The only hot food I had that day was a McRib just over the Illinois border. By the time I hit the New York Turnpike, I was in dire need of some fresh water and a major pit stop. 😣 ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/205 "2022-06-21T16:44:22Z")
Pizza rolls are my sin. And I love **CIRCUS PEANUTS**. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/206 "2022-06-21T18:00:59Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > tuna and corned beef Nothing wrong with that, though I’d go with sardines over tuna. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/207 "2022-06-21T18:22:14Z")
^I snack on those too, usually late at night. I always think of the scene in _ **Riley, Ace of Spies** _ where Dzerzhinsky walks in on Stalin eating sardines out of a tin and drinking tea, much to Felix’s disgust. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/208 "2022-06-21T18:22:50Z")
So, I’m not the only one who loves pizza rolls. I also like sweetbreads, thymus is fine, and braunschweiger is delicious. The occasional hot dog is acceptable, but much of this, my friends, is not junk food. My favorite junk food item is the Zantigo Chilito. This is what Taco Bell’s chili cheese burrito was a cheap imitation of. The Chilito, a proprietary chili sauce, cheese and flour tortilla mix is utterly bad and utterly delicious. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/209 "2022-06-21T18:24:53Z")
^Is Zantigo’s still around? I haven’t seen one in years! ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/210 "2022-06-21T18:29:19Z")
Yep. They were reduced to a single shop in downtown St. Paul’s skyway. But now there are several franchises around the Twin Cities. And, damn it, I’m craving a Chilito right now! In fact, the Zantigo on West 7th, that became a Taco Bell, is now a Zantigo again. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/211 "2022-06-21T18:35:38Z")
^I remember walking past a Zapata’s on my way home from the University campus back in the early '70s. That was the only Mexican fast-food place in Minneapolis I knew of at the time. IIRC, they changed the name to avoid offending Latinos and there were a lot of Zantigo’s in the city a few years later. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/212 "2022-06-21T18:39:56Z")
That is correct. The original name was Zapata’s. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/213 "2022-06-21T18:43:36Z")
Believe it or not, there are a lot of Mexican fast-food places in Toronto besides the Taco Bell near where I live now. I work at home, so I don’t get out much. But I do want to sample some of these places before I get any older. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/214 "2022-06-21T18:44:12Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > a tube of braunschweiger (an inexpensive processed liver spread) I paused at the braunschweiger while at the store last night and wished it came in a smaller package or, better yet, a few individual servings. A whole 8 oz chub is just too much but four 2 oz cups would be good ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/215 "2022-06-21T18:51:10Z")
I’m betting they use a big commercial Hobart mixer and just mix the crap out of it, in order to get that weirdly homogenous texture. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/216 "2022-06-21T19:04:51Z")
I also enjoy braunschweiger, on sliced bread with lettuce, tomato, and mustard. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/217 "2022-06-21T19:41:22Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > I paused at the braunschweiger while at the store last night and wished it came in a smaller package or, better yet, a few individual servings. What? That’s not how you eat braunschweiger! It’s the whole tube or nothing! ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/218 "2022-06-21T19:42:06Z")
The whole tube? That would probably cause an iron overdose. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/219 "2022-06-21T20:17:02Z")
Nah. Not unless character flaws are a symptom of iron overdose. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/220 "2022-06-21T20:18:07Z")
Couldn’t you freeze part of a large package for later? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097.md?page=12)