# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/141 "2022-06-15T00:20:15Z")
After a couple of beers with a buddy this afternoon, dinner was Combo #1 from Taco Bell. Utter crap. Loved every bite. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/142 "2022-06-15T01:29:37Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Im wondering if anyone will say circus peanuts Circus Peanuts. . I’ve been known to bring them to classy faculty potlucks, where professorial types try to shoehorn the provenance of their _amuse-bouches_ into the conversation. I usually sneak into the kitchen and find the fussiest little silver bowl to display them in. When some PhD in Superciliousness remarks on them in horror, I’ll pop one in my mouth: “Oh, yum! Styrofoam by-product with that perfect fake banana flavor… mmmmm…” Sometimes I’ll look down the buffet table, "I was _so_ hoping they’d have some _Peeps."_ ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/143 "2022-06-15T01:47:54Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > dinner was Combo #1 from Taco Bell. Utter crap. Loved every bite. The chili cheese burrito was my Taco Bell guilty pleasure for years, but it seems they no longer have it anywhere, and the copycat recipe you can find online is 100% wrong (it calls for refried beans, which were never in the Taco Bell chili). I’ve found one recipe by a Youtuber that looks promising, but I haven’t tried making it yet. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/cqdWddYMSXA/maxresdefault.jpg "Taco Bell Chili Cheese Burrito - copycat recipe (NO BEANS!)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqdWddYMSXA) ---
**Author:** ![dummygladhands71](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c0e974/32.png) [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/144 "2022-06-15T02:16:49Z")
Jack’s quasi tacos?? Heaven. First taco I ever had, still has a part of my heart. Back in the day, Jack’s tacos and a chocolate shake was hangover food, I could get it a 6a on the way to work. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/145 "2022-06-15T03:35:59Z")
Caramel popcorn with peanuts, a guilty pleasure. Popcorn and peanuts aren’t too bad in themselves, but Crunch and Munch and Fiddle Faddle are full of sugar and salt, and Crunch and Munch is full of saturated fat. Bad for the teeth too, but still yummy. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/146 "2022-06-15T03:56:12Z")
hah I regularly bought their evil cousin "screaming yellow zonkers " by the case … ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/147 "2022-06-15T05:35:16Z")
> [@TRC4941](#): > > Peanuts roasted in the shell (salted) - I suck off the salt off the shell then crack open for the peanut I know someone who sucks the salt off of flavored (like bacon or ranch) sunflower seeds and discards the depleted remains. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/148 "2022-06-15T06:00:25Z")
CHEZZY POOFS! [![](https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/b32945ad-c00f-4c95-94a5-356d56414a23_1.d89bbc60c030cf283c9f3206c0aec28a.jpeg) ](https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/b32945ad-c00f-4c95-94a5-356d56414a23_1.d89bbc60c030cf283c9f3206c0aec28a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/149 "2022-06-15T06:18:34Z")
Even a bad corn dog is a good corn dog. ---
**Author:** ![Didi44](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/150 "2022-06-15T06:54:53Z")
Beef sticks. Excessive salt, fat and beef hearts! ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/151 "2022-06-15T12:28:56Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Combo #1 from Taco Bell. Utter crap. Loved every bite. I love a Burrito Supreme a couple times a year. And as long as we’re talking fast food, I don’t know quite how ‘crap’ it is, but I love the occasional steak and cheese sub from Tubby’s Subs. I’ve tried to reproduce it at home-- melt some provolone over thin-sliced beef, add shredded lettuce and a bit of onion to a sub bun, and give it a shot of Italian dressing. But I can’t get it quite right. Maybe their dressing is special, not sure. > [@Didi44](#): > > beef hearts! Speaking of, for those who are lucky enough to live near a Coney-style restaurant, a chili dog (the chili I’ve heard has beef hearts as a main ingredient). Even better-- chili fries with a squirt of mustard. Chili **cheese** fries if you’re feeling really decadent. ---
**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 15, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/152 "2022-06-15T14:02:32Z")
I eat popcorn that way too. Air-popped with a half stick of melted butter and LOTS of salt. I use Morton’s _popcorn_ salt. It’s a lot finer than regular salt - almost powdery so it sticks to butter better. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/153 "2022-06-15T19:13:54Z")
I have not but next time I have a hankering to abuse my body some more I may do one up that way along with a dash of bbq sauce. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/154 "2022-06-15T19:15:29Z")
We do indeed! ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/155 "2022-06-15T19:29:30Z")
😯 Damn! Now I have to try that as that’s two of my favourite things! One more to add, and this is a recent thing and it’s all @Mangetout 's fault. I now like Marmite on toast. A lot! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/156 "2022-06-15T19:34:32Z")
Yes!! That’s the way to do it. ---
**Author:** ![Tarataratara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/157 "2022-06-15T20:07:08Z")
If you don’t slit the side, the fried bologna curls up into a little bowl. My mom would fill the bowl with scrambled eggs, which I thought was a very fancy breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/158 "2022-06-15T22:25:16Z")
I read that as Marmoset. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/159 "2022-06-15T23:18:24Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > > [@TRC4941](#): > > > > Peanuts roasted in the shell (salted) - I suck off the salt off the shell then crack open for the peanut > > I know someone who sucks the salt off of flavored (like bacon or ranch) sunflower seeds and discards the depleted remains. I started eating peanuts “salted in the shell” as a kid going to Milwaukee Braves games, and not knowing any better, would just pop 'em in my mouth and chew. And I still do! Can’t say I’m not getting enough fiber… . Oh, and speaking of buying a snack just for the flavoring, I’ve long held that “\_\_\_\_\_ is just a vehicle to get \_\_\_\_\_\_ and \_\_\_\_\_\_.” The reason I thought of that: “ **Popcorn** is just a vehicle to get **butter** and **salt**.” We had a theater that used real butter, and I shook on plenty of salt (and a touch of powdered White Cheddar). Can’t remember any of the movies I saw there, but boy, do I remember the snacking (they sold imported beers by the bottle, too). ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/160 "2022-06-16T00:09:37Z")
> [@digs](#): > > not knowing any better, would just pop 'em in my mouth and chew. > > And I still do! Sounds like me with shrimp tails. Not knowing any better, if I ordered fried shrimp I ate the crispy tails. No one noticed this, or if they did they were too polite to say anything, until the day my parents took me out to a nice lunch following college graduation. I ordered fried shrimp and started eating the tails. My mother noticed and got this weird look on her face: “What … are you doing?” It was only then that I learned that most people don’t eat the tails. (Sure, I’d seen tails left on plates before, but I assumed my dining companion was just a picky eater, like someone who eats the inside of a baked potato but not the skin.) I love the tails! Crunchy, salty, greasy … like a shrimp-flavored potato chip on steroids. They are the best part. Come to think of it, this probably matches up pretty well with my early confession that I love crunchy Cheetos. Once again, the crunchy-salty-greasy trifecta reigns! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097.md?page=9)