Them’s the ones. They’re not really “good” in terms of pizza, but they’re satisfying in their own way, and as I found out several years ago, they originated at a now-closed restaurant in Minneapolis in the '50s.
This (the Voodoo) is the only one in the thread I think I’ve bought as an adult. Those are good chips, though they’re really only something I bring to gatherings, always a hit. I seldom eat potato chips at home, that’s where tortilla chips shine.
This one has me tempted. I don’t have a deep fryer or air fryer but that must be the way to go. Talking to a coworker this morning, she said she had bought a new air fryer last Friday after work. I said, “Wait, let me guess. Tater Tots.” She squeezed here eyes shut laughing, she had them Friday, Saturday & Sunday. And what are Tater Tots but small, unstuffed Jimmy Dean Stuffed Hashbrowns?
I recently bought margarine for the first time. It was specifically to use for Annie’s macaroni and cheese. My mom used to make boxed M&C with marg and I was feeling nostalgic. Annie’s is pretty decent for what it is, after I load it with cracked pepper. Margarine is certainly affordable, I think the pound was like 89¢. I can’t really imagine using it for anything else.
Early in my entrance to the BBQ/smoking hobby, I’d come across recipes for pork ribs, smoked, then covered in squeeze Parkay and foiled to finish the cook. I always kind of recoiled. I’d probably enjoy them if served at a gathering but I’d never try to make those myself.
Vaseline is only $1 a tube. Not cooking with that greasy goop either.
Axel grease. Better than eating it.
I still get butter for around $2.99 a pound, give or take. If I can’t afford that I’ll make more money. Margarine is an abomination upon nature.
Chili Cheese Frito and fried Spam on Russian rye, with Miracle Whip.
It’s the Crappy Foods thread and I’m going to argue, I’ll ask you to please cool your jets. For what it’s worth, I have far stronger feelings about Circus Peanuts than margarine.
Spray cheese on Ritz or Breton
I used to love Totinos Pizza Rolls and those individual frozen pizzas, Charlies? I recently discovered putting tomato sauce with basil and oregano, tons of mozzarella and pepperoni on a pita or tortilla nuked for 2-3 minutes is just as fast and blows them away!
Banquet Salisbury Steak family pack. Super cheap and I can eat the whole thing in one sitting!
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For me, it’s Stouffer’s frozen meat loaf, from their “Diner Classics” collection. Aptly named, as it reminds me of meatloaf that I’ve had in many diners. Comes with mashed potatoes, and I’ll often add a side salad to fill out the meal. Meatloaf snobs (if there are any) might turn their noses up at it; but I find it to be tasty and good.
Circus peanuts are marshmallows and marshmallows are also an abomination unto nature. The only thing worse than them is if they were dipped in margarine.
When I was a kid and the parents would grill out they would always ask if we wanted to roast marshmallows. I just wanted to burn the things. Blech!
I had this and party pizza for dinner last night
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Just posted in the What is your most child-like food?
Grape drink, “That purple stuff” as Dave Chapelle says and fruit punch drink.
Also Kid’s Cuisine hot dogs and hambugers.
In between writing a post in a mix of mobile and desktop devices, I neglected an important word:
I’m NOT going to argue.
I hope to never be as crabby around here as the earlier typo post said.
Saw a news story recently about sriracha shortages looming.
I favor the Cheeseburger Bite. I just like burger-ish objects more than I do hot dogs.
Is there anything crappier yet more celestial than a Jack in the Box taco? They deep fry them things for heavens sake. Could that be any worse for you? Or taste any better?
I worked at Jack in the Box for 6 1/2 years. Those tacos still haunt my nightmares, but to this day they’re the only thing I’ll eat that contains American cheese.
Two words: “Captain” and “Crunch.”
The lowest of the low, the crappiest of the crap. Will I even be allowed back here again after such a confession?
They are deep fried, right? Because they sure taste like they are.
Yes. The tacos come frozen with the meat already stuffed in the middle. They’re defrosted for 24 hours in the walk-in fridge before use. When it’s time to cook them, they get placed into an inverted-U-shaped rack that snaps closed to hold them in place, then deep-fried for 50 seconds (in the oldest batch of fryer oil the store has, which has already been used for 3 days and will be discarded at the end of the day, and which is exclusively used for the tacos). When they’re done, the cook lifts the rack out of the oil and tilts it to pour the oil out from the inside of the taco, then opens the rack and pours them out onto an assembly rack, where they’re pulled open and filled with half a slice of American cheese, about an ounce of shredded iceberg lettuce, and a line of taco sauce, after which they’re bagged and served.
There aren’t any Jack in the Box stores nearby me (or anywhere on the east coast, apparently) but I remember loving those tacos in college in Louisiana.
They’re in the Carolinas, which was apparently the only east coast market from their early nationwide expansion that survived the E.coli scandal contraction of the early '90s.