# Deep dark food confessions **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 25, 2016, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878 "2016-08-25T04:27:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/41 "2016-08-25T16:43:32Z")
My favorite cake is devil’s food cake with chocolate icing. Not homemade, not from a bakery, not some fancy g’nosh. I prefer Duncan Hines box mix, the kind my mom made me for my birthday as a kid. My wife, who is a great cook, while she cannot understand my preference, makes it for my birthday every year. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/42 "2016-08-25T16:45:53Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > I only like one kind of macaroni and cheese: from a box, with powdery cheese, like god intended it. +1 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/43 "2016-08-25T16:51:41Z")
A-1 Sauce improves virtually any steak. Arby’s Beef and Cheddar with lots of Arby’s Sauce? Yum. Lima beans must be served very mushy and swimming in butter. Cold pizza is better than hot. Any brownie is better with a dollop of Smucker’s raspberry jam on it. > [@Trinopus](#): > > **snfaulkner** : I’m with you there. Ketchup on a hot dog is yummy… Agreed. Better still with some stadium brown mustard, too. > [@Lucky\_13](#): > > I prefer mayonnaise to Miracle Whip… Heathen! I far prefer Miracle Whip to mayonnaise. Mayonnaise always has a bitter aftertaste to me. > [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > I am obsessed with Cap’n Crunch cereal. I currently have a total of 17 boxes in 8 different varieties… I like kids’ sugary cereals, too, but… not _that_ much. ---
**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/44 "2016-08-25T17:03:01Z")
I can’t stand miracle whip but my wife prefers it. I think it really breaks down to what your mother served you as a child. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/45 "2016-08-25T17:28:44Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Well, here we go then. I’ll come out blazing and then duck for cover. > > I DON’T MIND KETCHUP ON MY HOTDOGS! > _Dives behind the counter_ There’s a hot dog joint in Chicago that DOES NOT ALLOW ketchup in their restaurant, at all. I’m sure there are many more like it. If you ask for ketchup, you’ll be laughed out of the store. Personally, I like ketchup on my hot dog but I NEED ketchup for french fries. I ordered my meal and promptly walked over to the neighboring convenience store to buy a bottle of ketchup. On the way, I saw another couple eating their hot dogs in their car, with a bottle of ketchup sitting on their dashboard 😃 ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/46 "2016-08-25T17:47:54Z")
thanks to the now defunct park view jr high cafeteria (and there numerous health code violations) I put bbq sauce over almost everything like they used spices to cover things up in the dark ages …if that frozen premade nothing natural on it burger looks slightly green? put sauce on it and ill eat it … half burned/frozen fries? just sauce it …for 3 years I ate the alleged bbq pork patty because anything else was disgusting rancid or frozen … you couldn’t even eat the ketchup because it was frozen and 1-5 years old I even prefer bbq chicken pizza to anything else now … ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/47 "2016-08-25T17:54:47Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > I am not bothered by MSG and don’t have a problem eating it. Yep. I dip my fries into 1000 island dressing, and that’s the only condiment I like on my cheeseburgers. (Ok, if it is a real steakburger, A1 can work). Pizza? Give me really good brick oven hand made- or cheapo Totinos party “pizza”. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/48 "2016-08-25T17:59:33Z")
> [@amaguri](#): > > There’s a hot dog joint in Chicago that DOES NOT ALLOW ketchup in their restaurant, at all. I’m sure there are many more like it. You’re probably thinking of Gene and Jude’s in River Grove (technically, not Chicago, but close enough.) But you might also be thinking of Jimmy’s Red Hots, which is in Chicago. Neither have ketchup on their premises. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/49 "2016-08-25T18:01:08Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > No secret: I love beef liver. With lima beans. The perfect meal. I’ll have what he’s having. Plus some of that powder-packet mac and cheese! ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/50 "2016-08-25T18:05:15Z")
Buttermilk. I could drink it by the quart. In fact, I have. mmm ---
**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:** [August 25, 2016, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/51 "2016-08-25T18:08:24Z")
I do not drain my kidney beans or black beans when adding them to any dish. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/52 "2016-08-25T18:11:49Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > You’re probably thinking of Gene and Jude’s in River Grove (technically, not Chicago, but close enough.) But you might also be thinking of Jimmy’s Red Hots, which is in Chicago. Neither have ketchup on their premises. Definitely Gene and Jude’s… and their hot dogs were really quite good despite needing to provide my own ketchup 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/53 "2016-08-25T19:04:52Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > In the US, it’s most commonly found as the flavor enhancer Accent. If you’re lucky, I find it simply as MSG in the generic/store spice aisle and it’s like a quarter or less of the price of Accent. It tastes, I dunno how to describe it exactly. Meaty, savory, satisfying, “full”? Bit of salty but not really salt. Parmesan cheese without the cheesy flavor? Once you taste it, you’ll recognize the flavor. > [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Yeah, that’s pretty much it. Savory. Go to an oriental grocery store and by it by the 1 pound bag if you want. > [sub]I know we don’t call people _oriental_ any more. But is it okay to call a grocery store that?[/sub] So umami-ey, I guess. I’ll have to check it out, although a whole pound would probably be overkill. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/54 "2016-08-25T19:24:05Z")
For someone as knowledgeable about beer as I try to be, I still very much enjoy cheap, light American and Mexican lagers. Think Corona, Modelo Especial, PBR, Budweiser, etc… I also don’t have an issue with MSG, and often add it to meat-based dishes, garnering comments of “Ohhh! It was soooo yummy!” when we give food to other people (my wife tends to take dishes to friiends who have just had a baby). I haven’t fessed up that I dose it with MSG, and that’s probably why it’s “sooo yummy” instead of “pretty good”. ---
**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/55 "2016-08-25T19:30:10Z")
Wasn’t the whole MSGs are bad thing a myth to start with? ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/56 "2016-08-25T20:06:38Z")
I don’t know, but I do know it gives me a serious headache, so there is that. I despise dijon mustard, or at least that stuff sold here in Murika proporting to be dijon mustard. I also don’t eat mustard on my pastrami, corned beef, or anything else except hot dogs, and sometimes not even then. And I prefer brown mustard with the seeds in it. none of this neon yellow stuff! Regardless of what certain self-important chefs on the food network say, ‘seared tuna’ is raw fish, and it tastes like raw fish. 😛 I’ve eaten it, once, and will not do so again. I like spicy food but I don’t like hot food. I’m not gonna sear my taste buds trying to impress anyone with how macho I am, especially 'cause I’m not. More later, maybe. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/57 "2016-08-25T20:08:30Z")
I love canned spinach. I don’t care for fresh spinach. My foodie relatives are horrified, but I like what I like. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/58 "2016-08-25T20:18:53Z")
My confession - though I do not regard this as a sin, far from it - is Marmite. On crumpets. Or anything toasted and buttery. [Image](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-98nW_N8jeqw/USEp5cz8uDI/AAAAAAAAAME/kZs7_v-qgCM/s1600/DSCF8567.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/59 "2016-08-25T20:19:11Z")
> [@Azeotrope](#): > > So umami-ey, I guess. Yes. I had assumed you wouldn’t recognize that word since you were asking what MSG tastes like. But since you do, it’s pure umami, as the umami taste receptors detect glutamates. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/60 "2016-08-25T20:31:15Z")
> [@drewder](#): > > Wasn’t the whole MSGs are bad thing a myth to start with? People will give anecdotes to the contrary, but studies have failed to turn up a link between MSG and any adverse effects. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878.md?page=4)