# 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:** 4
**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, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/61 "2016-08-25T20:34:36Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > 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. I should probably amend to “pretty much pure umami” with a hint of salt. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/62 "2016-08-25T22:58:32Z")
My deep dark confession is the sheer volume of food I can consume. I am tempted to start a thread asking how much a normal person eats of certain foods. > [@Alessan](#): > > Generic supermarket maple syrup, containing 0% actual maple, tastes exactly the same as the real stuff, and is much cheaper. I didn’t know the difference when I was a kid because my parents were frugal and we only had the “pancake syrup” kind. Then I moved up here and had the real stuff. They each have their charms but there is a significant difference. > [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > If I’m in unfamiliar territory I’d much prefer to eat at a \ _chain restaurant_:eek: than try the local places. Yes > [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I would rather have a breakfast from McDonald’s than anyone’s home cooking (including my mom’s, which used to be pretty darned good). For that matter, the thought of “a home cooked meal”, regardless of whose home and who the cook is, is not appealing to me at all. The social aspect - absolutely- but I really don’t enjoy eating other peoples’ cooking. And yes! I especially would prefer not to eat what someone has just prepared while I sat there. I prefer my meals to come out fully prepared where I couldn’t see it. > [@Azeotrope](#): > > I didn’t know you could buy it [MSG] straight up. What does it taste like? You can also buy the orange mac and cheese powder in bulk. Imagine the possibilities. > **[Amazon.com: Cheddar Cheese Powder, 1 lb. : Grocery & Gourmet Food](https://www.amazon.com/Cheddar-Cheese-Powder-1-lb/dp/B00016LZT8)** > > Cheddar Cheese powder, 1 lb. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/63 "2016-08-25T23:07:19Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > it sure is nice when my GF surprises me with a nice slice of cheesecake. :o So that’s what the kids are calling it these days! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/64 "2016-08-25T23:09:52Z")
1. When I make Philly cheese-steaks for guests, I pretentiously use good smoked provolone, or Cooper American cheese. But, I prefer the taste of lowly _Cheese Whiz_ on my own steaks. 2. I follow the _“5-second”_ rule with dropped food. However, I stealthily put the retrieved food on my kid’s plates instead of my own (_hey, what they don’t know…_). Before my parents passed, I did the same with them (_…no, it was not a factor in their passing_). I did get busted once: I had a little slippage off the platter mishap when I pulled the T-Bones off the family grill one summer. Dad wanted to know why there was dirt and bugs on his steak. In my defense, when food drops into the the kitty-litter pan, then I adhere to a strict **3** -second rule. Plus, I blow off the litter granules and anything else stuck to the food. I am, after all, a caring father. 1. I believe peanut butter tastes best when you scoop it out from the jar with your middle finger and suck it off. Why dirty a knife? Just don’t let anybody see you do it. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/65 "2016-08-26T01:33:05Z")
I like instant coffee better than freshly-brewed coffee. I eat tuna right from the can. ---
**Author:** ![Elemenopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/66 "2016-08-26T02:10:00Z")
I’m from the Chicago area, and I don’t mind ketchup on a dog sometimes. I like to make a ghetto dog with sandwich bread, 2-3 smokey links, mayo, cheese, ketchup and mustard. Mmmm! I like sushi of all sorts, but I don’t mind admitting that I really like the junky Americanized ones with deep-fried crab and cream cheese and all that jazz. I wish there was a fast food chain for that sort of Taco Bell sushi! I also eat the stuff most people pass by. Shrimp tails, gristle, apple cores, kiwi skin. I love to make chicken salad out of poached chicken and I sliver up the chicken skin right with the meat. One day I will figure out how to acquire enough poultry skin to make gribenes and I’ll die a happy woman. Oddly enough, though, I don’t care for most offal. I do like souse and headcheese. If I’m eating a nice baked potato at home, I like to take the leftover “shell” and fill it with cottage cheese and A-1 steak sauce and eat it like a burrito. 😛 Try it! ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/67 "2016-08-26T03:18:22Z")
I like raw potatoes. I love Walmart’s Amish potato salad, especially with added chopped celery and radish. The other types they sell suck. After reading a review, I have been sampling Walmart’s Great Value ice creams. Haven’t had a bad one yet. The butter pecan was rated 2nd behind Haagen Daz in one test. Their Rocky Road is my favorite, just the right amount of marshmallow cream (I don’t like real marshmallows in mine). The chocolate covered nuts are huge. Dennis ---
**Author:** ![IT\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3ec8ea/32.png) [@IT\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IT_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/68 "2016-08-26T03:25:09Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > I only like one kind of macaroni and cheese: from a box, with powdery cheese, like god intended it. Exactly, except I make it without the milk! Got that habit from my father. ---
**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 26, 2016, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/69 "2016-08-26T03:33:37Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Buttermilk. I could drink it by the quart. > > In fact, I have. > mmm Lincoln’s typical lunch during the Civil War was a glass of buttermilk and an apple. To each their own! ---
**Author:** ![GoodOldKJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc79bd/32.png) [@GoodOldKJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOldKJ)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/70 "2016-08-26T04:13:34Z")
I could eat at McDonald’s seven days a week and still want more! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/71 "2016-08-26T04:38:42Z")
> [@IT\_Guy](#): > > Exactly, except I make it without the milk! Got that habit from my father. Same here, but with added shredded cheese. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/72 "2016-08-26T07:23:58Z")
> [@IT\_Guy](#): > > Exactly, except I make it without the milk! Got that habit from my father. > [@DrDeth](#): > > Same here, but with added shredded cheese. You guys are both more brave than I. I actually learned to make it without the milk when yeah, my dad taught me to make it when I was a kid. One of my girlfriends was horrified when she found out, and made me read the instructions on the side of the box for the first time. Now, I splash about a tablespoon of milk into it. ---
**Author:** ![jasnooks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f4b2a3/32.png) [@jasnooks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasnooks)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/73 "2016-08-26T09:54:05Z")
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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/74 "2016-08-26T13:15:47Z")
I prefer the old fashion pink sweetner. There, I’ve said it. Not the new fangled blue or yellow. PINK, PINK, PINK! ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/75 "2016-08-26T13:30:56Z")
If it weren’t for health concerns, I think I could eat bacon cheese fries every meal, every day. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/76 "2016-08-26T13:36:54Z")
I enjoy my gourmet sandwich made on fresh-baked multi-seed bread with deli-sliced organic meats and cheeses. Please make sure the mayo is of high quality and add a slice of heirloom tomato and a large leaf of hydroponic lettuce or perhaps some baby spinach. Yum… Just about perfect… Now all I need is some _Bugles_. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/77 "2016-08-26T16:35:49Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Now all I need is some _Bugles_. Pro tip: Stuff a Swedish fish tailfirst into an Original Bugle like an ice cream cone. Enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/78 "2016-08-26T17:21:33Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Pro tip: Stuff a Swedish fish tailfirst into an Original Bugle like an ice cream cone. Enjoy. That’s probably great but for some reason it sounds disgusting to me. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/79 "2016-08-26T17:32:38Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > There is no lettuce better than a nice crisp juicy iceberg. > > Mmmmm. > > You can give that nasty rocket to the pigeons. I don’t understand iceberg lettuce prejudice. My BIL sticks his nose up and says “You should eat Romaine.”:rolleyes: I like the taste of Iceberg better than Romaine. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878/80 "2016-08-26T17:40:33Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > I don’t understand iceberg lettuce prejudice. My BIL sticks his nose up and says “You should eat Romaine.”:rolleyes: > I like the taste of Iceberg better than Romaine. Romaine is a _bit_ better nutritionally. But not as much as some would have you believe: > **[Raw Food Health](https://raw-food-health.net)** > > The ultimate guide to raw food diets, benefits, recipes, and tips for a vibrant, healthy lifestyle. Eat raw, live well! If you like it better, which means you eat more, then OK. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878.md?page=5)