Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 1)

I knew it never had a chance, but I really love cream cheese.

Also wish cottage cheese got a little more love.

mmm

Oh, man, that stuff is nasty. Or at least, that’s what I thought when I was a kid. Nowadays I never see or even think about it.

I’ve got a thick bathrobe. Most of the time I just put it on right out of the shower and wear it until I’m dry. Wash it every other other week or so.

Ditto.

I would probably like it will enough if i ate it now, but i basically never run into it.

It’s nice with canned peaches.

Re: pockets. My usual pants are Levi’s jeans, with five pockets (including the little watch pocket):

  • Front left: Chap-Stik, Swiss Army knife, pill caddy with my diabetes meds
  • Front right: keys
  • Watch pocket: loose change
  • Rear left: either empty, or a KN-95 mask
  • Rear right: wallet

One of what? Three of what?

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Oh, I ate that all the time as a kid. One of my favorite after-school snacks.

Maybe I should put cottage cheese on the shopping list; I no longer have canned peaches, but I have home-frozen ones in light syrup, that should work.

Cottage cheese is also good with canned pears, for school lunch definitions of good-comfort food with s side of nutrition.

One of those “weird things your family did that you didn’t realize no one else did” was the “salad” we always had with spaghetti.

From bottom to top: One or two leaves of lettuce*, a couple of slices of pineapple, a scoop of cottage cheese, and a dab of Miracle Whip.

I always asked for no cottage cheese, my brother asked for no pineapple. He still loves cottage cheese and dislikes all fruit

I knew cheddar was going to win. Even a hamburger joint here that touts a ‘cheddar burger’ that uses process cheddar. It looks suspiciously like American. There was no point to the poll except to see how high up the also-rans would get.

That reminds me. I was going to make pimento cheese for when Mrs Magill gets home tonight.

It’s the single most popular cheese in the world!

I struggled with the earlier cheese match-ups, but as it came down to the wire, I just considered which cheese I use most. It’s cheddar, hands down. Of course, this was made simpler by the fact that I have two or three types of cheddar in the fridge at all times.

As for the pockets, now that I’m retired, I now almost exclusively wear stretchy elastic-waist pants. Most of them do have pockets, but I don’t dare put anything heavier than tissues in them - certainly not keys or a cellphone - for fear they’ll just sag right down to my knees.

Aw, boring old cheddar wins. It’s o.k. for casseroles, but I don’t like it as an eating cheese (like with cheese and crackers). I love harvarti with a tiny dollop of chutney on a cracker. Yum.

And after boring cashews wins? Eh.

As for Starbursts, I know what they are, but I don’t eat them. If I were offered one I might take it, but it’s not a candy I have much interest in – whatever the flavor. Cherry is fine.

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Heh, must not be any Brits in the brand-name poll. Hoover is currently at 0%.

I think people are voting in that poll backwards. I refuse to believe 100% of respondents prefer the term “inflated packaging cushion”.

Oh, Starbursts. My favorites in order are:

  1. Cherry
  2. Orange
  3. Strawberry

And I throw the lemon ones away.

Needed an “I don’t eat sweets” option.

We should get together to eat Starbursts. I’ll take the lemon first, then orange, cherry, and, if they’re all that’s left, strawberry.

Absolutely. We’ll just play rock paper scissors for orange :smile:

Cheddar isn’t boring if you try the varieties. Perhaps you should check out Yancey’s Fancy.

My favorite cheese to cook with are extra sharp cheddar (no color please), Parmigiano Reggiano, and Gruyère cheeses. I don’t understand why people think Emmentaler is the only Swiss cheese, when the lovely Gruyère also comes from Switzerland. It’s so much more versatile and has a mild, nutty flavor on its own.

I don’t even count starbursts as candy.

I agree on the brand names poll because, bubble wrap. Also, other items I didn’t vote for got a 100% response.