# Disgusting foods you crave. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 28, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-foods-you-crave/617079 "2012-03-28T20:13:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-foods-you-crave/617079/81 "2012-03-31T23:58:22Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > How about white bread, butter and a thick layer of sugar? That’s an 8-year-old’s idea of heaven right there. For lunch today I had a blueberry bagel with [Land O Lakes Cinnamon Sugar Butter Spread](http://www.landolakes.com/cinnamonsugarbutterspread/). A little bit of heaven indeed (and I hadn’t even seen the suggested recipes on that web page). ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-foods-you-crave/617079/82 "2012-04-01T01:39:36Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > How do y’all feel about frozen raspberries lubed up with a few tablespoons of balsamic vinegar and a sprinkle of sugar? And no waiting around for them to thaw, mind you: they are eaten sour-sweet-stone cold. This sounds amazing and I will have to try it sometime soon! ---
**Author:** ![MareIt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@MareIt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MareIt)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-foods-you-crave/617079/83 "2012-04-01T02:13:09Z")
Thanks to this thread, I am now craving corned beef hash with ketchup. Totally foul but yet so yummy. ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-foods-you-crave/617079/84 "2012-04-01T06:45:18Z")
I was thinking all night for something I crave that’s disgusting too many. Yea, Potted Meat Products, Escargot and Liver has been taken sooo… What about… Scrambled Eggs and Ketchup or Bananas and Peanut Butter or even Butter and Matzos, in which I am partaking at the moment. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-foods-you-crave/617079/85 "2012-04-01T11:50:48Z")
I just remembered I used to pack cream cheese and salami sandwiches for lunch in middle school. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-foods-you-crave/617079/86 "2012-04-01T11:52:53Z")
Pork pies with pickle. Like sausages, it’s best to not think about the ingredients. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-foods-you-crave/617079/87 "2012-04-01T12:08:28Z")
> [@kath94](#): > > Every now and then I get a craving for aerosol cheese. Okay, it’s not \*really \*aerosol, but you know what I mean – the Kraft spray cheese in a can? “Easy Cheese.” A can of aerosol cheese in sharp cheddar flavor, a box of Wheat Thins, and I"m set for the day. Or night. Mmmm. Spray cheese. I wonder if there any actual cheese in it? Me too, and you get points for using its proper name; a lot of people call it Cheese Whiz. About once a year, I like hotdogs with Easy Cheese, I prefer it on dogs to grated real cheese and I like to wash it down with Hawaiian Punch. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-foods-you-crave/617079/88 "2012-04-01T13:19:00Z")
Braunschweiger liver sausage sandwiches. I hate all other forms of liver, but this stuff on toasted whole wheat with a little mayo is pure heaven. ---
**Author:** ![MickNickMaggies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@MickNickMaggies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MickNickMaggies)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-foods-you-crave/617079/89 "2012-04-01T13:20:03Z")
> [@Jamicat](#): > > even Butter and Matzos, in which I am partaking at the moment. 🆒 This year, it will be matzo with French butter. Local butter, local matzo. What bliss. Second only to the infamous gefilte fish korma that happens when I am completely desperate. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-foods-you-crave/617079/90 "2012-04-01T13:25:35Z")
I’m also craving a new pleasure I tried back in February: Dark chocolate bar with bits of hickory smoked bacon in it! The Mrs. liked it too. ---
**Author:** ![Jasper\_Kent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9a28c/32.png) [@Jasper\_Kent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasper_Kent)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-foods-you-crave/617079/91 "2012-04-01T13:39:22Z")
Another vote for chicken livers. And gizzards. But the best part of the bird? _ **Hearts.** _ Yum! Turkey hearts are even bigger and even better. Oh, and I love anchovies, too. But I imagine one can contains enough sodium for a lifetime. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-foods-you-crave/617079/92 "2012-04-01T15:27:55Z")
> [@Cub\_Mistress](#): > > Braunschweiger liver sausage sandwiches. I hate all other forms of liver, but this stuff on toasted whole wheat with a little mayo is pure heaven. Oh, nom. I crave braunschweiger maybe once a year, on white bread with mayo and a slice of onion. Spam, fried. Then fry an egg in the Spam grease. Serve on top of toast. ---
**Author:** ![Jasper\_Kent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9a28c/32.png) [@Jasper\_Kent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasper_Kent)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-foods-you-crave/617079/93 "2012-04-01T16:03:27Z")
Okay, so it’s not exactly a “food,” but in keeping with today’s corny topics… > **[I want to buy moonshine....](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=632940)** > > …without breaking the law. I don’t have the space or experience to make it, and would rather not get a cheap imitation. Anyone here ever drink a commercial 'shine similar to Grandma’s recipe? Bonus points if it’s sold in a canning jar. ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-foods-you-crave/617079/94 "2012-04-01T16:24:47Z")
I’m living in Japan and addicted to chicken hearts Yakitori (BBQ’ed on skewers) and chicken gristle Yakitori (what it sounds like) ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-foods-you-crave/617079/95 "2012-04-01T16:41:06Z")
Someone upthread said deviled ham. Dear god I love that stuff. I probably haven’t had it in fifteen years… during which time I’ve constantly been promising myself I’ll make some. I also love Kraft mac & cheese with an unholy passion. Its nutrition information is one of the major tragedies of my everyday life. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-foods-you-crave/617079/96 "2012-04-01T16:53:14Z")
Headcheese on white bread with French’s mustard. Cold headcheese is so wonderfully crunchy from all that snout cartilage. Mmmm. I’ve just made a Latvian Rassols salad with a list of ingredients that not everyone would find pleasing: potatoes beets apples dill pickles pickled herring hard boiled eggs oil & vinegar salt & pepper sour cream mustard It is a smashing success around here. ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-foods-you-crave/617079/97 "2012-04-01T22:18:17Z")
I don’t know how disgusting it is, but rarely I get in the mood to stop at a gas station and buy a bottle of [Cheerwine](http://www.cheerwine.com/find) and a [Hostess Fruit Pie](http://www.hostesscakes.com/fruitpies.asp), I recommend anyone who hasn’t tried Cheerwine to try it. There’s little defense for the Hostess Fruit Pie though, but one bite washed down with some Cheerwine is like I’ve entered a time machine to a time long ago when my grandparents stocked such garbage as regular food. If you’ve never had a Hostess Fruit Pie imagine a convenience store fruit pie with no actual fruit, just a colored glop of vaguely fruit-tasting filling inside a cheap empanada looking flaky shell. ---
**Author:** ![Tixenfleaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@Tixenfleaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tixenfleaz)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-foods-you-crave/617079/98 "2012-04-02T03:25:06Z")
McDonalds hamburgers. No cheese, no pickles. Just onion and ketchup. About once a year I’ll eat 4-5 of them with a side of soggy fries and a super-sized Coke. I then spend the next three hours or so feeling vaguely sick and oddly smug, with a dash of shame thrown in. And while I don’t crave [Century eggs](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_egg), I do like them very much. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-foods-you-crave/617079/99 "2012-04-02T05:47:51Z")
> [@Martin\_Hyde](#): > > I don’t know how disgusting it is, but rarely I get in the mood to stop at a gas station and buy a bottle of [Cheerwine](http://www.cheerwine.com/find) and a [Hostess Fruit Pie](http://www.hostesscakes.com/fruitpies.asp), I recommend anyone who hasn’t tried Cheerwine to try it. There’s little defense for the Hostess Fruit Pie though, but one bite washed down with some Cheerwine is like I’ve entered a time machine to a time long ago when my grandparents stocked such garbage as regular food. > > If you’ve never had a Hostess Fruit Pie imagine a convenience store fruit pie with no actual fruit, just a colored glop of vaguely fruit-tasting filling inside a cheap empanada looking flaky shell. Have you noticed that Hostess Fruit Pies aren’t as good as they used to be? The outer coating used to be a sugary glaze similar to what’s on a glazed donut, but now it is more a peppering of sugar. I had this weird craving for a lemon pie when I was in Afghanistan a couple years back and my in laws went to a lot of trouble to get me some and they weren’t the same as they used to be. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-foods-you-crave/617079/100 "2012-04-02T14:31:07Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Have you noticed that Hostess Fruit Pies aren’t as good as they used to be? The outer coating used to be a sugary glaze similar to what’s on a glazed donut, but now it is more a peppering of sugar. I had this weird craving for a lemon pie when I was in Afghanistan a couple years back and my in laws went to a lot of trouble to get me some and they weren’t the same as they used to be. Lots of people have mentioned (in other parts of the internet) changing Hostess, and specifically changing pies, but, coincidentally, I just had two pies, for the first time in years, and the glaze was the same. Perhaps it matters where they are manufactured (I assume there are multiple factories at least nationwide, if not world-wide). Joe [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-foods-you-crave/617079.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-foods-you-crave/617079.md?page=6)