Doper Food Confessions

My god, that sounds heavenly. My mouth is watering at the umami overload.

That sounds amazingly yummy! Here’s a pasta sauce you might like: quickly sauté some sardines, minced garlic, and fresh minced parsley in olive oil and dump it over just-cooked linguine. I use a couple small sardines, a head of garlic and a quarter cup of parsley, but adjust to suit yourself. A tablespoon of red wine in the sauce is nice, too. Not only is it good, but it actually made my nephew say something like “you’re not going to EAT that, are you!?”

White bread is best, but due to majority preference in the house all we have is wheat, and it works well enough.

My suggestion, especially for your first test: thin layer of mayo. Don’t overdo it. Go as heavy on the PB as you want, but too much mayo is gloopy, and if you’re not a total mayo fanatic, the texture and taste can be off-putting. If you like it, then adjust the ratio to your liking, naturally.

Sacrilege! Go for the goop! Love the goop! Nothing like a glob of mayo glurking out the end of your sandwich and landing on your clean shirt. Besides, how else do you get it to slide down easily?

And by the way: NO FREAKING CHUNKY STYLE PB MAY BE USED IN CREATING THIS MASTERPIECE!

Amen!

:dubious:

I never tried Marmite or vegemite until I was in my 40’s. I’m from the US.

I’m now an avid consumer of both marmite and vegemite. I’ve even tried promite, and have a jar of that still knocking around.

Tried Aussie Mite, Mighty Mite too. I recognize they’re just generic vegemite and marmite knockoffs.

I’ve a 2.5 kilo bucket of vegemite in my kitchen, slowly getting emptied. It’s my 4th bucket of the stuff since I discovered the substance.

I cook with the mites, put it on breadstuffs, even enjoy a nice cuppa vegemite in hot water. I’ve got the vegemite cookbook, recognize the term “parwill”, and can sing the “happy little vegemite” song.

I consider marmite superior to vegemite for direct consumption but prefer vegemite for use in cooking. I’ll eat both right off the spoon, lollipop style.

I’ve found no use for promite or the other mites, unless there’s no vegemite or marmite in the house.

So I’m more than ready to enter the debate.

Just beware the zeal of a convert. :stuck_out_tongue:

not to derail, but one of the things about my eating habits that my friends always find absurd is that i only use plastic utensils. i don’t quite know why, i just hate the feeling of metal or in my mouth

I used to to that, too, until I pictured mice, rats and whatnot running around on top of the cans. Now we use a can opener that takes off the entire top (you know, without leaving it smaller.)

Oh, Yum!

I don’t generally care for mayo, but I do make an exception for mayo on saltines. Greasy salty crunchy good! So I figure I’ll give this a spin.

Good thing y’all told me no crunchy peanut butter. I was going to screw it all up!

Non-crunchy non-chunky peanut butter? Sacrilege! Of course, I also think the thought of peanut butter & mayo is revolting, so there you go. I am a little curious, but definitely not curious enough to go buy a jar of smooth peanut butter.

Y’all might want to hold off on the heresy trials until there’s a few more converts to your faith. :slight_smile:

Yeah, but Chefguy is advocating globs of mayo with smooth peanut butter, and I’m advocating chunky peanut butter no matter what. No faith here. Just, well, people who don’t understand the yumminess that is extra super mondo chunky peanut butter. :smiley:

I love salo. It’s particularly tasty raw with some pickled vegetables and black bread. I found it unbelievable when Andrew Zimmern sampled some that he didn’t seem to like it much.

With me it’s plastic drinkware. I can’t stand to put glass (glass!) in my mouth, between my teeth… :eek: The possibilities!

Must have plastic cups for maximum drink enjoyment.

I forgot to mention my peanut butter on York Peppermint Patties fetish. I learned it at summer camp.

I have a dream of opening a drive-thru that serves nothing but fried chicken skin and Pepsi (regular and diet). Side dish is Tater Tots, with or without Cheez-Whiz. A container of Bacon Salt ™ on the counter. No seating except for a picnic table on the side of the building.

I’d make a zillion dollars.

You lose me on the first one, but I’m right there with you on the rest. Especially the one pan fry-up. Heaven in a skillet.

Ditto. :wink:

Someone also said in this thread (can’t find the post right now) that they love to eat garlic straight. Ditto. :wink:

I love cold leftover Chinese food. Hell, I think I like it even better than when it was served to me hot and fresh. Cold leftover pizza is almost as good.

Peanut butter is my one true food weakness. I eat it straight out of the jar. Skippy Honey Nut Super Chunk or Super Creamy… I keep both in my fridge and eat one or the other depending on my mood. If I had less self-control, I could probably eat an entire jar in one sitting.

I make sandwiches out of Vita pickled herring in sour cream and potato bread. I don’t think pickled herring is meant to be eaten in a sandwich.

And I love, love, love the 7-11 Jamaican meat pies with a bit o’ ketchup. Oddly enough, they remind me of school cafeteria food, which I also loved. :eek:

I know I always bring this up in any thread having to do with weird food, but, I keep hoping that I’ll find a kindred spirit: I like my oatmeal savory, not sweet. I like to prepare it in boiling water containing 2 veggie boullion cubes, onions and mushrooms. After the oatmeal has been added and when it’s almost finished, I like to sprinkle parmesan cheese and curry powder on top. I’ve also been known to add chunks of veggie burgers and jalapenos.

I will eat anchovies right out of the can after squeezing off some of the oil. I will order a little plate of anchovies on the side whenever possible.

I will eat capers right out of the jar.

I will mix nearly any kind of diet soft drink or juice with vodka, the more revolting (to others) being prune juice or diet root beer.

I love to dip my turkey bacon in salsa, sour cream, cottage cheese or mustard.

If I didn’t have to worry about calories, I would eat a bowlful of cottage cheese and ridged potato chips every day.

Likewise, a can of Campbell’s Bean with Bacon soup with a ton of Velveeta melted in it, with sour cream on the side. Grab a big bag of Mike Sells Groovy potato chips and go to town.

Lots of times, I’ll put salsa instead of salad dressing on my salad.

I could eat an entire box of 'Nilla wafers dipped in almost any kind of icing out of a can.

Squeeze Cheez on Chicken in a Biscuit.

Ok, I have to go now. As my Dad always used to say, “To hear you talk about food, you 'd think you weighed 300 pounds!”

Believe me, I have poor self control and it takes a lot for me to walk away from the above-mentioned trashy food (most foods, actually.) It’s a daily, sometimes, hourly battle. But, I digress.

Love me some Circus Peanuts.

Finally, grab a jar of crunchy peanut butter and a huge bowl of vanilla ice cream. Take your spoon, dip it in the peanut butter and then the ice cream. Repeat until you’re uncomfortable. Feel free to add fudge sauce.

Re: my Bloody Mary. It should contain (besides vodka and tomato or veggie juice): Olive juice, anchovy-stuffed olives, horseradish, tabasco, curry powder and pepper. Extra points for shrimp, celery, pickled green beens, okra or other veggie.

Also, those little salad cucumbers are a most excellent addition to a vodka tonic.