I mean, to the point where you actually get up off your arse and get to the store to procure that which you crave.
Mine are inexplicable and stupid. Recently it was pickles. Not any pickle. Those huge, whole, chilled, garlicky beasts. Mrs. Friction came home from shopping without them (after I had specifically requested them) recently, so I immediately ventured out to obtain said pickles.
Lately, tomato juice. I can easily drink a large (64 oz.) bottle in a day. I don’t drink it all in one sitting only because I restrain myself. I’m not normal, I know.
Not much else hits me like these two; sometimes cream cheese. Sometimes buttermilk.
I once ate waffles every day for lunch for an extended period, perhaps as long as a year. I’d make enough batter for two days, make the waffles and save the other half for the next day. I lived within walking distance of work and went home every day for lunch.
My other cravings have been while I’m pregnant. Every time, I have to eat Subway sandwiches. I love them anyway but it’s like a physical pain if I don’t eat them while pregnant. I would have walked to get them in the pouring rain! If, you know, I didn’t have a car and everything.
I think I may be your long-lost twin. When I was pregnant with my son, I would’ve given anything to have a veggie delite with extra mayo on it every single day. And cheetos. Cheetos were an absolute must!
Lately, though, I’ve been craving cookies. I have a rule in my house - no sweets unless you make 'em yourself. Which means that I really have to want cookies to be able to eat them. I’m very, very close to caving in and making a gigantic batch of chocolate chip cookies. I’ve managed to hold off for about eight months, but I don’t see that lasting.
My doc is treating my Chronic Fatigue Syndrome with an antidepressant. Since starting that I get bad cravings for chocolate. I mean the kind where I want to say: You, in line in front of me, get out the way, I need this now!
I went to the store at midnight once because I wanted pineapple juice. I hardly ever drink pineapple juice but that night it was pineapple juice or die tryin.’ It was really weird, I’ve never had a craving that strong before or since.
I’m with you on this one, even to the point of (once) taking a small pinch of kosher salt just to make the damn cravings subside. For me it’s always either salty or, oddly, cheese. I used to get just general dairy cravings, but for some reason milk doesn’t satisfy those anymore. Has to be a nice, sharp cheese that’s been allowed to breathe, or something terribly salty.
Not just any donair, but one from a specific shop that is in a mall and at least a 20 minute drive from where I am. This one lasted several days last time before I said screw it and went there.
When I was pregnant it was tacos. Homemade ones with the old el paso seasoning mix, cheese, salsa and sour cream. I practically lived on tacos for my last trimester (and when it wasn’t tacos it was chili or KFC).
Every once in a while I have to have a tall glass full of ice and Tang orange drink. Real juice just won’t do it has to be Tang.
I’ve had salt cravings since childhood. I actually used to sneak salt out of the shaker. However I’ve had to beat those cravings down with an axe handle since I developed high blood pressure a few years ago.
I’m a guy, so there is no attributing my intense craving for peanut butter every night to hormones. This started a few months ago. And it can’t be just peanut butter; I have to have fat-free chocolate ice cream and crunchy peanut butter mixed together. When I was seeing an allergist earlier this year because I thought I might have a peanut allergy, the craving for the peanut butter that I obviously couldn’t hvae was almost unbearable.
When I crave sushi or Pho I HAVE to fulfill those cravings that day. I can’t get the taste or texture craving out of my head unless I indulge in those things.
I am notorious for severe food cravings. There have been times I’ve severely craved everything from Whoppers to Cinnamon Rolls to pickles to pears. My fiance always laughs at me and asks what it’ll be like once I get pregnant. I feel bad for the guy.
I occasionally have a terrible craving for hummus on a spiced, crisped pita. I have taken to keeping hummus makings in the house, I freeze my tahini because it goes rancid so quickly, but cans of garbanzo, I always have fresh lemon and garlic. It’s the pita that’s the problem, I should probably keep a batch of those in my freezer too. Hmm. I think it’s time to go to the grocery store right now, actually.
Milk sometimes, sometimes buttermilk. I’ve had the tomato juice one, but that tends turn into a bloody Mary debauchery Also: blue cheeses, but especially gorgonzola with something sweet like onion chutney or blue berry jam.
Then there are the hangover induced ones, like spaghetti carbonara or whoppers.
Also: blue cheeses, but especially gorgonzola with something sweet like onion chutney or blue berry jam.