# Foods usually used sparingly, that you like to eat by themselves **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 13, 2012, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-usually-used-sparingly-that-you-like-to-eat-by-themselves/625002 "2012-06-13T11:32:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-usually-used-sparingly-that-you-like-to-eat-by-themselves/625002/61 "2012-06-14T10:33:02Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Capers. Eat 'em like they’re cocktail olives. Ooh, I’m going to have to try that. I have some in my cupboard and never knew what to do with them. When I was a kid we were almost never allowed sweets. Once in a while, when my mother was at work, I would sneak into the kitchen and mix up a bowl of brown sugar, flaked coconut, confectioner’s sugar, and chocolate chips. Makes my remaining teeth hurt to think about it :D. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-usually-used-sparingly-that-you-like-to-eat-by-themselves/625002/62 "2012-06-14T10:50:48Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > raw, cooked, sweetened? I wash rhubarb stems, chop up and cook. No added sugar. Only the water clinging after wash. Simmer till softened. ---
**Author:** ![Apocalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-usually-used-sparingly-that-you-like-to-eat-by-themselves/625002/63 "2012-06-14T11:12:16Z")
Mushrooms. Oh, I like them on my steaks and sandwiches and lots of other dishes, but I also sometimes cook them in butter on high until they’re nice and crispy, then eat them by themselves. mmmmmm! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-usually-used-sparingly-that-you-like-to-eat-by-themselves/625002/64 "2012-06-14T12:25:32Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > How do any of these address the statement in the thread title? > mmm Kvetch, kvetch, kvetch! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-usually-used-sparingly-that-you-like-to-eat-by-themselves/625002/65 "2012-06-14T13:01:26Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Do you like [Frank’s kraut juice](http://www.walmart.com/ip/Frank-s-Kraut-Juice-14-oz-12pk/17194341)? :eek: Hmmm…never tried it. Wonder if it mixes well with vodka? ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-usually-used-sparingly-that-you-like-to-eat-by-themselves/625002/66 "2012-06-14T13:57:27Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Hmmm…never tried it. Wonder if it mixes well with vodka? Add cream and you’ve got a White German! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-usually-used-sparingly-that-you-like-to-eat-by-themselves/625002/67 "2012-06-14T14:02:45Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Yeah, sweetened condensed milk. And cans of frosting. (this only applies to cans that are already opened and have just a little left in them, I don’t buy cans of SCM or frosting just to eat!) Me too on the frosting, at least when I was little. I wonder what it would taste like if you just whipped together raw batter, scm and frosting (and then of course pasteurized it). It would probably taste much better than cake. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-usually-used-sparingly-that-you-like-to-eat-by-themselves/625002/68 "2012-06-14T14:10:17Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > the water out of a can of tuna. my feline overlord would have _words_ with me, or pee in my shoes if she didn’t get the tuna juice!😛 > [@Sudden\_Kestrel](#): > > Makes my remaining teeth hurt to think about it :D. I have heard people complain about sugar making their teeth hurt, mine never have [but then I don’t do lots of sugary stuff] Why/how does sugar do that? ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-usually-used-sparingly-that-you-like-to-eat-by-themselves/625002/69 "2012-06-14T14:43:15Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > When I was little I used to dip my finger into my grandmother’s jar of sweetened condensed milk and lick it. Repeat until can is empty and grandmother flips out when she needed it to cook. And even though I haven’t done this in a long while, mix a teaspoon of mayo into a tin of sardines. Eat bones and all. This reminded me! My mom used to eat sweetened condensed milk out of the can with a spoon (not the whole can at once). She’d also warm it up on the stove with a little lemon juice and make a pudding out of it for herself. I…uh…have been known to do the same thing at times in my life. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-usually-used-sparingly-that-you-like-to-eat-by-themselves/625002/70 "2012-06-14T16:30:02Z")
You know that jar of chicken Better than Boullion you have in your fridge? (If you don’t, you should.) That you use in teaspoons to pep up broth, sauces, pastas, what-have-you? Yeah, that. I sneak extra teaspoons, just for me. Some for the food, some for the cook. Yeah, it’s pretty salty. I try not do to it…_much_. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-usually-used-sparingly-that-you-like-to-eat-by-themselves/625002/71 "2012-06-14T16:43:08Z")
I spoon grated horseradish right out of the jar. Whatever doesn’t kill me, makes me stronger. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-usually-used-sparingly-that-you-like-to-eat-by-themselves/625002/72 "2012-06-14T16:50:38Z")
> [@Namkcalb](#): > > Where shall I start? > [ul] > [li]Fish oil capsules (I bite into them in my mouth)[/li][/ul] :eek::eek::eek: I eat pickled jalapeno slices as a snack (but only certain brands that are neither too hot nor too mushy!) I will definitely eat chocolate chips out of the bag I also love sugar cubes… I don’t keep them on hand but I could easily see myself crunching through a handful ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-usually-used-sparingly-that-you-like-to-eat-by-themselves/625002/73 "2012-06-14T20:18:05Z")
> [@Apocalypso](#): > > Mushrooms. Oh, I like them on my steaks and sandwiches and lots of other dishes, but I also sometimes cook them in butter on high until they’re nice and crispy, then eat them by themselves. mmmmmm! Buy whole mushrooms. Even the white button mushrooms. Remove stems. Heat a little butter in a skillet, put mushrooms caps in skillet, open side up. Sprinkle a LITTLE salt into the caps (save the stems for later), and keep cooking until a liquid forms in each cap. Carefully remove caps from skillet with tongs, being careful not to spill any of that precious, precious juice. Let cool a tiny bit and consume. > [@aruvqan](#): > > my feline overlord would have _words_ with me, or pee in my shoes if she didn’t get the tuna juice!😛 I have looked at the new pouches of tuna, and realized that they probably don’t have tuna juice in them…so I don’t buy the pouches, just the cans. I have four cats. And all of them love tuna juice. They don’t want the tuna, just the juice. > [@Snickers](#): > > You know that jar of chicken Better than Boullion you have in your fridge? (If you don’t, you should.) That you use in teaspoons to pep up broth, sauces, pastas, what-have-you? Yeah, that. I sneak extra teaspoons, just for me. Some for the food, some for the cook. > > Yeah, it’s pretty salty. I try not do to it…_much_. I’ve never tried eating it just plain. However, yes, I do have a jar of BTB chicken and turkey and beef. Because it really IS so much better than the cubes or powdered stuff. Yeah, I make my own stock, too, but BTB is so very, very convenient. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-usually-used-sparingly-that-you-like-to-eat-by-themselves/625002/74 "2012-06-14T20:24:55Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > I have looked at the new pouches of tuna, and realized that they probably don’t have tuna juice in them…so I don’t buy the pouches, just the cans. I have four cats. And all of them love tuna juice. They don’t want the tuna, just the juice. > . The tuna also seems dry and mealy - or it did when they first came out and we got one with a coupon from the manufacturer to give it a try. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-usually-used-sparingly-that-you-like-to-eat-by-themselves/625002/75 "2012-06-14T20:29:00Z")
I have a love for vanilla frosting that is unequalled by any other food on earth. I will eat vanilla frosting with a spoon. Vanilla frosting left on other people’s plates. Or left on the cake box. You leave me alone in a room with a vanilla frosted cake for 10 minutes and that cake will be naked. ---
**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-usually-used-sparingly-that-you-like-to-eat-by-themselves/625002/76 "2012-06-15T00:38:40Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > And I used to eat bullion cubes when I was little. That’s got to be an expensive habit 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-usually-used-sparingly-that-you-like-to-eat-by-themselves/625002/77 "2012-06-15T01:16:22Z")
A dash of Kikkoman straight into to the face hole starts the day off great when in a hurry. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-usually-used-sparingly-that-you-like-to-eat-by-themselves/625002/78 "2012-06-15T01:16:38Z")
> [@Bozuit](#): > > That’s got to be an expensive habit 😛 Not to mention painful on the way out… ---
**Author:** ![maplekiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@maplekiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maplekiwi)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-usually-used-sparingly-that-you-like-to-eat-by-themselves/625002/79 "2012-06-16T05:16:17Z")
Another one who can eat olives by the jar. Also sundried tomatoes in oil. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-usually-used-sparingly-that-you-like-to-eat-by-themselves/625002/80 "2012-06-17T05:31:28Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > Not to mention painful on the way out… I hope he has a septic tank! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-usually-used-sparingly-that-you-like-to-eat-by-themselves/625002.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-usually-used-sparingly-that-you-like-to-eat-by-themselves/625002.md?page=5)