Foods you buy infrequently, but enjoy when you do

Same here. I love the Fall season because that means my lovely pomegranates will be in season again! Unfortunately they’re too expensive for me to buy more than one or two a month :frowning:

I dunno…the picture of the buttered crumpet looks a lot more like the English Muffins I’ve had than the picture of the English Muffin on the wiki page. I mean, the wiki one doesn’t have ANY nooks or crannies. Looks like a cheapo brand to me honestly.

Pillsbury Toaster Strudels. Specifically the cream-cheese ones.

God. If those are in my freezer I obsess over them. This is why I VERY rarely buy them. Like I can’t be at peace until I know there aren’t any left.

The same goes for croissants. I love them too much to buy them. I will eat half a dozen in one day…with cheese, with cream cheese, with chicken salad, with butter…it doesn’t matter.

And don’t get me started on the glazed croissants my bakery does. Fresh warm croissants with DONUT GLAZE on them.

Jesus. It’s just criminal.

Pepperidge Farm cookies. If I buy a bag, I eat them all in one sitting. Particularly the big ones.

Another liver lover here, but no one else in my house eats it. Anytime I go to a restaurant that has it on the menu, that’s what I get, because it’s my only chance!

Also soda. I allow myself to have it as a treat when I don’t feel well.

It’s sad…you thought when you were a grownup, you’d eat anything you wanted. The truth is, if you really really like it, you never buy it because it’s not economical or healthy to scarf it up so fast!

I’m a simple woman – just butter is fine, when I’m not making sandwiches with them. They’re also outstanding as a substitute for hamburger buns.

Asparagus. I buy it fresh only when it’s in season. Canned and frozen asparagus are vile, so I can’t buy those when it’s not in season.

Brussels sprouts. Also only good in season, and the frozen ones are terrible.

Artichokes. It’s a lot harder to find good ones here than it was in California.

I thought they didn’t have English muffins in the UK.

Avocados. They’re delicious, but so expensive most of the time.

Also Nutella, UCC canned coffee, and various things I can only find at Trader Joe’s, since it’s so rare for me to go there nowadays (dammit, why are there so many Fresh n’ Easys and so few Trader Joe’s?)

The picture of the English Muffin isn’t a very good example because it’s been sliced through instead of pulled apart, which takes away all the lovely nooks and crannies… but crappy photos of off-brand English muffins aside, the key difference is that a crumpet has is flat on one side and bubbly on the other which means you can eat it as is, whereas an English muffin has two flat sides and needs to be split to expose the bubbles in the middle.

Sushi - can’t eat it often but sometimes I get the itch

Filet mignon. I’m normally just too cheap to buy one and cook it at home, and my husband prefers vegetarian, but when I do, it’s like heaven.

Frozen parathas and other Indian food. The frozen parathas made in Malaysia are delicious and flaky and so very fatty. They’re made with gobs of palm oil. I love them, both the plain and methi paratha. I also like the frozen curries. They have nowhere near the flavor of a homemade curry, but I tend to make my Indian food lower-fat, with no ghee or cream. The frozen curries make no such substitutions, so they’re these creamy, slightly mellower versions of Indian curries.

Movie popcorn with extra butter. I keep promising myself that I’ll go to a movie alone so I can have some in place of lunch or something (I’ve never been to a movie alone and my husband doesn’t snack, so I’d have too much for one person), but so far I haven’t managed to take a personal day at work that didn’t involve all the rest of my family, including my 2 and 1/2 year old, who I wouldn’t take to a theater yet.