There are things I like to eat that others may think are awful. Particularly, but not restricted to canned items.
For example, I like canned tamales. I know they aren’t like homemade but all you have to do is heat them up.
Fake crab meat is not like real crab but it’s cheaper and I make it into sub sandwiches.
What do you consume that is not up to the standard of foodies? I feel that if you like an item then it’s good as I am not a food snob.
Oat groats. I can’t understand why they’re not a staple, they taste great, are easy to prepare, and they’re way better for you than other forms of oats. But I love 'em.
I’m a bit of a foodie and am fine with instant coffee, melted with warmish tap water. It’s not preferred but what I grab a lot.
I vastly prefer oat groats (or Irish oats) to rolled oatmeal. I hated oatmeal as a kid because it had the texture of vomit but groats cooked al dente, with some walnuts or pecans and topped with a light drizzle of orange blossom or clover honey and a dusting of cinnamon is perfection. I don’t usually have patience for groats when backpacking but I’ll soak a half cup of steel cut Irish oats while making coffee and policing/packing camp, and then cook them up in a Jetboil on low boil for ten minutes and eat them hot, still slightly chewy. They’re a great sources of slowly digested carbs for a strong morning march that along with some gorp can take you through lunch and mid-afternoon.
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Ramen noodles. The dried noodles with that little salt-bomb sachet. A staple for college students everywhere. I can do much better now but I still like and eat it.
Thanks for educating me. I have never heard of or seen oat grouts in any store I’ve ever been to. However, I have been eating slow-cooked steel-cut oats for years. I see that I can buy oat groats on Amazon, so I’m going to give it a try. I have found numerous videos online on how to make them.
Dinty Moore beef stew is my guilty pleasure when it comes to canned food.
Up until just a few years ago, I would have said oxtails and tongue. Then the influencers got ahold of them and now I can barely justify buying these former ‘junk meats’.
I’m probably guilty of being a tiny bit of a food snob, but I nevertheless have a weakness for Pigs in a Blanket made with Pillsbury Crescents and Hebrew National Franks. I know that it’s low-brow and I know that it’s bad for me, so I have cut back from eating it every few weeks like I used to, but I still crave it and occasionally give in.
Me too. Love it.
Same here (well, not tongue but oxtail fer sure). I asked a month or two ago here if there are any “cheap” cuts of beef to be had. IIRC the answer is not really. It’s all expensive now.
Even chuck roast is $10/pound at the grocery store I work at now. Chuck roast!
At my local supermarket, there are usually at least one or two cuts of steak that are cheaper per pound than tongue and oxtail!
Nice, never thought of that one. Other back country favorites? Japanese curry with dehydrated veggies is one of my backpacking favorites.
I used to love the boxed lasagna. Of course the Committee found out so
I used to get “seafood and crab” subs at Subway for lunch at work (they’ve been taken off the menu at most Subways). Obviously no real crab and the “seafood” was processed and unrecognizable as anything from the sea, but those subs were good with onion, green pepper, salt, pepper and oregano.
The only weird thing was that people working behind the counter would ask if I wanted mayo added to them. The “seafood and crab” already came with more than enough mayo mixed in.
My usual beverage with dinner is diet ginger ale mixed with fruit juice (usually cranberry, but occasionally inexpensive red wine). Wine aficionados would be appalled.
As a child, canned tamales were the only tamales I knew. It’s been so long since I’ve eaten them I can’t say how I’d react today. I do like krab meat. I know it’s not the same as crab, but it’s tasty.
I like Taco Bell. I like their soft tacos, bean burritos, and Mexican pizzas. I love John John Silver’s. There’s only one here in Little Rock and I make it a point to go there once or twice a year.
American cheese food! Even real American cheese, in a pinch. It’s so salty and melts so beautifully, it fixes anything you put it on.
I bought a box of the Hebrew National pigs in a blanket appetizers to take to a party yesterday. People snarf those things - they were gone within 45 minutes of our arrival.
I just ordered 28 lbs of oat groats today, as we’re running low. It’s a breakfast staple for us, with butter and our home made maple syrup, and a frequent ingredient in our stews and chowders. We cook it up in a pressure cooker, after toasting the groats. 2 cups of dry groats will last us 3-5 days. Been doing it for years.
I’d argue these are not inferior if comparing to rolled oats. They are vastly superior.