# Forbidden Tasty Treats, OR What do YOU eat when your family/SO is out of town?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forbidden-tasty-treats-or-what-do-you-eat-when-your-family-so-is-out-of-town/116569
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [June 29, 2002, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forbidden-tasty-treats-or-what-do-you-eat-when-your-family-so-is-out-of-town/116569 "2002-06-29T13:10:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@False\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/False_God)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2002, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forbidden-tasty-treats-or-what-do-you-eat-when-your-family-so-is-out-of-town/116569/1 "2002-06-29T13:10:28Z")
I just put my lovely wife on a Colorado-bound jet for the week. I hope she has a wonderful time with her best friend, but while she’s away, I get to make all the dishes I like that she finds disgusting.
Currently, I have a pan of shredded salami slowly crisping on the stove in order to make one of my favorite breakfasts: Salami and eggs ala Barney Greengrass. The salami must be hard, preferably kosher, and in order to get the right consistency, you have to grate it with the big holes of the cheese grater. Fry briefly to crisp it and render some of the fat, stir in beaten eggs, scramble. Serve with rye toast and a defillibrator. Some people put onions in to brown with the salami, but then again, some people handle snakes as part of a church service. I say leave the onions for the other great breakfast dish, lox and eggs.
Also on the menu for later in the week: Spam musubi, cold jellyfish salad with shredded turnips, chicken-fried steak, and liver n’ onions.
So what do the Teeming Millions eat/prepare/send out for when the cat’s away?
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### Author:  [@dragongirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragongirl)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2002, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forbidden-tasty-treats-or-what-do-you-eat-when-your-family-so-is-out-of-town/116569/2 "2002-06-29T13:38:30Z")
Entemin’s(sp?) mini chocolate donuts. They are so good, that if I buy them and anyone else is home, the family will eat them all up, and I want the whole box to myself. Twelve delicious mini chocolate donuts and they’re all mine !
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2002, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forbidden-tasty-treats-or-what-do-you-eat-when-your-family-so-is-out-of-town/116569/3 "2002-06-29T14:46:12Z")
I am but a bachelour, and therefore a wretched outcast when conversation turns to family life.
But I can eat anything I want, any time I want. 😃
Mostly I eat leftovers. Right now I have half of a leftover calzone in the fridge that will make a fine breafast! Last weekend I broke fast with leftover Thai food. Had it for lunch and dinner too. Actually, I had Thai food from Saturday afternoon until Tuesday evening. Occasionally I’ll buy cookies.
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### Author:  [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2002, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forbidden-tasty-treats-or-what-do-you-eat-when-your-family-so-is-out-of-town/116569/4 "2002-06-29T15:56:52Z")
Pizza with anchovies, and ice cream with no chocolate involved-- like raspberry sherbert or something (I just don’t like chocolate. . . I know, gasp, just like everyone else, gumble grumble)
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2002, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forbidden-tasty-treats-or-what-do-you-eat-when-your-family-so-is-out-of-town/116569/5 "2002-06-29T15:58:14Z")
Stale marshmellow peeps.
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### Author:  [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2002, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forbidden-tasty-treats-or-what-do-you-eat-when-your-family-so-is-out-of-town/116569/6 "2002-06-29T16:20:53Z")
Pork rinds and beef jerky.
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### Author:  [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2002, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forbidden-tasty-treats-or-what-do-you-eat-when-your-family-so-is-out-of-town/116569/7 "2002-06-29T16:58:04Z")
kim chee
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### Author:  [@Another\_Primate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Another_Primate)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2002, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forbidden-tasty-treats-or-what-do-you-eat-when-your-family-so-is-out-of-town/116569/8 "2002-06-29T17:08:31Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Annie-Xmas \*
> \*\*Stale marshmellow peeps. \*\*
Oh. My. Goodness.
Until now, I was the only one. Now I have a twin!
People give me strange looks when I say that I eat most of my Peeps but let some of them age…
Yum.
Thanks,
Sue (aka Another Primate)
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### Author:  [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2002, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forbidden-tasty-treats-or-what-do-you-eat-when-your-family-so-is-out-of-town/116569/9 "2002-06-29T19:03:04Z")
my brother always opened the bag of cheese puffs and left it open the day before he ate 'em. i eat hamburgers. big, juicy, stink up the house hamburgers.
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2002, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forbidden-tasty-treats-or-what-do-you-eat-when-your-family-so-is-out-of-town/116569/10 "2002-06-29T19:10:14Z")
Ben And Jerry’s!!! Any kind!!! In large amounts!!!
Doesn’t happen nearly often enough.
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### Author:  [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2002, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forbidden-tasty-treats-or-what-do-you-eat-when-your-family-so-is-out-of-town/116569/11 "2002-06-29T20:27:22Z")
One word: Puddin’.
(As in the film “Corrina, Corrina” or sketches by the infamous Barry and Levon, this word is best said without that extraneous “g” on the end.)
Lots and lots of puddin’. Vanilla, banana, butterscotch, double chocolate, even pistachio. I just love the puddin’.
Mr. tlw can’t stand the sight of puddin’ because he is an infidel. He has tried to sway me to his dark belief, but to no avail. I retain truth in my heart, and my love for the goodness and beauty of puddin’ has never flagged.
So whenever he goes out of town, I’m all about the puddin’. In fact, like the aforementioned Barry and Levon, if I could have $240 worth of puddin’, I would. Too much is never enough.
Awwww, yeah.
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2002, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forbidden-tasty-treats-or-what-do-you-eat-when-your-family-so-is-out-of-town/116569/12 "2002-06-29T20:40:36Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by Another Primate \*
> \*\*
> Oh. My. Goodness.
> Until now, I was the only one. Now I have a twin!
> People give me strange looks when I say that I eat most of my Peeps but let some of them age…
> Yum.
> Thanks,
> Sue (aka Another Primate) \*\*
Most people hate them, some people love them, but only an elite few appreciate the unique gumminess of a stale chick. Plus they are on sale for next to nothing a couple of weeks after Easter.
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### Author:  [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2002, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forbidden-tasty-treats-or-what-do-you-eat-when-your-family-so-is-out-of-town/116569/13 "2002-06-30T02:47:23Z")
Right at this very moment I’m eating Ritz crackers with squeeze cheeze.
My favorite thing though is Kraft Macaroni and Cheese deluxe (the one with the creamy cheese pouch) mixed with a can of whole peeled tomatoes.
Prepare mac and cheese, squeeze excess juice out of tomatoes, crush up tomatoes and mix. Put under the broiler until the top is all brown and crunchy…heaven on earth.
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### Author:  [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2002, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forbidden-tasty-treats-or-what-do-you-eat-when-your-family-so-is-out-of-town/116569/14 "2002-06-30T02:52:53Z")
Stick your ass in that puddin’, tlw.
I opt for any bean-based dish when my mom’s not around. She hates beans; the smell makes her sick.
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### Author:  [@Washte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washte)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2002, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forbidden-tasty-treats-or-what-do-you-eat-when-your-family-so-is-out-of-town/116569/15 "2002-06-30T07:43:39Z")
Red meat and jacket potatos.
Hubby will only eat beef if it’s a Mc Donalds burger. Can’t even get him to touch anything ‘dead’… just grosses the poor fella out to no end.
Hubby will only eat spuds as chips (fries) roasties or mash. Jacket potatos (spuds with skin left on) with garlic butter, beans and cheese, especially from the little Spanish fella’s wagon on the corner… mmmmm … tato…
As for stale peeps… OH YA! Much better than the squish ones IMHO.
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### Author:  [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2002, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forbidden-tasty-treats-or-what-do-you-eat-when-your-family-so-is-out-of-town/116569/16 "2002-06-30T08:07:16Z")
Graham crackers and milk.
or
Skippy Super Crunch and cherry jam on a poppy kaiser roll.
What diet?
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### Author:  [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2002, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forbidden-tasty-treats-or-what-do-you-eat-when-your-family-so-is-out-of-town/116569/17 "2002-06-30T10:22:18Z")
I’m with **Bad News Baboon** on this one: Kimchee. Sautee some mushrooms and onions, then brown some pork, then cook the whole thing together with about a half-pound of kimchee and serve over rice.
Either that or refried beans with cheese and salsa.
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### Author:  [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2002, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forbidden-tasty-treats-or-what-do-you-eat-when-your-family-so-is-out-of-town/116569/18 "2002-06-30T12:42:59Z")
Take an onion. A yellow one. And none of these fru-fru vidalias or walla-wallas. A sulpher-laden _manly_ yellow onion.
Dice it.
Put some butter in a pan. Melt it. Dump in the onion and saute until the onion is soft and golden brown.
Take a can or two of Kippered Herring. Dump the whole mess (juice and all) into the pan. Cook about 3 minutes until some of the juice evaporates.
Meanwhile, take a Thomas Brand English Muffin. Split it in half, toast, smear on butter right away to let the butter melt, so the outside is crispy and the inside is buttery.
Dump half the fish/onion mix on each english muffin. Add a couple of pieces of iceburg lettuce on top, a tiny sprinkle of salt and eat as an open face sammich.
Your house’ll smell like a fishmonger’s back alley for about 6 hours after you make this, but it’s sooooo good.
Fenris
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### Author:  [@The\_Tof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tof)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2002, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forbidden-tasty-treats-or-what-do-you-eat-when-your-family-so-is-out-of-town/116569/19 "2002-06-30T15:41:06Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by Annie-Xmas \*
> \*\*
> but only an elite few appreciate the unique gumminess of a stale chick. \*\*
With your permission-- I think I may have just found my sig. 😃
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### Author:  [@burundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burundi)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2002, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forbidden-tasty-treats-or-what-do-you-eat-when-your-family-so-is-out-of-town/116569/20 "2002-07-01T02:13:16Z")
My beloved SO is a vegetarian and can’t stand bell peppers. Last night he stayed home while I wnet out with friends and got (oh, heaven…) pizza with cajun chicken and yellow, red, and green bell peppers.
I also really dig garlic bread with honey, but have a hard time convincing others that it’s not disgusting. Truly, it’s lovely! It has the whole sweet/savory thing going on.
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