# "Guy" Foods **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 21, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256 "2008-04-21T17:59:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/61 "2008-04-22T13:50:08Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] My friend has turned this into “girl food” by sliding the toppings of the cold pizza into a panful of scrambled eggs, to make an omlette. [/QUOTE] Lose the omlette portion of this idea and let it go into a pan of eggs and hashbrowns and this borders on genius. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/62 "2008-04-22T17:27:17Z")
I am a guy. I love pizza…LOVE IT! … but eating it cold repulses me, after many drunken nights ordering pizza, I have woke up sometime the next day and ate the leftovers…HEATED UP! I always take the extra time to stick it in the microwave fer a spell,you will enjoy it more if you do the same. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/63 "2008-04-22T17:41:32Z")
The best way to reheat pizza is in a lightly oiled skillet, not a microwave. It’s good enough cold that I usually don’t bother though. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/64 "2008-04-22T18:50:10Z")
Woman here, love pizza for breakfast, but I have to reheat it in the microwave. Other methods of reheating involve dirtying another dish or pan, way more time than I have in the morning, or way more advance planning than I want to do. It’s good enough microwaved. [QUOTE=MissGypsy] You might have a point there… even my little bitty guys (3 and almost 2 years old) seem to have some inherent love for gnawing meat off a bone. You think it’s some evolutionary Y-chromosome link, or just that boys like messy food? 😛 [/QUOTE] Definitely how it works in our house. Mr. Neville likes eating meat off the bone, I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/65 "2008-04-22T18:57:25Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] My husband likes peanut butter and sliced sweet pickle sandwiches. Is that a guy thing, or is he just weird? 😉 [/QUOTE] My reaction on seeing the phrase ‘peanut butter and pickle sandwich’: Oooh, I have to try that! My female friend’s reaction: NO! I’m voting for guy thing. ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/66 "2008-04-22T19:39:07Z")
I think I must be secretly a man- most of these foods (especially biscuits and gravy- which is heaven on a plate if there’s some hashbrowns involved too, chicken fried steak, meatloaf sandwiches, gyros, cold pizza for breakfast, and chili) I either love or will eat without complaint and probably some enthusiasm if it’s well made. I don’t do Spam or canned corned beef, because both gave me horrible near-migraine headaches when I was 10 or 11, and I don’t want to try that again. But sausage, especially brats and Italian? Oh, yeah. Of course, I eat bacon with Americone Dream Ice Cream, so I’m pretty sure I’m not a good representative for ladies. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/67 "2008-04-22T19:47:00Z")
[QUOTE=MadTheSwine] I always take the extra time to stick it in the microwave fer a spell,you will enjoy it more if you do the same. [/QUOTE] I don’t think I will. Pizza reheated in the microwave is awful. Gimme cold pizza any day. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/68 "2008-04-22T20:10:34Z")
[QUOTE=Chefguy] Biscuits and gravy [/QUOTE] Oh, sweetie, this is a favorite at our house. Crumble up the Jimmy Dean sausage, cook until crispy brown, make the milk gravy, throw in a healthy dash of pepper, mix in the sausage, and pour over the hot biscuits. _Fans self_…is it getting hot in here? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/69 "2008-04-22T20:17:46Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] Oh, sweetie, this is a favorite at our house. Crumble up the Jimmy Dean sausage, cook until crispy brown, make the milk gravy, throw in a healthy dash of pepper, mix in the sausage, and pour over the hot biscuits. _Fans self_…is it getting hot in here? [/QUOTE] I like a little sage in my gravy, but I’m funny that way. Hamburger gravy is another fave, poured over macaroni or rice. But then, gravy has always been considered a beverage in my family. My nephew and I taked about opening a restaurant called “One Foot in The Gravy”, where you could have anything from a shotglass of a fine giblet beverage, to a full-on bowl of creamy sausage gravy and eat it like soup. Bacon and biscuits as side dishes, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/70 "2008-04-22T20:22:43Z")
A woman who does not eat red meat is Off My List. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/71 "2008-04-22T20:35:00Z")
A man who would judge a woman solely on her food choices would be definitely Off My List. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/72 "2008-04-22T20:49:05Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] A man who would judge a woman solely on her food choices would be definitely Off My List. [/QUOTE] Having dated a vegetarian, it’s much easier to not date a vegetarian. It was jarring going on my first date with someone else when that person ordered a hamburger. (IMHO and YMMV) But more importantly, does anybody realize that our favorite biscuits and gravy is pretty much just: Pepper, Bacon, Bacon Fat, Flour, Flour, and Shortening? ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/73 "2008-04-22T21:02:31Z")
I dated someone who wore glasses, and it was definitely much easier to date someone who doesn’t wear glasses. No need to grope around for them at night, keep track of them, deal with them when doing active things, getting in the way for kisses, etc. So I was glad when he got Lasik. But I’d have kept dating him even if he hadn’t. There are all sorts of things that make for inconveniences, but unless I have a serious moral reason for not wanting to associate with them for it (e.g. I could not date a hunter) I would work around it if I was otherwise compatible with the person. _shrug_ It’s much easier to not _be_ a vegetarian–trust me it’s more of a pain in the ass for the vegetarian than it is for the non-veg SO. It just boggles my mind that someone would make that a dealbreaker (though I could see it the other way–a vegetarian not dating a meat-eater, because of the ethical differences.) ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/74 "2008-04-22T21:11:48Z")
See, here’s the problem. In an OP on guy food, you took offence at a comment about not dating someone that didn’t eat ‘guy food’. You’re mixing your metaphors and derailing the conversation. I suspect you and I are most likely of a similar mind, but I’m not going to further derail this with ‘300 words on my personal philosophy on food and everyone I’ve ever dated’. Nor should I. It’s a thread on food, not dating criteria. Egg’s freekin’ Benedict. Nectar of the gods. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/75 "2008-04-22T21:18:17Z")
Sorry to be a SD dittohead but…I just ran the pizza topping omlette idea through the office and it met with resounding “Wow!” Second Cluricaun’s vote of genious. Oh, and I like crackers with peanut butter and dill pickles. It may be an aquired taste. ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/76 "2008-04-22T21:22:40Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] Why is it that most of these “guy foods” involve lumps of dead animals? [/QUOTE] Is this a trick question? Because lumps of dead animal _taste good._😉 As for “guy foods”, I introduced my husband to the joys of meatloaf sandwiches _and_ biscuits and gravy! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/77 "2008-04-22T21:36:33Z")
[QUOTE=Unintentionally Blank] Egg’s freekin’ Benedict. Nectar of the gods. [/QUOTE] Is Eggs Benedict something that women don’t typically like? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/78 "2008-04-22T21:39:44Z")
[QUOTE=Unintentionally Blank] But more importantly, does anybody realize that our favorite biscuits and gravy is pretty much just: Pepper, Bacon, Bacon Fat, Flour, Flour, and Shortening? [/QUOTE] That would be pepper, sausage, sausage fat, flour, milk or cream and maybe some butter. Shortening? Bacon? ::eyes **Unintentionally Blank** suspiciously:: ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/79 "2008-04-22T21:47:50Z")
[QUOTE=Chefguy] That would be pepper, sausage, sausage fat, flour, milk or cream and maybe some butter. Shortening? Bacon? ::eyes **Unintentionally Blank** suspiciously:: [/QUOTE] Shorting…in the Biscuits. It’s not as funny if I put ALL of the ingredients in there. Suffice it to say it’s mostly Pork, Pork fat, Pork fat, fat from Cow byproducts, flour, flour. (and less than 1% other items for flavor) Dems healthy eatin’! [QUOTE=OpalCat] Is \*\*lumps of dead animal \*\* something that women don’t typically like? 😕 [/QUOTE] There, changed that for you. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/80 "2008-04-22T21:50:10Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by OpalCat > Why is it that most of these “guy foods” involve lumps of dead animals? Because they are far tastier, for the most part, than vegetables and various soy-based atrocities. The only thing better than meat is meat you’ve seen to yourself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256.md?page=5)