# "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:** 5
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/81 "2008-04-22T22:07:35Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] You had _one_ keg of beer that lasted a whole _week???_ [/QUOTE] Well, in our defense, there was also quite a lot of leftover alcohol in bottles and cans for us to consume with our other meals. Keg beer was reserved for breakfast only, for some odd reason. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/82 "2008-04-22T22:19:24Z")
Sounds like I might have to turn in my chick card…I like hunks of dead animal, on the bone, in a can, pretty much however you can serve 'em. Cold pizza? Yup. Personally I prefer mustard (nice coarse, horseradishy mustard) on my liverwurst sandwiches (with sliced onion on rye bread). There are things that I see and think “A guy invented that” - the assorted things that aren’t hot dogs but roll around on the hot dog roller at 7-11, for example. Doesn’t mean I don’t eat them. One food difference between the men and women I’ve known is that the women are less inclined to turn food into a contest. I’ve never been at a party and had a woman come out of the kitchen with a jar of hot peppers betting the rest of us that she can eat more of them without taking a drink than the rest of us. Can’t say that for my male friends. I’ve never had a female friend tell me, and then show me that she can stuff an entire Big Mac in her mouth at once. Again, not true of my guy friends. ---
**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, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/83 "2008-04-22T22:21:13Z")
[QUOTE=Unintentionally Blank] There, changed that for you. [/QUOTE] Uh, not sure why. You can make Eggs Benedict with soy-based Canadian bacon, or by substituting other things (such as portabella mushrooms) or by leaving it out entirely. It’s one of my favorite breakfasts. ---
**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, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/84 "2008-04-22T22:26:55Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] Uh, not sure why. You can make Eggs Benedict with soy-based Canadian bacon, or by substituting other things (such as portabella mushrooms) or by leaving it out entirely. It’s one of my favorite breakfasts. [/QUOTE] But then what you have is Not Exactly™ Eggs Benedict. And not guy food. (and all men know, Eggs Benedict is served with a side of Hollandaise…and a straw. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/85 "2008-04-23T04:43:29Z")
[Bender Bending Rodriguez] Oh, and I got the Col’s secret recipe: Chicken Salt Grease! [/BBR] ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/86 "2008-04-23T15:53:34Z")
[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] You say that like it is a bad thing. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/87 "2008-04-23T16:08:42Z")
[QUOTE=Unintentionally Blank] But then what you have is Not Exactly™ Eggs Benedict. And not guy food. (and all men know, Eggs Benedict is served with a side of Hollandaise…and a straw. [/QUOTE] Hollandaise sauce is not guy food. Eggs Benedict is too fancy. I love Eggs Benedict with every beat of my ever encrusted heart, but it’s not guy food unless you can cook it in an iron skillet over a campfire. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/88 "2008-04-23T16:18:15Z")
Man type breakfast: Steak Homefries, with onions Fried eggs. Toast, with butter, and jam. Hot coffee OJ. Man lunch: Burger and fries, with a milkshake. The bigger the burger, the more manly. Man dinner: Had steak for breakfast, so maybe not for dinner, today. Roast chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, peas. Apple pie for desert. With ice cream. Tris ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/89 "2008-04-23T16:25:53Z")
[QUOTE=Triskadecamus] Man type breakfast: Steak Homefries, with onions Fried eggs. Toast, with butter, and jam. Hot coffee OJ. Man lunch: Burger and fries, with a milkshake. The bigger the burger, the more manly. Man dinner: Had steak for breakfast, so maybe not for dinner, today. Roast chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, peas. Apple pie for desert. With ice cream. Tris [/QUOTE] Man health care: coronary artery bypass surgery by the age of 45 😛 ---
**Author:** ![3waygeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e95f7d/32.png) [@3waygeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3waygeek)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/90 "2008-04-23T16:29:54Z")
[QUOTE=Maureen] Man health care: coronary artery bypass surgery by the age of 45 😛 [/QUOTE] Funny you should say that – I’m a 45-year old man, and I had an angioplasty/stent a month ago. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/91 "2008-04-23T16:39:02Z")
[QUOTE=3waygeek] Funny you should say that – I’m a 45-year old man, and I had an angioplasty/stent a month ago. [/QUOTE] I’m glad you got it taken care of and are on the mend. Good prognosis, I hope? ---
**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 23, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/92 "2008-04-23T16:42:12Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] Hollandaise sauce is not guy food. Eggs Benedict is too fancy. I love Eggs Benedict with every beat of my ever encrusted heart, but it’s not guy food unless you can cook it in an iron skillet over a campfire. [/QUOTE] I dunno, you know what’s in it? butter, Butter, BUTTER, egg yolks, and some lemon juice. If guy food = unhealthy, it’s pretty high up on the scale. ( [Hollandaise sauce - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollandaise_sauce) ) Best Steak I can remember was a ribeye, smothered in Hollandaise, with crab lumps. Fancy? sure. Manly? Fuckyea. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/93 "2008-04-23T16:51:45Z")
[QUOTE=Unintentionally Blank] I dunno, you know what’s in it? butter, Butter, BUTTER, egg yolks, and some lemon juice. If guy food = unhealthy, it’s pretty high up on the scale. ( [Hollandaise sauce - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollandaise_sauce) ) Best Steak I can remember was a ribeye, smothered in Hollandaise, with crab lumps. Fancy? sure. Manly? Fuckyea. [/QUOTE] Sure, but it’s French, so that takes it down a few notches on said scale. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AlmondJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@AlmondJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlmondJoy)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/94 "2008-04-23T17:52:12Z")
One of my guy friends loves pulled pork sandwiches …something I have never eaten and have no desire to try ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/95 "2008-04-23T18:28:41Z")
[QUOTE=Unintentionally Blank] I dunno, you know what’s in it? butter, Butter, BUTTER, egg yolks, and some lemon juice. If guy food = unhealthy, it’s pretty high up on the scale. [/QUOTE] I have a recipe that’s really good, easier to make, and is basically butter, butter, butter, heavy whipping cream, butter, egg yolks, and lemon juice. MMmmmmmm. Faaaaaat. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/96 "2008-04-23T18:42:20Z")
[QUOTE=gwendee] Personally I prefer mustard (nice coarse, horseradishy mustard) on my liverwurst sandwiches (with sliced onion on rye bread). [/QUOTE] That’s exactly how we make them in my household – we call them “heartburn delights.” Oh, and I love peanut butter and sliced sweet pickle sandwiches, too. And pulled pork sandwiches dripping with barbecue sauce are heavenly. (Yup, I’m a girl.) ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/97 "2008-04-23T19:08:48Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] Hollandaise sauce is not guy food. Eggs Benedict is too fancy. I love Eggs Benedict with every beat of my ever encrusted heart, but it’s not guy food unless you can cook it in an iron skillet over a campfire. [/QUOTE] Oh, it’s guy food if you walk into a diner, order it and eat it. Guy food = didn’t make it yourself. Unless you’re a chef. Everyone knows guys make the best chefs. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/98 "2008-04-23T19:18:20Z")
(There is also a powdered Hollandaise sauce mix you can buy. It’s not as bad as you’d think, even.) ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/99 "2008-04-23T20:26:29Z")
[QUOTE=AlmondJoy] One of my guy friends loves pulled pork sandwiches …something I have never eaten and have no desire to try [/QUOTE] Oh, how you are missing out. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/100 "2008-04-23T22:24:02Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] Cold pizza for breakfast. Yum. [/QUOTE] My favorite sister and my wife both do this; now that I think about it, so did my mother. I am utterly flabbergasted each time I witness it, for nothing, in my view, could be more pointlessly gross. I mean, the microwave is RIGHT THERE. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256.md?page=6)