# How often do you eat these foods? (A Poll) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 5, 2007, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-eat-these-foods-a-poll/421589 "2007-10-05T03:11:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-eat-these-foods-a-poll/421589/21 "2007-10-05T04:52:39Z")
Potato chips/Cheetos/Doritos etc.: very rarely. Plain tortilla chips about once a month. Fast food hamburgers/battered chicken burgers: almost never Pizza: Papa Murphy’s, about once every couple of months. Deep-fried/pan-fried with lots of oil home-cooked foods: nope. oh, except falafel about twice a year. Chocolate bars (other than pure dark chocolate): couple of times a week, but not a whole bar. Usually one of those little fun size things. Donuts: almost never. Once a year? Those huge muffins: nope, I make my own muffins. Those are too much like cake. Store-bought cookies (Oreos, etc.): once every couple of months, usually when someone brings them This makes me sound much healthier than I actually am! Now I feel good about myself, I could be so much worse! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-eat-these-foods-a-poll/421589/22 "2007-10-05T05:04:45Z")
[QUOTE=berff] How much Diet Pepsi do you go through in a week? I go through about three or four 24 oz. Diet Cherry Pepsi bottles in a day, so that would equal about 42 to 56 12 ounce cans per week. Do you think you have me beaten? [/QUOTE] I have six empty cans on my desk right now and that’s only been in the past few hours. I could easily average a twelve pack a day if I were willing to actually pay that much per week. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-eat-these-foods-a-poll/421589/23 "2007-10-05T05:05:53Z")
Potato chips/Cheetos/Doritos etc. - only chips, 2-3 times a week. Fast food hamburgers/battered chicken burgers - probably less often than one a month. What’s a battered chicken burger? Sounds good! Pizza - maybe 4 times a year. Deep-fried/pan-fried with lots of oil home-cooked foods - never. Chocolate bars (other than pure dark chocolate) - I don’t think I’ve eaten a dozen chocolate bars this century. I’ve never eaten pure dark chocolate. Donuts - Since Dunkin Donuts went OOB here, I haven’t had any donuts at all, and I hardly ever bought any before that. Those huge muffins - never had one. Store-bought cookies (Oreos, etc.) - never. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-eat-these-foods-a-poll/421589/24 "2007-10-05T05:11:56Z")
[QUOTE=fishbicycle] \What’s a battered chicken burger? Sounds good! \ [/QUOTE] I didn’t know quite how to describe these - a battered chicken burger would be like the Spicy Chicken burger at Wendy’s - the chicken has some kind of coating on it and is deep-fried (as far as I know), rather than just a naked chicken breast (which, frankly, sounds kind of dirty). This thread is making me hungry. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-eat-these-foods-a-poll/421589/25 "2007-10-05T05:43:24Z")
Chips - 3-4 servings a week Fast food burgers - 1-2 times a week Pizza - 1-2 times a week Home Fried - 0-1 times a week Chocolate Bars - A few on Easter, Christmas, Halloween Doughnuts, Muffins, Cookies - Almost never ---
**Author:** ![Paladud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Paladud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paladud)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-eat-these-foods-a-poll/421589/26 "2007-10-05T05:58:30Z")
Potato chips - once every 1-2 months Burgers - twice a week Pizza - every couple of weeks. Oily stuff (usually fried cottage cheese) - in three-day streaks once a month. Other stuff - pretty much never. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-eat-these-foods-a-poll/421589/27 "2007-10-05T06:37:19Z")
How often per day, per week, or per month do you eat - These answers are from before my diet (sigh…), and are per week… Potato chips/Cheetos/Doritos etc. 3 per week Fast food hamburgers/battered chicken burgers 2 Pizza 1 Deep-fried/pan-fried with lots of oil home-cooked foods 1 Chocolate bars (other than pure dark chocolate) Less than 1 Donuts Less than 1 Those huge muffins Less than 1 Store-bought cookies (Oreos, etc.) 1 or 2 I don’t like sweet as much - I am a salt man, through and through. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-eat-these-foods-a-poll/421589/28 "2007-10-05T07:48:49Z")
No to all. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-eat-these-foods-a-poll/421589/29 "2007-10-05T08:35:28Z")
**Potato chips/Cheetos/Doritos etc.** A small bag of ordinary potato crisps, maybe two, per week. Doritos and cheesy puff things, hardly ever. **Fast food hamburgers/battered chicken burgers** Once a month, maybe **Pizza** Once a month, maybe **Deep-fried/pan-fried with lots of oil home-cooked foods** Almost never Chocolate Bars (other than pure dark chocolate) Several times a week (I’m curious about the bracketed exception here - what’s that about?) **Donuts** Once a month or so **Those huge muffins** A couple of times a year **Store-bought cookies (Oreos, etc.)** Most days I’ll have a few with my first cup of tea in the evening. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-eat-these-foods-a-poll/421589/30 "2007-10-05T09:42:31Z")
**Potato chips/Cheetos/Doritos etc.** A small bag once or twice a week **Fast food hamburgers/battered chicken burgers** Very rarely, we recently had burgers from McDonalds and worked out it was our second trip to McDonalds this year. Although we quite often make our own (much tastier) burgers at home. **Pizza** Once every three months **Deep-fried/pan-fried with lots of oil home-cooked foods** Never, all my pans are non-stick so I rarely use oil. **Chocolate Bars (other than pure dark chocolate)** Once a month **Donuts** Once a year **Those huge muffins** Once every three months **Store-bought cookies (Oreos, etc.)** Probably once a fortnight, my husband loves Cadbury’s digestives and has a couple with his cup of tea every night after dinner, but I don’t often eat them. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-eat-these-foods-a-poll/421589/31 "2007-10-05T09:46:48Z")
Potato chips/Cheetos/Doritos etc. - once or twice a week Fast food hamburgers/battered chicken burgers - once or twice a year Pizza - once or twice a month Deep-fried/pan-fried with lots of oil home-cooked foods - nearly every day (olive oil though) Chocolate bars (other than pure dark chocolate) - once or twice a month (I have one or two squares of pure dark chocolate most evenings) Donuts - once or twice a year Those huge muffins - never Store-bought cookies (Oreos, etc.) - once or twice a month ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-eat-these-foods-a-poll/421589/32 "2007-10-05T10:12:39Z")
I eat _something_ from that list every two to four weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-eat-these-foods-a-poll/421589/33 "2007-10-05T10:57:20Z")
**Potato chips/Cheetos/Doritos etc.:** Once a week if we have lunch at our favorite cafe – they come with a sandwich. But they’re the “healthy” veggie chips. Otherwise only if they’re out at a party or something, maybe once every month or two. We don’t keep them in the house. **Fast food hamburgers/battered chicken burgers:** Maybe one regular cheeseburger a year, if that; I love McChickens but they’re a treat, so maybe one every three months. **Pizza:** We throw a Tombstone in the oven (Canadian bacon with pineapple added) maybe once every couple of months. Pizza-joint pizza maybe once or twice a year; we might hit Rocky Rococo for a slice and salad about as often. **Deep-fried/pan-fried with lots of oil home-cooked foods:** Never. \*\*Chocolate bars[/:b]Can’t remember the last time I ate one. It’s all dark chocolate in this house. (Sorry, something wonky going on in the reply box here; couldn’t fix the coding.) **Donuts:** Only those little round ones at the Chinese buffet. Otherwise I might be exposed to donuts once or twice a year. **Those huge muffins:** Might split one with Mr. S at a coffee shop two or three times a year. **Store-bought cookies (Oreos, etc.):** I love Pepperidge Farm Mint Brussels, but our local store hardly ever has them. They’re a comfort food; three or four bags (15 cookies each) a year? (Do commercial bakery-style cookies count? Our store’s bakery department carries a brand of cranberry walnut cookies that are Teh Nummy. At least a dozen a month, split between us. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-eat-these-foods-a-poll/421589/34 "2007-10-05T11:21:20Z")
Potato chips/Cheetos/Doritos etc. - **couple of times a month usually** Fast food hamburgers/battered chicken burgers - **almost never. I do eat fish&chips about once a week though, does that count?** Pizza - **usually once a week** Deep-fried/pan-fried with lots of oil home-cooked foods - **almost never** Chocolate bars (other than pure dark chocolate) - \*\* a couple a month\*\* Donuts - \*\* every two weeks \*\* Those huge muffins - \*\* 3-4 times a year \*\* Store-bought cookies (Oreos, etc.) - **every couple of weeeks** I’m curious about the selection principle behind the list. Is it simply “fattening” foods? Or “highly processed” foods (since cookies only count if you don’t make 'em yourself…)? Or just the first “not particularly good for you” things that came to mind? And I need to know about the dark chocolate exemption too 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-eat-these-foods-a-poll/421589/35 "2007-10-05T11:35:29Z")
Potato chips/Cheetos/Doritos etc. Maybe once or twice a year I may grab a handful from a bowl at a party. Fast food hamburgers/battered chicken burgers Once a month I guess but I haven’t had one for ages. Pizza Couple of times a year, Deep-fried/pan-fried with lots of oil home-cooked foods Never deep fried and I only paint the pan with oil to fry anything. Chocolate bars (other than pure dark chocolate) Once in while when some cruel bastard is selling fund raising chocolates at work. Say every couple of months. Although we often pass around a bar at work and just have a square each. Donuts Never, they give me heartburn. Those huge muffins Never, not a fan. Store-bought cookies (Oreos, etc.) We do the same with packets of Tim Tams as we do with the chocolate. One each about once or twicw a week. Never have any at home. ---
**Author:** ![Martha\_Medea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@Martha\_Medea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martha_Medea)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-eat-these-foods-a-poll/421589/36 "2007-10-05T12:03:33Z")
Potato chips/Cheetos/Doritos etc. - Occasionally, like at a party (potato chips, pringles or doritos, but never cheetos). Fast food hamburgers/battered chicken burgers - never Pizza - once a month tops Deep-fried/pan-fried with lots of oil home-cooked foods - never Chocolate bars (other than pure dark chocolate) - once a week, although I tend to choose pure dark chocolate when available so maybe even less. Donuts - never Those huge muffins - hardly ever Store-bought cookies (Oreos, etc.) - hardly ever ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-eat-these-foods-a-poll/421589/37 "2007-10-05T12:35:26Z")
Potato chips/Cheetos/Doritos etc. - Never, unless I’m at a social event and they’re sitting out. Then I’ll grab a handful. Fast food hamburgers/battered chicken burgers - Once a week (but not from a chain. There are 3 independent burger places that I’ll go if I want a burger. Fast food chain burgers make me sick.) Pizza - Once a week. Deep-fried/pan-fried with lots of oil home-cooked foods - Once every two weeks…I have a weakness towards french fries and falafel. Sometimes I just need it. Chocolate bars (other than pure dark chocolate) - Twice a year. Donuts - Once every couple of months. Those huge muffins - Never. Store-bought cookies (Oreos, etc.) - Never. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-eat-these-foods-a-poll/421589/38 "2007-10-05T13:00:09Z")
Potato chips/Cheetos/Doritos etc.: Potato chips or tortilla chips, probably once a week. I usually get the kind with the fake fat in them. I never eat Doritos or Cheetos. Fast food hamburgers/battered chicken burgers: Three or four times a year. Pizza: Once every other week or so. I LOVE pizza! Sometimes I buy it, sometimes I make my own. Deep-fried/pan-fried with lots of oil home-cooked foods: Three or four times a year Chocolate bars (other than pure dark chocolate): Once a month Donuts: I can’t remember the last time I had a donut. I do like them a lot though. Those huge muffins: Never Store-bought cookies (Oreos, etc.): Once or twice a year ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-eat-these-foods-a-poll/421589/39 "2007-10-05T13:09:18Z")
Potato chips/Cheetos/Doritos etc. – never Fast food hamburgers/battered chicken burgers – damn close to never – once or twice a year? Pizza – once a month Deep-fried/pan-fried with lots of oil home-cooked foods – never Chocolate bars (other than pure dark chocolate) – dark chocolate, daily; other, maybe once a month Donuts – couple of times a year Those huge muffins – once every two months, maybe Store-bought cookies (Oreos, etc.) – daily – but my current fave is chocolate animal crackers, which are relatively undepraved. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-eat-these-foods-a-poll/421589/40 "2007-10-05T13:10:27Z")
Potato chips/Cheetos/Doritos etc. - rarely Fast food hamburgers/battered chicken burgers - rarely Pizza - probably once every two weeks Deep-fried/pan-fried with lots of oil home-cooked foods - a lot, but I do it right (high heat, scant breading), and these things likely contain less fat than pizza, easily. Chocolate bars (other than pure dark chocolate) - rarely Donuts - rarely Those huge muffins - almost never Store-bought cookies (Oreos, etc.) - maybe 1 or 2 once a week [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-eat-these-foods-a-poll/421589.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-eat-these-foods-a-poll/421589.md?page=3)