# ladies: what do you crave (TMI: PMS)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 16, 2005, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-crave-tmi-pms/290403 "2005-02-16T20:01:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alphaFemale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecb155/32.png) [@alphaFemale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaFemale)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-crave-tmi-pms/290403/1 "2005-02-16T20:01:25Z")
i for one \*cannot \* get enough [rooster sauce](http://www.huyfong.com/no_frames/sriracha.htm). it has drenched everything that has entered my gaping mouth for the past couple of days. then i have to follow up with [reeses sticks](http://www.hersheys.com/reeses/products/reesesticks.asp). not [cups](http://www.hersheys.com/reeses/products/pbcups.asp), not [pieces](http://www.hersheys.com/reeses/products/pieces.asp), not [fastbreak](http://www.hersheys.com/reeses/products/FASTBREAK.asp). the STICKS. i’ve also advised the BF to keep at least 30 yards away from me at all times. heh. ---
**Author:** ![SusanStoHelit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@SusanStoHelit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SusanStoHelit)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-crave-tmi-pms/290403/2 "2005-02-16T20:53:49Z")
McDonald’s french fries. Not BK or Wendy’s or Jack in the Box. McDonald’s. Cheetos Puffs (brand name only, and fresh). Also sex and sex and sex and sex (since this is a TMI thread). ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-crave-tmi-pms/290403/3 "2005-02-16T20:57:58Z")
Salt & salty stuff. Also sappy movies. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-crave-tmi-pms/290403/4 "2005-02-16T21:06:30Z")
Salt. Lots and lots and lots of salt. I actually just got some questioning looks when I dumped a couple pounds or so of salt on my mashed potatos at lunch. Also, for my guts to stop feeling like someone’s ripping at them. ---
**Author:** ![truthbot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@truthbot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthbot)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-crave-tmi-pms/290403/5 "2005-02-16T21:07:44Z")
My cravings run towards the salty & pickled. Spicy olives, pickled asparagus, pub onions; that sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-crave-tmi-pms/290403/6 "2005-02-16T21:14:10Z")
CHOCOLATE and salty stuff too. then on day one, I diuresis like crazy…uh-that might be TMI. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-crave-tmi-pms/290403/7 "2005-02-16T21:14:58Z")
I barely remember PMS, but a few years ago when I was going through menopause, I had a huge craving for sour, salty things such as dill pickles, sour cream dip, and Italian salad dressing. I used to drink fat-free Italian salad dressing right out of the bottle. Our hormones can persuade us to do strange things sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-crave-tmi-pms/290403/8 "2005-02-16T21:22:18Z")
Ditto on the salty stuff. Also soft, creamy, gravy-soaked comfort foods and fried things. This is going to be a bit of a challenge on Weight Watcher’s, but at least I can have popcorn. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-crave-tmi-pms/290403/9 "2005-02-16T22:34:33Z")
I often would get cravings for sweet & sour or sweet & hot things. Things like pineapple & jalapeno pizza, orange chicken, and sweet & sour pork. Sometimes, good BBQ pork with coleslaw would work, too. Oh, and sweet & salty, like chocolate-covered pretzels or french fries dipped in a vanilla shake. Now that I’m pregnant, the cravings kind of run in the same vein, with some exceptions. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-crave-tmi-pms/290403/10 "2005-02-16T23:20:27Z")
Whenever I am sad (PMS or not), I crave potatoes. Oh god. Any kind of potato: fried, mashed, baked… if it is a potato, I’ll eat it. I also crave peanut butter. I once read there is a chemical reaction caused by peanut butter and that is why women crave it. Same with chocolate. Good enough for me. I will just sit there eating spoonfulls of peanut butter. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-crave-tmi-pms/290403/11 "2005-02-17T01:25:43Z")
Sex, which is hard to get if I get bitchy… ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-crave-tmi-pms/290403/12 "2005-02-17T02:24:46Z")
chips with either sour cream and onion mix or dill pickle dip or cheese pleesers, soda, dark chocolate, anything greasy or spicy or salty is high up on the list ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-crave-tmi-pms/290403/13 "2005-02-17T02:31:21Z")
It has to be salty, and crunchy. Chips, pretzels, or popcorn. In a pinch, I’ll also eat frozen fries cooked a little too long and covered in salt and ketchup. ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-crave-tmi-pms/290403/14 "2005-02-17T07:05:11Z")
Meat. Most of the time, I live a semi-vegetarian existence, but my only symptom of PMS is sudden, intense cravings for meat. (Weightlifting does the same thing.) I guess it makes sense, as I’m about to lose iron and protein and I may as well replace it, but it’s always slightly disconcerting. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-crave-tmi-pms/290403/15 "2005-02-17T16:18:51Z")
Potato chips, white cheddar cheez-its, pale ale, food with jalepenos, butterfingers, starbursts, soda pop. Not necessarily in that order, but sometimes I will eat several of them at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Winnie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e480ec/32.png) [@Winnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnie)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-crave-tmi-pms/290403/16 "2005-02-17T16:36:52Z")
Anything “buffalo” style. Buffalo shrimp, buffalo wings, buffalo chicken strips with GOBS of blue cheese. Dark chocolate. The darker the better, so dark it’s almost like black coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-crave-tmi-pms/290403/17 "2005-02-17T16:45:00Z")
Chocolate. Specifically, Reese’s chocolate peanut butter cups. It’s like my mind has been taken over, like I’ve been hypnotized–I lose all control. _shakes head_ Milk works in a pinch. ---
**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-crave-tmi-pms/290403/18 "2005-02-17T16:48:14Z")
Salty/chocolate usually, but lately, like **Winnie** , I crave buffalo wings with blue cheese dressing and a rich, dark beer. Yum. I want some now, and it’s not even that time 'o the month. ---
**Author:** ![EmeraldGrue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dc4da7/32.png) [@EmeraldGrue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmeraldGrue)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-crave-tmi-pms/290403/19 "2005-02-17T18:55:32Z")
Death and, to a lesser extent, poutine. ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-crave-tmi-pms/290403/20 "2005-02-17T19:03:35Z")
Chocolate! Especially dark, rich chocolate or chocolate foods (nice, rich chocolate mousse is the BEST although rich chocolate ice cream with chocolate syrup works too). And salty things. The specific salty thing varies from month to month. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-crave-tmi-pms/290403.md?page=2)