# Name your 3 (and only 3!) favorite food items **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 7, 2016, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-3-and-only-3-favorite-food-items/762025 "2016-08-07T11:37:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-3-and-only-3-favorite-food-items/762025/1 "2016-08-07T11:37:23Z")
You may be as general or specific as you like. But you only get to name 3. [ul] [li]Ice cream[/li][li]Fresh summer tomatoes[/li][li]Cheese[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-3-and-only-3-favorite-food-items/762025/2 "2016-08-07T11:43:21Z")
Of the top of my head: - Krispy Kreme glazed donuts hot from the fryer (I may be prejudiced as I am eating them as I type). - 5 Guys Burger and Fries French Fries. Not sure why, but I find them addictive. - Oscar Meyer Brausweiger. Been eating it since I was 5-6 years old (I’m considerably older now) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-3-and-only-3-favorite-food-items/762025/3 "2016-08-07T11:46:57Z")
This can vary from hour to hour. At the moment: Steak Ice cream Watermelon ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-3-and-only-3-favorite-food-items/762025/4 "2016-08-07T11:57:22Z")
Three is a good number, because I can never choose between my top 3, but I know which 3 are on the top. Good calamari Dandelion salad Fresh, home-grown tomatoes Unfortunately, two of those are seasonal, and one is hard to find any time of year this far from an ocean. Fortunately, one of those seasons is just about upon us. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-3-and-only-3-favorite-food-items/762025/5 "2016-08-07T12:46:03Z")
Thread relocated from IMHO to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-3-and-only-3-favorite-food-items/762025/6 "2016-08-07T12:54:43Z")
Tacos Nachos Beer ---
**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:** [August 7, 2016, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-3-and-only-3-favorite-food-items/762025/7 "2016-08-07T13:32:41Z")
Three things I can always use to make a snack or a meal: eggs yogurt pumpkin ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-3-and-only-3-favorite-food-items/762025/8 "2016-08-07T13:58:07Z")
Fresh, local, steamed corn on the cob Ice cold watermelon with that slightly grainy texture Potatoes in various forms ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-3-and-only-3-favorite-food-items/762025/9 "2016-08-07T14:01:15Z")
I’d really have to work within categories to give a meaningful answer, but if I am given three blanks I must fill in with foods I could more or less live on (as opposed to chocolate, ice cream, etc.), then Good steak - strip, t-bone, porterhouse Good potatoes - mashed, baked Good bread - any fresh, fragrant kind, but real sourdough (Colombo green) preferred. When’s dinner? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-3-and-only-3-favorite-food-items/762025/10 "2016-08-07T14:08:18Z")
Chicken Cheese Lamb ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-3-and-only-3-favorite-food-items/762025/11 "2016-08-07T15:13:49Z")
Sour dough bread Dark chocolate Strong [good] coffee ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-3-and-only-3-favorite-food-items/762025/12 "2016-08-07T15:22:36Z")
-Pizza -Hummus -Seafood Can we stipulate that summer-ripened tomatoes is a gimmee’? It just seems like the right thing to do. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-3-and-only-3-favorite-food-items/762025/13 "2016-08-07T15:39:23Z")
Salmon Lobster Mango It’s problematic though, because the first two are completely useless without butter. And with enough butter, I can make almost anything taste good. So arguably that should be my #1? > [@quiltguy](#): > > . . . > > Can we stipulate that summer-ripened tomatoes is a gimmee’? It just seems like the right thing to do. Well, yes, I’d agree with you; but I think flodnak would disagree: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12870391&postcount=36](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12870391&postcount=36) Every time the subject of tomatoes as the perfect food comes up, I think of his “Goo bag” descriptor, and I can’t help agreeing with him. I just love them anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-3-and-only-3-favorite-food-items/762025/14 "2016-08-07T15:42:16Z")
1. Bacon. Is there anything else? ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-3-and-only-3-favorite-food-items/762025/15 "2016-08-07T15:50:32Z")
1. Sugar 2. Fat 3. Salt ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-3-and-only-3-favorite-food-items/762025/16 "2016-08-07T15:51:35Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > 1. Bacon. > > Is there anything else? Of course bacon is top. But you could have added pork and ham! ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-3-and-only-3-favorite-food-items/762025/17 "2016-08-07T15:58:37Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Salmon > Lobster > Mango > > It’s problematic though, because the first two are completely useless without butter. And with enough butter, I can make almost anything taste good. So arguably that should be my #1? Living now in the land of thuh lobstah, I would be in paradise except that my preference, very strongly, is crab. King crab preferred, fresh Dungeness second. To me, lobster is slightly sweet and almost tasteless… unless you drown it in butter. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-3-and-only-3-favorite-food-items/762025/18 "2016-08-07T16:04:28Z")
Ice cream Liver and onions Properly hot-oven-baked (without foil) potato jackets. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-3-and-only-3-favorite-food-items/762025/19 "2016-08-07T16:35:16Z")
Mango. Pistachios. King crab legs, right off ‘The Time Bandit’. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-3-and-only-3-favorite-food-items/762025/20 "2016-08-07T17:31:51Z")
Watermelon - if it were year round, I’d eat it every day Chocolate - in any or all forms, food of the Gods King crab legs with drawn butter - just yes Come to think of it, this would also be my last meal request, should that ever be necessary [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-3-and-only-3-favorite-food-items/762025.md?page=2)