# The Gluttony Thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gluttony-thread/703184>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 31, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gluttony-thread/703184 "2014-10-31T23:27:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**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:** [November 10, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gluttony-thread/703184/41 "2014-11-10T17:08:38Z")

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[Joseph Joffre](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Joffre) was supposed to be able to eat two whole chickens for lunch. Before an afternoon nap.

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**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gluttony-thread/703184/42 "2014-11-10T19:39:25Z")

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> [@August\_West](#):
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> My wife and I ate at The Purple Pig in Chicago this weekend. Pate de fois gras, roasted bone marrow, pigs ears, lots of good healthy stuff!..

Want. WANT!!!

> [@applebetty](#):
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> I roasted a chicken for dinner today. I did eat a cup or so of raw carrots while it was cooking. When the chicken was done, I ate ALL the crispy skin, because you know it’s never going to be that good again.

I do this all the time. It’s one of the reasons I don’t like roasting a chicken “for company.” I can’t stop myself from eating the skin, fond, and jus.

> [@zoid](#):
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> I made popcorn with bacon grease.  
> Now I’m making brownies.

But are you making the brownies with bacon grease?

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**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gluttony-thread/703184/43 "2014-11-11T00:15:39Z")

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> [@purplehorseshoe](#):
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> But are you making the brownies with bacon grease?

That’s so crazy it could just work.

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**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gluttony-thread/703184/44 "2014-11-11T01:22:20Z")

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I would top the brownies with a schmear of dark chocolate icing and a sprinkle of well-drained crispy fried bacon.

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