# What are the staples in your diet? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 7, 2000, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-staples-in-your-diet/36074 "2000-10-07T17:13:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Wump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed655f/32.png) [@Wump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wump)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-staples-in-your-diet/36074/21 "2000-10-07T20:15:51Z")
Eggs Pasta Cereal bananas That’s what i live on, well milk for the cereal too i guess, and then whatever my mom makes… yeah actually those are just the major part of my 1 meal a day. It starts in the morning and ends when i got to sleep 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tubagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b77776/32.png) [@tubagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tubagirl)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-staples-in-your-diet/36074/22 "2000-10-07T20:50:07Z")
I MUST have 1. Crystal Light Iced Tea. ( Ilive off this stuff, the only tea I love.) 2. Butter 3. Lemon 4. Popcorn 5. chicken 6. rice (boil in bag, I can’t cook it regular without it getting mushy) 7. double stuff oreos ( my husband has to have these…) 8. clam sauce in a can (easy meal) ---
**Author:** ![Welfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e56c9b/32.png) [@Welfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Welfy)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-staples-in-your-diet/36074/23 "2000-10-07T21:50:56Z")
Hot chocolate beef ramen noodles cheese granola bars chicken and stars soup strawberry and cream cheese pastries tang kool aid hot tea ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-staples-in-your-diet/36074/24 "2000-10-07T21:54:02Z")
Peanut butter Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes Dorito’s ice cream (I have 5 different flavors right now, plus ice cream bars and ice cream sandwiches) popcorn cheese ---
**Author:** ![Eo\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-staples-in-your-diet/36074/25 "2000-10-07T22:19:10Z")
Freschetta frozen 3 meat pizza. Banquet chicken nuggets, which I dip into Kraft bold & spicy original BBQ sauce. Sour cream and onion Pringles. Maruchan instant Lunch chicken flavor ramen noodles. Hot Pockets in the following varieties: Pepperoni pizza, ham & cheese, Philly cheese steak, beef & cheddar, barbeque, cheeseburger, and of course, meatballs & mozzerella. Needless to say, I’m a bachelor. ---
**Author:** ![User\_10K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@User\_10K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/User_10K)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-staples-in-your-diet/36074/26 "2000-10-07T22:24:39Z")
The only thing that counts is animal crackers. If I have them around, the kids are quiet and there’s peace in the house. ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-staples-in-your-diet/36074/27 "2000-10-07T22:27:26Z")
Altoids and granola bars. And dorm food, which is basically the same thing and defies description. Good weight loss plan, it is. ---
**Author:** ![Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archer)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-staples-in-your-diet/36074/28 "2000-10-07T22:45:08Z")
Potatos, onions and massive amounts of beef. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-staples-in-your-diet/36074/29 "2000-10-07T22:49:41Z")
Hailing from Brooklyn (well not at the moment, but in spirit) and observing fellow Brooklynites discerning tastes when it comes to rice (Basmati, what other kind. Only heathens and backsliding cannibals eat any other kind. Unless its fried in a resto.) I submit: Basmati rice Various kinds of pasta depending on random selections Vache qui rit. (slightly ashamed) French Bread Nectarines Peppers Onions, every kind under the sun. Love the little bastards. Cheap wine, bottle a day preferably. Mustard for the late night mustard and saltine sandwiches. No I can not explain how this came about. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-staples-in-your-diet/36074/30 "2000-10-07T22:53:03Z")
- mac and cheese - Chef Boyardee ravioli - one unopened bottle of Strawberry Melon flavoured Clearly Canadian in the fridge at all times - Coke if i can afford it, RC Cola if i can’t ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-staples-in-your-diet/36074/31 "2000-10-07T23:18:34Z")
Things I must have: 1. Chamomile tea–can’t live without it! I even carry some in my bag with me at all times. Nice calmer-downer. 1.5 Coffee. May be more important than #1, but not at night. 2. Plain bagels. 3. Celery. 4. Peanut butter, for numbers 2&3. 5. Popcorn. I could live off those 5 forever! ---
**Author:** ![DigitalMuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@DigitalMuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalMuse)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2000, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-staples-in-your-diet/36074/32 "2000-10-08T01:53:05Z")
(checks pantry) Let’s see… I got my iced tea, my vitamins, and my aspirin. YEP! All set!🙂 ---
**Author:** ![They\_Call\_Me\_Sneeze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@They\_Call\_Me\_Sneeze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/They_Call_Me_Sneeze)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2000, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-staples-in-your-diet/36074/33 "2000-10-08T02:56:38Z")
big, delicious tomatoes spinach lemons and garlic salt(for the spinach) pepperidge farm sesame sticks old bay bagels coke grenadine gin those are the must haves (even though i am out of the first five at the moment…) ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2000, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-staples-in-your-diet/36074/34 "2000-10-08T03:02:32Z")
We start to get nervous if we run out of: garlic onions rice potatoes tomatoes, canned, various types &/or fresh tomatoes chicken salad stuff peppers fruit juice sour cream bagels and cream cheese chicken broth fresh veggies, especially brocoli frozen veggies, especially peas coffee, for her dark beer and ginger ale for me. (not at the same time) We also have more herbs and spices than a human should be allowed to own. Did I mention garlic? ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2000, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-staples-in-your-diet/36074/35 "2000-10-08T03:08:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Collounsbury \* > \*\*Mustard for the late night mustard and saltine sandwiches. No I can not explain how this came about. \*\* Dang… I thought I was the only one who did that. Baloney, pickles, cheese (once per blue moon), spagetti sauce… Hm. I’d say overall, tho, Ham and ramen noodles are staples in my diet. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2000, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-staples-in-your-diet/36074/36 "2000-10-08T03:14:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bumbazine \* > \*\*\ We also have more herbs and spices than a human should be allowed to own. > > Did I mention garlic? > \*\* **_And your point is_?** ---
**Author:** ![LittleStar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@LittleStar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LittleStar)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2000, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-staples-in-your-diet/36074/37 "2000-10-08T03:31:11Z")
Mmm… Most importantly: Rice. (optional Soy Sauce and pepper) Second most importantly: Midori. Third most importantly: Take a wild guess. Fourth most importantly: Nicotene. I’m so healthy, it’s awesome. Oh, and who can forget the continuous flow of coffee? And I suppose that water is pretty good, too…and outside of those few substances of (non)nutrition - nothing else matters. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2000, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-staples-in-your-diet/36074/38 "2000-10-08T13:35:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homer \* > \*\*Mama Cozzi’s frozen pizza. Pepperoni, Pep&Sausage, and sausage. Spare me the cheese. Ugh. > Milk > Kool-aid > Dr Pepper, Pepsi, Mt Dew > Taco Bell > Checker’s > Life Cereal > Granola (keeps me regular with all the other SHIT I eat) > NesQuik banana milk > > That’s about 99% of my diet. > > –Tim \*\* Hmmmm…D’OH! Nuts, I thought those would be on Homer’s list! ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2000, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-staples-in-your-diet/36074/39 "2000-10-08T13:46:14Z")
pizza and Coke. ---
**Author:** ![Girlbysea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Girlbysea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girlbysea)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2000, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-staples-in-your-diet/36074/40 "2000-10-08T14:14:38Z")
coffee, veggie burgers, soy sausages, fat free anything, and last but not least Bud Light… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-staples-in-your-diet/36074.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-staples-in-your-diet/36074.md?page=3)