# What are your common drunken late-night snacks? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 12, 2002, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-common-drunken-late-night-snacks/118706 "2002-07-12T22:44:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-common-drunken-late-night-snacks/118706/1 "2002-07-12T22:44:45Z")
You’re home from the bars, it’s too late / you don’t want to order food, what are your favorite late-night fridge-and-pantry-raiding drunken snacks? One of my favorites: [ul] [li]Find potato - odds are strangely good that you’ll have some.[/li][li]Peel potato[/li][li]Slice onto plate[/li][li]Rigorously salt and pepper[/li][li]Eat[/li][li]Fall asleep on couch with TV blaring _The Good, The Bad, The Ugly_ DVD[/li][li]Wake up to wife demanding that peeled potato rinds be picked up off counter/sink/floor.[/li][/ul] Honorable mentions: [ul] [li]Can of tuna[/li][li]Raw macaroni noodles[/li][li]Crucial ingredient for wife’s yet-to-be-made potluck dish for her work party the next day[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Tedster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@Tedster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tedster)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-common-drunken-late-night-snacks/118706/2 "2002-07-12T22:51:03Z")
Hash Browns w/ grated cheese, bacon, toast w/ jelly, eggs, and a half gallon of ice cold Orange Juice, then a collapse into slumber for about 12 hours. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-common-drunken-late-night-snacks/118706/3 "2002-07-13T01:39:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dooku \* > \*\*You’re home from the bars, it’s too late / you don’t want to order food, what are your favorite late-night fridge-and-pantry-raiding drunken snacks? > > One of my favorites: > [ul] > [li]Find potato - odds are strangely good that you’ll have some.[/li][li]Peel potato[/li][li]Slice onto plate[/li][li]Rigorously salt and pepper[/li][li]Eat[/li][li]Fall asleep on couch with TV blaring _The Good, The Bad, The Ugly_ DVD[/li][li]Wake up to wife demanding that peeled potato rinds be picked up off counter/sink/floor.[/li][/ul]\*\* Are you saying you eat _raw_, peeled potatoes? :o ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-common-drunken-late-night-snacks/118706/4 "2002-07-13T05:31:14Z")
Bits and Bites… Hell I’m thinking of taking a twenty minute walk to get them right now… It’s 1:30 here. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-common-drunken-late-night-snacks/118706/5 "2002-07-13T05:49:06Z")
After drinking, food makes me want to puke. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-common-drunken-late-night-snacks/118706/6 "2002-07-13T06:23:20Z")
Taco Bell while stumbling back to my friend’s place to crash. You just mention Taco Bell to my drunken posse and it’s like you waived Britnay Spears in front of a frat-house. In lieu of the Bell, undercooked spagetti with sause. ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-common-drunken-late-night-snacks/118706/7 "2002-07-13T10:33:42Z")
Anything crunchy and salty, 'cause sweet stuff with alcohol is almost guaranteed to make you puke. Personally, I’m a big fan of several different bags of flavored Doritos. FWIW, my mother and sister both liked raw potatoes. ---
**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-common-drunken-late-night-snacks/118706/8 "2002-07-13T11:38:29Z")
Saltines. If I’ve gotten lucky and have a lady in tow that I’m trying to impress with culinary delights, I put a dallop of mayo on em. As far as raw potatoes: [Your wife apparently doesn’t need to worry about Jennifer](http://www.cybermitchell.com/weblog/archives/000383.html) * * * …section of [www.potatohelp.com](http://www.potatohelp.com) for more information about the nutritional value of potatoes. _Q. Is it safe to eat raw potatoes? A. Yes. Some (drunks) consider raw potatoes a nice treat._\* Q. Why does the potato selection vary at grocery stores throughout the year? A. The majority of the potatoes in the U.S. are harvested between … * * * \*Please be advised that the parenthetical word,_drunks_, was added to the above selection by Mr. **C Fremitus** , and in no circumstances should be construed as representing the opinions of the United States Potato Board, Potato Farmers, Mr. Potato Head ™, or Spuds Mckenzie ™, who one and all adivse responsible alcohol and potato consumption. ---
**Author:** ![dead0man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@dead0man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dead0man)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-common-drunken-late-night-snacks/118706/9 "2002-07-13T13:10:13Z")
I’m going to agree with **Squish** and 2nd any flavor of Doritos. I prefer Cooler Ranch myself. Popcorn or anything salty in a pinch. dead0man ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-common-drunken-late-night-snacks/118706/10 "2002-07-13T14:03:40Z")
I like to make bouvcorn; ‘bouvcorn’ being the name bestowed upon the corn I make by my friends. It’s nothing special, just corn made on the stove. A little vegetable oil (I would use corn or olive oil…but they are more pricey so I generally don’t have any.) Put a few (like four) kernels in oil. When those four have popped, add rest of corn. Constantly shake pot as corn pops (be sure to have a lid on that, as well.) Transfer contents to bowl, lightly salt, enjoy! 🙂 No butter is required, as the oil provides a lot of flavor (hence why corn and olive are more desirable.) I also like to make ‘cheesy hot snack.’ Take a plate, cover with one layer of saltines. Spread grated cheese on crackers, add hot sauce to top of crackers (amount and type depends on your limits.) Nuke for about 30 seconds, enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-common-drunken-late-night-snacks/118706/11 "2002-07-13T14:23:26Z")
I tend to WANT to eat pasta, but the inevitable tomato-based sauce tends to make my belly unhappy. I had a burritto the other night, and it hit the spot. Mmmm. ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-common-drunken-late-night-snacks/118706/12 "2002-07-13T16:19:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bouv \* > \*\*I also like to make ‘cheesy hot snack.’ Take a plate, cover with one layer of saltines. Spread grated cheese on crackers, add hot sauce to top of crackers (amount and type depends on your limits.) Nuke for about 30 seconds, enjoy! \*\* Uh… like “saltine nachos”? Whassa matter, they don’t have tortilla chips in Vermont? **dead0man** , Cooler Ranch are the ultimate in junkfood goodness!