# What could you NOT give up...? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 7, 2002, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-you-not-give-up/122758 "2002-08-07T12:51:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-you-not-give-up/122758/1 "2002-08-07T12:51:27Z")
What one item of food / beverage whould be the last to go, if you were forced to spend the **rest of your life** without it? Which would win (an elimination contest) between… Crisps Vs Chocolate? Wine Vs Beer? Wine Vs Cheese? Bread Vs Cheese? Apples Vs Oranges? Rice Vs Pasta? Pizza Vs Burgers? Cereal Vs Bagels? Fruit Vs Candy? Alcohol Vs Dairy Products? Meat Vs Vegetables? (Forgive me, I find myself making silly comparisons of food items all the time) As much as I love a cold beer, I think I almost \*need \* wine with a nice meal. Beer would go. Some are tough choices, some are easy. What choices would you make? ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-you-not-give-up/122758/2 "2002-08-07T13:22:23Z")
From your list my keepers would be Crisps, whatever those are (I just know I can do without chocolate) Cheese (garlic brie or smoked gouda… mmmmmm) Apples (oranges are too acidic) Rice Pizza (althought I can do without both pizza and burgers) Bagels (although I hardly eat aither cereal or bagels) Fruit Dairy Veggies The last one os the hardest. I’m an omnivore, but if I had to choose I guess I could adjust more easily to an all veggie diet rather than an all meat diet. ---
**Author:** ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-you-not-give-up/122758/3 "2002-08-07T13:25:30Z")
Crisps are ‘potato chips’ in the US. You missed the wine vs beer one. Ok, fruit Vs cheese? ---
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-you-not-give-up/122758/4 "2002-08-07T13:27:18Z")
Keepers would be… Crisps (assuming you mean Potato Chips for us Yanks) Beer (liquid bread, my friends; a meal in itself) Wine (notice how my choices allowed me to keep beer and wine) Bread (raw beer) Oranges Pasta Pizza Bagels Fruit Alcohol Vegetables I pretty much don’t eat dairy, and try to eat somewhat healthy stuff. No big loss doing without the eliminated foods. Looking the list over, I certainly am a carbohydrate whore. ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-you-not-give-up/122758/5 "2002-08-07T13:49:01Z")
Whixh to keep in fruit vs. cheese? That’s easy- Fruit. I hate cheese. Most foul substance man ever created IMHO. :mad: _d&r_ ---
**Author:** ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-you-not-give-up/122758/6 "2002-08-07T14:01:19Z")
Cheese is in my top five best things ever, so have to disagree most strongly, **jc**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-you-not-give-up/122758/7 "2002-08-07T14:07:50Z")
Great thread idea. (seems a bit IMHO flavoured though) Chocolate - a good dark chocolate. Beer. There are some very good real ales suitable for drinking with dinner. Wine Vs Cheese? Bread - I love good bread on its own. Apples - by a very small margin Rice. I can mop up tomatoey things with bread. I would miss my pilaus terribly if I had to give up rice. Pizza, definitely pizza. Bagels. I don’t eat them often, but a toasted bagel with cream cheese is heavenly. I don’t eat much cereal at all. Fruit, actually. Alcohol. Vegetables. Vegetables are what make a meal a meal. ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-you-not-give-up/122758/8 "2002-08-07T14:09:05Z")
I can’t decide on wine vs cheese. I can’t really split them up. ---
**Author:** ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-you-not-give-up/122758/9 "2002-08-07T14:12:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tansu \* > \*\*Great thread idea. (seems a bit IMHO flavoured though) > \*\* Emm…yes…can never really decide between IMHO and MPSIMS when its something like this. Probably always get it wrong. :o ---
**Author:** ![Ssarl\_the\_happy\_Martian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Ssarl\_the\_happy\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ssarl_the_happy_Martian)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-you-not-give-up/122758/10 "2002-08-07T14:13:10Z")
Chocolate Wine, the non alcoholic kind, for the purpose of communion 🙂 Cheese Bread (I already have cheese!) Apples Pasta Pizza Vs Burgers? No way. You are NOT dividing me on this one. I’d use eeny meeny miney mo or someting. Cereal Fruit Dairy Products (so much more healthy and I DO NOT like alchol at all!) Meat ---
**Author:** ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-you-not-give-up/122758/11 "2002-08-07T14:16:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tansu \* > \*\*I can’t decide on wine vs cheese. I can’t really split them up. \*\* The gun is at your head - decide, decide…decide now!!! 😉 Chardonnay or brie? Merlot or cheddar? What’s it gonna be…? What else would people find it difficult / impossible to choose between? ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-you-not-give-up/122758/12 "2002-08-07T17:44:58Z")
Crisps Vs Chocolate? I’d have to keep the Chocolate, don’t eat many chips anyway. Wine Vs Beer? Beer, I don’t drink much wine. Wine Vs Cheese? Cheese, don’t much eat it, but don’t drink much wine. Bread Vs Cheese? Bread, but hey I get to keep the cheese from above! Apples Vs Oranges? Ouch, tough one, probably the apples though. Rice Vs Pasta? love rice, but eat a lot more pasta. Pizza Vs Burgers? don’t care, but pizza I guess. Cereal Vs Bagels? Trying to kill me? I eat them both all the time, but I’ll have to keep the cereal. Fruit Vs Candy? Fruit, I get my chocolate from above anyway so the rest of the candy can go. Alcohol Vs Dairy Products? Dairy, what the hell am I going to eat my cereal with? Plus as before I get my beer from above. Plus I don’t think beer would go well with my cereal, I know the Dr. Pepper didn’t. :eek: Meat Vs Vegetables? Gotta keep the meat. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-you-not-give-up/122758/13 "2002-08-07T18:03:51Z")
Crisps Vs Chocolate? - Keep chocolate. A lot more versatile. Wine Vs Beer? -Since I drink neither, I will keep wine and have it all shipped to **Aro** for starting this thread Wine Vs Cheese? - Cheese. Too easy. Cheese rules. Bread Vs Cheese? - Cheese. While bread is good, cheese goes everywhere.’ Apples Vs Oranges? - Oranges. This one was tougher, but only because apple juice is so darn good. Rice Vs Pasta? - Pasta in a blowout. Pizza Vs Burgers? - Pizza, since most anything can be put on it. Cereal Vs Bagels? - Cereal. Anyone that looks in my pantry knows why. Currently 13 different types of cereal in it. Fruit Vs Candy? - Fruit. Wide variety, tastes good, and healthy. Alcohol Vs Dairy Products? - Dairy, but then I am not a drinker. Meat Vs Vegetables? - While I completely dig on meat, I do want to live longer and eating all veggies will make that more likely than all meat. ---
**Author:** ![WV\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@WV\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WV_Woman)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-you-not-give-up/122758/14 "2002-08-08T01:41:40Z")
My picks: **Crisps Vs Chocolate?** Chocolate. I can easily live without potato chips. **Wine Vs Beer?** I don’t drink so I could give up either one. **Wine Vs Cheese?** Cheese. **Bread Vs Cheese?** Bread. I don’t like cheese THAT much. **Apples Vs Oranges?** Apples. I never did learn to eat oranges correctly. I just peel them and suck out the juice. **Rice Vs Pasta?** Now _that_ is a hard one. On one hand I’m tempted to say rice because it’s so cheap … but that would mean no more chicken lo mein at China House … so I’ll have to say keep the pasta. **Pizza Vs Burgers?** Hmm. I prefer pizza but burgers _do_ have protein … nah. Pizza. **Cereal Vs Bagels?** Another hard one. I’d have to say cereal, though, as it comes in lots of varieties. **Fruit Vs Candy?** _winces_ Does “candy” mean ALL candy? If so, I’d pick candy. (I sure would miss my green grapes, though!) **Alcohol Vs Dairy Products?** Easy. Dairy. **Meat Vs Vegetables?** Hmm. For me this is chicken vs. potatoes. Being as you can do lots of stuff with a potato, I’d pick the potato but I wouldn’t be happy about it. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-you-not-give-up/122758/15 "2002-08-08T01:54:44Z")
My keepers… Crisps Vs Chocolate? Chocolate, hands down. Wine Vs Beer? I don’t drink either. I’ll give them both up to keep both of a pair to be named later. Wine Vs Cheese? Cheese. I love cheese. Bread Vs Cheese? Cheese again. I like bread, but I don’t eat it all that often. Apples Vs Oranges? Oranges. Rice Vs Pasta? Pasta. I think pasta can be prepared in a wider variety. Pizza Vs Burgers? Pizza. Cereal Vs Bagels? Cereal. Fruit Vs Candy? That’s a toughie, but fruit won out. Alcohol Vs Dairy Products? Dairy products. Meat Vs Vegetables? Meat. I like veggies, but I like meat more. ---
**Author:** ![Gopher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gopher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gopher)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-you-not-give-up/122758/16 "2002-08-08T02:07:40Z")
-Crisps Vs Chocolate? Chips. Mmm…grease. -Wine Vs Beer? Both can go. Yuck alcohol -Wine Vs Cheese? Don’t like both but cheese is sometimes good -Bread Vs Cheese? Bread cuz I’ll just the cheese from above 🙂 -Apples Vs Oranges? Oranges. -Rice Vs Pasta? Rice, I’ve been eating it my whole life. -Pizza Vs Burgers? Pizza. -Cereal Vs Bagels? Even though I eat cereal more, I’ll go with bagels. -Fruit Vs Candy? Gonna have to go with fruit even if candy tastes so much better. Can’t be without my vitamins. -Alcohol Vs Dairy Products? Dairy. I can’t survive without ice cream -Meat Vs Vegetables? Meat. I’ll just end up swallowing lots of vitamin supplements and what not. ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-you-not-give-up/122758/17 "2002-08-08T02:13:37Z")
Crisps Beer (“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy”-- attributed to good ol’ Ben Franklin\_ Cheese (gotta have my cheese!) Bread Apples Rice vs. Pasta… um, if “noodles” are considered pasta, then pasta. Burgers Bagels Fruit Dairy Meat vs. Vegetable – gotta have both. No go. ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-you-not-give-up/122758/18 "2002-08-08T02:48:54Z")
Chocolate- I’m female- chocolate always wins. Wine Cheese Bread Apples Pasta Pizza Cereal Candy? Dairy Products? Meat Vs Vegetables? ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-you-not-give-up/122758/19 "2002-08-08T02:57:37Z")
Chocolate Wine Cheese Cheese Oranges Rice Pizza Bagels Fruit Dairy Products Vegetables I like my cheese, in a big, big way. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-you-not-give-up/122758/20 "2002-08-08T03:04:04Z")
**Crisps Vs Chocolate?** Since I don’t care much for potato chips, I’ll keep the chocolate. **Wine Vs Beer?** Don’t drink much of either, but I’d probably keep beer. **Wine Vs Cheese?** I’d keep the cheese (see above). **Bread Vs Cheese?** Tough one, as I love cheese and sandwiches, not to mention cheese _on_ sandwiches. **Apples Vs Oranges?** Eaten as fruit, I prefer apples over oranges; if choosing apples means I can’t drink orange juice, then I’ll keep oranges. **Rice Vs Pasta?** Another tough one - I’d have to toss a coin. **Pizza Vs Burgers?** A toss-up again. **Cereal Vs Bagels?** Close call, but I think I’d go with bagels **Fruit Vs Candy?** I _should_ take fruit, but I’d probably take candy. **Alcohol Vs Dairy Products?** Since I hardly ever drink alcohol, I’ll go with dairy on this one. **Meat Vs Vegetables?** I’m a confirmed omnivore; this would be a tough one. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-you-not-give-up/122758.md?page=2)