# What is Your Favorite Snack Food to Make? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 30, 2011, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-snack-food-to-make/587360 "2011-06-30T04:45:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-snack-food-to-make/587360/1 "2011-06-30T04:45:56Z")
I have 2: #1- Soften 2 blocks of lowfat cream cheese. Take a can of salmon, clean out all the yucky bits- skin, bones, etc. Smoosh up with your hands. Finely dice onion to taste. Dump in a bowl together. Add about 1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt & several dashes of Worchestershire sauce, mix well. Eat on crackers-I like Triscuit. #2- Brown 1 lb breakfast sausage & 1 large onion, diced. Drain well. Mix up a double batch of Bisquick according to package. Dump in the sausage & onions, and about 2 cups os shredded cheese. I like 1/2 cheddar, 1/2 mozarella. Mix well. Cover cookie sheets with foil, lightly spray with non-stick spray. Drop biscuits by spoonfulls, bake till done. Eat for several days. YUM. What do you guys like? Looking for yummy, easy snack recipes. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2011, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-snack-food-to-make/587360/2 "2011-06-30T04:49:01Z")
Heat a can of chilli with 1/2 cup hot salsa and about 1/2 lb of Velveeta. Eat with tortilla chips. It’s about as low-brow as you can get and it’s fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-snack-food-to-make/587360/3 "2011-06-30T05:23:42Z")
I’m a simple gal - cheddar cheese and Ritz crackers. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-snack-food-to-make/587360/4 "2011-06-30T06:04:32Z")
Smoked Oysters, Italian Dry salami, mozzerella cheese on a Triscuit. ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-snack-food-to-make/587360/5 "2011-06-30T06:23:31Z")
Cheese fries with sriracha-spiked ketchup. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-snack-food-to-make/587360/6 "2011-07-01T21:00:41Z")
Wow, OP, the salmon thing sounds GREAT! I’ll have to try that next week. Mine is smoked oysters on whole-wheat Ritz crackers with a squirt of mustard. I’m salivating just thinking about it. Trader Joe’s sweet potato fries with sriracha-spiked ketchup is probably my next favorite :D. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-snack-food-to-make/587360/7 "2011-07-01T21:05:50Z")
> [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](#): > > Cheese fries with **sriracha** -spiked ketchup. I just discovered that stuff. It’s kinda expensive, but I think I can modify dead cheap [Valentina](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentina_(sauce)) to simulate it. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-snack-food-to-make/587360/8 "2011-07-01T21:27:08Z")
Expensive? Sriracha? ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-snack-food-to-make/587360/9 "2011-07-01T21:35:27Z")
Yeah, a giant bottle that lasts me 9-10 months is $4. If I remember it’s $2.50 at the Asian grocery. Unless you’re buying it pre-mixed, which in that case would probably be pricey. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-snack-food-to-make/587360/10 "2011-07-01T21:38:09Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > Expensive? Sriracha? Compared with Valentina ($2/liter) just about everything is expensive. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-snack-food-to-make/587360/11 "2011-07-01T21:40:27Z")
Ditto. Sriracha is about as cheap as you can get around here. I usually buy 2 bottles at a time. Two snacks: the easiest is pouring half a bottle of Pickapeppa sauce over a block of cream cheese. Eat with Wheat Thins. The other is home-made Chex-Mix. Infinite possibilities. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-snack-food-to-make/587360/12 "2011-07-01T21:44:56Z")
Warmed tortilla slathered with a generous dollop of hummus or baba ganoush and garnished with a couple of pickled jalepeno slices and rolled up. ---
**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-snack-food-to-make/587360/13 "2011-07-01T21:58:25Z")
Little Darlin’s Fresh bread sliced into 4 pieces. Toast one side lightly toast the other. Fry up some bacon. Cut each strip into two pieces. Slice kraft cheese slices into four pieces. Place cheese and bacon on each piece of bread. Place in oven on broil. Good with soup. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-snack-food-to-make/587360/14 "2011-07-01T23:52:42Z")
> [@lindsaybluth](#): > > Wow, OP, the salmon thing sounds GREAT! I’ll have to try that next week. Yup, it is pretty amazing. If you try it, let me know what you think! ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-snack-food-to-make/587360/15 "2011-07-02T00:03:04Z")
Pa amb tomaquet. With jamon serrano, or boquerones if I can get them. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-snack-food-to-make/587360/16 "2011-07-02T00:15:20Z")
Peanut butter\* and honey on toast. I am a woman of simple tastes. - crunchy ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-snack-food-to-make/587360/17 "2011-07-02T00:50:20Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > …the easiest is pouring half a bottle of Pickapeppa sauce over a block of cream cheese. Eat with Wheat Thins… I do a variant of this. Spread cream cheese on each cracker, then a dash of Pickapeppa. Top with carrot shavings and fresh green onion. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-snack-food-to-make/587360/18 "2011-07-02T02:11:57Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > I just discovered that stuff. It’s kinda expensive, but I think I can modify dead cheap [Valentina](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentina_(sauce)) to simulate it. Valentina tastes a good bit different than Sriracha. Valentina-spiked ketchup will taste fine, I’m sure, but Sriracha is thicker, spicier, a little sweeter, a lot more garlicky, and (perhaps most importantly) a good bit less vinegary than Valentina. Do yourself a favor. Give yourself the permission to spend the $3-$5 for a bottle of Sriracha. You won’t regret it. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-snack-food-to-make/587360/19 "2011-07-02T02:21:57Z")
And of course lately it’s been homemade salsa, dirt cheap to make in the summertime: seeded and chopped stem tomatoes, chopped vidalias (or red onions for more tang), chopped cilantro, salt and fresh lime juice. Jalapenos optional, served with [Snyders of Hanover white corn chips](http://www.walmart.com/ip/Snyder-s-of-Hanover-White-Corn-The-Pounder-Tortilla-Chips-16-oz/10804560). Almost as healthy as baked! Trader Joe’s, if you have 'em nearby, has baked blue corn chips which are pretty healthy. Babybel cheeses in a pinch are always great with good melba toast, though it’s been so long since I’ve bought melba toast that I forget what kind I like :(. ETA: Also, a little Sriracha goes a long way. Tabasco and the like I blow through. If you’re hesitant to buy it, try to go to an Asian lunch joint and take some to go in a small plastic container. They should have it on the counters. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-snack-food-to-make/587360/20 "2011-07-02T02:51:15Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Give yourself the permission to spend the $3-$5 for a bottle of Sriracha. You won’t regret it. Need to find it someplace besides Jewel. Mexican groceries? We have plenty. East Asian groceries? I may find more in Glen Ellyn, but they will charge the Glen Ellyn surcharge and Trader Joe’s stopped selling it. Dude, when I get a job we have to go places and eat things. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-snack-food-to-make/587360.md?page=2)