# What is your standard, fallback, baseline food you can eat at anytime? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 28, 2006, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-standard-fallback-baseline-food-you-can-eat-at-anytime/362459 "2006-06-28T06:03:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-standard-fallback-baseline-food-you-can-eat-at-anytime/362459/21 "2006-06-28T12:43:57Z")
Curry, hot…very! ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-standard-fallback-baseline-food-you-can-eat-at-anytime/362459/22 "2006-06-28T12:46:47Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > Toasted cheese and vegemite sandwiches Vegemite??? :eek: Surely you jest ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-standard-fallback-baseline-food-you-can-eat-at-anytime/362459/23 "2006-06-28T13:17:59Z")
Cold cereal with milk. I like SO many different kinds: Honey Bunches of Oats, Life, Frosted Mini Wheats, Yogurt Burst Cheerios…even Fruity Pebbles or Lucky Charms if I’m craving something really sweet. Those are just the tip of the iceburg. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-standard-fallback-baseline-food-you-can-eat-at-anytime/362459/24 "2006-06-28T13:21:30Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Ditto. ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-standard-fallback-baseline-food-you-can-eat-at-anytime/362459/25 "2006-06-28T13:26:03Z")
PB&J. Rice and beans. Eggs over-easy and toast. (I’ve had it twice for dinner so far this week due to a failure of imagination, energy, and my husband’s ability to bring home _all_ the items on the grocery list.) And just toast in general. Ain’t no such thing as too much toast. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-standard-fallback-baseline-food-you-can-eat-at-anytime/362459/26 "2006-06-28T13:27:21Z")
Pizza. And potatoes. Not together, of course. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-standard-fallback-baseline-food-you-can-eat-at-anytime/362459/27 "2006-06-28T13:43:13Z")
Two and a half crushed Weet Bix with warm milk and honey drizzled on top. If I have 10 minutes mashed potato with tinned corned beef, tuna or salmon mashed through with cheese and maybe corn niblets. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-standard-fallback-baseline-food-you-can-eat-at-anytime/362459/28 "2006-06-28T13:44:50Z")
> [@chriscya](#): > > I am not necessarily talking about “comfort food” but I am sure that many people’s comfort food and “Standard, baseline, fallback food” are the same things. Scrambled eggs with a little hot sauce and some sour cream. Or soft boiled eggs over toast. I love eggs… ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-standard-fallback-baseline-food-you-can-eat-at-anytime/362459/29 "2006-06-28T13:45:38Z")
Buttered toast and a glass of milk. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-standard-fallback-baseline-food-you-can-eat-at-anytime/362459/30 "2006-06-28T13:46:34Z")
Cereal PB&J Stouffer’s Mac and Cheese, larger size ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-standard-fallback-baseline-food-you-can-eat-at-anytime/362459/31 "2006-06-28T14:16:58Z")
Grapenuts cereal. It is like people kibble. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-standard-fallback-baseline-food-you-can-eat-at-anytime/362459/32 "2006-06-28T14:25:25Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Pizza. And potatoes. Not together, of course. Why not? A place near where I used to live did a pizza with rosemary baked potato wedges, chicken, bacon, onions, peppers and herbs. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-standard-fallback-baseline-food-you-can-eat-at-anytime/362459/33 "2006-06-28T14:29:05Z")
> [@Sierra Indigo](#): > > Potatoes! > > You can boil 'em, steam 'em, mash 'em, fry 'em, roast 'em, bake 'em in cheese sauce and eat them with anything else you’ve got lying around the house. > > Taters make me happy on the inside. A big, cast-iron frying pan **full** of potatos, crispy & brown, is a hellava fine breakfast. Bacon only makes things better. Indeed, Bacon & Potatos are the “eat anytime” choice for me! ---
**Author:** ![montana\_cricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@montana\_cricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/montana_cricket)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-standard-fallback-baseline-food-you-can-eat-at-anytime/362459/34 "2006-06-28T14:30:17Z")
Breakfast of any sort EXCEPT cold cereal or oatmeal. And of course, Pizza! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-standard-fallback-baseline-food-you-can-eat-at-anytime/362459/35 "2006-06-28T14:35:01Z")
Peanut butter and syrup served on a warmed torilla. ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-standard-fallback-baseline-food-you-can-eat-at-anytime/362459/36 "2006-06-28T14:37:12Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > Peanut butter and syrup served on a warmed torilla. Oh yeah, that one too. _nods_ ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-standard-fallback-baseline-food-you-can-eat-at-anytime/362459/37 "2006-06-28T14:37:25Z")
> [@Susie Derkins](#): > > Cold cereal with milk. I like SO many different kinds: Honey Bunches of Oats, Life, Frosted Mini Wheats, Yogurt Burst Cheerios…even Fruity Pebbles or Lucky Charms if I’m craving something really sweet. Those are just the tip of the iceburg. Me too…although I like \*\*Cocoa \*\* Pebbles! ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-standard-fallback-baseline-food-you-can-eat-at-anytime/362459/38 "2006-06-28T14:38:44Z")
Pizza pie for me, too – it’s the perfect meal, anytime, anywhere, hot or cold. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-standard-fallback-baseline-food-you-can-eat-at-anytime/362459/39 "2006-06-28T14:38:45Z")
Soup. Homemade soup, canned soup, soup from the salad bar at the grocery store, doesn’t matter. I’d eat soup for every meal if my family wouldn’t kill me. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-standard-fallback-baseline-food-you-can-eat-at-anytime/362459/40 "2006-06-28T14:40:06Z")
For grabbing food when I’m out to take home with me- cheap chinese fast food is the closest thing to an addiction I have. I have to really fight to NOT get it once a week… I have lost that battle for two straight months… For cooking at home- stir fry. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-standard-fallback-baseline-food-you-can-eat-at-anytime/362459.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-standard-fallback-baseline-food-you-can-eat-at-anytime/362459.md?page=3)