If you could choose one food or drink to consume freely with zero consequence what would it be?
Magically, this food/drink won’t cause any adverse GI effects (heartburn, diarrhea, constipation, etc), won’t spike bloodsugar, won’t cause weight gain, won’t caffeinate you, won’t elicit any allergy response, and won’t get you drunk (sorry, not even a buzz).
You don’t have to purchase it or source it. It magically shows up to your home prepared to your liking, at the rate you wish to consume it. If it’s some sort of food usually prepared by someone who is now deceased, don’t worry - the elves have managed to recreate it perfectly.
Although it lacks “consequence” it still smells and tastes as usual. It does come with its regular amount of messiness, drippyness, chewyness, stickyness, etc. You will still experience the expected levels of excretion (but, you know, calmly).
You can eat/drink this item as often or as little as you want. You don’t HAVE to gorge. You do only get one shot at choosing, and it will keep showing up as long as you live. You don’t get to choose another item later.
So, what are you having?
I thought of this last night when I was craving a Coke Zero. I can only drink 12 oz. a day, as I’m too affected by caffeine. But really I would like to drink it all day, every day. In fact, if it didn’t affect my bloodsugar or weight, I think I might want regular Coke. The bubbles and the bite get me.
My mother was famous for making her Ambrosia Salad. It was made with fruit, marshmallows, and other things I can’t remember. She would make it for “special” occasions, which meant I got it 4-5 times a year while living at home. I found her recipe after she passed. I could easily eat it every day, but I don’t. It would be too tempting.
I know you said it doesn’t spike blood sugar or cause weight gain, but does that mean it has zero effective calories? Does it still contain any/all of it’s OTHER nutrition? Because if so, then I’d absolutely be leaning towards one of my favorite meat critter cuts - eat as much as I like, bulking out on that, plus a small serving of actual useful-for-living calories in a balanced diet and watch the weight loss come a-rollin’ in.
Second, how complicated are we talking about for “One” food - our existing examples of Ambrosia salad and nachos are wonderful constructions of many different things but still generally served as one dish I’d say.
But leaving these quibbles above, I’m currently pondering between ingredient-style meats (prime rib, duck) that can be made into countless variations at the low-low cost of free now, and some version of “yeasted bread” or “butter” which is kind of winning. Making all those lovely empty fat calories or carbs just go away would be… so very tempting.
Since I’m trying for gluttony here, I’ll say it has no nutritional value, being that it doesn’t spike bloodsugar or add bodyfat. It goes in, it comes out.
I thought about “whole food” versus “prepared food” but, like, a can of Coke Zero clearly has as many or more ingredients as a plate of nachos, so it can be either. An ingredient or a prepared food.
Not a whole meal, though. We can consider “ambrosia salad” a dish and “nachos” a dish but not “meatloaf and mashed potatoes”.
Since I didn’t give an actual answer yet, mine would probably be shellfish.
There was an episode of a show called ‘Dr. Odyssey’ (docs on a cruise ship) where a guy was very sick but they had trouble diagnosing him. Turns out he went so wild on the ‘all you can eat’ shrimp buffet that he gave himself iodine poisoning. The main doc was amazed, since it takes a ridiculous quantity of shrimp to poison oneself with iodine. I could be that guy (the shrimp-eater, not the doc).
Thanks! Well then, after a painful fight, “yeasted bread” wins for me. Sure it’s a cheap eat for gluttony, but I can eat endless breads of most sorts without qualms, and without some of those near-worrisome blood sugar issues. I’ll lose some of the gluttony to needing to restrain the toppings, but so be it.
Of course, if said “yeasted bread” is too general, I think I’ll go with duck. Because if whole ducks show up, and I’m not worried about waste the combination of duck soups, duck breast, and unlimited crispy duck skin without worry about fat/calories slightly wins out over other meat options. And while butter would be nice to eliminate from my diet, I would now have an unlimited amount of rendered DUCK FAT to cook EVERYTHING IN!!!
But you get one order one time, for a lifetime subscription. You can order an un-baked pizza with red sauce and cheese, and add toppings at home. But you can’t order a pepperoni pizza the next time.
