# What's the strangest thing you've eaten out of sheer munchies? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 16, 2004, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-thing-youve-eaten-out-of-sheer-munchies/269532 "2004-10-16T08:39:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-thing-youve-eaten-out-of-sheer-munchies/269532/21 "2004-10-16T19:55:27Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > Not me, but my brother: stoned off their minds, he and his friend are jonesing for some goodies, but are too wasted to go to the store. They check their cupboards for munchies: nada. > > So they ended up having sugar on toast. With butter. Uh. That’s weird? I used to eat that occasionally as a kid. Tastes even better when you add cinnamon too. ---
**Author:** ![Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harriet_the_Spry)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-thing-youve-eaten-out-of-sheer-munchies/269532/22 "2004-10-16T20:01:54Z")
> [@ava](#): > > One time, my roommates and I were really drunk and didn’t feel like cooking much. We gathered up everything we could make and ended up eating spam and cheese wrapped in seaweed. It was actually quite tasty, but I am too scared to try it sober. I Hawaii I actually remember seeing Spam sushi (Spam and rice wrapped in nori). So you are really not that far off from a genuine delicacy. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-thing-youve-eaten-out-of-sheer-munchies/269532/23 "2004-10-16T20:13:13Z")
Chocolate syrup on shredding wheat biscuits. Actually, any thing sweet on a shredded wheat biscuit is good. I’ve also had “fried egg on toast”: peach half on pound slice with whipped cream ---
**Author:** ![Freejooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba8739/32.png) [@Freejooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freejooky)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-thing-youve-eaten-out-of-sheer-munchies/269532/24 "2004-10-16T21:57:06Z")
Once, i woke up in the morning (still drunk) and ate cereal with Bailey’s irish cream on it instead of milk - on purpose. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-thing-youve-eaten-out-of-sheer-munchies/269532/25 "2004-10-16T22:27:20Z")
> [@scott evil](#): > > I eat entire tubes of soda crackers sober, and have since I was a kid. However, they became the most delicious things in the world at this one party where I was totally stoned. > > My pothead ex and I used to plan our munchies before smoking so we wouldn’t end up eating just anything, or having to fumble around in the kitchen. (Much.) **The best thing _evar_ was our saucy, cheesy pizza, which we’d prepare ahead of time and bake once baked.** Flatbread smothered in cheap store-bought pizza sauce and topped with shredded mozzarella and cheddar. > > Then soft and chewy white chocolate chip cookies. > > That was a fun summer. (Bolding mine) Oh god, there is _nothing_ better than a homemade pizza when you’re high. I have to agree with you. It’s a good thing you prepared it beforehand, too; I’ve been to a party where we were making homemade pizzas, and we made three throughout the course of the night; the first two were fine, but we didn’t make the third until after the Popov started pouring and the pipes started sparking, and it was such a disgusting mess. Gobs and gobs of cheese, pepperonis scattered about haphazardly…it was funny, but a little sickening. As far as the weird things I’ve eaten stoned…the first time I was ever high (on weed) was when I ate some dope brownies with some of my friends at a college immersion thing at UCSD where we all lived in the dorms and such, and we all went over to the free student cafe afterwards. I quickly stormed up an interesting plate: cheese, black olives, a banana, a muffin and some crackers. Basically, I hit the salad bar and just went “hey, that looks good…this too, and so does that…” and threw things on. I eat sushi high fairly often. Some people would think that’s weird (I used to, before I moved to California). It’s practically a staple food in San Diego, though, so I don’t think much of it these days. ---
**Author:** ![Live\_Better\_Electrically](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@Live\_Better\_Electrically](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Live_Better_Electrically)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-thing-youve-eaten-out-of-sheer-munchies/269532/26 "2004-10-16T22:51:08Z")
I ate a bouillion cube once. It was gross. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-thing-youve-eaten-out-of-sheer-munchies/269532/27 "2004-10-17T01:33:01Z")
Well, since I don’t drink or do drugs, I’m sorry to say that these have been tried while sober: Peanut butter and dill pickles on pumpernickle bread Flattened hot dog roll, topped with butter and microwaved for about 30 seconds (we were very poor) Hot dog roll with ketchup (like I said, we were poor) Tuna (with mayo) on graham crackers I love plain shredded wheat cereal Shoo-Fly Pie My grandfather has been known to make some bizzare combinations: Peanut butter with onions Steak marinated in Kool-Aid These are the two strangest ones. I forget the rest. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-thing-youve-eaten-out-of-sheer-munchies/269532/28 "2004-10-17T01:52:15Z")
Peanut butter and salami on rye, grilled (this is really good). Popcorn sprinkled with raw, from-the-box Jello. Anchovies and scallions and capers, mixed together with peanut butter. Horseradish on crackers. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-thing-youve-eaten-out-of-sheer-munchies/269532/29 "2004-10-17T02:10:49Z")
Once during a money crisis I spent two weeks eating whatever was left in the fridge, which got worse and worse till the end. Peanut-butter and Jelly on a Tortilla=pretty good Running out of peanut butter became Jelly on a Tortilla=really missing something then Jarred Spaghetti sauce on a Tortilla= not too bad Pickle relish on a tortilla= pretty nasty. Ketchup packets on a Tortilla= really nasty. Tartar sauce on a tortilla= beyond nasty Tartar sauce on stale saltines= I don’t wanna talk about it. ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-thing-youve-eaten-out-of-sheer-munchies/269532/30 "2004-10-17T04:14:44Z")
My husband loves brandy cream on coco-pops. No milk, just brandy cream. I’ve done strange things with food when there’s been nothing much in the house to eat. Once I had some bread, a tin of tuna and some vegemite, and that was about it. I couldn’t make up my mind whether to eat the tuna or the vegemite, so I toasted the bread, spread it with butter and vegemite, and then added tuna. You know what? It actually tastes really nice that way. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Roscoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@Captain\_Roscoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Roscoe)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-thing-youve-eaten-out-of-sheer-munchies/269532/31 "2004-10-17T20:15:13Z")
My current favourite is a toasted Kellogg’s Frostie cereal sandwich. Hot buttered toast, with lots and lots of Frosties inside. Mmmm! Another one was giant chocolate buttons dipped in Spicy Chicken Pot Noodles. That was more of a curiosity thing, but it paid off. Also Bailey’s Irish Cream in McDonalds McFlurry’s. Amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-thing-youve-eaten-out-of-sheer-munchies/269532/32 "2004-10-17T20:24:28Z")
A peanut butter and scrambled egg sandwich. My dad had one at a truck stop once and recommended it for me when I told him what I had in the fridge and that I didn’t think I could do PB&J or straight scrambled eggs again. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-thing-youve-eaten-out-of-sheer-munchies/269532/33 "2004-10-17T20:38:57Z")
Chocolate sandwich. That is, toasted white bread, semi-sweet chocolate melted in between, and cararmel sauce dribbled on top. I kid you not, they served us this for _dinner_ in the cafeteria the other night. On my own…dry ramen’s good. I’ve also cut up soy-based immitation canadian bacon into a can of Spaghetti-O’s, and eaten it cold. Quite good, actually. I haven’t yet tried it, but I’ve run into a couple people who swear by [Frito Salad](http://www.creativehomemaking.com/cookbook/viewrecipe.php?id=1069130240&category=Mexican). ---
**Author:** ![Necro\_Romancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/50afbb/32.png) [@Necro\_Romancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necro_Romancer)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-thing-youve-eaten-out-of-sheer-munchies/269532/34 "2004-10-17T20:46:31Z")
Aside from the cheap produce, I sometimes get more exotic foods from an Iranian market around here. One early morning, (2am-ish) I decided to fry up some bacon and eggs and put it in a pita with pickled eggplant and humus. It was disgusting…but you probably knew that already. ---
**Author:** ![jujuju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@jujuju](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jujuju)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-thing-youve-eaten-out-of-sheer-munchies/269532/35 "2004-10-17T20:53:04Z")
i came home hungry and decided to fry up the pork chops in the fridge. i got out the flour, meat, salt and pepper and breaded and fried one of my favorite foods. sat down to eat with my then bf and low and behold! they weren’t pork chops!! left over honey baked ham. breaded and deep fried. it was yummy! haven’t been able to repeat the process though ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-thing-youve-eaten-out-of-sheer-munchies/269532/36 "2004-10-17T23:21:53Z")
I’m hungry and without much disposable income at the moment so I just rummaged through my cabinets (which’re quite bare) and threw together some cottage cheese, old croutons, some olives, mushrooms, and french dressing. Not that bad, actually. Not filling at all though. > [@NinjaChick](#): > > I haven’t yet tried it, but I’ve run into a couple people who swear by [Frito Salad](http://www.creativehomemaking.com/cookbook/viewrecipe.php?id=1069130240&category=Mexican). Remove the ranch and that is quite good, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Daerlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Daerlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daerlyn)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-thing-youve-eaten-out-of-sheer-munchies/269532/37 "2004-10-17T23:24:26Z")
I was at a friend’s house several years ago, and itching for some snack food. I ended up eating some saltines spread with mayonnaise. It was really good at the time, but I later tried a repeat experience and wasn’t impressed. I also love peanut butter and mayo. Real mayo though, not ‘salad dressing’. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-thing-youve-eaten-out-of-sheer-munchies/269532/38 "2004-10-17T23:29:17Z")
My first job was at a grocery store, and one night I didn’t have any cash, but I was on my break and starving. So, I went over to our little sitting area, found a sandwhich bun, some oyster crackers, and salad dressing. And made myself a cracker sandwhich. It wasn’t that BAD, per se, but it’s not something I make on regular basis. And once when I was younger, at a friend’s house: cornflakes, peanut butter and sugar. ---
**Author:** ![Scarface\_Z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Scarface\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarface_Z)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-thing-youve-eaten-out-of-sheer-munchies/269532/39 "2004-10-18T01:15:02Z")
strange things i’ve eaten (in no particular order 1. clover (not just a sprig or two, like over a pound) 2. guinea hen eggs, raw 3. roadkill deer (hey we saw it get hit so it was fresh) 4. Conch fritters (granted not as strange as the others) 5. sauerkraut soup (a western poland delicacy) 6. perogies with prune filling 7. chipped beef on toast (liked it too, also like corned beef hash) 8. a turkey stuffed with a cornish game hen 9. paper…lot’s of it (really trying to make ten) 10. you know that “make it bacon” thing they have at mcdonalds for like $0.59? i had them put bacon on my chicken nuggets, divine… yes i have actually eaten and enjoyed all of these things 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-thing-youve-eaten-out-of-sheer-munchies/269532/40 "2004-10-18T01:26:19Z")
> [@Scarface Z](#): > > 1. sauerkraut soup (a western poland delicacy) Question-does it have mushrooms and little egg noodles? My mother makes that every Christmas-it’s the ONLY time I’ll eat saurkraut-it’s soooo good! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-thing-youve-eaten-out-of-sheer-munchies/269532.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-thing-youve-eaten-out-of-sheer-munchies/269532.md?page=3)