# What's your favorite lunch food that might make other people look at you funny? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 15, 2012, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-lunch-food-that-might-make-other-people-look-at-you-funny/625216 "2012-06-15T08:30:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-lunch-food-that-might-make-other-people-look-at-you-funny/625216/1 "2012-06-15T08:30:39Z")
One of mine is pork 'n beans and soda crackers. I can only eat half a can and rarely finish it off any time later, but I go thru at least half a sleeve of crackers. Another one is a raw Irish potato and salt. What’s your “Oh, boy!” food? ---
**Author:** ![Dereknocue67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@Dereknocue67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dereknocue67)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-lunch-food-that-might-make-other-people-look-at-you-funny/625216/2 "2012-06-15T09:32:38Z")
Oatmeal. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-lunch-food-that-might-make-other-people-look-at-you-funny/625216/3 "2012-06-15T09:59:33Z")
During the day? (Looking at you funny.) ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-lunch-food-that-might-make-other-people-look-at-you-funny/625216/4 "2012-06-15T10:05:29Z")
My husband’s go-to favs are Vienna susages (pronounced Vi-eenie) or those little cans of potted meat that don’t even pretend to be real or nutricious but they do list 911 as the number to call for other delicious recipes. ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-lunch-food-that-might-make-other-people-look-at-you-funny/625216/5 "2012-06-15T11:00:22Z")
Cheddar and mint sauce sandwiches. Tasty as all get out, but I haven’t met anyone who will even think about trying them before or instead of expressing their disgust. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-lunch-food-that-might-make-other-people-look-at-you-funny/625216/6 "2012-06-15T11:06:02Z")
Not unusual out here, but when I go back to the US I imagine I might get a few :dubious: at my passion for seaweed-flavored potato chips. ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-lunch-food-that-might-make-other-people-look-at-you-funny/625216/7 "2012-06-15T11:33:51Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > Not unusual out here, but when I go back to the US I imagine I might get a few :dubious: at my passion for seaweed-flavored potato chips. At least you don’t eat actual seaweed by the sheet. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-lunch-food-that-might-make-other-people-look-at-you-funny/625216/8 "2012-06-15T12:13:03Z")
Cottage cheese with cocoa powder and oat bran. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-lunch-food-that-might-make-other-people-look-at-you-funny/625216/9 "2012-06-15T13:14:07Z")
> [@Namkcalb](#): > > At least you don’t eat actual seaweed by the sheet. Speaking of… sometimes I’ll make rice and roll it up on seasoned nori sheets and eat that. The seasoned nori is indescribably delicious this way. My #1 greatest comfort food of all time is homemade, downmarket bibimbap. Rice or noodles, green onions, fried egg, sacha, soy sauce, sriracha, and furikake. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-lunch-food-that-might-make-other-people-look-at-you-funny/625216/10 "2012-06-15T14:23:50Z")
> [@Namkcalb](#): > > At least you don’t eat actual seaweed by the sheet. Ummm . . . I’ll certainly nosh on that a bit if it’s handy, but it’s not one of my _favorites_. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-lunch-food-that-might-make-other-people-look-at-you-funny/625216/11 "2012-06-15T15:18:36Z")
Every few weeks I make a cheeseball (cream cheese, Kraft Roka Blue and Kraft Old English in varying amounts along with finely chopped onions and a dash of worchestire sauce) and bring it in a big bowl with a box of Triscuits and graze on it all day long. So it’s kind of lunch I suppose. But it has, in the past, gotten me some strange looks. ---
**Author:** ![PJMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@PJMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PJMom)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-lunch-food-that-might-make-other-people-look-at-you-funny/625216/12 "2012-06-15T15:21:50Z")
A fresh baguette and water. (Does this mean I am destined for incarceration?) ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-lunch-food-that-might-make-other-people-look-at-you-funny/625216/13 "2012-06-15T15:24:07Z")
Tuna straight from the can (packed in olive oil). Tomato paste with hot sauce. Chick peas from a can. What? Stop lookin’ at me like that. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-lunch-food-that-might-make-other-people-look-at-you-funny/625216/14 "2012-06-15T15:27:25Z")
> [@Namkcalb](#): > > At least you don’t eat actual seaweed by the sheet. I eat [these](http://store.seasnax.com/SeaSnax-Classic-Single_p_8.html), which are just sheets of seaweed with salt and olive oil. They’re awesome. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-lunch-food-that-might-make-other-people-look-at-you-funny/625216/15 "2012-06-15T15:28:59Z")
> [@Stanislaus](#): > > Cheddar and mint sauce sandwiches. > > Tasty as all get out, but I haven’t met anyone who will even think about trying them before or instead of expressing their disgust. Hm, not all that different from making a sandwich out of cheddar, paper thin slices of apple and major grey chutney. Savory, sweet in combination and heavy on the umami. I know it is still somewhat popular in some circles, but I used to get the ewwwww! reaction from a basic liverwurst on rye with thin slices of red onion. Liverwurst is something you either like or hate, not very many people on the fence. Cottage cheese with a dab of horseradish on crackers. Very german but not commonly seen here. Bonus points for sprinkling with chopped parsley and paprika as garnish. ---
**Author:** ![newcomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e5b9ba/32.png) [@newcomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcomer)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-lunch-food-that-might-make-other-people-look-at-you-funny/625216/16 "2012-06-15T15:40:51Z")
[This soup](http://a1.urbancdn.com/w/s/1e/ffpmKvL3mcS66u-640m.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-lunch-food-that-might-make-other-people-look-at-you-funny/625216/17 "2012-06-15T15:50:52Z")
> [@newcomer](#): > > [This soup](http://a1.urbancdn.com/w/s/1e/ffpmKvL3mcS66u-640m.jpg) That looks good. What is it? I often get crackers and yogurt. Or a hot dog. The guys at the lunch counter look at me like I’m crazy. They celebrate when I eat like a man, by getting, say, a steak bomb. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-lunch-food-that-might-make-other-people-look-at-you-funny/625216/18 "2012-06-15T16:01:37Z")
> [@Missy2U](#): > > Every few weeks I make a cheeseball (cream cheese, Kraft Roka Blue and Kraft Old English in varying amounts along with finely chopped onions and a dash of worchestire sauce) and bring it in a big bowl with a box of Triscuits and graze on it all day long. So it’s kind of lunch I suppose. But it has, in the past, gotten me some strange looks. OMG. My husband rescued some cookbooks from an old lady who is going into a nursing home. Lots of them are from the 50s and 60s. We had fun looking through them, and found a cheeseball recipe that used “Kraft Old English”. We laughed and assumed it was something that hasn’t been available in thirty years. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-lunch-food-that-might-make-other-people-look-at-you-funny/625216/19 "2012-06-15T16:52:55Z")
Buncha freaks… all of you. ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-lunch-food-that-might-make-other-people-look-at-you-funny/625216/20 "2012-06-15T17:03:36Z")
Smoked Kippers on plain matzah. Usually gets me puzzled looks and, more often than not, requests to go eat it outdoors. “What’s that, that…_smell_?!? Ewwww!” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-lunch-food-that-might-make-other-people-look-at-you-funny/625216.md?page=2)