# Your most shameful culinary practices **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [March 23, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-shameful-culinary-practices/938498 "2021-03-23T15:42:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 26
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-shameful-culinary-practices/938498/504 "2021-04-27T17:08:35Z")
I bet you say the same thing about spray cheese. “It’s the only way to get the cats to take a pill!” 😉 ---
**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:** [April 27, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-shameful-culinary-practices/938498/505 "2021-04-27T17:11:35Z")
1. There is nothing “culinary” about spray cheese. 2. Applied to Club crackers and washed down with semi-cheap beer while watching a ballgame, spray cheese can be quite…adequate. 3. **Why am I being persecuted?!?** 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-shameful-culinary-practices/938498/506 "2021-04-27T17:47:04Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > I refuse to use Cool Whip. That can be someone else’s dirty shame. Dibs! ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-shameful-culinary-practices/938498/507 "2021-04-27T17:49:23Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Why am I being persecuted?!? Not persecuted. Shunned. ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-shameful-culinary-practices/938498/508 "2021-04-27T18:46:48Z")
You forgot the can of smoked oysters ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-shameful-culinary-practices/938498/509 "2021-04-27T18:50:24Z")
I tried to eat a can of kippers yesterday. Every 20 years or so whether I need to or not. Ended up giving the last half to the cats. They didn’t finish it. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-shameful-culinary-practices/938498/510 "2021-04-27T22:52:12Z")
That there is redneck affogatto. I’ve also been accused of ghooshing whipped cream straight from the nozzle. Rightfully. Also, once, aerosol cheese. In my defence, I was drunk on bourbon. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-shameful-culinary-practices/938498/511 "2021-04-28T14:00:57Z")
The talk of whipped cream canisters reminded me of a truly shameful (culinary related) practice from when I was a teenager working as a busboy-- I and the other teenage workers would do what we called “whipped creamers”. The propellant in whipped cream canisters was nitrous oxide, so we would inhale the propellant from the upright can for a quick, short-lived buzz (holding the can upright caused the propellant but not the whipped cream to escape). Sometimes we would tip the can upside-down and give ourselves a mouthful of whipped cream while we were at it. I remember the restaurant manager one time complaining about how many defective cans we kept getting that were still mostly full of whipped cream but out of propellant. Yes, it was stupid. Yes, it involved our mouths coming in direct contact with the nozzles, so was unsanitary. I was like 14 or 15 when I participated-- as I got a little older and graduated to cook, I not only stopped the practice, I adopted a firm rule of not serving any food to anybody that I wouldn’t want someone else to serve to me. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-shameful-culinary-practices/938498/512 "2021-04-28T14:10:41Z")
I was reading that during WW2, meat was valuable but American housewives were reluctant to eat organ meats. The meat industry hired a psychologist to see how to persuade people to like them. Although very nutritious, there was the perception this was lower class food of poor taste and texture. By playing up the nutrition angle, about half of people could be persuaded to overcome their stereotypes as long as no one brought up the disadvantages. I bet the appetizer was good and that you made the “mistake” of divulging the ingredients. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-shameful-culinary-practices/938498/513 "2021-04-28T14:11:19Z")
Is there any food that isn’t improved by wrapping it in bacon? ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-shameful-culinary-practices/938498/514 "2021-04-28T14:17:21Z")
I’m trying to think of something, but all it’s doing is making me want to try wrapping everything in bacon. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-shameful-culinary-practices/938498/515 "2021-04-28T16:01:53Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > Is there any food that isn’t improved by wrapping it in bacon? Some food degrades bacon so much that the result is not pleasant. I’m thinking of lime Jello with bacon in it. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-shameful-culinary-practices/938498/516 "2021-04-28T16:15:09Z")
You do not know until you try. And I’m thinking bacon wrapped pickles should be a thing. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-shameful-culinary-practices/938498/517 "2021-04-28T16:20:46Z")
_Deep-fried_ bacon-wrapped pickles. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-shameful-culinary-practices/938498/518 "2021-04-28T18:03:14Z")
Deep-fried bacon-wrapped pickles with **whipped cream**. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-shameful-culinary-practices/938498/519 "2021-04-28T18:09:51Z")
Eh, I mean, still sounds pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-shameful-culinary-practices/938498/520 "2021-04-28T20:39:12Z")
The Gallery of Regrettable Food clearly proves that jello goes with almost anything. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-shameful-culinary-practices/938498/521 "2021-04-28T21:44:52Z")
I want fried chicken. There isn’t a fried chicken place near me, and I haven’t done any traveling in forever. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-shameful-culinary-practices/938498/522 "2021-04-28T22:42:24Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > _Deep-fried_ bacon-wrapped pickles Been there, done that: > **[Bacon Wrapped Fried Pickles Recipe](https://www.centsablemomma.com/bacon-wrapped-fried-pickles-recipe/)** > > I love both bacon and pickles!  Which makes this Bacon Wrapped Fried Pickles recipe so delicious!  Basically, you wrap a pickle in bacon, add a crumb coating, and bake in the oven for 10 minutes ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-shameful-culinary-practices/938498/523 "2021-04-28T22:46:33Z")
Sounds delicious, but maybe the recipe should be called baked bacon pickles? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-shameful-culinary-practices/938498.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-shameful-culinary-practices/938498.md?page=27)