PrintWhat prepared food is "as good as it gets"?
While munching on a mini-Snickers the other evening, it occurred to me that it was a nearly perfect food. Not nutritionally, of course, but there is literally nothing I could think of to improve on it's chocolately, peanutty, caramely goodness. I guess that's why it is promoted as being so "satisfying".
What food do you think needs absolutely no alteration to make your life complete?
In your estimation
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27 Comments:
Cheese! Meat, chips, crackers, vegetables can all be dipped into liquid cheese, preferably salsa con queso, and be made more delicious.
PumpkinBear at 1:17AM on 04/21/08
Peanut Butter
paris221966 at 2:03AM on 04/21/08
Ok, here we go with the whole "guilty pleasure" thing ...
While there's lots you can do with a slice of good baked ham, if there's any in the fridge I'll make sure it's gone for ya'.
Potato chips.
Little Debbie Oatmeal Cream Pies.
A bag of chunks of imitation crab meat, extra chilled.
And finally ... Bugles. I once absent-mindedly ate a whole damn box without realizing I was doing so.
LunaPierCook at 4:55AM on 04/21/08
something that needs no help huh... clausen dill pickles perfectly chilled (sourdill with garlic please) a perfectly grilled (rare) hamburger with fresh garden tomato and a little horseradish mustard, a pint of Ben and Jerry's ice cream (cherry garcia) and a spoon. hmmm come to think of it that might also be my choice for a last meal. ;)
huney_bumper at 7:14AM on 04/21/08
Arby's curly fries
Myojo Chukazanmai Peking-style ramen or Shanghai-style noodles
S&B hot curry in a pouch
Nibbits -- I think that's only available in Hawaii, since I never saw the snacks when I went on vacation on the mainland
Panda raspberry flavored confection (chews)
Twinkies lol
Mug root beer. There's a sarsaparilla out there that's better, but I can't think of the company that does it.
Calpis (in America, Calpico) water
A lot of vending machine stuff in Japan is pretty awesome. The novelty of it is 50% of it though. :P
Oh there's a lot more, but I can't think of all of them right now.
Cassaendra at 7:38AM on 04/21/08
oops, I guess the ramen doesn't fit in, because you have to boil water...
:o
Cassaendra at 7:40AM on 04/21/08
Home grown tomatoes.
kjgibson at 11:16AM on 04/21/08
Archer Farms (Target) Blueberry Black Tea. Yum.
ChelleyD01 at 12:22PM on 04/21/08
Oreo Cookies
Pringles Plain (I can't stand the flavored ones)
Ronnybrook Vanilla Ice cream
Ummm to all three.
chisai at 12:26PM on 04/21/08
Reese's cups.
embolini9 at 1:16PM on 04/21/08
In no particular order:
Cadbury's Wispa
Jaffa cakes
Milky Way
Three Musketeers (the minty ones, with dark chocolate)
Lox (yes, I know, it's good on a bagel with cream cheese and all, but it's perfectly fine on its own)
Cheese (especially brie, but not only)
Pistachio ice cream
Kalamata olives
Nutella
Ans since I've mentioned them so lovingly before - Cluck-U wings :-)
I'll most likely think of a million other things, but that's it for now...
brooke29 at 3:42PM on 04/21/08
@brooke29 - You're so funny! You know what you've done, don't you? Now I have to drive to NJ for Cluck U!!! It's not quite the same - just licking the sauce off your finger instead of a wing -it just doesn't do it. BTW - my hubby downloaded the message from the Cluck U guy when he called him last week - in his best gravelly NJ accent - we played it over and over. It was a hoot!!!
@Cassaendra - I am so with you on the Arby's curly fries! And I forgot some of my favorite high-fat snacks: Fritos, Ruffles and Cheezits - I really can't have those in the house more than once a year!
frederika at 4:30PM on 04/21/08
@frederika.........WHAT NJ accent???????????? I'm not aware of any except a smidgen around Nurk Airport, but that's it! Philly and NYC maybe, but not Jersey. Joisey is NYC speak.
PerkyMac at 4:56PM on 04/21/08
@LunaPierCook - are you my husband?? Oatmeal Creme Pies are possibly his favorite thing in the world - I think he is having an affair with Little Debbie.
Reese's Cups (plain - not crazy about the jacked up flavored ones)
Moose Track's Ice Cream
Canada Dry Cranberry Gingerale
Polar Cranberry Lime Soda
Cape Cod Robust Russet Potato Chips - so dark brown and extra crunchy
Friendly Ice Cream's Swiss Chocolate Sundae Sauce
SayWhat at 5:01PM on 04/21/08
Oysters on the 1/2 shell.
izatryt at 5:03PM on 04/21/08
Sorry! You said prepared!! Well they have to be prepared to eat them, right?
izatryt at 5:05PM on 04/21/08
I second the peanut butter! Maybe a squirt of honey, but that's just being decandent :)
Carosone at 5:43PM on 04/21/08
@frederika - I've been meaning to ask you if you found some wings to go with that sauce! Better yet, just take that drive to NJ and we'll get a bucket or two of Cluck U together!:-) Unless you have magical fingers that taste like wings when you dip the in the sauce (can you hear Homer Simpson: "Mmm...magical fingers!":-)), without the wings it's just a tease!
And yes, Arby's curly fries - of course, how could I forget about them!
brooke29 at 6:20PM on 04/21/08
Cheese curls. The real cheap house-brand kind that turns everything orange.
RichardCrystal at 1:46PM on 04/22/08
Mars Bars. The Canadian/European kind in the black wrapper with no almonds. Kinda like an American Milky Way, I guess.
Also Rolo ice cream.
blush at 3:40PM on 04/22/08
Jalapeno cheddar cheetohs.
renzata at 3:48PM on 04/22/08
@brooke29 - Sorry about the NJ accent thing! (but he really did have one! maybe he actually moved to Jersey from NYC?) Not like my mid-west accent couldn't be recognized anywhere in the Western world in a minute!!! I'm going to have the hubby work on the guy to make him ship wings with the sauce the next time... seriously... I'm dead serious...
frederika at 6:50PM on 04/22/08
I think it would have to be mcvities hob nobs.
jennywenny at 6:42PM on 04/23/08
Crazy corn, the original one. Salted sunflower seeds. Then move away from the salt affair with a pint of Ben & Jerry's Phish Food.
hatlady at 6:55PM on 04/23/08
Ritz Crackers?
Karen Resta at 7:20PM on 04/23/08
I am going to take this as prepared for me as well..:) Here's what I can think of:
The Bobbie-I have already discussed this (sorry JudyV)
The Capastrami-from the same place as the Bobbie
Cluck U-Agreed. That's some good stuff
Chili Cheese Hot Dog-from the Dog House
Peanut Butter-Chunky, Extra Chunky, or creamy I'll eat it all (but not the reduced fat kind-that stuff is awful)
French Fries
Reduced Fat Oreos-can't taste the difference
Ice Cream-any flavor but Butter Pecan
Kettle Cooked Potato Chips
Butrflygirly at 7:32PM on 04/23/08
@jennywenny - YES!!!!! I completely forgot. I could eat an entire roll of them in one sitting and completely ignore the fact that they're like 200 calories a piece. I'm the same way with Thin Mints.
embolini9 at 10:29AM on 04/24/08