Most ridiculous food-craving acts?
Sometimes the urge strikes, and it strikes HARD. :) I know we've all done potentially embarrassing things to satisfy that rumbling in our tummies or to grab a bite of that craving--and I'm not talking about eating ice cream out of the freezer at midnight, either. That's nothing. Any funny stories to share?
To start off with:
-Dumpster diving for bread (in my defense, it is THE BEST bread around, I hadn't had it for a year since I went to college, and the bakery was closed! Closed! after I'd trekked a mile to get there!!)
-Fridge crawling on the very last night before dorms closed at college. My friend scrounged fridges for appetizing leftovers, and I ended up eating half of someone's barely-touched Whole Foods carrot cake. Happy Birthday to you, Antho-(rest of name eaten)
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9 Comments:
I was 8 months pregnant, there was a raging blizzard outside, it was about 9:30 at night, and I have night blindness...but me and my unborn baby NEEDED to have chinese food from the little place down the street. My feet were so swollen from the pregnancy that I couldn't wear boots or shoes...so out I shuffled into the snow with my bedroom slippers on. Spent 25 minutes digging my car out of the snow drifts, got into the car and went down the street and ate the most fabulously greasy pot stickers and teriyaki strips EVER. Yum.
juliebugsmama at 4:41PM on 08/18/08
Pantry foraging for the late night sweet craving I discovered: Graham cracker crumbs not used for pie crust eaten from a bowl with milk and peanut butter. That's really bad, isn't it? Need a serious 12 step program, I guess.
robincat at 4:48PM on 08/18/08
The two worst ones were:
*Some 7 years ago --taking 15 minutes off work (mid-project) because I had to get a chocolate bar right away (Milky Way, if I remember correctly. The European version, which is more like Three Musketeers in the US. I am trying to make it sound reasonable, but I feel that I'm failing miserably at this:-)). My co-workers were wondering if I were pregnant (I wasn't).
*About 2-3 years ago -- sending my Other Half for a bucket of Cluck-U wings at 2 am. Or was it 3? I will go stand in the corner now.
brooke29 at 5:17PM on 08/18/08
It's the middle of the night (around 2 a.m.) and I live in a bad neighborhood. I was too broke the day before to go grocery shopping and the day I got paid- I was too lazy to go grocery shopping. There's an open all night Mexican diner about a block from my house, I'm super hungry and there are no groceries. I decide to make the precarious walk in the middle of the night in my pajamas- it was the best carnitas burrito EVER.
PumpkinBear at 5:47PM on 08/18/08
i got up at 2 am this morning because I had to have pizza. I madedough last night and at 2am I swear i could smell pizza! I got up and made the best pizza I've had in a lonnnnggg time! I think i'll go stand in the corner with Brooke now :(
huneybumper at 7:43AM on 08/19/08
Sometimes I'd go to multiple fast food places for one meal. A veggie burger from BK, McDonald's fries and orange Hi-C, Pintos and Cheese from Taco Bell and a blizzard from Dairy Queen. Luckily those places were all on the same street!
smile at 10:22AM on 08/19/08
I am SO guilty of spoiling myself in this department. Really do I let my tastebuds be disappointed, I almost always try to satisfy my cravings!
For example, the other night I was stopping by a friend's apartment and she had a whole batch of FRESHly baked cookies out on the table. They weren't actually hers (her roommate's) so she didn't offer me one but from that instant, all I wanted was a fresh baked cookie. It was so late at night though so I didn't have the time or energy to bake them myself and no pre-made grocery store cookie would satisfy me. So instead, I treated myself to gelato because I felt bad for myself. Oh, the justification. Now I need to make those cookies!
Chew on That at 5:35PM on 08/19/08
hmm. i'm supposed to be on medifast, and my husband was recently diagnosed as diabetic. oh, and my daughter weighs more than i do.
i made my daughter go to mcd's for a supersized frenchfry because what they made for dinner had green peppers in it, which i can't tolerate.
i ate them, and they were terrible, due to the new oil or something. and i still ate my medifast.
the corner is getting croweded.
_buns
bionicbunny at 7:40PM on 08/19/08
I've braved many a blizzard, when a saner person would just stay in and 'make do' with what was in the cupboards and fridge too many times to count, just so I can have the 'perfect dinner.' And gone to a grocery store 15 minutes away just to get the right bread or chocolate at the crack of dawn, thinking 'no one else (except for other people on this board of course) could understand why what they have at 7-11 just won't do.'
Mercifully, I haven't had bad night cravings since my 20s, the kind that lead you to find yourself in the middle of a greasy pizza parlor or chip shop filled with dodgy people and lit by bright florescent lighting.
HeartofGlass at 8:45PM on 08/19/08