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Right now, I have the biggest craving for authentic tamales, but all of the shops are closed and now I have to wait until tomorrow at the earliest. Oh, the agony!!!!

I never get cravings. My mom is always talking about cravings she has for apple pie, for pineapple milkshakes, for tomato soup. It never happens to me ... until this weekend. It hit hard!

For Christmas my dad and I made turkey mole. I went to bed Friday night dreaming of it. Thankfully, my dad still had some frozen mole. I roasted a chicken, picked it clean, dumped it in a big pot of steaming mole and ate it over white rice. It was f%#&ing delicious.

Mmm...buttered popcorn...but I like it made at home. I get the healthiest microwave kind so I can put my own REAL butter on it.
I've been craving chocolate more than usual, and crappy classics like Kraft dinner mac & cheese (made with all of the 1/2 stick of butter it calls for) of my beloved pasta-roni parmesano. Curse years of conditioning and salt/fat overload!

Sushi or pho. Anytime, any place.

I usually respect my cravings. Sometimes, I negotiate with them -- not so much the subject of the cravings (that is usually non-negotiable), but the time line. Not that the time line is always negotiable - sometimes it just has to be right here, right now, come hell or high water.

I'm craving potstickers right now, but I decided about a week ago that I would be making them tomorrow, so it's a very subdued, soon-to-be-satisfied craving.

I get odd cravings at times, but I don't think there is anything I always crave. But I've been known to bake a batch of blueberry muffins at midnight because I had a craving for one. And when I say "one", I mean one - that was all I needed, but you can't bake just one muffin, can you now? Luckily, there is always someone round here who is more than willing to deal with the "craving leftovers". In general though, I think I get more savoury (salty) cravings than sweet (with a notable exception of pistachio ice cream - damn you Meg!:-))

@dh - i really want to see that movie -- heard it was fantastic! the smell of popcorn drives me wild!!!!! i crave salt more than sweet.... love anything salty - olives ... my new favorite is a dirty martini - man does that cheer up these winter nights! with some great cheese..... i have some locally made cheese that i've been hoarding since summer. yum. the martini with olives and that cheese ... well.... i'm not responsible for myself at this point.... i'm totally in love with the combination.....:*)

Right now I just finished pizza and I am still craving penne chicken and alfredo sauce. Osso Bucco, shredded barbie pork sandwich, and egg salad sandwiches. But at least I got my 1 1/2 month craving of hot and sour soup.

I wasn't craving anything either until I read this thread and now I'm going to have me a lime fruitcicle . . . I bought some fruit flavored bars at the store today. It's 20 degrees outside, so you would think I would want something warm and toasty--but, no, a fruitcicle it will be.

I agree about the yawn on Ben. Button. Just not my cup of tea. But I did see Gran Torino yesterday--awesome!

Got my popcorn fix at My Bloody Valentine 3D last night (fantastic - if you like that sort of thing). Stuffed myself with smoked pork butt for dinner, but would love some creamy, silky chicken and dumplings RIGHT NOW. or a juicy cheeseburger. With fries. Damn this post!!

I've been in the Czech Republic for 7 months and am craving some of the simplest things like simple sandwiches, grilled chicken, grilled vegetables, and sushi! I don't have control over the kitchen where I'm staying so, although I could probably make most of this here, I haven't. But I return home to NY next week and plan on cooking all these things right away.

I am dying for kielbasa on a roll w/mustard. Not being one to deny myself, it will probably be my dinner tonight.

I'm lucky in that my cravings tend to be for things I already have in the house. I think about the thing, taste the thing in my mind, desperately need the thing.

My bro-in-law's brussel sprouts - he does something heavenly involving butter and coarsely shredded parmasean and they get little crispy bits on the outside.

Not sure where that came from, but it's been two days now, and I'm not going home again until the end of February...

I also enjoyed Ben Button quite a lot. It was long though.

I go through food rotations where in I only really want to eat one thing all the time. Right now it's frozen whole fruit bars. My children have followed me down the path too. Wonder what the next craving will be? They usually come on hard and last a few weeks. Before the fruit bars it was roast beef sandwiches.

I'm craving (in no particular order): Spicy tuna sushi, sauteed spinach with garlic & olive oil, fatoush, grilled steak tips, stir-fried broccoli and tofu.

Brownies. I have been dying for brownies for a few weeks now. And I know they're so easy & fast to make, but I'm trying so hard to eat healthy right now. Of course, I should probably give in & just make them, and I then I wouldn't crave them for several months probably. Last week it was Publix's brand of Mint Chocolate Cookie Crunch frozen yogurt - despite the fact that it's freezing here and snowed two days last week. The fact that it's frozen yogurt made me feel not quite so guilty, but I polished off that half gallon pretty fast, so I don't know that it made that much difference anyway. And of course, there's peanut butter. I pretty much have a constant craving for peanut butter that basically never goes away...

@dhorst "There I was just walkin ma dog......." @Perk I crave bread ALL the time....fresh baked sourdough, Italian, French, salted rye, all with good Irish butter, anytime, anywhere!

pizza. Ive had the craving since last night, and I could probably have it for lunch today, but I brought my lunch. Should I eat the lunch that I brought or satisfy my craving?

I usually have a craving for "bad" chinese food. You know the chinese food that you get from the buffet that you know is not the greatest quality in the world but still love anyway.

You must have been reading my mind -- I actually think I may be preggers because I find myself with uncontrollable cravings, especially lately. For me it's been for Kale and for pink grapefruit. Not together, of course. I think I've eaten my weight in Kale over the past month, and I just polished off a bag of pink grapefruit over the course of 3 days.

OK....now I'm craving chicken and noodle stuffed smoked pork butt with ice cream and buttered pop corn on top....thanks you guys! ;-)

Pile the blame on me.......ha ha! @mepolo, you must post a photo of the chicken and noodle stuffed smoked pork butt with ice cream and buttered popcorn on top. I'd advise one more layer of corned beef hash and eggs with a cherry on the top, if you truly are seeking perfection.

@huney ~ please express my deepest sympathy to your OH, and save me some leftovers? ;-)

Oh Lawd, have I got a list for you... This is my 2nd week of low carbing and it has not been easy. I could easily devour an entire box of shells and cheese, several sushi rolls, and chase it with some popcorn and peanut butter m&ms.

Mmmm... Starch dreams.

Sushi, hamburgers, potato chips, and pasta . . . if I think about them, I crave them.

I totally satisfied my Kielbasa craving about 15 minutes ago with 2 (count 'em) 2 rolls w/the almighty Kiel and mustard. I don't have to tell you how good it was, as you all seem to have the same understanding of a serious food jones. Now, since the very evil @percymac's Hash thread, I'm jonesing for that now. Will it ever end? I sorta hope not, because so much of the fun of eating is exactly this very thing.

@perkymac - I do so love your questions.

@perky & huney....ok...I think my hubby would definitely leave me if I served that to him for dinner! hehehe....
The ice cream w/buttered popcorn on time might be interesting though!
Corned beef hash does sound good....I was going to make chicken cutlets tonight...I might have to stop at the store for a hunk of corned beef now!