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@Traveller - you MUST have been upset. I can't imagine eating a jar of grainy mustard by itself! No, capers would be my choice, I love em.

BTW, congratulations on getting that dissertation over and to an old broad like myself, a "B" sounds pretty damned good.

Altoids? You must be kidding!

When my sister & I went backpacking around Europe we were on a VERY limited budget... many times we arrived by bus in our next foriegn city, late at night, hungry & unfamiliar. I remember eating peas & corn cold out of the can after shopping at the 24-hour food mart in Barcelona... Dining on red wine & dark chocolate and jumping on the beds in our Paris hotel room... Eating Brie out of the package with a Swiss Army knife... Popping Pringles & chugging Fruitopia at 6am after a night of dancing & drinking in London...

Definately pints of icecream, gelato, sorbet, etc, many nights watching movies with my best friend, or doing a late-night "icecream run" with my sister & splitting a litre of Oreo...

I used to bake peanut butter cookies & eat them out of the pan

Pickles, pickled beets, pickled onions, relish, sauerkraut, olives, salsa, pasta sauce, condensed tomato soup, curried spinach, mushy peas, pie filling, peanut butter, jam, whipped topping, salad dressing, eggless mayonnaise, ketchup, bbq sauce... and yes, margarine...

PS I'm totally underweight, so I can justify eating an "entire" anything, including bags of cookies, a McCain cake, a frozen cream pie :)

@dixisue, I like pb & mayo sandwiches, no matter what kind of breat I have, also occasionally add a few slices of ripe banana on that...if out of pb, sit there with banana slices on a plate, each one gets a small blobette of mayo, also good this way on a Ritz cracker.

otherwise, out of can or jar it's:
tuna, drained or undrained
Bush's beans, or B&M, best tasting IMO
Spag/MB from the can, so easy now with the zip-off tops!
uncondensed cream of broccoli or cream of chicken soup
HAVE to taste at least 2 tbl of any new jar spaghetti sauce
herring in cream sauce, or just plain pickled w/onions
sardines, in hot sauce, mustard or oil
salmon from a can, also love to drink the "juice"
pickles from a jar

spaghettios
peanut butter

After reading 169 comments, all I can say is: I am so happy to not be the only person on the planet who eats like this!

Pre-made cake frosting!!

Oh my, these were hilarious!

I personally love to drink any Olive juice out of the jar or can. It's my Mom's fault, and I'm sticking to it.

After visiting Buenos Aires, Dulce de Leche (like katylesser) is another fave!

Traveller, I hope your Director changed his mind. That seems unfair to me.
Cindy H
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NUTELLA - PEANUT BUTTER - HELLMAN'S - STRAWBERRY PRESERVES, ANY BRAND WILL DO!

I keep a tub of Betty Crocker ready to use vanilla and chocolate frosting in my fridge for that moment when I want something sweet.. just a spoonful or 2, sometimes 3 is all it takes. Best comfort food.. a jar of peanut butter and a bottle of Welches squeeze grape jelly. a spoonful of peanut buttter with a dollop of jelly on top.. heaven..

Wickles Spicy Bread and Butter pickles, Vienna Sausages, Green Giant Mexicali Corn...and I am not ashamed to admit I will mess up a can of Spaghettio's in a heartbeat. When I was younger I used to eat Chef Boyardee Beefaroni, cold, out of the can too.

Thanks to a friend, I "drink" applesauce straight from the jar -- no spoon required! It really does taste best this way. :)