This time the subject is food you only eat when alone. The responses are amazing.
When I could still eat normally, I did anything but. One of my favourites was a bowl of dry cheerios covered in spicy salsa sauce. I never did like tortilla chips, but salsa soaked cereal by the spoonful? Perfect.
How about an ice cream cone filled with applesauce and a bit of jam? That one really freaked out Mr. Eat The Blog the first time he witnessed it.
Of course, "Cheese on Cheese" became a favourite during pregnancy-you spread a slice of Swiss cheese with cream cheese, then roll it up before eating. That would explain the 33 pounds I gained whilst pregnant.
I had a friend in college that could only eat a grilled cheese sandwich with maple syrup poured over it (which meant eating with a fork and knife as well). That was kind of gross.
Pretzels dipped in sour cream are pretty good too. Actually, just about anything with sour cream is good.
Lastly, as a child I ate powdered coffee creamer by the spoonful when no one was looking. My sister somehow knew (she told me years later) but I'm pretty sure my mother didn't or I wouldn't be here telling of it today. Oh yeah, she'd have killed me.
OK-what do you eat when no one is looking?
Living alone, my gross thing is that I just open a can of something and eat it. Spoonfuls out of the can of refried beans (alternating w/spoons out of the jar of salsa); a can of creamed corn. And nowadays, I'm eating these dutch crunch rolls with either jam or, to quench that candy-bar sort of craving, with choco-syrup smeared over it.
ReplyDeleteI made Dutch Crunch tiger bread rolls like, I don't know-four years ago, and I still have a stupid bag of rice flour left from the topping. I really should toss that out, I know I'm never making those again.
ReplyDeleteYeah, living alone there's not much point to dirtying dishes-unless you're L. He actually has a real plate at work for dumping his microwaved food onto because he's all cultured-n-stuff.
Kippered snacks. When I was a kid I wouldn't eat a sandwich. My mom packed me kippered snacks and a stack of saltines to take to school in brown bag. All of the kids made fun of the smelly fish. Funny, it made them taste even better.
ReplyDeleteI eat sandwiches now, go figure.
Kippers are herrings, right? That sounds pretty good to me.
ReplyDeleteAnd saltines, I mean, what could be better?
Yes, kippered herring. Very tasty, but not appreciated by others. LOL, too bad for them.
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