What Do You Eat When Your Spouse Is Away?

Whenever my husband is out of town or not around for dinner, I revel in making the things for myself that I can't get him to eat.

Usually it involves either lentils or tofu.

I'm guessing I'm not alone in this and that the rest of you have some sort of "whoohoo, the spouse is out" food as well, and I was curious as to what you all select for yourself when your better half is not around.

My husband makes himself filet, wrapped in bacon, seared in butter, when I'm gone.

Geez, what don't I eat while the bride to be is on the road?

1. Almost anything that doesn't come from a Weight Watcher's cookbook. (Not that all of the recipes are bad. In fact, a lot of them are just slight variations of things I've made for years.)

2. Sausages
3. Corn Dogs
4. Popcorn with real butter
5. Ice Cream
6. Homemade pot pies
7. Ribeye steaks
8. Indian Food (the WTB is allergic to all tree nuts and tends to stay away from Indian food)
9. chili-cheese dogs
10. real sour cream
11. Pub cheese (Mullen's bar and grill gave me a recipe for home adaptation)
12. Anything else I crave when she's home.

I guess that's really a list of crap I want to eat when she is home, but I still get most of these when she's gone.

Flip

Nong Shim products come to mind.

I'm also the "fridge cleaner" when she's out.

I get olives on my pizza.

Although now I have an eight-year-old fellow conspirator, and we get one for us that has olives.

Mike G wrote:I get olives on my pizza.

Although now I have an eight-year-old fellow conspirator, and we get one for us that has olives.

amen. preferably green, but black is fine.

Gyros or Kentucky Fried Chicken.

The bride can't stand the sight or smell of either of these.

Smoked pork chops, smothered in sauteed apples, onions and saurkraut and caraway seeds

Fish sticks with sides of stewed tomatoes and green beans and maybe tater tots

Pasta with basic red sauce (he likes Italian food, but not as much as I do)

Pizza (ditto)

Herring - an assortment from those shops up on Clark st

Funny, a co-worker and I were having this very discussion today over lunch. My wife isn't a big fish eater. She's been away this week and I've hit Dirk's twice...

I guess, "what" is not as important as "who?"

-ramon

Pizza Rolls. I have a weakness.

Mine is not big on meat, so if I cook, it's usually ribs or a nice thick ribeye and salad. If I'm not cooking, it's a beef sammich, or a gyros.

AngrySarah wrote:Pizza Rolls. I have a weakness.

Drats, I forgot that one

Flip

PS: Stay tuned next week for my adventure into an MRE

bananasandwiches wrote:the rest of you have some sort of "whoohoo, the spouse is out" food as well

actually, no. or she wouldn't be wearing my ring. for me, the food criteria comes before race/religion/sex/desire for children. couples who eat together, stay together???

there is that occasional chicken feet or Tommy's, but i still eat it with impunity whenever she's around and vice versa. btw dear, if you're reading: sulong tang looks AND tastes like dishwashing water

TonyC wrote:

bananasandwiches wrote:the rest of you have some sort of "whoohoo, the spouse is out" food as well

actually, no. or she wouldn't be wearing my ring. for me, the food criteria comes before race/religion/sex/desire for children. couples who eat together, stay together???

there is that occasional chicken feet or Tommy's, but i still eat it with impunity whenever she's around and vice versa. btw dear, if you're reading: sulong tang looks AND tastes like dishwashing water

I agree fully with the above, although I've never had sulong Tang. The BTB generally is as an adventurous eater as myself, but with the wedding 9 months away she's doing the whole diet thing. I miss my midnight junk food in the fridge. Although, I do get to keep BBQ Pork buns and mini pork soup dumplings in the freezer

Flip

Growing up my dad traveled for work all the time. We are Jewish, didn't keep Kosher but didn't have cheeseburgers, shellfish, pork products, etc... My dad grew up in a Kosher household and my mom did not. When he traveled, first thing she did was take out her cast iron skillet and fry up some real bacon. My dad never knew...

canned ravioli

pizza rolls

Totinos cheapie pepperoni pizza

anything with tons of onions and cilantro

However, having just been diagnosed as diabetic, I'm afraid my days of pizza rolls (and lots of other things) are over for now.

So, everyone have lots of yummy, carb-filled foods for me, k?

I'm so ashamed to admit this, but here it goes... Cheetos.

I don't know what it is about them... because quite frankly if I really think about it, they're really disgusting...
yet I find myself craving them...


...so ashamed...

~GS

Greasy Spoon wrote:I'm so ashamed to admit this, but here it goes... Cheetos.

Baked or crunchy?

Baked are fine, but crunchy cheetos, that's what I'm talking about!

bellringr wrote:canned ravioli

However, having just been diagnosed as diabetic, I'm afraid my days of pizza rolls (and lots of other things) are over for now.

So, everyone have lots of yummy, carb-filled foods for me, k?

Being diabetic for around 10 years, I'll let you in on a secret. You can eat whatever you want, just watch the quantites, spread it around, and get some extra exercise.

Bruce...Thanks for your enlightened view on life as a diabetic. A friend of mine has Type 1 diabetes and I have learned from her that the idea of not being able to eat certain foods is definitely old school thinking. The last time she came to my house for dinner, she brought a very rich flourless chocolate cake that was definitely not made with Splenda.

As for food to eat when the spouse if gone, Mexican and pizza definitely top the list. While the husband likes Mexican and pizza, he is not as much of a fan as I am. I also appreciate not having to prepare a typical meal with protein, veggies and a starch.

I guess I should clarify - for NOW I can't have many things because I'm trying to get my blood sugar under control.

Once that has been accomplished and I drop some weight, I'm sure I'll be able to indulge in smaller quantities of my favorite foods.

Thanks for the encouragement Bruce! I will get a handle on this....not that I really have much of a choice, of course.

Bacon
Popeye's Chicken
Totino's Party Pizza

Good thing he's not gone very often. : )

G Wiv wrote:

Greasy Spoon wrote:I'm so ashamed to admit this, but here it goes... Cheetos.

Baked or crunchy?

Baked are fine, but crunchy cheetos, that's what I'm talking about!

Crunchy HOT Cheetos.

Yeah -- crunchy Cheetos are a drug. I find myself needing a fix every now and again, too. I think they planned it that way -- kind of like the stuff they put in cigarettes to make it harder to quit.

Nice thing about Cheetos is you can get them just about anywhere -- Mexico City, Bangkok, Hong Kong. So we're not alone.

G Wiv wrote:Baked or crunchy?

As G Wiv, Leek and Cynthia mentioned, crunchy cheetos are definitely the way to go.
As a general rule, I try to stay away from the "healthier" versions of junk food. I mean if you're gonna snack, do it right... right?

Since we're listing our gluttonous sins, I might as well confess another...Oreos.

~GS

HI,

This is a combo which is hard to beat: Cheetoh studded dipping dog at Weiner and STill Champion:



This wonderful combination of everything people recommend you don't eat had everything going for it: crunchy cornmeal dip sweetness and juicy hot dog. All it really needed to make it complete was a roll in a cheese dust!

Gus did this on a lark for me. It is so off the menu, this may be the only one ever made. I loved it, though an extra shot of cheesiness would have sent it over the moon!

Regards,

Cathy2 wrote:This is a combo which is hard to beat: Cheetoh studded dipping dog...

W:shock:W

Cathy2 that is Whack! Why don't they put it on their menu? That looks sooo good. I can just taste that thing now, with some mustard... oooh yeaah... Thanks for the post.

~GS

As a general rule, I try to stay away from the "healthier" versions of junk food.

Agree in principle, but the Barbara's fake Cheetos at Whole Foods and such are pretty good. They taste like actual cheese, for one thing.

I was just over at Target, and they have all sorts of interestingly flavored chips - rosemary olive oil, garlic parmesan, etc. Most of them were Archer Farms, but they had "Pringle Selects" and a few other brands too.

Bruce wrote:
Being diabetic for around 10 years, I'll let you in on a secret. You can eat whatever you want, just watch the quantites, spread it around, and get some extra exercise.

Agree with you Bruce.

Checking in from Las Vegas, my blood sugar has been low ALL week.

Must be the ten mile hikes in the Mojave Desert **ALL WEEK LONG**.

of course, the shoes that I am wearing will be left out here.

When my wife is away, I head to all the Asian places that she won't generally go to ....