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Katie wrote: (Cathy2, don't break pizano345's heart by revealing what the port wine coloring comes from ...)

Amusingly enough, if you google to look for the answer, the thread you mention pops up.

Good plain potato chips (Kettle, etc.) with sour-cream based dip, most often whipped up quickly from sour cream and scallions or shallots - or sometimes tzaziki will do if I've got the ingredients.
Ghiradelli Bittersweet chocolate chips out of the bag (they seem to vary in quality, recent bags are, unfortunately for my waitline, very good)

I can't keep either in my pantry as a staple, I've learned to only buy them if I have an end-use planned - though sadly, I can't resist buying extra for munching.

My guilty pleasure while traveling on the interstate: Panda Express at various oases. Noodles with orange chicken.

Chocolate Bars

Katie wrote:

local597 wrote:I like the tostidos with a hint of lime; also won't hurt your jaw..

Another vote for the lime-dusted tostitos, and a third vote on behalf of one of my nephews, who likes coming over to my house to have "those sour chips."

Those are good, but they shred the roof of my mouth!

I love pink zingers. Only the pink ones, not the other flavors.

I also get the occasional craving for a hostess cherry pie or Long John Silvers.

eli wrote:I love pink zingers.

You mean the "raspberry" with "coconut" topping? If so, I'm with ya!

JeanneBean wrote:

Katie wrote:

local597 wrote:
I like the tostidos with a hint of lime; also won't hurt your jaw..

Another vote for the lime-dusted tostitos, and a third vote on behalf of one of my nephews, who likes coming over to my house to have "those sour chips."

Those are good, but they shred the roof of my mouth!

Isn't that part of the fun?

Better add French's fried onions (straight out of the can), Popeye's biscuits, jalapeno Krunchers, pretzels dipped in canned funfetti frosting, and those Snyders of Hanover honey mustard & onion pretzels to the list...

mailsf wrote:those Snyders of Hanover honey mustard & onion pretzels to the list...

Oh, good call...the Snyder's of Hanover Hot Buffalo Wing pretzel pieces are most definitely on my guilty pleasure list.

Just don't eat them while driving...what a mess.

Pie Lady wrote:

eli wrote:I love pink zingers.

You mean the "raspberry" with "coconut" topping? If so, I'm with ya!

Those are the ones...although I don't think I ever knew they're supposed to be raspberry flavor...to me they've always just been "pink" flavor.

I dont have time to cook from scratch, or fire up the smoker everynight, especially on a work night, so Monday was "S. Side Spaghetti":
some hotdogs cut up and mixed with a few cans of Franco American Spaghetti, served with store bought garlic bread, and a "few" cans of beer.

I dont have time to cook from scratch, or fire up the smoker everynight

You just shattered my image of you.

Mike G wrote:
You just shattered my image of you.

I know... but im only flesh and blood like everyone else..

eli wrote:

Pie Lady wrote:

eli wrote:I love pink zingers.

You mean the "raspberry" with "coconut" topping? If so, I'm with ya!

Those are the ones...although I don't think I ever knew they're supposed to be raspberry flavor...to me they've always just been "pink" flavor.

That sounds like my description of the only jello I'll eat - red or green. And only if it's cut up into little cubes.

Which reminds me of another guilty pleasure: buffet chocolate pudding and those do-it-yourself sundae bars. Mmmm!

Havent done this for many years, but when I was single and wanted to get a weeks worth of calories in one meal:

2 slices very dark toast, covered with 1 pound very crispy bacon, covered with 1 box stouffers spinach souffle, covered with 1 box stouffers welsh rarbit. Wash down with a bottle good red wine, preferably bordeaux. Pretty much covered all the important food groups.

-Will

Brownie Batter Blizzard from DQ.

Frozen chicken kievs. These corrugated beauties were a mainstay of my childhood. The joy I get from watching the butter-like mixture seep out never diminishes. There should be more dishes of hollowed out meat filled with a pocket of steaming butter and herbs, that I can sully by buying frozen for $1 each.

Since this is in the Chicagoland thread and not Shopping & Cooking (yet?), I'll also put in an enthusiastic mention of golden shrimp. My fave rendition is at Tsukasa in Vernon Hills. As much pleasure as I get eating it I rarely escape without guilt. Especially if I order at a tepanyaki restaurant, where the collective table can sometimes turn into a vehicle for collective disgust, saving me the trouble of self-imposed guilt. Thanks guys!

I'm pretty sure I could polish off an entire box of Entenmann's mini chocolate chip cookies in one sitting.
Speaking of which, does anybody remember these crispy, dark chocolate/chocolate chip cookies that came in a small box with a window in front by Heineman's? Those never lasted long in my house.

Pie Lady wrote:Speaking of which, does anybody remember these crispy, dark chocolate/chocolate chip cookies that came in a small box with a window in front by Heineman's? Those never lasted long in my house.

Aye -- those would disappear faster than the Entenmann's one, certainly. Very high butter flavor, crisp and small enough to shove in a child's mouth in one bite. Later editions of the in-store Heinemann's (how many n's?) were much inferior, obviously shorting the butter for, well, shortening, and less vanilla. No longer worth the empty calories. I don't know that the Safeway-era Doms even have them any more.

skess wrote:Since this is in the Chicagoland thread and not Shopping & Cooking (yet?), I'll also put in an enthusiastic mention of golden shrimp. My fave rendition is at Tsukasa in Vernon Hills. As much pleasure as I get eating it I rarely escape without guilt. Especially if I order at a tepanyaki restaurant, where the collective table can sometimes turn into a vehicle for collective disgust, saving me the trouble of self-imposed guilt. Thanks guys!

Never been to Tsukas, but Ron of Japan has lobster tail with that goop sauce on it. You want guilt, that's guilt! You can feel your arteries hardening as you eat it.

Never been to Tsukas, but Ron of Japan has lobster tail with that goop sauce on it. You want guilt, that's guilt! You can feel your arteries hardening as you eat it.

I once asked one of the chef's at Ron of Japan what the egg sauce was made of and he simply said two ingredients- egg yolk and oil.

JoelF wrote:I don't know that the Safeway-era Doms even have them any more.

I don't think they even make them. I don't see them on their website, but they looked just like the others they show.

Want to picket with me?

As a long time lurker I feel it'd be best to get this out of the way as a first post:

Any sort of chicken strip/tender from basically anywhere. This includes bars, Leonas, Long John Silver's. When I'm not a fan or iffy about a place, i'll go for these.
Whopper
Big Mac/Regular cheeseburger
Mcdonalds chicken breakfast biscuit doused in honey.
Sliders
Butterburgers
Jack in the Box tacos
Popeyes chicken and biscuits
Cheese nips
Chapagetti ramen
Pizza puffs/pizza rolls
frozen home-run inn pizzas
mini-Bagel dogs
The already mentioned Snyders honey mustard & onion pretzels

pretty long list and I'm sure there's more I'm not thinking of but at least I don't put ketchup on my hot dog or eat at taco bell

mclarksox wrote:The already mentioned Snyders honey mustard & onion pretzels

It's a lucky day when I find those in a vending machine. I almost never buy these at the grocery store. They seem more precious in 2-ounce increments every once in a great while.

Regards,

The fried wing zings at my local Jewel deli...addictive!

CrunchBerries and Cap'n Crunch. Still my absolute favorite cereal and I never get tired of it ( well maybe once or twice but I'm not about to admit how much it took )

Chocolate milk turns me into the Nestle bunny, I can't drink it slowly at all. Boom, it's gone.

Strangely enough, you cannot mix Cap'n Crunch and chocolate milk, the magic disappears when you do.

Velveeta Mac 'n Cheese. Mmmmmm, yellow goo. Sometimes it really hits the spot.

Octarine wrote:CrunchBerries and Cap'n Crunch. Still my absolute favorite cereal and I never get tired of it ( well maybe once or twice but I'm not about to admit how much it took )

Chocolate milk turns me into the Nestle bunny, I can't drink it slowly at all. Boom, it's gone.

Strangely enough, you cannot mix Cap'n Crunch and chocolate milk, the magic disappears when you do.

Totally.

mclarksox wrote:Pizza puffs/pizza rolls

I had never had one of these (or even was aware of their existence), a situation that my girlfriend thought needed to be remedied immediately. Not bad at all - I can see after a long night of drinking that they'd be incredible. Any tips on really good ones? I see mentions on LTH of Albano's and Damenzo’s, but not a whole lot of detail.

-Dan

I've never had a pizza puff that has come close to the deep fried ones I had at Evanston Twp HS back in the late 80's. Those were awesome.