Food Foes

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Just in time for Halloween and the holidays: What foods "challenge" you to stop eating them because they taste so wonderful? What food is your nemesis or at least a weakness for you?

My top three

1. Cream cheese (specifically tangy goats cheese) Yum.

2. Traditional chocolate fudge (Thank God I see it only during the holidays.)

3. Butter and Garlic croutons. I don't keep any sort of chips in the house so every once in awhile I find myself craving croutons.
 
Chocolate covered cherries preferably with rum.

My dad always got them for my mom at Christmas. I usually prefer salty or sour foods but I'm a sucker for those things this time of the year.
 
Chocolate, plus sweet and salty popcorn. I can't buy that popcorn anymore because I can't stop eating it until it's gone.
 
I too <3 sweet and salty popcorn !

Some of my other weaknesses :
  • Garlic bread and garlic naan
  • Kinder's Schoko bons crispy, which we don't have in France but I discovered in my latest trip to the UAE. What's awful if that, even though I don't even find it particularly good, I just can't stop once I've opened a bag. Luckily I had bought plenty :p
  • Kettle's honey barbecue chips
  • Nutella : Yes, I know, palm oil is crap and deforestation kills orangutans :fragile:Also, I've found another fairly tasty chocolate hazelnut spread without palm oil (but it's still oil) and, well I still occasionally buy some Nutella (but it's so good with French crêpes:rollin:!!!)
  • Pierre Hermé's Mogador macarons (passion fruit and milk chocolate), yummy,
  • and Philippe Conticini's Paris Brest (French choux pastry dessert with praline cream :swoon:).
There is no challenge because I know I won't stop eating any of them. I'm the weakest of the weak :drama:
 
DannyCurry said:
I too <3 sweet and salty popcorn !

Some of my other weaknesses :
  • Garlic bread and garlic naan
  • Kinder's Schoko bons crispy, which we don't have in France but I discovered in my latest trip to the UAE. What's awful if that, even though I don't even find it particularly good, I just can't stop once I've opened a bag. Luckily I had bought plenty :p
  • Kettle's honey barbecue chips
  • Nutella : Yes, I know, palm oil is crap and deforestation kills orangutans :fragile:Also, I've found another fairly tasty chocolate hazelnut spread without palm oil (but it's still oil) and, well I still occasionally buy some Nutella (but it's so good with French crêpes:rollin:!!!)
  • Pierre Hermé's Mogador macarons (passion fruit and milk chocolate), yummy,
  • and Philippe Conticini's Paris Brest (French choux pastry dessert with praline cream :swoon:).
There is no challenge because I know I won't stop eating any of them. I'm the weakest of the weak :drama:
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I would be in so much trouble if I lived in France. All of the little specialty shops with the most wonderful sweets, cheeses, breads...you name it. Yum.
 
Croissants and any buttery, flaky pastries that are not too sweet like kougin amain fresh and hot out of the oven:D
 
Cheesy tuna casserole is the worst for me! Scalloped potatoes, as well.

And salty snacks. But salty snacks are meant to be addictive.

I'm particularly bad with potato chips - can eat a large bag in just one sitting.:yikes:
 
Oh, God, did you have to ask?

My list is endless, I have no self-discipline when it comes to food, jewelry or makeup.

Here is a partial food list:

Eggnog (seasonal addiction)
Italian food
Mexican food
Cake
Ice cream
Chocolate
All of the above covered with (either)
cheese or whipped cream dependant upon which is appropriate.

Please allow me to die by drowning in a vat of liquid chocolate hot fudge.
 
Overall my cravings are mostly for healthy foods like avocados... But I can't resist chocolate chip cookie dough and marzipan!
 
Regular Lays potato chips
Parmesan cheese (I will seriously just eat a block of parmesan)
Skittles
 
screech said:
Regular Lays potato chips
Parmesan cheese (I will seriously just eat a block of parmesan)
Skittles
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I have to watch the salt now but I loved shaved parmesan as a snack over potato chips because at least there was some protein in the shaved parmesan. I try to keep the salty stuff out of the house. I have been known to grab a handful of croutons when that craving is overwhelming.
 
screech said:
Parmesan cheese (I will seriously just eat a block of parmesan)
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I like to nibble on a block of good Regiano parmesan. I could eat the whole block but don't, given that it is for meals and is to expensive.
 
Ice cream, especially Ben and Jerry and Haagen Daas
Chocolate
Sweet red wine
If nothing above is available, then anything sweet will do
 
Ice cream. Brownies. Peanut M&Ms. Homemade mac & cheese (never that abomination of over-processed pasta and powdered cheese flavoring that comes in a box--which Mr. Dilemma likes better than homemade. Because he grew up in a house where no one could cook).
 
Popcorn and goldfish. Any student who comes into my classroom with either gets a quick lesson on taxes and command economy. ?
 
Cheese. Many cheeses. One of the things I like most about travelling to Europe is the lovely selections of cheeses in the markets - and the prices are so much better than in Canada. I'm a particular sucker for creamy blue cheeses, but I can be in the mood for almost any type of blue at a given time. Also nice oozy cheeses. And lots of goat and sheep milk cheeses. And aged cheeses. And quite a few of the traditional British cheeses . . . .
I was in Paris for the first time in more than 40 years, and went to lunch at the home of a cousin who was 6 when I stayed with her parents when I was 16. I mentioned to her and her mom how my views on food were changed by the summer I spent with them, and in particular how I loved the cheese (and that they had fresh bread 2-3 times a day), and my favourite was St. Nectaire. Anne said she had a nice St. Nectaire on hand, and gave it to me to take away. There was also of course a cheese course at the end of lunch. Heaven!!

I've memorized the rules about what types of cheese and how much we're allowed to bring back into the country, and always try to bring back local cheeses. OTOH, it can go the other way, esp for Asia - when I was planning a visit to my (Peruvian) daughter at her grad school in South Korea last year and asked if there was anything I should bring her, the answer was "cheese", so she got a couple of blocks of cheddar and some feta to eat and share with her friends. I had to go through a secondary customs screening so that they could be sure they were in sealed packages, but otherwise OK, and I gather quite common for expats.

Of course I also like good bread to go with the cheese. Or just on its own. Or with sausage (another weakness I share with all my family members. We check anywhere we travel within Canada for local sausage makers - either at our destination or on/near the route, if we're driving).
 
Like they say in the commercial, when you've got cheese, you've got choice! :)

I like a lot of different cheeses, but tend to prefer aged to mild.

I also like creamy, spreadable cheeses. Brie and Camembert, of course, and there is one called 'Imperial' that is sold in a red container that is particularly good. And one from France which is packaged in a small red clay bowl, I forget the name of it.

However, extra old Canadian cheddar is probably my favorite. I love it melted, in a grilled sandwich.
 
Japanfan said:
Like they say in the commercial, when you've got cheese, you've got choice! :)

I like a lot of different cheeses, but tend to prefer aged to mild.

I also like creamy, spreadable cheeses. Brie and Camembert, of course, and there is one called 'Imperial' that is sold in a red container that is particularly good. And one from France which is packaged in a small red clay bowl, I forget the name of it.

However, extra old Canadian cheddar is probably my favorite. I love it melted, in a grilled sandwich.
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I have a recipe for homemade cheese crackers that uses Imperial cheese. I make them every year for our Christmas party and they're always the first thing gone off of the goody plate.
 
Habs said:
I have a recipe for homemade cheese crackers that uses Imperial cheese. I make them every year for our Christmas party and they're always the first thing gone off of the goody plate.
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They sound yummy, would you care to share? I didn't like Imperial cheese until I had a co-worker who liked it.
 
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