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To ask your filthy guilty pleasure food

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FrogandTrumpet · 27/05/2024 23:47

The cake thread got me thinking - what’s your guilty pleasure food? Something that you objectively know is total rubbish but which you can’t get enough of.

I hold my hands up to liking chicken and sweetcorn pot noodles. I very very rarely have one but just occasionally, I do get the urge.

Also, dirt cheap takeaway pizza. The kind with non-specific tasteless cheese and tomato puree.

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Beautiful3 · 30/05/2024 09:57

FastnetLundyRockall · 29/05/2024 22:47

Yes but I think this is because I'm about savoury filth and nowadays more and more sugar and sweeteners are added by manufacturers which ruins it for me as all I can taste is sugar. Tried to have a dinner of onion rings this evening but were far too sweet, ditto ritz crackers and even non sourdough bread is too sweet. Biscuits and crisps also have a weirdly overly sweet flavour these days, so ginger nuts are a thing of the past. It basically means I only eat wanky sourdough, spanish olive oil crisps and the like which is too expensive and poncy to qualify as filth. I'd give toast and dripping a go though, haven't had that in decades

Yes this, youve hit the nail on the head. Everything now tastes too sweet, I no longer enjoy it like I used to. I've gone off store bought pizzas, so make my own and they're amazing. Nothing beats home made bread. I make most of my meals from scratch and they're lovely. Shop bought meals taste too sweet for me.

jasminocereusbritannicus · 30/05/2024 11:52

Bread and dripping . Gorgeous!!!

Womblealongwithme · 30/05/2024 12:58

Endlessfun · 30/05/2024 06:34

Doughnuts. Not ring ones, they're boring - jam or cream ones preferably. I can manage 3, but usually manage to stop at 2.

Take that back!! 😆 Plain ring sugar doughnuts (especially the warm ones from a dodgy looking van at the seaside), must surely be among the most scrumptious foods on earth?!

Womblealongwithme · 30/05/2024 13:00

Also just remembered my favourite student meal - super noodles with a tin of chicken supreme. Made one tin last two meals as it was a bit pricey. Surprisingly.

MyWhoHa · 30/05/2024 13:01

A Fray Bentos pie

LeaderBee · 30/05/2024 13:32

Hot Dogs

You know the ones...99 pence for 8 of them in a jar of brine.
They're gross but every once in a while I have a hankering for them in a bun with some fried onions and mustard.

ScattyGinger · 30/05/2024 15:27

I love bacon, cauliflower cheese and cranberry sauce toasties, or baguettes.

Abbyant · 30/05/2024 15:28

i got these pretzel, caramel clusters from Costco and I could eat the whole bag in a night. Incredible bad but worth it.

BigDahliaFan · 30/05/2024 15:31

M&S cheesy wotsits. I don't buy them as I'd eat the whole bag and turn orange.

Auburngal · 30/05/2024 15:38

Soosi · 30/05/2024 09:20

Never seen supermarket tinned chicken curry or tinned semolina.
where can I buy these please. I love dark chocolate most biscuits and cake.
nothing gross though.

tinned chicken curry is in the tinned meat section - corned beef, Fray Bentos pies. Semolina is near rice pudding.

Emmz1510 · 30/05/2024 17:23

Another vote for chicken and mushroom pot noodles!
And a crisp sandwich. Or more accurately ‘a piece and crisps’ as us Scottish people call it’.

Getonwitit · 30/05/2024 17:30

A piece and crisps with a wee forkful of chicken and mushroom pot noddle in it as well is pure heaven.

Soosi · 30/05/2024 18:04

Auburngal
thanks but was looking for a supermarket rather than where on the shelf.

maxandru · 30/05/2024 20:40

Crunchy nut cereal with chocolate milk instead of normal milk. Absolutely delicious!

maxandru · 30/05/2024 20:43

maxandru · 30/05/2024 20:40

Crunchy nut cereal with chocolate milk instead of normal milk. Absolutely delicious!

Also the really fatty bits off roasted beef or lamb joints. Or the skin off roasted chicken.

Cattyisbatty · 30/05/2024 20:46

I can’t eat this anymore due to health issues but I loved a bag of cheese quavers with a can of Diet Coke!!

MrsClatterbuck · 30/05/2024 20:56

Also muesli with milk and tinned grapefruit. Can only have rarely as I am on a statin

Astrabelle · 30/05/2024 21:30

GoBubbles · 29/05/2024 22:37

Are you me? I pour some olive oil on the top.

Ohhhhh...improved recipe!!! must try that😉

Spottyhousecoat · 30/05/2024 21:53

Mine is a bit minging- half a tin of cold beans mixed with half a jar of silverskin pickled onions, eaten in the kitchen where no one can see me!

Sometimesright · 30/05/2024 22:07

Cinnamon and raisin bagal with butter marmite and smoked bacon & brown sauce delicious!

Segway16 · 30/05/2024 22:17

I don’t think I’ve ever felt guilty for eating any food. It’s there to be delicious.

But if you mean what less than healthy food do I love to indulge in occasionally… my favourite is a decent bottle of red wine and a cheese board to myself.

I also like a Bombay bad boy pot noodle (extra Tabasco).

Createausername1970 · 30/05/2024 22:21

Very boring in comparison to the rest of the thread.

White bread, butter, raspberry jam.

I don't like it as a sandwich with another slice on top, just as a single slice. I might eat multiple slices though.....

unmowngrass · 30/05/2024 22:48

I am probably a bit too fond of Coca-Cola. Anything else...food is still food. Sometimes fed is best, and sometimes that includes yourself. No shame.

AmIEnough · 31/05/2024 09:34

Treeslets!!!

TheDumpling · 31/05/2024 13:54

OMG it sounds gorgeous!

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