foods with crack**
you know exactly the ones i mean. the foods that, after consumption, leave their consumers craaaaaving more. the foods that are, almost always, not good for you in some way -- they contain too much sugar, or too much sodium, or too much caffeine, or are made at a chain run by fundamentalists. for me, the list of food with crack includes:
* krispy kreme donuts
* chick-fil-A chicken fingers and fries
* barq's root beer
* wild cherry pepsi
* fritos twists
* sweet tarts
* the cheesecake factory's mashed potatoes
* pepperidge farm (garlic) texas toast
with the exception of the barq's and the sweet tarts, all of the items listed are unavailable commercially in canada. interesting. perhaps telling.
what's on your list of cracky foods? what do you crave?
[**note: lest anyone randomly surfing by get their hanes in a twist over me somehow suggesting there's actual crack-cocaine in these foods, i'm kidding.]
15 comments:
Trader Joe's peanutbutter-filled pretzels. I like to shake them before I eat them.
Why CRACKers, of course.
;-)
Okay, I'm with you in #1. Add those cheese biscuits from Red Lobster. OMG
lou?
why do you shake them? does it do something to the taste, or is it just a product of your excitement?
For me it's Swiss Chalet chicken. When I lived in Seattle, I don't think I made a single trip to Vancouver without stopping at a Swiss Chalet -- even though there are only three in the area, none of them terribly convenient.
it's the dipping sauce, isn't it?
Actually, the dipping sauce doesn't do anything for me. My sister loves it, though, so when were growing up it was automatic to slide my dipping sauce over to her...
i used to be the same way, and thought the chicken tasted just fine on its own.
but a couple of years ago i discovered that the sauce is DELICOUS with the fries.
i don't even know where to start. lately, i've been craving different things. maybe it's a seasonal...
krispy kreme donuts
coke slush (from mac's, not 7-11)
arizona iced tea (in the can, not the bottle)
kernels double butter popcorn
red gummy feet (similar to swedish berries)
and my all-time fave... french crisp ice cream from laura secord
(i can't go into a mall without getting a cone)
ooooooh, yes, a slush on a hot summer day is perfect!
I second the Sweet Tarts.
Another food product that I'm SURE has crack in it is one of those generic grocery-store-made frosted cakes (like from Safeway or QFC) that your office buys for an employee birthday. They never taste that good, and the frosting is always not very flavorful (if anything, the colored parts are a bit bitter), and is made out of solid suger. The frosting is so sugary you can feel the granules on your tongue, making it a little raw by the time you're done.
Once I had a piece and a half of office cake with a cup of coffee in the afternoon, and I swear within half an hour, I was shaking and my skin felt electrified. It was NOT pleasant.
okay, that's the *bad* kind of food crack!
OMG! Before I even got to Linda's comment, I had a grocery store cake story brewing! I'm sure they're like 99% crack, because I get this crazy sugar rush about 20 minutes after I eat a piece. Thoughts of my heart actually blowing a gasket have passed through my mind at moments like these, and yet, I'm powerless to refuse it. Mmm, lard frosting...su-gar. I turn right into Homer Simpson. The worst though, was when I washed down the grocery store cake with a glass of MOUNTAIN DEW. Don't try this at home kids. I was speed-talking like the guy who used to advertise Micromachines for the rest of the day. Yikes!
ewwwww. okay, grocery store cake + mountain dew is too much for even me. :-X
Diet Coke...my friends and I (half) jokingly call it Diet Crack.
well, once they take out the sugar they have to replace it with something, so why not even MORE crack than regular coke?
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