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Foods You Shouldn't Eat But Do

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Woodmouse Tue 16-Feb-21 13:40:33

Apart from the obvious like chocolate, cake and crisps are there any foods you still eat which you don't tell your friends about? Only my Best friend knows that I eat Pop Tarts, Findus Crispy Pancakes and Super Noodles. I don't eat them every day but they are my guilty secret. ?

Jaxjacky Tue 16-Feb-21 17:43:30

Not particularly unhealthy but gross, cold baked beans from the tin...sorry ?

bikergran Tue 16-Feb-21 18:13:13

I'm reading this whilst tucking into my Sticky Toffee pudding with extra thick double cream on grin

MissAdventure Tue 16-Feb-21 18:18:16

A super noodle sandwich is nice. smile

Missfoodlove Tue 16-Feb-21 18:29:48

I am the food Police ( type 2 husband)

I’m good apart from salt and vinegar chip sticks.

My husband has a stash for if I go away, his faves are; Fray Bentos steak and Kidney pie, beans,beans and more beans, thick sliced white bread ( I make all our bread) fishfingers and Arctic roll.

I think he’s getting fed up with me being here permanently!
He did ask recently how long the Fray Bentos was good for.

honeyrose Tue 16-Feb-21 18:36:59

BigBertha1. You can’t possibly live with the Chief of the Food Police, because that’s my title (according to my DH!). ??

Woodmouse Tue 16-Feb-21 19:06:07

I'm so glad that I asked this question ?. I am loving the answers. Some of the food choices are so mouth watering. My Chief of Food Police will soon be going away for work for several weeks so I think I am going to indulge in some of my naughty food. Cue evil laugh.

DanniRae Tue 16-Feb-21 19:13:39

I love bread and milk with (lots) of sugar - it's got to be white bread!
I never open a tin of baked beans without having a few spoonfuls of cold beans straight from the tin.
My Saturday dinner - cooked by Mr R - is fish fingers, oven chips and peas.

blue25 Tue 16-Feb-21 19:17:39

Ginsters Cornish pasty or hot sausage roll with tinned spaghetti hoops.

FarNorth Tue 16-Feb-21 19:19:07

Biscoff spread
Chocolate Peanut Butter

I don't bother spreading either of them on anything. I just eat a (large) teaspoonful when I fancy something sweet and / or if I feel frazzled.

Blossoming Tue 16-Feb-21 19:56:40

Gummi Bears, but I don’t feel guilty and it isn’t a secret ?

nexus63 Tue 16-Feb-21 20:12:02

i had bowel cancer, my consultant asked what my diet was like, i had been living on cold meat and salad sandwiches for about a year, he said the cause of the cancer was processed meat, i am now supposed to eat proper meat 4 times a week, i only like chicken (prefer it if it's kfc) but only so much of it i can eat, consultant blew his top when he found i was back to cold meat, i stupidly said but i eat sweets, crisps and drink pepsi, he did laugh and say ..well it is your body, i thanked him and said... if it's for you it will not go by you...lol

nanna8 Tue 16-Feb-21 20:51:21

Aldi’s almond chocolate, all cheeses,bacon, ham, pizza with goat’s cheese, lemonade scones with cream and jam, bread and butter pudding, grapes and dates. Cheesy potato bakes. Soy sauce.

grandmajet Tue 16-Feb-21 22:53:36

Fish finger sandwiches on white bread and butter with tomato ketchup, so much that it oozes out when you bite! Yummy!

grandmajet Tue 16-Feb-21 22:54:07

Nanna8, what is a lemonade scone?

FarNorth Tue 16-Feb-21 23:10:54

Looks great :

bakeplaysmile.com/lemonade-scones/

GrandmasueUK Tue 16-Feb-21 23:19:18

Cold mushy peas out of the tin ?

Kim19 Tue 16-Feb-21 23:21:56

Dark chocolate ginger biscuits are my downfall. With any other type I can have a couple and stop with ease but with them I have to consume the whole packet. Sadly, I'm so weak that I simply don't buy them.

Ro60 Wed 17-Feb-21 02:34:13

Jaffa cakes - not so sinful? Can't stop though just eat the whole box even though I throw them onto the top shelf, I still get the stool to get them down again.

Shhh - Crab sticks & a glass of wine.
Another super noodle fan.
Nuts - what's wrong with that? The bit I don't tell my good friends: Can eat a Waitrose tub in an evening - but the constipation?

Ro60 Wed 17-Feb-21 02:37:24

Discogran Yes please would love your noodle recipe x

DiscoGran Wed 17-Feb-21 09:02:51

Chicken Noodles
In a wok or saute pan, Fry a medium chopped onion, a handful of sliced mushrooms and a clove of crushed garlic in a tablespoon of olive oil. Once soft, add some diced chicken (I usually make on a Monday to use up Sunday roast chicken) and gently brown. Add a can of cream of chicken soup then fill the can with hot water and add that too. You can put in a chicken stock cube to make it extra tasty if you like, or just give it a good sprinkle of salt and black pepper. Bring to a bubble, then add a couple of sheets of egg noodles and small can of sweetcorn. Give it a stir, put the lid on and let it simmer until the noodles are soft.

nanna8 Wed 17-Feb-21 10:01:03

grandma net
1 cup lemonade
1 cup cream
Pinch of salt if you want
3 cups SR flour works every time very nice very unhealthy
Cut thick, at least 3/4 inch

grandmajet Wed 17-Feb-21 10:29:27

Thank you nanna8 and Farnorth. They sound too yummy!

SiobhanSharpe Wed 17-Feb-21 10:36:08

Luxury ice cream, Green and Blacks, Haagen Daz etc.
Best French unsalted butter and croissants.

Gwenisgreat1 Wed 17-Feb-21 10:40:01

Chocolate is my biggest sin and I am trying so much to keep away from it! I just love food and could eat it until the cows come home!!

Katek Wed 17-Feb-21 10:45:04

Kraft Cheesy Pasta and oven chips ..........it’s never been near a piece of cheddar in its existence but I love it! Only thing dd1 could eat during weeks of morning sickness strangely enough. grin