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Ohhh... you know, that actually pisses me off! I'd like to think that I could sit down for a meal and not have to actually do a taste test on the butter before I use it!

Oh god... stomach... churning... throat tightening...

I don't feel so good.

People don't really make a big deal out of this thing, but since it's summertime, I can't seem to escape it. Coleslaw... I don't care if you use the white sauce or the clear(ish) sauce, I ain't eatin' it. I can't stomach cavier either. I think it's the texture and the fact that they kind of "pop" when you bite down into a bit of it. (Shudder)

Oohhh... how I miss the (fast) food in Southern California! It wasn't really fast, but for lunch, you couldn't beat the Katella Deli in Los Alimitos. You'd get an awesome lunch, with pickles(!), and then you could walk into the adjoining bakery and pick your poison. I have tried and tried to even come close to their roast beef melt with no success. Not even close!

Exactly... normally, the smell of a hot dog will send me into a gastronomic tailspin. Even after the craving has been sated, I have to deal with the aftertaste and then de-funk my kitchen. Same with the cottage cheese. The first few bites are enjoyable and satisfying, but then I become aware of the texture and the smell... The pizzas are just a guilty pleasure.

Every once in a while I do get a craving for a hot dog, with or without corn. I put them on my "hot dog maker", aka my George Foreman Grill. That's the only thing that damn machine is good for! It makes awesome hot dogs. I like to use my leftover Chinese take-out hot mustard packs on them. Damn, I think I've cursed myself... bring me a hot dog!!! Anyway, the only other things that I crave on a regular basis are cottage cheese and those damned Totino's pizzas.

When I was in school we didn't have the option of eating crap... I went to a fairly small rural school and I thought our lunches were wonderful and pretty well balanced. The only options that we had were white milk, chocolate milk, or orange juice. Now, the schools have vending machines, deals with Coca Cola, and the option to leave the school to eat. It's kind of hard to battle temptations like that with a sack lunch. http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/8685031.htm

As mundane as it sounds, the gang goes wild when I make up a cheeseball. Cream cheese, extra sharp cheddar, horseradish, maybe a little parm, and some chopped green olives... shaped into a ball and rolled into some chopped nuts. Served with a variety of crackers, it's quick, easy, inexpensive, tasty, and twice as good the day after the party.

Ugh... I can't tell you how many security deposits I've lost because of those crappy freezers. I've never actually punctured anything important, but I've left some battle scars.

That has to be one of the greatest ad campaigns in recent memory... the guy with his kid in the front-pack? Great idea.

Mmmm... Tobasco. Speaking of guilty pleasures... the man of the house requested that I fetch him some Taco Bell last night. I was a bit upset by this, mostly because I had to leave the house, but it was well worth the outing when I found out... THE CHEESY GORDITA CRUNCH IS BACK!! THE CHEESY GORDITA CRUNCH IS BACK!!! It's a taco receiving a glorious, cheesy hug from a piece of flat bread. If you get it without that funky orange sauce that they put on everything, it's the truest representation of a guilty pleasure.

We have a chain (of sorts) here in Northeastern Ohio, that's pretty darn good. Rockne's Pub. Pretty standard pub fare... burgers, steaks, sandwiches, salads, etc... but I would crawl through broken glass to get to a bowl of their Cuban black bean soup and smothered steak sandwich.

Chips and french onion dip. Oh, the french onion dip. Now I'm cranky AND stinky! I also turn into a vending machine junky. Cheez-it's, Tater Skins, Dunkin' Sticks, peanut butter and orange cheese crackers... nothing is safe if I have change in my pockets!

Throw in some Slim Jim's and we've got a deal.

Let the jealousy continue... I have 2 more at home.

I put peeps in hot cocoa (hiding face in shame). It is truely disturbing to look at, and you WILL have a tummy ache, but for a few minutes it is sublime.

I have to admit that I do love the Creme Egg... actually, I ate two of them today. One at about 8:30 am (washed down with a cup of black coffee), and then the other around 2. I'm a little shaky right now, but they were mighty tasty. I had a couple of the little ones last year and they barely had any creme in them. If you're gonna do it, do it right and get the big ones.

p.s.... the "man of the house" says that I should be embarrassed that I eat cottage cheese. I'm not.

As I mentioned before... Slim Jims. I don't know what it is about those things, but I could eat them by the fist-full, any flavor. My mother gave me 2 boxes of them in my Easter basket (don't all 29-year-old's still get Easter baskets from their mothers?) and they are G-O-N-E, gone. I also keep a container of Nestle Quik on hand... I don't drink chocolate milk, but I do sprinkle it on vanilla ice cream. Crunchy, chocolatey goodness.

Bacon Substitute... made by Satan, himself. Chilling.

I'm new... I'm sure this has been a topic before, but I couldn't find anything, and I was curious... Come on... you know you have one... That tasty little treat that you hide in the back of the cupboard, or maybe in your glove compartment. That one item in your grocery cart that you would cover up with a bag of blood oranges, just in case you run into somone while you're shopping. Mine? Two words... SLIM JIM

MMmmmmm... Waffle House.

HAAA! In my hell, Rush is the house band... and someone keeps calling for "Fly By Night" over and over again.

Oh no, do not misunderstand, those are the good parts, but eating with these people is like eating with hyeneas. There's something very unsavory about sitting accross from someone that is actually glistening with chicken fat and that "are you gonna eat that?" look in their eyes. Dinner conversation is all but impossible because all I can think about is finding a wet-nap!