What we eat when nobody's looking . . .

[Fat Guy]

I'll go out on a limb and suggest that, of the more than 5 billion inhabitants of Earth, I was the only person eating this dinner tonight. In fact, I bet I'm the only person in the history of the universe to eat this international-eclectic meal:

- Sliced cabbage kimchi (eaten directly from the jar with a fork)

- Samuel Smith's organically brewed lager

- Pringles (Original)

Disregard the knife and the little bits of cheese -- those are for Momo-the-dog.

By providing details, I don't mean to indicate that my standard for determining whether anybody else has ever eaten this meal requires great specificity. In fact, I'm willing to go with just kimchi, Pringles, and beer as an unprecedented combination. Three simple ingredients; history in the making.

[Dave the Cook]

Growin' fella like you needs more protein, big guy.

[Fat Guy]

I had hot dogs for lunch. Anyway, aren't potatoes and cabbage pretty good protein sources?

Can anybody top my meal, or even come close?

[NeroW]

No, can't top it, but last night for dinner we had:

1. A few bites leftover from 2 little cakes: chocolate tiramisu mousse and New York style cheesecake;

2. Chunks of Gruyere and white cheddar cheese with those butterfly crackers (from the Cracker Trio collection);

3. Yukon Gold Onion and Garlic chips, Yukon Gold Salt and Vinegar chips, and Kettle Chips Honey Dijon chips, dipped into Philadelphia Cream Cheese;

4. "Big Momma" Merlot;

5. Philadelphia Cream Cheese White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake bars;

6. Leftover chicken and basil curry with toasted coconut and basmati rice, eaten cold, straight from the Tupperware.

We ate the chips course sitting on the kitchen floor.

I have many, many more such as these.

[pixelchef]

I just ate some organic peanut butter out of the jar, then I had 3 Strub's pickles. All washed down by the remnants of a bottle of Moscato D'Asti sitting in the fridge from earlier in the evening.

Did I come close?

... I also must admit, I don't feel too hot right now.

[Dave the Cook]

...aren't potatoes and cabbage pretty good protein sources?

Only compared to cucumbers. Both are about 2% protein by weight.

You could do better among veggies, but maybe you should just go share some cheese with NeroW.

[Jason Perlow]

You're scaring me, Shaw.

Nero: Was this preceded by inhalation of a controlled or illegal substance?

[anil]

Bottled Kimchi - Are they any good ?

How is this - Flat bread (pita) from Toufayian bakery (sp?) Spread of Tarragon Mustard, and Jar of Chutney picked up from Brooklyn Botanical Garden's gift shop, zapped for 25 sec in the microwave to form a post-midnight snack.

Great thead by the way

[Kerouac1964]

I had an odd late night snack:

Diced summer sausage

1/2 can of deviled ham

1/2 can of cheese soup

a few lines of squeezable sour cream

a couple of teaspoons of fish sauce

all wrapped up in a large sized rice spring roll wrapper.

It was messy as I forgot to 2-ply it for the soup which sort of melted/liquified out of the can on the warm wrapper.

[Fat Guy]

Bottled Kimchi - Are they any good ?

The refrigerated ones can be. They maintain their crunch, kind of like refrigerated half-sour pickles. The stuff I got at Hanahreum in Little Ferry, NJ, is close in quality to what you'd get as part of the pan chan at a typical NYC Korean restaurant.

[stagis]

Actually, a favorite:

Toast a pita, stuff with cottage cheese mixed with horseradish.

This is as opposed to cheddar dipped in BBQ sauce.

[Jinmyo]

Kimchi and mashed potaoes with English bangers.

[rcarter]

Kimchi on hamburgers and hotdogs. Pringles with cream cheese and pepperonchini or jalapeno stuffed olives.

[Holly Moore]

I hit one of the greasy fried chicken franchises (pardon my redundancy), buy a bucket of chicken and a dozen biscuits. Once home I tear pieces the skin/crust and a little bit of the meat of the chicken and insert it in the still warm biscuits. Thighs work best for this.

The remaining chicken goes in the fridge for quick snacks.

[Bux]

Actually, a favorite:

Toast a pita, stuff with cottage cheese mixed with horseradish.

For lunch or a snack, I'll pull a spinach or mixed vegetable paratha out of the freezer, defrost it and heat it in a skillet and then fold it over some fresh local ricotta.

[nerissa]

Today for lunch while watching very old episode of Law & Order:

1. Coupla slices of proscuitto, bits of fat pulled off (but not all and put back with rest of slices for cooking later).

2. Veggie burger

3. After the Fall blueberry juice mixed with Gerolsteiner.

I am feeling a tad sick but I brought to work Kettle Garlic and Onion Black Bean and Brown Rice chips.

Nero: What is "big momma" wine?

[aliwaks]

wellllllll.... at the moment am alone eating a sandwich of metropolitan french country bread w. mustard aioli, cave aged cheddar, radishes, &smoked sauage. most of which was culled from the salad station...however some of my favorite alone meals include:

Salt & Vinegar potato chips, dill havarti ,hummus & baby carrots

all the skin from a whole roast chicken, the wings, the neck,the tuchkis & one drumstick & macaroni salad

15 oreos & some skim milk

left over white rice w. 2 eggs & a lot of butter microwaved till eggs just cooked w. lots of crystal hot sauce

grahmn crackers in a bowl w. skim milk

cold macaroni & cheese

and my v. favorite leftover sandwich which I am will ing to share but only w. memebers of my family:

Cold chinese roast pork on garlic bread w. lots of duck sauce & a tiny bit of chinese mustard.

[ditsydine]

just yesterday i ate

a hardboiled egg dipped in chili garlic sauce (not the sriachca), but a similar one

(I put shiracha on bananas all the time)

then some halava (halawa)

followed by my ghetto quesodilla-some shredded kraft cheese on a torillia nuked for 40 sec

and I wondered why i woke up in apin.

[col klink]

Often times when I get the "munchies" I'll attack the can of Nesquick with a big ol' spoon of peanut butter; or I'll get the toast munchies and go through three or four slices of sourdough with plugra.

[snowangel]

Spotted in the kitchen here not long ago: A young lass, washing down flamin' hot cheetos and Gedney Jalapeno Baby Dills with strawberry-flavored Quik milk. A quick glance on my part brought forth a profusion of excuses...

[Fat Guy]

Let's get some photos going in here, people.

[Suzanne F]

Spotted in the kitchen here not long ago:  A young lass, washing down flamin' hot cheetos and Gedney Jalapeno Baby Dills with strawberry-flavored Quik milk.  A quick glance on my part brought forth a profusion of excuses...

Was that a glance in the mirror? Man, those hot cheetos are HOT!!!!!

[pixelchef]

Spotted in the kitchen here not long ago:  A young lass, washing down flamin' hot cheetos and Gedney Jalapeno Baby Dills with strawberry-flavored Quik milk.  A quick glance on my part brought forth a profusion of excuses...

Oh my. That ACTUALLY made my stomach roll over.

[torakris]

way back when I had metabolism on over ride I used to snack on cream cheese wrapped in pieces of salami, some how I lost my metabolism on my 33rd birthday and I can't seem to find it again!

[Jim Dixon]

flamin' hot cheetos and Gedney Jalapeno Baby Dills

We used to like pickled jalapenos with cheese doritos, best eaten on a sandy river beach leaning against a sun-warmed rubber boat and drinking very cold beer. Something about that hot-cheesy thing, though.

Jim