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Cottage cheese and garlic salt for me, what's yours?

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[–] dil@lemmy.zip 1 points 43 minutes ago

I stopped them all, just swap to new ones constantly, used to be plain white bread a little bit of ketchup sandwich spread and kraft cotto salami sandwiches, just never have the ingredients when I crave it, I also would just down cold chicken hotdogs growing up but I got paranoid about getting sick (think they are precooked), miss the taste, cold fried chicken the next day tastes close but the texture isnt the same.

[–] DisasterTransport@startrek.website 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Y'all have a funny definition of guilty. Didn't read the whole thread but I bet one of you silly sumbitches called a Caesar salad a guilty pleasure. Mine's pizza. Any variety. I will eat the whole pie. Pizza is love, pizza is life.

[–] YeahIgotskills2@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

Wild. I feel positively virtuous when I have cottage cheese. It's basically the only cheese that doesn't feel like a sin. That garlic salt option sounds decent, will give it a shot.

Personally my guilty goto food is crisps (chips for most of you guys). I stopped eating them about 6 weeks ago and have lost nearly 2kg in weight. Not sure it's worth it.

[–] Sunsofold@lemmings.world 2 points 7 hours ago

Mocha. I can take or leave most things but mocha is mandatory.

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Ohh I want to try this

[–] InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

The only thing I have to say about cottage cheese is that large curd is vastly superior in every way that counts, but it's almost impossible to find these days in my part of the world.

Great Value has a "large curd" option, but it is in fact not anywhere close to being large curd and none of the Walmart stores in my area carry it anymore. Same thing with Breakstone's. One store in my area carries it, but it does not qualify as large curd. They should be ashamed of themselves, they put the label on there but the curd size is indistinguishable from small curd.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

We got a backwards scenario here. What they label as 'Small Curd' is basically large curd 👍

[–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 5 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Guilty? Isn't that just basically health food? That was the craze when I was younger anyways.

Guilty pleasure is like strawberry ice cream with hot fudge sauce in a sugar waffle cone or something like that. Maybe deep fried.

Oh maybe you are saying that combination. But garlic and cheese go well together, no surprise there either. That is kind of cottage cheeses lot in the world: it kind of works with most things. Dont have enough ricotta for your manicotti? Cottage cheese will do in a pinch, and well.

[–] kinther@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago

Yellow mustard and cheddar cheese on wheat bread

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 3 points 11 hours ago

Oh lawd. I eat the boy versions of Girl Dinner when not cooking for my partner.

Hot sauce on bare popcorn.

Shopska salad with 1 cold additive thrown in. Beans, pickles, olives makes it Greek salad, peppers, sardines, pepperoni, etc.

Good quality sardines on crackers or in pita bread. With hot sauce.

Peanut butter and jelly burrito

Egg sandwich in baguette with hot sauce.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 13 hours ago

I haven't tried that, but I'm confident it would taste great.

I like putting salted potato chips in my cottage cheese. Adding garlic salt would enhance the awesomeness.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] retsnom513@kbin.earth 2 points 11 hours ago

If you haven't tried Lawry's Seasoned salt on cottage cheese. I got some news for you!

[–] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

Potato and onion pierogies with maple syrup.

[–] thal3s@sh.itjust.works 2 points 12 hours ago

Greek yogurt and plain granola.

[–] nikosey@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

It’s not a food but I seem to be addicted to drizzling sesame oil on almost everything: eggs, Raman, rice, chicken, veggies, pizza, etc.

[–] AverageEarthling@feddit.online 3 points 16 hours ago

spicy bbq pork rinds dipped in sour cream. the sour cream makes them taste almost sweet.

[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Vla. It's dutch and it's glorious.

[–] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Gimme vlaflip or gimme death

[–] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 2 points 1 hour ago

de vlaflip! jaja!

[–] ptc075@lemmy.zip 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Peanut Butter. Put a big dob on a plate and hand me a spoon.

Like, I'm at the point where I've acquired a Vitamix so I can make my own. Which is even more dangerous, as now I can also control the sugar and add flavorings. A nice dash of brown sugar or a hint of Vanilla really make it pop.

[–] InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 1 points 7 hours ago

Peanut Butter

Sayin' hey to the peanut butter gang!

For me it's a big ole scoop of peanut butter and a small glass of milk to wash it down.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 7 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Cottage cheese and garlic salt for me

Not trying to yuck your yum, but what even leads one to try mixing these together? This sounds like a pregnancy craving sort of invention. When my mom was pregnant with me, she tells me she would make scrambled egg and mustard sandwiches. It sounded insane to me, but I tried it and actually love it, and now that's my weird guilty food. :)

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago

It actually started off with garlic salt and Cheerios (in milk, I'm not a savage, I promise). I think it was around 2008, I had a tooth cavity, so I was avoiding sugar at all costs, but Cheerios taste like cardboard, so I needed some sort of flavor to it anyways, it just wasn't gonna be sugar.

And so it came to be, I very rarely eat sweets anymore. I'm down to 24 teeth now, 7 of which have fillings, and I ain't looking to lose any more teeth if I can possibly avoid it.

[–] syreus@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago

Salt and pepper is normal way to enjoy cottage cheese. Garlic salt isn't a big leap.

[–] saimen@feddit.org 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] gilokee@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

yessss. I'm vegetarian most of the time but when my husband has salami I can not resist a slice or two!

yes hur hur I love my husband's salami

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Macadamia nuts. I can't have them in the house anymore. Once I bought a three-pound bag of them, and then I ate a three-pound bag of macadamia nuts. In one day. They're way too fucking expensive for that, and high in calories.

So, I don't buy macadamia nuts anymore.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago

Have you tried this brand? They were a revelation to me. Soooo good, no macadamia has compared, so far. They taste like salted butter.

[–] queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's me with pistachios. Once it became possible to buy them pre-shelled I knew I was in financial trouble because I can eat them non-stop. I need the shells to rate-limit myself.

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[–] Drusas@fedia.io 9 points 1 day ago

Maruchan ramen and chicken bouillon cubes. I was literally raised on these when my impoverished single mother couldn't afford to feed us when I was a couple of years old. Sticks with you.

[–] DragonAce@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

Butter toffee peanuts, sadly most stores around me stopped selling them. Not sure why...

But the most extreme and unique snack I used to eat a lot is pickled herring, however I haven't had it in years.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I love mashing a can of tuna, mayonnaise, and sweet relish together in a bowl and either horking it straight or using it like dip on potato chips or doritos. Probably the most aggressively white and fat thing I do but it tastes good to my autism soooo

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[–] finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I've been on an apple slices and peanut butter kick lately. My grocery store has been selling big bags of granny smiths for $5 and I'm going through them so quickly

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[–] protist@retrofed.com 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm just here to tell you there's no reason whatsoever to feel guilty about eating cottage cheese. It's got great protein and fat content. Throw a dusting of psyllium husk on there for some fiber and scoop it out with some whole wheat peta chips or crackers and you've got yourself a meal

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[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 6 points 23 hours ago

My wife loves cottage cheese with crushed BBQ potato chips mixed in, which I imagine is similar.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 8 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Peanut butter out of the jar with a spoon.

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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago

Mashed potatoes.

They will be no leftovers.

[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)
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[–] urheber@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 23 hours ago

Glass of nutella

[–] socsa@piefed.social 8 points 1 day ago

Olives and feta. I throw in tomatoes and call it a Mediterranean salad, but I'm really here for the salt.

[–] kurmudgeon@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Pickles. Or anything pickled for that matter. When I get a craving for something pickled, especially when I'm drinking beer, get out of my way!

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