bad things to eat that look good at the time

[mojo]

normally i would NEVER eat nachos purchased from a convenience store. HOWEVER....when you drive around at 4:30am and have your heart set on mexican food.....
ok, no, i didnt think it was really mexican food....but the mexican place was closed. i had plans to get mexican food earlier, but i got caught up and realized that i forgot to get my carne asada quesadilla. so the night progressed and eventually i said "taco bell sounds good"...which is odd because taco bell does a lot of stuff, but does NOT "sound good." driving by taco bell was fruitless. everywhere was freakin closed...a surprise, cuz they were places that used to be open...i went down the list and drove for a while in order of what sounded good. as each successive place was closed, i decided to settle for convenience store food. they were outta hot dogs (dude was behind on his work), so i eyed the nachos.
what it comes down to is that i BOUGHT the nachos...i put the cheese and the fast food splorky chili-like substance on it...and ate it! i was so hungry that i liked it! i savored every meat product filled bite. thankfully i didnt pay heavily at the recycle bin for it later.

ok, that's my story. who else has a "bad food" story

[oblongmelon]

vodka laden watermelon that had sat unrefrigerated for 4 days after it's initial spiking..We all thought we were going to get a fab buzz off of it...instead we all got foodpoisoning.

[pennypinch]

Sausage and Egg McMuffin.

Second on the White Castle. I was in Minnesota for the Vikings playoff game last year, and my girlfriend at the time, knowing me altogether all too well, took me there for breakfast. I miss her.

[Markel]

Originally posted by DarkFury
2 words for ya: WHITE CASTLES!!!! :puke:
Why waste words?

SLIDERS!! :puke:

[Burzhui]

boogers.... hey don't judge i was like 2 :P

[johnnymk]

Hey, boogers have lots of protein............

I have a question, does anyone else but me get the runs after you drink coffee at your local diner? It never fails, no matter what diner I go to, I get the runs from their coffee.

[BigJon]

pig rinds . . . barf

made the mistake once: "Oh those look good!!"

ever eaten dried, fried, pig skin?

[welfareloser]

Originally posted by BigJon
pig rinds . . . barf

made the mistake once: "Oh those look good!!"

ever eaten dried, fried, pig skin?

mmm... regularly and on purpose.

my contribution is menudo in a can. i believe i mentioned that fat mistake already.

[ironchef]

Originally posted by welfareloser
mmm... regularly and on purpose.bleh.. damn girl, you're courageous..

my contribution: galantine, i believe it's called and spelled. my bro brought it home once when he was in culinary school. basically, it's like chicken olive loaf, wrapped in chicken skin, if i remember correctly. i guess it doesn't even fall under this category 'cause it didn't even look good. it was composed of ground up chicken with added nastiness, formed into a loaf, wrapped in its skin and then poached, served cold. ungodly repulsive. one of my brothers literally threw up after eating a bite.

[welfareloser]

Originally posted by ironchef
my contribution: galantine

yeah, i think the addition of olive was definitely the death blow to that good idea...

[Markel]

Galantine sounds like a French haggis. :puke:

[ironchef]

http://www.hwatson.force9.co.uk/images/galantinechicken.jpg

this recipe just doesn't catch the same sort of repulsiveness that the dish truly carries, especially since i distrinctly remember is being wrapped in its own skin:

Serves 6

Chicken - 1, about 1.8 kg (4 lb)
Lean cooked ham - 110g (4 oz)
Olives - 8, pitted

STUFFING:
Onion - 1 small
Minced veal - 225g (8 oz)
Lean minced pork - 225g (8 oz)
Salt and black pepper
Mixed herbs
Lemon - 1, zest and juice
Mushrooms - 110g (4 oz), optional
Egg - 1
Stock - to moisten

METHOD

Bone the chicken. Set the liver aside for use in the galantine stuffing. Use the chicken carcass, the bones and the remaining giblets to make a well-flavoured stock.

For the stuffing, peel and finely chop the onion and mince the chicken liver. Put the veal and pork in a bowl, mix in the chopped onion and chicken liver and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Add mixed herbs to taste, then mix in the zest and juice of the lemon.

If using the mushrooms, chop them finely and add to the mixture. Beat the egg and stir it into the stuffing, with enough stock to give a firm, moist consistency.

Lay the boned chicken on a board, skin side down and spread half the stuffing mixture over it, to within 1 cm (½ inch) of the edges. Top with the cooked ham, cut into 1-2 cm (½-¾ inch) wide strips and the olives. Cover with the rest of the stuffing.

Draw the long sides of the chicken over the stuffing and sew it together neatly with fine string.

Wrap the stuffed chicken in a double layer of muslin and tie the ends securely. Tie one or two pieces of string around the chicken parcel to keep it in shape. Put it in a large pan and cover with stock. Bring to the boil, cover, lower the heat and simmer for about 1½ hours.

When cooked, lift out the chicken parcel and press it between two plates. Place a heavy weight on top. Leave the galantine until nearly cold, then take off the string and muslin and continue pressing the chicken until it is cold.

Remove the sewing thread from the cold galantine before garnishing and serving it.

[Markel]

Ha! I googled to that exact same web site. :)

[attgig]

Originally posted by DarkFury
2 words for ya: WHITE CASTLES!!!! :puke:

DUDE!!! I LOVE WHITE CASTLE!!!!
how can u NOT like that junx?

[Markel]

It used to seem that White Castle built their "restaurants" where there were closed gas stations. I theorized that once the gas stations filled up the storage underneath them with used oil, they would move out, and White Castle would move in and start pumping the oil back up.

[chrissy]

Originally posted by att gig


DUDE!!! I LOVE WHITE CASTLE!!!!
how can u NOT like that junx?

I kinda do too! I mean, nothing beats White Castle after a nice evening of beer!

:)

Of course, it was the only place I didn't eat at when I was back in IL because no one else in my family likes the joint... :(

And the frozen ones come no where close!

[Markel]

Originally posted by chrissy
I kinda do too! I mean, nothing beats White Castle after a nice evening of beer!

Perhaps this is an indication of what state of mind you must be in to think that Sliders are good food.

[poiselle]

I flew to LA for a conference and like an idiot went to a Korean restaurant. I got this bowl of pure evil. I don't know what the green vegetable is but I was sick as a dog. I ended up being jet lagged, puking in my hotel room with a presentation to give in the morning. It was not pretty.

[welfareloser]

Originally posted by chosenfool
another bad food that i think everyone thinks is good at first, but is really bad for them (that i happen to actually like to eat as well):

:spam:

mmmm... fried spam, toasted bread, lettuce mayo, tomato.... mmmmmm...

[BrewMaster]

Originally posted by johnnymk
I have a question, does anyone else but me get the runs after you drink coffee at your local diner? It never fails, no matter what diner I go to, I get the runs from their coffee.

Coffee always gives me the runs. Especially if I drink it on an empty stomach. I don't know why. I don't like coffee much anyway.

What always sounds good is chili. I don't like chili, but everytime I see it I want to eat some and then I hate it. I can't get it in my thick skull that i hate it.

[Two Cents]

anything with the five second rule...and especially outside :eek:

[brain]

Originally posted by poiselle
I flew to LA for a conference and like an idiot went to a Korean restaurant. I got this bowl of pure evil. I don't know what the green vegetable is but I was sick as a dog. I ended up being jet lagged, puking in my hotel room with a presentation to give in the morning. It was not pretty.

What is idiotic about going to a Korean restaurant?

[YanksFanRy]

My input: Almost any TRUE sushi.

[Grimm]

Originally posted by poiselle
I flew to LA for a conference and like an idiot went to a Korean restaurant. I got this bowl of pure evil.

Where can I get some?!?!

[Grimm]

When I was in Bahrain I went to an Indian restraunt. It server REAL Indian food. Not Americanized one little bit.
Huge mistake...

[pennypinch]

Originally posted by chosenfool
another bad food that i think everyone thinks is good at first, but is really bad for them (that i happen to actually like to eat as well):

:spam:
You missed the title of the thread. It said BAD things to eat. SPAM is magically both delicious and nutritious!

[poiselle]

Originally posted by freakinfreak


What is idiotic about going to a Korean restaurant?
The idiotic thing was going to a Korean restaurant that was on the third floor of the Weston Bonaventure. I have eaten Korean food since then on the east coast and have been pretty okay, although the green stringy vegetable does not work well for me.

[El Scorcho]

Originally posted by freakinfreak


What is idiotic about going to a Korean restaurant?

well obviously something since he puked his friggen guts out:puke:

[Burzhui]

Originally posted by YanksFanRy
My input: Almost any TRUE sushi.

what you say? :eek: crazy man... sushi rules

[theHNIC]

Not at liberty to say

"Think hard, real hard"

[g222leav]

something about steamed meat....mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

i have a few slider-licious stories.

one time it was my friends birthday, we all got piss drunk and got the munchies around 4, so we got teh sober-est guy to drive 6 guys to white castle for 60 (yes 60) sliders. boy did we pay for that in the morning.

oh yea, and when we go to great america (six flags) we usually stop by the white castle, have everybody order a sack of 10, and see who ****'s first...it's a regualr contest.

[Markel]

I have always said that it is more efficient to just throw the sliders directly into the toilet.

[g222leav]

hahaha, eliminate the middle man. that's a great idea

[welfareloser]

Originally posted by g222leav
eliminate

:heh:

[Markel]

Since you like my idea, I'll make things even more efficient. Take the money you would spend on the sliders, and just give it to me! :D

[g222leav]

yes, must increase efficiency!!! must eliminate all sources on nonproductive steps...."did you recieve the memo???"

[ironchef]

are these what i'm thinking -- raw clams on the half-shell?

and if so, just what in god's name are you doing ordering them from a fast food restaurant?! :puke:

[Markel]

Originally posted by ironchef
are these what i'm thinking -- raw clams on the half-shell?

and if so, just what in god's name are you doing ordering them from a fast food restaurant?! :puke:
BWAAAHAHAHA!
:heh: :bigmouth: :laugh:

Sorry, Ironchef. Not directed at you. It's just that that hit me so.... "Sliders" is the nickname for the "burgers" sold at White Castle. I think the origin of the term had something to do with an association with hockey pucks.

[ironchef]

Originally posted by Markel

BWAAAHAHAHA!
:heh: :bigmouth: :laugh:

Sorry, Ironchef. Not directed at you. It's just that that hit me so.... "Sliders" is the nickname for the "burgers" sold at White Castle. I think the origin of the term had something to do with an association with hockey pucks. Thank gawd.. I know White Castle is a burger joint and thought it awfully strange that they'd serve clams. But hell, you never know. From the sounds of it though, the term could also refer to the way in which it slides through your gut..

Another addition then: sliders, aka, clams on the half shell. A repellent puddle of snot mixed with sand and sea water, set inside the gritty and filthy clam shell which has been nestling itself in bay mud for its entire lifespan.

Surprisingly though, I'll have to defend the "oyster shooter." although quite similar to a slider in its presentation and appearance, the oyster shooter has to its benefit the addition of a shot of tobasco and a shot of pepper-flavored absolut. a spicy little combo that goes down smooth and only gives the stomach a slightly unsettling feeling.

[g222leav]

i always sliders was termed so because of the bowel movements they seem to produce in everybody. not hockey pucks....oh well.

amazingly, some people LOVE sliders, i for one, can only eat them once every blue moon, even they i have to brace myself

[welfareloser]

i like white castle. but i don't wind up going very often, so i don't LOOOOOVE it like some ppl.

[pennypinch]

First, it's called a slider because of the grease they use, they slide around on the grill. You people are fast-food philistines.

Moreover, I came up with more awful, awful stuff that people in LA will bashfully admit they've eaten:

Pink's: The pastrami double hotdog burrito with chili? Yeah, you know.

Original Tommy's: Yeah, we do the damn thing!

The Hat: One Pastrami Dip, and one freakin' boat of chili cheese fries.

Langer's Deli/Nate n' Al's: That's a whole lot of meat for one sammich!

[attgig]

Well, I personally LOVE 'slyders' but because they're none around where I am (new to the area, so maybe I'll be able to find one), I've only eaten them sparingly...

I still love that stuff....grew up on it..

according to their website, it's slyders, not sliders:
"White Castle--land of the Slyders®, steamers of the patties and most importantly, home of the Cravers-- is now also leader of the craveractive web. Discover the birth of the Crave, the life of the Crave and the future of the Crave all through the dreamy, steamy world of White Castle online."

[attgig]

hmmm, just went to the website to find any white castle restaurant and well, none in my area :(....only the frozen stuff that just doesn't do it for me. :(

but anyways, the closest area to me is Philly, and according to their map, there's only one in philly...in the middle of the Delaware water gap....right in the river:
philly's 1 white castle (http://www.whitecastle.com/cgibin/mapquest/mqinterconnect.exe?POI1streetaddress=1505+Route+73&POI1city=Pennsauken&POI1state=NJ&POI1zip=08110&POI1url=1&POI1phone=ffff33&POI1iconid=301&POI1lat=400039&POI1lng=-750567&var1=1&var2=1&var3=0&var4=0&var5=Philadelphia&width=368&height=250&&miles=&var10=1)

[Markel]

Originally posted by pennypinch
First, it's called a slider because of the grease they use, they slide around on the grill.

Black disks sliding around. Like I said, the hockey puck conneciton. ;)


Originally posted by att gig
Well, I personally LOVE 'slyders' but because they're none around where I am (new to the area, so maybe I'll be able to find one), I've only eaten them sparingly...

I still love that stuff....grew up on it..

according to their website, it's slyders, not sliders:
"White Castle--land of the Slyders®, steamers of the patties and most importantly, home of the Cravers-- is now also leader of the craveractive web. Discover the birth of the Crave, the life of the Crave and the future of the Crave all through the dreamy, steamy world of White Castle online."
You can NEVER trust the "Corporate" to get things right. Believe me, on the streets it always has and always will be "Sliders". :D

[Markel]

Originally posted by DarkFury
BTW, I think it is the combination of the "grease" they use ..
Like I said, I think they are remodelled closed-down gas stations (the kind that used to do oil changes) for this very reason. :P

[Markel]

Originally posted by att gig
according to their website, it's slyders, not sliders:
Heh heh. Here's a bit of "scientific proof". Do a google search of "White Castle slyders" and you get 116 matches. Do a search of "White Castle sliders" and you get 1710 matches. Your honor, I rest my case. :)

[attgig]

Originally posted by DarkFury
Them dayuum things make me "paint the porcelain" every time... therefore they are my "sworn enemy" (I only eat them as a truly LAST resort... currently 4 years "WC free")


Well, being lactose intollerant, I'm prone to "painting the porcelain" quite often (I love ice cream, cheese, cereal). Maybe that's why I don't notice WC being a 'bomb' for my system, because if they actually do have negative effects on me, they pale in comparison to what a spoon of ice cream would do.

so I guess that would be my response to the original question, dairy products....good when I eat them, hell to pay a few hours later

[pennypinch]

Originally posted by DarkFury


Ummm where did you get that from.. must be some kind of local "dialect". 'Cause 'round here, "Sliders" refers to the way they go through your system and come out in a "blaze of glory". You my friend are the "infidel".

Them dayuum things make me "paint the porcelain" every time... therefore they are my "sworn enemy" (I only eat them as a truly LAST resort... currently 4 years "WC free")

BTW, I think it is the combination of the "grease" they use and the "multitude of onions" that they use when cooking them that cause the "rip roaring" effect.

Maybe I should test this theory one day... have them cook up some WCs on a "clean grill" with no onions and see what effect they produce... They probably won't taste the same, but I am sure they won't produce the same effect as well...

:hmm:Well, that was totally unneccessary.:hmm:

Although, I'll admit, the "rip roaring" portion had me laughing.

[welfareloser]

Originally posted by pennypinch


Although, I'll admit, the "rip roaring" portion had me laughing.

along with the "paint the porcelain" ... never heard that one before...

[Kim]

My contribution, Deviled eggs and those little sausages in a can. OMG, my dad would feed us those all the time...instant hurl! :puke:

[Markel]

Originally posted by DarkFury
just cut a quote where you feel like it huh?
Must be the influence of reading too many movie ads. :D

[tupacboy]

what's white castle?

[welfareloser]

Originally posted by tupacboy
what's white castle?

http://www.whitecastle.com/home.asp

[Jihforce]

Originally posted by DarkFury

100% steam grilled HORSE meat slathered in onions and served on a bun... all for just 49 cents!

IT'S WHAT YOU CRAVE... NOT!
Oh sick!!!! DooD is that some weird foreign food or soemthing?:puke:

[mojo]

is it just me...or is good chorizo very good, while bad chorizo is like some of the most evil, repugnant, putrid, nasty, gnarly, lethal, disgusting, just plain wrong stuff there is? when i order chorizo at the nice place down the street, it's very, very nice. when i order it from a less reputable place, it can be downright not so good :puke:

at any rate, i hate it when it contains too many mystery ingredients. it's already a mystery in its natural state...no need to add to scooby's work by throwing in the veins and scooby snacks

[welfareloser]

Originally posted by Jihforce

Oh sick!!!! DooD is that some weird foreign food or soemthing?:puke:

yeah... i think white castle must be a canadian cumpny... le chateau blanc... :hihi: it all makes sense now...