weird food stuff

[burntcopper]

Huh. i was looking at some of my fave weird food likes and realised several of them were developed *specifically* because i was hungry and it was an emergency, or it was just about still eatable and no-one else was keen on it like that, or would eat everything else but leave that.

examples :

Not quite ripe bananas.
Nearly stale bread.
burnt pizza.
nearly-burnt chips.
salad garnish.
soft biscuits.
stale jaffa cakes.
cornflower scrapings from the wok.
Stale cake.
Flat 7-up.

The last two, my mates' mum used to keep in the cupboard specifically because I'd eat/drink them in preference to the fresh stuff. they used to joke about this because it meant I was happy and there was less wasted food. Once I was helping to put away the shopping after a trip to the supermarket and their nan was over - she was putting the fizzy stuff away, went to throw away the old stuff that had gone flat, and then watched with bemusement as her daughter-in-law rescued it with 'no, no, heather'll drink that.'

Any advances?

Comments

[cynicalcylon.livejournal.com]

My mum used to give us flat 7-Up when we were sick, to settle our stomachs, so I always class that as 'comfort food'.

[dario006.livejournal.com]

Flat 7 up is good.

I did once have to have Garlic bread with vanilla ice cream...I was very hungover at the time.

[lasayla.livejournal.com]

I have a violent hate-on for over-ripe bananas, over-hard biscuits and over-fizzy pop, so I fully support you on those fronts.

As a teen I developed the rather unhealthy habit of drowning my chips in vinegar until my dinner was 95% acetic acid and then covering the lot in a thick layer of black pepper. (This was a necessary defence against serial chip-nickers and still healthier than my mate Ebs, who used to cover hers in sugar for the same reason.)

I also prefer cold curry to hot.