664213 Mon Nov 02 15:37:25 -0800 2009 42 27 General Chowhounding Topics 0 5150376 I have a friend who likes french fries so much, that she'll eat frozen ones straight out of the Ore Ida bag. I have a similar thing with burritos where I will still pretty much always enjoy them, even if it's a bad frozen burrito. Do you have any foods like that? Mon Nov 02 15:37:25 -0800 2009 12268 mollyomormon 1 5150388 Have you ever resorted to those vending machine burritos? If you can stomach those, then it really is "true love". Mon Nov 02 15:42:19 -0800 2009 5150376 11583 ipsedixit 2 5152248 fortunately, i don't often have to, but yeah. Tue Nov 03 10:12:06 -0800 2009 5150388 12268 mollyomormon 3 5152256 One of those late-night, gotta get it out last-minute bankruptcy petitions? Tue Nov 03 10:14:19 -0800 2009 5152248 11583 ipsedixit 4 5152262 Don't remind me. Tue Nov 03 10:15:31 -0800 2009 5152256 12268 mollyomormon 1 5150399 I think I've yet to meet an enchilada I would turn my nose up at. Mon Nov 02 15:45:36 -0800 2009 5150376 17548 BarmyFotheringayPhipps 1 5151553 Onion rings. Good ones are sublime but to me there is no such thing as an inedible one. Even the bad ones are good. Tue Nov 03 06:26:39 -0800 2009 5150376 25244 rockycat 2 5164492 You've obviously never had one of them from Sonic. Gross-tastic. Sat Nov 07 22:25:42 -0800 2009 5151553 130151 dmd_kc 3 5165594 Oh yes I have. Just last week, as a matter of fact. Not my favorite, but still just fine, especially when they're still very hot. Sun Nov 08 15:17:12 -0800 2009 5164492 25244 rockycat 2 5167587 Same here. A weakness of mine. Mon Nov 09 11:45:32 -0800 2009 5151553 220914 krisrishere 1 5151582 Nope... I have to say that if I love a certain food, eggplant parm, for instance, it has to taste good or I can't eat it. Poor quality ruins the experience for me and makes me cranky. Frozen fries from the fridge? Shudderrrrrrr. Tue Nov 03 06:37:34 -0800 2009 5150376 75332 Gio 1 5151626 Pizza, enchiladas, tacos. Tue Nov 03 06:56:02 -0800 2009 5150376 11990 Janet from Richmond 1 5152208 Jalapeno poppers. I love my homemade bacon-wrapped/baked/cream-cheese & sausage stuffed ones, but will happily eat the frozen tgiFridays breaded version, or sonic's radioactive yellow CHEEZ version... And nachos. There's just no such thing as bad nachos. (And I've lived - and eaten nachos - in CT which were made with american cheese, I kid you not. Still ate them everytime we went to that rest.) Tue Nov 03 09:59:13 -0800 2009 5150376 20991 shanagain 1 5152551 With me it's mainly desserts: bread pudding, tiramisu, cheesecake, etc. I'd take bad bread pudding over a good cupcake any day. But onion rings might qualify too. In general, these are all things I rarely order so I'm not tempted. Tue Nov 03 11:41:57 -0800 2009 5150376 12829 Bob W 1 5152597 Spring rolls- even the Sysco variety is fine with me. Tue Nov 03 11:55:19 -0800 2009 5150376 92744 invinotheresverde 2 5152792 I'm really ashamed to admit this, but: Mexican food. I'll whine and complain and carry on and on when it's bad -- but, if given the choice to NOT eat enchiladas, nachos, guacamole, etc., for long periods of time, OR to eat really terrible versions, I will choose the latter. I realized this a few months ago when I noticed I was craving the really disgusting "quesadillas" served at a pseudo-Mexican restaurant here in our little French town. Ick. I know. Tue Nov 03 12:52:21 -0800 2009 5152597 103888 anakalia 1 5152819 For me, it's pasta. From Mario Batali's restuarant, or Top Ramen, Hamburger Helper and Spagettios. I love pasta. Tue Nov 03 12:57:51 -0800 2009 5150376 219993 LA Buckeye Fan 1 5152868 Mac n' cheese. I make the Gourmet Magazine recipe at home, complete with cayenne, dijon, and panko crumbs, but I'll eat most any kind down through Velveeta and beyond. I will draw the line at a baked version that's totally dried out, though. Tue Nov 03 13:09:59 -0800 2009 5150376 14386 BobB 2 5153405 I don't know if I "love" mac n' cheese, but I've yet to come across one that was inedible (including Kraft). Tue Nov 03 15:56:52 -0800 2009 5152868 10159 Ruth Lafler 3 5164034 I'm with ya. Sat Nov 07 16:52:48 -0800 2009 5153405 105625 EWSflash 4 5164233 The only thing that renders mac 'n cheese inedible is the macaroni being overcooked and mushy. That's more of a textural thing for me than anything, though. I can't stand the mouthfeel of it. Sat Nov 07 18:54:11 -0800 2009 5164034 52028 DarkRose 5 5165635 It's a flat-out sin, too. Sun Nov 08 15:34:04 -0800 2009 5164233 105625 EWSflash 5 5166901 I bend the other way - I don't mind mushy as long as it's creamy, but I can't eat one that's dried-out and chewy. Mon Nov 09 08:11:17 -0800 2009 5164233 14386 BobB 1 5153049 Pizza. Never met a slice I didn't like. (Although I may have complained about some, I have never turned my back.) Tue Nov 03 14:01:11 -0800 2009 5150376 137495 dagwood 2 5170586 I would have said the same until I encountered the "grease and plastic atop a slice of cardboard" pizza at some super cheapo place. It didn't even taste like pizza. You would have gotten closer with ketchup and velvetta atop a saltine. Tue Nov 10 11:54:19 -0800 2009 5153049 49823 Terrieltr 1 5153079 I think that must be a personality thing because I get very disappointed when I order or make a favorite dish and it is not up to snuff. I have eaten dishes that still tasted good, even though they were not truely what I had in mind, but I would not say that they were terrible. BTW - I have to say, the idea of eating frozen FF's out of the bag makes me gag a little. Tue Nov 03 14:09:53 -0800 2009 5150376 110306 NE_Elaine 1 5153435 Meatballs or Meat Loaf.....and any Hors doeuvre passed at a cocktail reception....especially those pigs in a blanket. Tue Nov 03 16:03:59 -0800 2009 5150376 123497 fourunder 1 5163471 For me its Chinese food. Good or bad, I love it. Sat Nov 07 11:29:43 -0800 2009 5150376 1110069 Sensuous 1 5163476 Bread. Even if it's the flavorless french loaf that's sold at the grocery stores for $1. Throw on some salted butter and it's not so bad anymore. Sat Nov 07 11:34:03 -0800 2009 5150376 258252 Azizeh 1 5163496 Bad Mexican is OK with me. I love chili dogs of all quality (except a vegetarian hotdog is not a hotdog). I used to say pizza, but then I had a pizza in mexico with carboard crust, american cheese that was the worst thing I probably ever ate. So I wouldn't include pizza in my list anymore. Sat Nov 07 11:42:57 -0800 2009 5150376 124908 jeanmarieok 1 5164144 A cheeseburger! I will eat them here, there or anywhere. I remember in high school buying the two for $1at AM/PM with the build your own burger bar YUMM!! I will still eat a Mc Double although I don't know why. I have even eaten them from the freezer case or vending machine and nuked. Not the best but certainly not the worst thing I've ever eaten. Actually the only cheeseburger I could not eat was in Spain and it was made with horse meat. The texture is exponentially more wrong (not burgery) than even a Boca Burger, bluck! Other then that big, small, short or tall I love, love, love them all. Edit: sorry all I must have read one too many Dr. Seuss. Sat Nov 07 18:03:22 -0800 2009 5150376 279577 just_M 1 5164162 Barbecue on a bun. I started to say "barbecued beef on a bun" but of course sometimes it's pork. And during World War II when meat was hard to get, they used to sell barbecued lunchmeat on a bun and I didn't even care. More recently, I once ordered a meatless vegetarian barbecue on a bun, made with a soy product , and THAT was delicious. I bought a box of the soy stuff and followed directions carefully but the end result came out exactly the consistency of dog poop, so since then I've stuck to actual meat. Of some sort. Sat Nov 07 18:11:01 -0800 2009 5150376 15521 Querencia 2 5164227 That's why I will never buy the vegetarian link sausage again. No problem with the taste, but jeez, sure looks like a turd to me. Patties from now on. Sat Nov 07 18:50:16 -0800 2009 5164162 105625 EWSflash 1 5164182 sweet potatoes. mashed, smashed, roasted, baked - Sat Nov 07 18:20:47 -0800 2009 5150376 1102205 brooklynkoshereater 1 5164215 A southern comfort food favorite that I'm ashamed to love in the first place.... Chicken Divan. Sat Nov 07 18:45:09 -0800 2009 5150376 50776 cheesemonger 2 5165658 lol. just made this for my husband. He couldn't decide on what to request for his birthday meal, and this was one of his choices. I made his first choice for his birthday, but followed up with this a few days later & boy was he happy. Sun Nov 08 15:42:42 -0800 2009 5164215 249405 elfcook 1 5164476 Pizza. I am also embarrassed to say I really like the vending machine bean burritos, I think it's Reser's that makes them. And pasta. Sat Nov 07 21:57:06 -0800 2009 5150376 13345 Boychucker 1 5165384 Pizza. It's like sex. When it's good, it's great, and when it's bad it's still pretty good. Sun Nov 08 13:29:26 -0800 2009 5150376 189169 ChrisOC 2 5165582 exactly. Sun Nov 08 15:10:30 -0800 2009 5165384 137495 dagwood 1 5167667 I will eat any grilled cheese that you put in front of me. Mon Nov 09 12:12:18 -0800 2009 5150376 202497 MattInNJ 2 5170499 can you mess up a grilled cheese? Tue Nov 10 11:29:56 -0800 2009 5167667 192643 sunangelmb 1 5169997 Burritos. IDK, I just love them. Fresh, frozen, fast food, restaurant, gourmet... Sometimes we all make bad choices. Tue Nov 10 08:54:46 -0800 2009 5150376 181204 stuck in Hartford County 2 5170522 Good call. I even like Moe's, Qdoba, Chipotle, etc. (although Moe's is the best to me, since they have tofu and fresh jalapenos). Tue Nov 10 11:37:07 -0800 2009 5169997 92744 invinotheresverde