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Sometimes we all crave something weird. And while the combination may be very surprising and in some cases hands-down embarrassing, it does the trick and curbs that inner foodie monster.

So when an anonymous Redditor asked people to share their favorite "junky" meals that they crave sometimes — even if they wouldn't ever serve them to guests — Pandora's box of the weirdest recipes was opened and the responses started rolling in.

Below are people’s weirdest comfort foods that they don’t even dare to eat in front of their family.

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I do not get this thread. It is FILLED with people saying normal a*s food like it's a secret shame. Are there really people here who would never eat breakfast cereal with another person? Or a basic chili dog? THAT is your dirty food secret???

I'm over here doing things like eating peanut butter and cheese sandwiches with a glass of sugar milk knowing they're just specifically things that I enjoy and aren't everyone's taste.

Hell Alfredo and pickle pizza is arguably a weirder combo and I serve that s**t to every person that will give it a chance.

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“I Won’t Even Let My Husband See Me Eat It”: 30 People Share The Most Comforting Yet Worst-Looking Foods They Will Never Renounce Brown sugar toast. Cheap white bread, thick layer of butter, cover in brown sugar and put in the oven until the sugar melts (usually like 10 minutes). I'd never feed this to anyone else, but for me it's a combination comfort food/sugar bomb which I love (though rarely indulge in).

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“I Won’t Even Let My Husband See Me Eat It”: 30 People Share The Most Comforting Yet Worst-Looking Foods They Will Never Renounce Buttered pasta with parmesan.

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Bored Panda reached out to the pediatric dietitian and feeding expert Rachel Rothman, MS, RD, CLEC, who is also the owner of Nutrition in Bloom, to find out what an expert thinks of comfort food. “I absolutely love the idea of comfort food,” Rachel told us. She believes that “food is so much more than nourishment, it's part of our culture, identity, history, AND provides comfort when we might need it most.”
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“I Won’t Even Let My Husband See Me Eat It”: 30 People Share The Most Comforting Yet Worst-Looking Foods They Will Never Renounce Hamburger Helper Cheeseburger Macaroni. This got me through my 20s and I still crave it occasionally. Don't tell my cardiologist.

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“I Won’t Even Let My Husband See Me Eat It”: 30 People Share The Most Comforting Yet Worst-Looking Foods They Will Never Renounce Dry ramen shaken up with the seasoning packet. I won't even let my husband see me eat it lmao.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We lived on this s**t in high school .. I never even cooked ramen noodles until my 30's!!

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“I Won’t Even Let My Husband See Me Eat It”: 30 People Share The Most Comforting Yet Worst-Looking Foods They Will Never Renounce Kraft max and cheese with cut up hotdogs or spam, and a generous splash of hot sauce.

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We asked whether comfort food can be healthy, and Rachel said that comfort food is different for everyone. “Healthy is so much more than the nutrition a food provides. I believe helping people form a healthy relationship with food is so important, and is so much more than nutrition,” the nutritionist explained.

She argues that food that provides comfort can be healthy in so many ways. “Comfort food typically evokes positive emotion, which is absolutely healthy in my book!”
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“I Won’t Even Let My Husband See Me Eat It”: 30 People Share The Most Comforting Yet Worst-Looking Foods They Will Never Renounce Peanut butter pickle sandwich.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've loved peanut butter & pickle sandwiches since I was a kid. Thanks dad. Last year, while my sister & her family were staying with me, I convinced my then 7 year old nephew (who hates everything) to try a piece of my sandwich. Next thing I know, he's making himself one. A proud uncle moment.

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“I Won’t Even Let My Husband See Me Eat It”: 30 People Share The Most Comforting Yet Worst-Looking Foods They Will Never Renounce Spoon burgers, my grandmother made these and I still crave them here and there. 1lb lean ground beef browned and drain plus one can of Campbell's chicken gumbo soup. Cook it down until the soup has almost completely absorbed into the meat to form a sauce and spoon onto a hamburger bun. Sounds nuts, but is so tasty.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

isn't that really similar to how sloppy joes are made?

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“I Won’t Even Let My Husband See Me Eat It”: 30 People Share The Most Comforting Yet Worst-Looking Foods They Will Never Renounce Crushed Doritos mixed with shredded lettuce, Catalina dressing, shredded cheese, and taco meat. With some hot sauce.

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For Rachel, comfort food is all about something warm and filling. “My favorite comfort foods include tomato soup and grilled cheese, warm fresh-baked bread, and strawberry shortcake,” she said, and added that these are all foods that comfort her, make her smile, and bring her joy.
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Peanut butter straight from the jar.

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“I Won’t Even Let My Husband See Me Eat It”: 30 People Share The Most Comforting Yet Worst-Looking Foods They Will Never Renounce Canned chili on rice with shredded cheese on top. We had this a lot growing up (very cheap for a family with a ton of kids) and I still love it.

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“I Won’t Even Let My Husband See Me Eat It”: 30 People Share The Most Comforting Yet Worst-Looking Foods They Will Never Renounce I buy s**t frozen chicken nuggets shaped like dinosaurs and MICROWAVE them, then douse em in ketchup, leave me alone! They're horrible, and I love em.

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“I Won’t Even Let My Husband See Me Eat It”: 30 People Share The Most Comforting Yet Worst-Looking Foods They Will Never Renounce Pigs in a blanket but like, embiggened. Hogs in a blanket. Two whole-a*s sausages wrapped in dough and baked. Maybe add some cheese in there.

I've never actually made these myself but they used to be a not-uncommon hot snack/drunk food in Rio several years ago and I'm currently back in Rio and they're nowhere to be found and I'm heartbroken.

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“I Won’t Even Let My Husband See Me Eat It”: 30 People Share The Most Comforting Yet Worst-Looking Foods They Will Never Renounce Some of my starving twenties comfort foods still hit the spot, even though my husband and kids make fun of me if they catch me eating them.

Pizza bread- white bread, spaghetti sauce, American cheese. Pop in the oven until the cheese is melty and the bottom of the bread is toasty.

Bean burritos- canned refried beans, cheddar cheese,tortilla. Microwave until hot as lava, then eat with tomatoes & sour cream on top.
Spaghetti sandwiches- cold leftover spaghetti on buttered white bread.

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Hostes "Chocolate" covered donuts... There is no way that coating is anyway near actual chocolate and they are waxy, dry, and frankly kind of gross.... Yet sometimes I just want to eat a whole packet....

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I used to love those! But now if I crave them I usually grab the Entenmanns ones, they are a step up, and if I really want a treat the Franz has a version that is the best! (Franz is a PNW bread company based out of Portland)

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“I Won’t Even Let My Husband See Me Eat It”: 30 People Share The Most Comforting Yet Worst-Looking Foods They Will Never Renounce The way my mom made chicken and dumplings when we were camping! It was just Campbell’s cream of chicken soup and a tube of refrigerator biscuits laid out on top of the soup. I would never serve it to others, but hoooooo boy I still love me some of my mom’s “white trash chicken and dumplings!”

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“I Won’t Even Let My Husband See Me Eat It”: 30 People Share The Most Comforting Yet Worst-Looking Foods They Will Never Renounce Taco dogs. My grandma’s classic, honestly embarrassing but I bet it’d sell great in a late night food truck.
You take a hot dog, wrap it in American cheese, wrap it in a tortilla, and deep fry it. Top with hot sauce or whatever else you feel like.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

100% set your truck up outside a bar in a college town and you'll make millions

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“I Won’t Even Let My Husband See Me Eat It”: 30 People Share The Most Comforting Yet Worst-Looking Foods They Will Never Renounce Tater Tots are my secret shame.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If I could have tater tots with every single meal, I would. Goddamn I love tater tots, like how does anyone not?

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“I Won’t Even Let My Husband See Me Eat It”: 30 People Share The Most Comforting Yet Worst-Looking Foods They Will Never Renounce Instant nooooodlleeesssssss.

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“I Won’t Even Let My Husband See Me Eat It”: 30 People Share The Most Comforting Yet Worst-Looking Foods They Will Never Renounce Mac and cheese, made with elbow noodles, chunks of Velveeta cheese, and a can of Campbell's tomato soup, baked for 30 minutes at 350ºF... Gooey... Cheesy... Tangy... **SO** bad and yet **SO** good!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That sounds pretty good, as much as I hate to admit it. Like cheesy spaghetti-o's

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#21

Salami and olives eaten straight from their respective containers. Just slices of salami and forkfulls of green olives. I feel awful abt myself when I eat it but if I'm already depressed and just want comfort food gosh it's such an enjoyable meal. Also pork & bean sandwiches. Also also, canned tuna with mayonnaise and flamin hot cheetos.

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“I Won’t Even Let My Husband See Me Eat It”: 30 People Share The Most Comforting Yet Worst-Looking Foods They Will Never Renounce Growing up I was left on my own alot for dinner. Youngest child of two working parents and all that.

I made alot of canned corned beef hash with eggs.

I would get the pan hot, open the can and just scoop it into the pan. I'd always save a few scoops and just eat cold. After a couple minutes I'd crack 3-4 eggs into it, and cook while mixing till they were done. Topped with all the hot sauce.

I pass them in the isle while shopping and think about it alot. I don't know if I actually miss the meal or the nostalgia.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I worked in a hospital and they serve this heart attack combo in the cafeteria every Tuesday and Thursday morning. Sell out every time.

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Pizza rolls, but made out of crescent rolls. I mean, it's literally just layering pizza ingredients inside refrigerated crescent roll dough, rolling it up, and baking it.

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Cinnamon Toast Crunch

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Mustard cheese sandwiches. You grate cheddar cheese, then you squirt yellow mustard on it, and mix it up until it becomes a thick paste. Then you spread it on toasted white bread. Add hot sauce to taste.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Interesting.... I like cheese and mustard sandwiches, the grating adds too much labor, but I'm intrigued enough to try it next time I'm grating some cheddar. Bet some nice cold crispy romaine would be nice too.

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“I Won’t Even Let My Husband See Me Eat It”: 30 People Share The Most Comforting Yet Worst-Looking Foods They Will Never Renounce Boxed mac and cheese....because I absolutely *will* serve velveeta-based queso.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Velveeta is legit! It might not be "cheese", but it's legit! I'll die on this hill XD

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#27

Does a mix of premade icing, crushed up Oreos, and mini MnMs count?

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“I Won’t Even Let My Husband See Me Eat It”: 30 People Share The Most Comforting Yet Worst-Looking Foods They Will Never Renounce Probably the signature baked Frito burrito.

It’s basically baked beans from a can, ground beef, sour cream, diced tomatoes and chili cheese Frito’s in a tortilla god I could eat 8 of those f*****g things at once.

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“I Won’t Even Let My Husband See Me Eat It”: 30 People Share The Most Comforting Yet Worst-Looking Foods They Will Never Renounce One word: Beefaroni.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Gotta say it: what do ribs, Mac, cornbread, beans, and BBQ sauce (aka a decent looking BBQ meal) have to do with beefaroni? And now I want BBQ ribs!

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A shredded chicken sandwich. I only realized a couple years ago that it's an Ohio thing. It can be a thoughtful dish when you make it in the Crock-Pot with actual ingredients, but my dad and I do it the other way: canned chicken mixed with cream of chicken soup, nuked in the microwave. Serve it on a bun with a slice of American cheese, and you've got a delicious meal.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It can be iffy with several types at a potluck. That and various types of chili. Turns out the "fancier" a cook tries to get with these, the more they often have to take home

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#31

I don't know if this junk enough or not.. but as an Asian.. uh pipping hot rice, tons of butter, and soy sauce. It hits home just right.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

YES! I dated a Chinese guy for 21 years and this became one of my favorite late-night snacks. The Japanese version (piping hot white rice, a bit of soy sauce, a raw egg cracked on top and vigorously stirred/whipped in with chopsticks) is also AMAZING.

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“I Won’t Even Let My Husband See Me Eat It”: 30 People Share The Most Comforting Yet Worst-Looking Foods They Will Never Renounce In college I was a very stressed out introverted, autistic, anxious kid. One day I needed comfort food but I couldn’t decide which one to have.
So I brought out a cake pan and added these in layers starting from the bottom (obviously):
Chicken nuggets
Mashed potatoes and gravy
A little homemade mayo
Spaghetti and meatballs
Broccoli cooked to be slightly mushy, with salt and butter
Fried rice
A little of my dad’s buttermilk ranch
Macaroni and cheese

I ate it over the course of a week. I had a tomato salad or coleslaw or something on the side (after the first night) to feel ‘healthy’, but sometimes I had garlic bread, too.

I rarely eat it nowadays (an exception for when trump got in as president) but I f*****g crave it once a month and have to exercise great restraint.

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Chef Boyardi Ravioli. The ingredients are absolute garbage but they taste sooooo good.

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Cold corn, right out of the can with a spoon.

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Fried mozzarella sticks with marinara and a side of ranch.

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Day-old rice, fried egg, and sriracha hot sauce.

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Peanut butter and jelly burrito. My favorite midnight snack. If I’m feeling decadent, I throw in a handful of mixed nuts.

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“I Won’t Even Let My Husband See Me Eat It”: 30 People Share The Most Comforting Yet Worst-Looking Foods They Will Never Renounce We call it “College Cuisine”: boxed white cheddar pasta (our favorite is Pastaroni Shells and White Cheddar) over a Tyson chicken patty with a big spoonful of peas on top.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ha ha. I hate peas. Once when I was a waitress, my best friend and I had just ended our shifts and were sharing a pasta dish that had peas in it. I was pushing all the peas on the side for her when our GM walked by asked about the peas. And without thinking I said "it's just too much pea-ness for me". We laughed our āsses off as soon as I said it; did not realize what I said until I said it 🤣

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Plain spaghetti with cream cheese, franks red hot, and butter, inspired by quarantine boredom!

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Instant noodles, it doesn't matter which because I'm making it different than the instructions, unless its indomie, than i am in fact following the instructions. I boil the noodles, drain them, pan fry them with a bit of butter and the seasoning packets that came with it, then at the end, make 2 sunny side eggs in the same pan, where I break the yokes before eating it. Letting the yoke get all over everything.

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Fried Spam Sandwich.

Loved them as a kid - they are a forbidden fruit as an adult...

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We used to have spam fritters for lunch at school. Were actually quite nice.

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A can of condensed tomato soup mixed with a can of condensed cheese soup over your choice of pasta noodles. My grandpa called it Army Food, but god, it's so delicious.

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dipping salt n vinegar chips in cottage cheese with a buttload of pepper & Hungarian paprika

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I do this. If for whatever reason I don't have cottage cheese on hand, I use sour cream.

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“I Won’t Even Let My Husband See Me Eat It”: 30 People Share The Most Comforting Yet Worst-Looking Foods They Will Never Renounce Spam musubi. I make a bunch at a time and keep them in my fridge but they never last. I don’t do it very often because I am so weak when it comes to those bad boys.

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Annie’s mac and cheese. Suck it, Kraft.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Annie's is for those of us who are able to AFFORD better than Kraft. XD

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Beans and weenies. Can of van camps pork and beans in tomato sauce with a couple hot dogs ripped up in it. Nostalgic comfort food to the max, but looks terrible and is too low effort for me to serve to guests as an entree and still feel good about it.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I feel like when I was a kid in the 80s, whenever we went to a family gathering or "fancy" dinner/event, there was ALWAYS a crockery dish FULL of beans and cocktail weenies! In my opinion it's absolutely an acceptable dish to serve to guests, haha XD Just cut the hot dogs into medallions instead of tear them up ;)

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“I Won’t Even Let My Husband See Me Eat It”: 30 People Share The Most Comforting Yet Worst-Looking Foods They Will Never Renounce A frequent nighttime snack for me is four Triscuit® brand snack crackers that are topped with a slice of Kraft American cheese that has been folded and portioned into four Triscuit®-sized pieces. Basically just fat, salt, and a few carbs and it makes me so happy.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love Triscuits. I don't know why, but I do XD The "cracked pepper and olive oil" and "rosemary and olive oil" flavors are ::chef's kiss::

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#48

My comfort food, since I was a child, is plain steamed rice topped with tuna (with mayo and a squeeze of lime juice).
Nowadays I add fun veggie sides to it, and roll bitefuls into those seaweed snack sheets like a faux sushi roll. Craving it now.

On a side note, in kindergarten we were once told to draw our favourite food. I couldn’t figure out what colour crayon to use for tuna.

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I lived in upstate NY for a few years. It was there I was introduced to the garbage plate.

I would never willingly *make* a garbage plate for somebody. The closest I'll do is Poutine. But if offered an authentic garbage plate, especially one with onion rings, red hots, cheese and spiral fries... yes, yes I would eat it.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Since OP didn't define "garbage plate": "A traditional Garbage Plate is your choice of cheeseburger, hamburger, white or red hots* (aka hot dogs, especially those made by local company Zweigle’s), Italian sausage, chicken, or grilled cheese, served on top of any combination of home fries, french fries, baked beans, and/or macaroni salad. The plate is usually topped with a Rochester-style meat “hot sauce.” Optional mustard, onions and ketchup may be added on top. A Garbage Plate is traditionally served with a side of buttered bread (in case you were still hungry!)."

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“I Won’t Even Let My Husband See Me Eat It”: 30 People Share The Most Comforting Yet Worst-Looking Foods They Will Never Renounce Spicy chips (hot cheetos) dipped in nacho cheese.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oooor taki's dipped in cheese cause also. Such trash deliciousness, sorry (not sorry), body!

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Corn dogs. I could eat corn dogs all day.

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The hot rod dog. BBQ pulled pork over a hot dog with onions and cheese sauce. We had these at the Texas Motor Speedway years ago and have made them at home ever since. They are disgusting to look at and messy as hell, but so damn good.

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Egg noddles with butter and shakey parm. No main dish. No seasoning. Sometimes no bowl and no fork. Ultimate comfort food and ultimate upset tummy food.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd insist on black pepper, if only for the color. But not really only for color.

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“I Won’t Even Let My Husband See Me Eat It”: 30 People Share The Most Comforting Yet Worst-Looking Foods They Will Never Renounce My nasty little indulgence is a red hot dog, Hormel chili from the can (no beans!), and some nacho cheese sauce, with some diced onion on top. Takes five minutes to make and just hits the spot for me sometimes.

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“I Won’t Even Let My Husband See Me Eat It”: 30 People Share The Most Comforting Yet Worst-Looking Foods They Will Never Renounce When I was about 8 or 9, my family went on a vacay to W. Virginia and camped in our really old, green canvas pop-up tent. We ended up almost getting washed down the mountain due to torrential rainstorms that lasted ALL night. Next day, dad - who was only about 4 years out of Vietnam - decides to take my little brother and I for a hike to teach us "survival" skills. Well, I'm pretty sure he didn't think he was going to have to try to find dry wood to start a fire with two hungry kids helping him, so the two cans of Chef Boyardee mini raviollis and three little cans of vienna sausage were eaten out of the cans "as is" - at the time, I was a kid and starving after our little death march, so didn't think much of it. Now, every once in a while - I crave those little sausages...lol.

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White Wonder bread tuna sandwich, with plain ruffle chips, and a Nuddy Buddy. Nostalgic heaven.

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Barbecue potato chips and chunky Bleu cheese dressing.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This makes perfect sense to me - like wings with celery and blue cheese.

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#58

Salami and cream cheese rolled up and into my mouth.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If hard salami, yes! Also smoked turkey, cream cheese, and sweet pickle stick, rolled up.

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Hamburger buns fried in the hamburger grease. If my cardiologist saw that he'd throw me out. I only doit once or twice a year but damn, it's just SO good!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's how we did it as a kid. I'd forgotten about it. Also, plain white bread fried in bacon grease

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#60

A pull off the soy sauce bottle. So good, so salty.

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“I Won’t Even Let My Husband See Me Eat It”: 30 People Share The Most Comforting Yet Worst-Looking Foods They Will Never Renounce Torino's frozen pizza. I would never serve or recommend to others, but I love them. Especially when I have had a rough day.

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Grandma Sycamores super squishy white bread with a slather of best foods mayo....if its summertime I'll add a garden tomato with salt and pepper if I'm feeling fancy. LOL

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Ugh, any gloppy cream cheese “appetizer” concoction, so good, and so bad…

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Cold spaghettios right out of the can.

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Canned roast beef hash with fried egg over medium and saltines. With Dr Pepper.


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Gotta be Superpretzels with Velveeta cheese sauce for me. So much awful but it gets me in a special way.

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“I Won’t Even Let My Husband See Me Eat It”: 30 People Share The Most Comforting Yet Worst-Looking Foods They Will Never Renounce Dill pickle chips mixed with ranch chips in a single container.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I discovered the deliciousness of dill pickle chips after moving to the US. They are soooo good.

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“I Won’t Even Let My Husband See Me Eat It”: 30 People Share The Most Comforting Yet Worst-Looking Foods They Will Never Renounce Sometimes I’ll dump a bunch of hot sauce (usually Louisiana but whatever we have on hand works) and ranch in some ruffles chips and just…devour them. It’s delicious and horrible and I feel no shame.

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Ritz crackers and cheese wiz. Please someone tell me that's theirs too!

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For all the Military Brats: S.O.S but my dad made with sawmill gravy instead of chipped beef. Also poor man's bangers and mash. Instant mashed potatoes with cut up fried hot dogs and jar of beef gravy.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love SOS!, we had the chipped beef type. I can't bring myself to make it for my family, but given half a chance I'd make it foe myself

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In Germany you can buy a really cheap 1kg lasagna in Aldi. I love those things but its literally the cheapest stuff

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Frozen lasagne used to be my favourite food. Unfortunately the gluten free ones never taste as good as the real ones did so I don't buy them any more. For some reason they never have a top layer of cheese sauce.

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Boxed scalloped potatoes with extra cheese (any kind) some cut up ham steak. So creamy, so cheesy, so salty.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh those boxed scalloped potatoes have gotten so much better these days; so good

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#73

Fishfingers with mayo.

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CHEESE DOODLES. ALL OF THEM. EVERY ONE OF THEM. IN THE WHOLE BAG.

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Macaroni and cheese with frozen green peas and sliced up hotdogs.

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I grew up in the Southern US, so gizzards? Liver's cousins only tastier.

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Those little hash brown patties from Trader Joe’s. Though now that I think about it, I have served them and they were very well-received. Everyone loves fried potatoes.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Give me a McDonald's hashbrown with their butter or Burger King hashbrowns with ketchup and I am in heaven

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A store bought frozen hamburger pattie microwaved till it looks like it's sitting in a pool of blood and fat, a giant do do do do a dollop of non brand specific sour cream, and enough worcestershire sauce to make the burger f*****g float. Add more salt on top 'cause I'm a monster.

I call it Crack Head Salisbury Steak, and it's f*****g delicious!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm not gonna lie, this one got to me. It's wonderful you love it, but your description made me gag

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Sliced spam cooked with teriyaki sauce, over a bed of rice with sunny-side up eggs and shopped up green onions on top. Teriyaki sauce is homemade with stupid amount of soy sauce and sugar, it's not at all good for you, but I probably eat this once a week and it hits the spot every single time.

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I've made some interesting sandwiches in my time that every once in a blue moon I might make for myself.

A killer "this is why I'm fat" snack is a nicely toasted crumpet, topped with plenty of salted butter, a layer of boursin or other decent cream cheese, stuffed into a small, dense but very soft bread roll/bap. Bacon or ham optional.

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Actually junky: Sweet potato tortilla chips on a plate. Cottage cheese or ricotta blopped on. Shredded smoked Gouda over that. Microwave. Sprinkle with granulated garlic and ancho chile powder. Also some scallion greens or chives if you’re feelin it. Bonus is if you eat it at the right time of day you’ll get reflux so bad you feel like you’ll never be hungry again, so.

Pretty healthy but looks junky enough you get weird looks when someone sees you eating it: brown up an onion real good. Caramelize it if you have time. Add black beans. Separate bowl, put in a tablespoon of mayo with turmeric, black pepper and chile powder mixed into it. Plop beans and onions onto the mayo and mix it up when everything’s hot. Maybe add cheese. Stuff the mixture into the hollows of an avocado and eat it out of the shell with a spoon. Apparently to the unsuspecting eye it looks like you’re eating a fistful of bugs and garbage.

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#82

When I was dirt broke that's what my son and I would cook, minus the nacho cheese. I'd melt American into the chili (same no beans lol) and turn it orange and top a dog or two with it. No bun of course lol

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Red stuff. It’s tomato soup, pastina, American cheese and saltine crackers all broken up. So good.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't know about elsewhere but in NY they have discontinued pastina and it's heartbreaking

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Butter and pickle sandwich. Wonder Bread, a slab of butter, and lengthwise-sliced dill pickles.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Add a slice of sharp cheddar and toast the bread and there's my childhood invention and favorite snack.

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A glop of peanut butter, quick oats, chocolate chips, and honey. Microwaved just long enough for the chocolate chips to melt.

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Vienna sausages straight from the can. If I'm feeling fancy I'll mix them in with KD.

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Spam omelette. This thing prolly shaves a couple days off my lifespan each time i make it, but oh man i pig out on it.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Spam and jellied cranberry sauce. Tastes luke Thanksgiving!

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Chicken fingers and French fries/tots...all from the freezer. Then I either make a Buffalo sauce or honey mustard for dipping. Also gotta have the "secret sauce" which is just ketchup and mayo mixed together with some spices added.

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A fried bologna sandwich — but you've gotta go Chicago-style with it. It's just a fried bologna sandwich with alllll the toppings of a Chicago dog: pickle, relish, tomato, mustard, all of it.

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Frozen corn mixed with salt and mayonnaise.

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I like taking a piece of white bread, putting a Kraft cheese slice on it, then putting some Frenchs mustard on it, and wrapping it around a turkey pepperette.

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Canned baked beans with sliced hot dogs, lays potato chips, and a sour cream/cucumber salad.

Use the chips to scoop up the beans and hot dogs, and the sour cream will kind of mix with the bean sauce to create this super delicious slurry. You also get the hot/cold contradiction.

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#93

Definitely crave, especially now that garlic is not an option for me and husband can't stand the smell of fish. An open faced (canned) tuna melt made in the toaster oven with a thinly sliced layer of fresh garlic between the cheddar and the tuna salad. The raw garlic was definitely in a quantity others would not apreciate, like at least a large clove per slice.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How did the thread even make it to publication without mentioning canned spaghetti-os??????

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#94

My guilty meal is pastrami and nacho cheese Doritos on cheap white bread

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BBQ Beef Hot pockets dipped in ranch.

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Definitely a grilled glizzy with relish, sauerkraut, ketchup and mustard. Yum!

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