NFT: Foods You Miss Eating From "Back In The Day"- Healthwise

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Grilled American Cheese with Bacon and tomato. On bread soaked in butter and grilled first. From back when my first thought wasn't my arteries closing shut.

In comment 12203727 Shepherdsam said:

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Yes!

And those little things we used to call biscuits.

I think I actually lost weight on that diet.

..and there's nothing I used to be able to eat that I can't eat now.

I guess I'm lucky.

Deep fried on a toasted roll with everything on it.
But it's not to be since red Dye number 3 and other fillers are illegal now..

Can't and should not are different (grin)

In comment 12203733 arcarsenal said:

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..and there's nothing I used to be able to eat that I can't eat now. I guess I'm lucky.

That's exactly what gets you into trouble for later on (grin)

...from Burger King. 36g of fat, 1480mg of Sodium.

Did you ever get around to trying that patty melt?

of health, so it's not quite relevant, but I just stopped eating it because I wasn't a poor-ass college student.

ramen noodles.

I was food shopping Sunday (which I rarely do because I can't stick to a list), saw them in the store with an 8 pack or whatever it is for $1.25. So I bought them, figured it would be convenient for the kids

yesterday, around lunch time I said I should make those.

In addition to the half the flavor packet I poured on some sriracha.

it was glorious.

way better than I remembered.

If all I ate was the bad stuff, I'd be in a lot of trouble. I take my health pretty seriously so most of my diet is good. But there's really nothing that's off limits for me if I want to indulge every now and then.

I just want a bowl of fooking cookie crisps. With Whole full fooking fat milk.

But I'd settle for Lucky charms.

Fuck you Drakes cakes.

last bologna sandwich. I don't eat foods that end with the word "alfredo." Pretty soon I'm gonna have to give up bacon and peanut butter sandwiches, too.

In comment 12203740 pjcas18 said:

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of health, so it's not quite relevant, but I just stopped eating it because I wasn't a poor-ass college student. ramen noodles. I was food shopping Sunday (which I rarely do because I can't stick to a list), saw them in the store with an 8 pack or whatever it is for $1.25. So I bought them, figured it would be convenient for the kids yesterday, around lunch time I said I should make those. In addition to the half the flavor packet I poured on some sriracha. it was glorious. way better than I remembered.

I eat ramen about once a week. I chop up some fresh veggies, throw some different spices in there and crack an egg or two on top. Delicious.

that I've cut out for health reasons. Some high fat foods that I avoided years ago when I thought low fat was the way to go are back in my diet. I do eat fewer sweets than I used to, but with a lot of them I find that they don't taste as good as I thought they did when I was younger.

but I really miss dogs from Clixes.

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That has a tv commercial

I will enjoy the simple pleasures of this world when I wish. I come from a family with a diabetic history, and even if I had that burden brought on me today, within reason I would occasionally enjoy a sweet here and there. You can't miss anything when you're dead, and we'll all be there soon enough. Enjoy what the world offers now while you can, enjoy something everyday.

A really good meatball parm sandwich, and right now it sounds pretty good.

Haven't had them in decades. My mom used to make them all the time on Fridays when I was a kid.
For some reason, I got a craving for them in the grocery store the other day.

Reading the Nutrition Panel killed that craving.....

can't do them anymore. I did have some sweet potato pancakes yesterday, they were great.

on a roll from the local delis....greasy and good

In comment 12203739 CRinCA said:

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Did you ever get around to trying that patty melt?

I did, and butchered it miserably so I'll have to try again. Don't ask me why - was running behind that day and the kids were hungry, and not having everything in order before I started cooking yielded a dry patty, burnt bread and cheese that hadn't quite melted enough. Luckily, the 4,000 grams of fat that sandwich had made it edible regardless.

Ramen is an interesting pick - I still eat it, but not the freeze dried bricks like back in the day. They're flash fried in hydrogenated oil, so they're like a cluster bomb of shit that's bad for you. Still, in small amounts I'm sure it's harmless.

Like most things - I think when you start making "business decisions" with food, it's not that the one time you eat it you're going to suffer, it's that on average you try to lean towards healthier stuff, and when you do indulge you have a wide field to pick from and probably end up bypassing some of the same foods often. Marty's liverwurst sandwich is a good example. Used to love 'em, but don't eat them because of the nutrition and ingredients list. If I were going to indulge now, I'd probably find 5 things on the list I'd rather eat, so liverwurst is going to stay on the shelf for some time.

neither the chilly dogs, the gravy fries or being up at 3am happen anymore.

Of Asian food, because there's a bad allergy there somewhere. Used to be a special treat back in the day.

I can't even imagine how my body would feel now after eating a Twinkie.

One is liverwurst on rye with onions and mustard and a little bit of hellmans to cut the mustard.

Two something my mother used to make. She would saute up in butter some sliced mushrooms (probably the button type) then add heavy cream until it was thicken and serve over toast points (Wonder Bread with crust cut off)

Now I might try and make one of them soon.

"What I Shouln't Eat but Still Do"

pie
Ice cream

BBQ place. Goffle Grill is still there, but it was never as good as Clixe's.

In comment 12203733 arcarsenal said:

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..and there's nothing I used to be able to eat that I can't eat now. I guess I'm lucky.

Wait a few more years...turning 30 was awesome...turning 35, not so much.

the Fairfield County crowd would know what I'm talking about... I'd rotate that with Pat's Steak Pizziola with chili on it. When I was 17 I'd have Pat's once a week. I'd even drive up to Stamford during free period's to grab one.

I took my wife to the one in Port Chester when we first started dating. That was a bad idea... It skeeved her out and she refuses to go back.

Chocodiles

When I was younger, I would polish a shit ton off in a sitting. Now, I'd be on "my 600 pound life" if I ate them like that.

But Toaster Pizzas. They dont exist anymore

Sophomore year of High School me and another guy would walk to the GC on the Post Rd in Greenwich during our 10 am free period and inhale a 1 LB bag of fries and nuggets in seasoned salt. It's a good thing I played a lot of sports, or else I'd be 400 LBS.

Cut way back on the pizza, parm subs, and even the good relatively not terribly unhealthy burgers and fries.

In comment 12203981 Crispino said:

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BBQ place. Goffle Grill is still there, but it was never as good as Clixe's.

Can't even count how many times I've been to both these places. Clixe's was too great. Remember when it closed. Sad day.

might remember a dish called gribines, the most delicious thing in all world. Basically, take the drippings and the skin from a roasted turkey, add in sautéed onions and mushrooms,, put it in a jar and let it congeal;spread it on a piece of challah bread,and you have mouth full of Nirvana. Also an instant heart attack. My mother stopped making it when I was about 7 or 8 because it is probably the single most unhealthy food in history but it was so delicious.

I remember when I was first out of college and working late, we were comped for dinner. The guys I worked with, then about my age and a bit older, absolutely refused to order pizza because they just couldn't digest it past 2 PM. I can gladly say I can eat every bit as much unhealthy food as I did when I was younger with no negative short term effect.

When I buy them now I throw them directly in the toilet and cut out the middle man.

I haven't had chicken wings in over a year now probably. But god I love chicken wings.

In comment 12204132 pmmanning said:

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When I buy them now I throw them directly in the toilet and cut out the middle man.

Your toilet hates you.

In comment 12204138 Jan in DC said:

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I haven't had chicken wings in over a year now probably. But god I love chicken wings.

There is healthy eating and then there is just why bother even eating. obviously chicken wings aren't one of the 5 (?) food groups, but they have a spot in the "sometimes" food block of the new food pyramid.

That's a spin they teach kids these days "sometimes foods" everyday foods" and some other designations I forget.

"Marshmallow Fluff, and lots of peanut butter..."

I haven't had one in, maybe, 40-45 years? Still, every time I pass the marshmallow fluff in the supermarket, I'm tempted.

In comment 12203742 arcarsenal said:

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If all I ate was the bad stuff, I'd be in a lot of trouble. I take my health pretty seriously so most of my diet is good. But there's really nothing that's off limits for me if I want to indulge every now and then.

That's not "lucky".

Saying you're "lucky" is fatlogic.

You're in shape because you don't eat shit all of the time and you get enough exercise. That's the opposite of "lucky".

Don't succumb to fatlogic.

In comment 12203780 Marty in Albany said:

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last bologna sandwich. I don't eat foods that end with the word "alfredo." Pretty soon I'm gonna have to give up bacon and peanut butter sandwiches, too.

Oh hell no! Say it ain't so.

Harry's Corner, Rt 46 Little Ferry/South Hackensack, RIP.

That was a Foschini hard roll, slathered with butter on both sides, double egg, double order of sweet sausage chunks, hot dog chili sauce on top.

Sounds disgusting. Inexplicably delicious. The ultimate belly-bomber. Often consumed on the tail end of a Saturday night loaded up on beer, producing epically horrific farts.

In comment 12204158 Klaatu said:

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"Marshmallow Fluff, and lots of peanut butter..." I haven't had one in, maybe, 40-45 years? Still, every time I pass the marshmallow fluff in the supermarket, I'm tempted.

You forgot to ad a Hersey bar to the middle of the sandwich. Ah man was that good.