Comments on: If this is bad, I don’t want to be good.

By: Joseph Wu

Joseph Wu — Fri, 15 May 2009 20:12:58 +0000

Good point, Mark. I still enjoy good shark’s fin soup and abalone. Definitely not ethical choices.

By: Mark Busse

Mark Busse — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:33:57 +0000

What kind of Foodist admits to the crap they eat between the gourmet meals? Ok, ok, I’ll do it.

Why has no one has confessed to a Foie Gras addiction? I feel guilty about the ethics of harvesting it, but it’s s rich, buttery, and unctuous. Shit man, I gotta stop eating it.

I also must confess that I LOVE sugary cereal with cream on it. You heard me: cream. I know, I know…

Perhaps my worst and most embarrassing guilty pleasure? The one that always gets me in trouble? McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish. Oooohhhh….there’s no fighting it when the urge comes over me for that sweet/sour tartar sauce and flaky white fish-like patty on that hot steamed white bread bun. I want to go there. Right now.

By: Kimiko

Kimiko — Fri, 15 May 2009 00:11:08 +0000

I understand the love of oreos. we have a bag right now in fact…
Reeses pieces, and reese pb cups
and sometimes i have a craving for cheesies…the gnarly crunchy ones.

I remember eating a lot of instant noodles while growing up (and eating them “raw” too) Like a few of you, i keep that out of the house.

By: Karen Hamilton

Karen Hamilton — Thu, 14 May 2009 22:52:09 +0000

For all my talk about organic, sustainable, seasonal, and healthy, I have an awful lot of guilty pleasures that subscribe to none of the above.

Most of them are foods that I grew up eating so it’s nearly impossible to kick the habit:

- Spam
- Vienna sausages
- Instant noodles
- Coca-cola

Some are junk foods that I will latch on to for a week or so in fits of unprocessed food binging:

- Cheese puffs
- Aero / Kit Kat / Twix

By: Stephanie Co

Stephanie Co — Thu, 14 May 2009 18:52:32 +0000

Ohhh! Don’t get me started. Todd and I often indulge in a pleathura of snacks. Movie theatre popcorn, yanyan, okononomiyaki-style chip balls, bubble tea, chinese-style popcorn chicken and homemade pepporoni sticks.

There is a huge reason why we work out at least 3-4 times a week.

By: Hub | CouzinHub

Hub | CouzinHub — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:23:34 +0000

Grilled cheese sandwish.. but only cooked with butter !

By: Joseph Wu

Joseph Wu — Thu, 14 May 2009 06:00:09 +0000

They should be banned from my house, too, but they’re not. I’m indulging right now…

By: Nurit - 1 family. friendly. food.

Nurit - 1 family. friendly. food. — Thu, 14 May 2009 05:43:12 +0000

Your comment about lavendar is so funny.
I must say that I’m pretty proud of myself. I managed to minimize eating from cans and boxes by a lot. But… Coke… is always something I wish I could drink without feeling guilt. But I rarely drink it these days. trying tio model good behavior to my kids

By: Eagranie

Eagranie — Thu, 14 May 2009 05:36:42 +0000

Joseph – oh, instant noodles. They’re my preferred snack after midnight, so they’re also banned from the house.

Nancy – I have fond memories of the original apple tarts from New Town bakery. My godmother would buy them for me, and that made me think she was godly. The revived recipe isn’t bad, but it’s also not the stuff of memory.

Dawn – cream of mushroom soup reminds me of being a kid, nestled under blankets watching TV. I guess that pleasure is in the memory and not so much the food!

By: dawn

dawn — Thu, 14 May 2009 04:10:22 +0000

Thankfully I am full right now…but I would have to say that grilled cheese and cream of mushroom soup are up there along with oreos and homogenized milk. I don’t really eat the oreos much anymore but a good grill cheese is still part of my repertoire. I suppose I have just graduated from “wonderbread and kraft slices” to “fancier white bread and any kind of yummy cheese”.

That being said I could totally go for an oreo dipped in milk right now

By: Nancy Wu

Nancy Wu — Thu, 14 May 2009 01:26:28 +0000

Beef or Pork Jerky from Bee Kim Heng on Fraser & East 26th in Vancouver Homebaked Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies from PBF Pita Bread Factory in Burnaby (also great place to get day-old pita bread & tortillas for dirt cheap on Sunday afternoons) Butter croissants, green onion or cheese & sausage waffles from Patisserie LeBeau on West 2nd in Vancouver Apple tarts from New Town Bakery on Cambie & West 19th in Vancouver (Hong Kong Bakery on West Pender in Chinatown originated them when I was a youngster, but they retired the recipe along with the shop. Their tarts were naturally sweet but not sugary, much flatter and flakier--way more shortening was used). Say hi to Marian behind the baked goodies! Great article/subject matter Eagranie!

By: Eagranie

Eagranie — Thu, 14 May 2009 01:13:33 +0000

Ohhh, lavender shortbread. It’s so tricky, because I either put in not enough lavender (what lavender?) or too much (there’s soap in my shortbread!). Such a fine balance.

By: Joseph Wu

Joseph Wu — Thu, 14 May 2009 01:12:59 +0000

I can’t do Oreos. Nope, nope, nope. But guilty pleasures: I’ve got lots. Probably the top of my list is instant ramen. And popcorn chicken at KFC. And…now I’m getting hungry, too!

By: LunaCafe

LunaCafe — Thu, 14 May 2009 01:07:14 +0000

I will join you on the grilled cheese sandwich front. And add homemade lavender shortbread, Haagen Daz ice cream,and homemade chocolate pudding. Now you’ve made me very hungry!