http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=236x48932Oh my.
Husb2Sparkly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Sun Sep-28-08 03:39 PM
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The ultimate junk food?
Fried macaroni and cheese.
Now on the menu at Arby's.
Globs of mac and cheese with standard deep fried crap breading on it.
Yowza.
japple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Sun Sep-28-08 07:57 PM
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1. Yeeeccchhh. That's the epitome of junk. I remember when one of the hamburger chains came out with a new product some years ago. It was a big new bacon burger that must have had about 1/2 lb. of bacon on it. The pictures on the billboard or tv ads were just awful. I love bacon, but only eat it a few times each year, and can't imagine eating that much in one sitting. Americans will eat anything if it's got cheese on it.
hippywife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Mon Sep-29-08 08:52 AM
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5. That sounds like it might be the Wendy's Baconater. I think it's a triple cheeseburger with six slices of bacon. Majorily, a heart attack waiting to happen. I don't know how anyone can justify serving it. I'm sure it's meant to be backlash marketing.
Tab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Sun Sep-28-08 09:29 PM
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2. Deep-fried twinkies probably win out
Although, thanks to Jon Stewart, we now know about this little gem:
after which illustration of Jimmy Dean chocolate chip pancake and sausage on a stick
Juneboarder Donating Member (316 posts) Mon Sep-29-08 10:44 AM
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7. Ohhh yumm...
I know I'm being bad, but these sure do look good!
Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Sun Sep-28-08 11:13 PM
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3. No, it's still the humble Twinkie
It's spun sugar encasing spun fat and you can't get a whole lot junkier than that.
Fried macaroni is getting there, though.
Hmmmm. One suspects Twinkers are the culprit, whenever the lactose-intolerant warped primitive gets constipated, and has to dine on ice cream.
TreasonousBastard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Mon Sep-29-08 07:35 AM
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4. The true test of junk food...
is when you find out what's in that "cheese."
hippywife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Mon Sep-29-08 08:59 AM
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6. I'd be hard pressed to think of the worst offender. There's just so much of it out there that it's astounding! There have been fried pasta blocks and raviolis for a really long time in some restaurants in the midwest. I've never eaten them because I don't like hard, crunchy pasta.
mtnester Donating Member (1000+ posts) Mon Sep-29-08 07:45 PM
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8. They had fried macaroni on a stick at this year's Ohio State Fair
it
was
horrible
even the hubs, who wastes NOTHING...WOULD NOT FINISH IT
my personal favorite junk food is potato chips...yummy goodness (even BETTER with dip...none of that fat free crap either....sorry H2S)
Even better? Fritos
Or deep fried hand cut french fries
I see a potato theme here
Potatoes are always good, but especially so when baked, fried, hashed, mashed, and served with an equal share of sour cream.
hippywife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Mon Sep-29-08 08:15 PM
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9. Before I had my hysterectomy, my favorite junk food fix was salty Lays potato chips eaten with plain M&M's. I called it my PMS Trail Mix.
The Tulsa Fair is going on here right now and supposedly they are doing the everything on a stick theme. One of them being salad on a stick. How they are doing that I don't know, and I don't want to find out. Also manicotti on a stick.
mtnester Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Sep-30-08 05:05 AM
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10. No, I hear you...I LOVE potato chips with a peanut butter and jelly sandwich,,,a bite of one, a bit of another
sweet and salty...kind of like that evil snack bar, peanut Sweet and Salty's (SO SO SO bad for you....SO good)
