Snacks! (yes, I'm doing another food-based thread)

[CrackFraggle]

Last night, I popped open a bag of Doritos, laid them out on a tray, threw some thinly sliced sharp cheddar on them, broiled them, dumped them on a plate, and ate them. I learned this thing somewhere during high school, and, assuming the mood hits, will happily devour them anytime they are present. Basically minimalist nachos, almost. Prep time is a couple minutes. Are they healthy? No. Do I care? Also, no.

Anyways...this is the thing where I ask you what your go-to snacks are. Do you weigh healthy vs fast? Maybe both? I'm mostly talking things that at least get a little customization after opening the bag/box, but, it's all fair game. Do you lean sweet or savory or other?

Your go-to snacks...what are they? What do you get weird looks for eating? Do you try to get others to try them, or hoard them to yourself.

Clean your fingertips before typing that reply, don't want to get more of that all over the keyboard.

 

[beeblebrox]

My go-to snack is gin, with some tonic and a slice of lime. Specifically, the best gin I've ever tasted, Lind & Lime.

Edit to add: This is not a commercial or paid promotion for L&L; I legit "discovered" it in Scotland on vacation last year and convinced my local liquor store to import it just for my wife and I. It's that good.

 

[CrackFraggle]

My go-to snack is gin, with some tonic and a slice of lime. Specifically, the best gin I've ever tasted, Lind & Lime.

Edit to add: This is not a commercial or paid promotion for L&L; I legit "discovered" it in Scotland on vacation last year and convinced my local liquor store to import it just for my wife and I. It's that good.

I was all set to post a rebuttal as to why a G&T wasn't a "snack". I looked over at the beer fridge, it shrugged, I shrugged, and I gave up.

 

[Topinio]

Dry roasted peanuts FTW.

Small 30g snack bags, as I will eat the whole bag no matter how large it is.

 

[beeblebrox]

I was all set to post a rebuttal as to why a G&T wasn't a "snack". I looked over at the beer fridge, it shrugged, I shrugged, and I gave up.

If your beer fridge (or, any fridge really) is shrugging at you... you might have a little something "extra" in your beer.

Just sayin'.

 

[vassago]

I lean healthy and spicy for snacks, or at least try to. Chips and salsa is my go-to. Pretty much any salsa or guac, but if it's not spicy enough there's a good chance I'm adding a hot sauce to it to bring it up to temp.
Also, regular Lays chips is really good with some Tabasco on them.

 

[Defenestrar]

Nutella spread on a tortilla and then tightly rolled isn't a bad way to have tasty meaningless calories.

 

[rtrefz]

My wife and I have strong weaknesses for snacky foods, so much that we rarely keep them around the house (it doesn't stop us from driving to the nearby convenience store) I like plain potato chips, either ruffles or kettle-fried. For sweets I'm a huge icecream fan, but peanut butter M&Ms have their place as well.

 

[Paladin]

My go to snack is apple slices. Cosmic crisp variety.

I also go for ice cream, the Rebel Keto ones are good.

For a salty snack, cashews (costco ones are the best for the money) or smoke flavor almonds.

 

[nquinnell]

Peanut butter on... Something. Ritz. Apples.
Or a root beer float.

 

[Semi On]

There is one choice for me:

 

[Yagisama]

Interestingly, I hardly ever snack. I'm usually in zen mode until I get to do my own personal recreation of the Battle of Helm's Deep, which is almost always a battle of the savory.

But I join my wife in snacking adventures sometimes which usually involves chocolate from Japan or Europe (mostly Germany). There's also mousse/pudding and cake sometimes.

I say chocolate, but it's really chocolate and nuts, since I'm in it mostly for the nuts. While on vacation, it'd also involve blending yogurt, nuts, and dried fruit. Sometimes not so dried fruit also.

 

[Soothsayer786]

Green olives. Lots of them. The little packet of Mario Snack olives is my favorite, or the cups of Pearl green olives. The kind made for snacking and not stored in the brine, though I will happily eat all of those too. I eat a ridiculous amount of green olives. I like the black olives too but not as much as the green.

 

[Defenestrar]

Peanut butter on... Something. Ritz. Apples.
Or a root beer float.

I've never tried a root beer float with peanut butter.

 

[Diabolical]

Baby-cut carrots and snack sized cuts of celery.
If I have good grapes or cherries? That could be snacks as well.

 

[Paladin]

There is one choice for me:

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That's a serious weakess for me. As a teen, my boy scout group went on a week long camp and it rained most of the time so we spent most of every day either up to our knees in mud or huddled around a fire eating giant bags of chips and vats of salsa from costco. I still love it.

Baby-cut carrots and snack sized cuts of celery.
If I have good grapes or cherries? That could be snacks as well.

Along with the salsa thing, I love raw veggies in place of chips when I am trying to be extra healthy. A bowl of salsa and a bowl of carrots, celery, cucumber slices, big sliced mushrooms, etc. All great with salsa.

 

[Diabolical]

Along with the salsa thing, I love raw veggies in place of chips when I am trying to be extra healthy. A bowl of salsa and a bowl of carrots, celery, cucumber slices, big sliced mushrooms, etc. All great with salsa.

When I made the decision to change my diet for good back in 2019? Potato chips and french fries were things I swore off of for good. Chips had been my go to snack food. Now its raw crunchy vegetables. And very, VERY occasionally? I’ll get Cracklin’ Oat Bran cereal and portion it out into little snack-sized cups.But that’s a rare day indeed.

 

[AdrianS]

Salada biscuits with one of cheese / ham / salami / anchovies (often one of each).
Add an olive if the cheese suits.

 

[garrobon]

I only give in once or twice a year, but Fritos and Frito-Lay bean deep (the stuff in the white can in the metal racks around their chips). Not particularly good but nostalgic.

Edit: I should read the topic. Go to snack is nuts. Any of them

 

[Semi On]

I only give in once or twice a year, but Fritos and Frito-Lay bean deep (the stuff in the white can in the metal racks around their chips). Not particularly good but nostalgic.

Latch key kid memory unlocked.

 

[HiroTheProtagonist]

Usual snacks I go for:

-Cottage cheese with some sliced apple
-Sandwich Bros Spicy Chicken Melt
-Popcorn with Old Bay or Lawry's Seasoned Salt

 

[BitPoet]

I generally don't except for cheese.

 

[Defenestrar]

I generally don't except for cheese.

Need more data.

 

[thrillgore]

My go to snacks are:

• Chips and Salsa
• Chips and homemade vinegar dip
• Peanuts, salted or honey roasted
• Apple slices
• Baby carrots
• Celery with Peanut butter
• Homemade pickles (vinegar pickled, lactofermentation is a pain in the ass)
• Peanut butter on Ritz crackers (Peanut butter is one of my main protein sources)
• Beef Jerky
• Yogurt
• Popcorn with nutritional yeast
• Air Fried Chickpeas with Paprika
• Seltzer water
• Raspberry Sweet Tea
• Mountain Dew (1x 20 oz bottle max weekly, no exceptions)

 

[Thorvard]

This is crazy, because yesterday I was eating a bag of pretzels and I was wondering about just this topic.

No, I'm not sure what my #1 snack would be. Utz Crab Chips are up there, as are Utz pretzels and Hot Fries. Sour Cream and Onion chips would also be a top contender. Or plain kettle chips with onion dip is another good one. I just had these while I was waiting for my daughter to get done with softball, and I'm only slightly embarrassed to say I finished the whole. In my defense it was a smaller snack size.

I'm not gonna be a health nut and say "Carrots and hummus" BUT put a tray of baby carrots and blue cheese dressing in front of me and they'll be gone in minutes.

 

[BitPoet]

Need more data.

Pretty much as long as it's not a smoked or a truffle cheese, I'm pretty open minded. I've never had a smoked or truffle cheese I enjoy. There are some other ones out there like jalapeno or pumpkin spice that are just a no-go as well.

 

[beeblebrox]

Pretty much as long as it's not a smoked or a truffle cheese, I'm pretty open minded. I've never had a smoked or truffle cheese I enjoy. There are some other ones out there like jalapeno or pumpkin spice that are just a no-go as well.

Wait. Pumpkin spice... cheese?

We truly are in the dumbest timeline.

 

[Yagisama]

Any of that artificial "smoke" flavor is just awful.

 

[thrillgore]

Any of that artificial "smoke" flavor is just awful.

Unless the smoke comes from actual smoke collected and liquified

 

[Yagisama]

Unless the smoke comes from actual smoke collected and liquified

Or capture the smoky goodness in can form.

Spoiler

 

[Thorvard]

Wait. Pumpkin spice... cheese?

We truly are in the dumbest timeline.

I'd eat it

 

[CrackFraggle]

I'd eat it

If the ancient prophecies proclaimed that eating the pumpkin spice cheese would move the timeline back to a normal progression, I would be inclined to eat my body weight of such cheese, just on the off chance it would dispel the curse.

 

[Yagisama]

If the ancient prophecies proclaimed that eating the pumpkin spice cheese would move the timeline back to a normal progression, I would be inclined to eat my body weight of such cheese, just on the off chance it would dispel the curse.

And you'll know that your efforts were not in vain by verifying that the timeline has been corrected when you encounter the giant pumpkin spice cheese monument in pumpkin spice cheese square.

 

[sword_9mm]

I like those nut cluster things they sell at Costco.

Sometimes a slice of whatever type of cheese is in the fridge.

I don't snack much anymore as I used to much more. Pop-tarts are a great snack if you run 100 miles a day.

 

[Smeghead]

Some oatcakes, a wee bit of butter on each, topped with a bit of sharp cheddar.

None of that Walkers crap, and certainly not these war crimes.

 

[hyperactive]

The mention of jerky reminded me of a snack that was always around the house, so taken for granted, and now I have to go to the 99 market to find -- (soy) bean curd. At least that is what's on the ingredients label. To describe it (may be colored personally), it's thin slices of tofu that gets dehydrated to remove water giving you a leather tofu. The leather tofu gets seasoned either dusted with flavor or a more marinated step to impart the desired taste (spice, bbq, teriyaki). You thought vegetarian jerky was a new concept?

 

[Jables]

1) Chips and salsa are amazing, but I only eat them when going out which don't consider “snacking”

2) These are my snacking jam:

 

[thrillgore]

For those wondering what I was on about with "salt and vinegar dip" I use a modified recipe from You Suck at Cooking:

1/2 cup Mayonnaise
1/2 cup Sour Cream
2 tsp Balsamic Vinegar
1 tsp Dijon Mustard
1 tsp Salt
Pepper to taste, freshly ground
.25 tsp garlic powder

Mix until homogenous. Let rest overnight for best taste.

 

[diabol1k]

I stumbled onto wasabi-soy edamame a couple of months ago and it's been my go to ever since. High protein, high fiber, relatively low everything else, and the wasabi they use it just good barely good enough.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CKWKZL2G

 

[PhaseShifter]

At home:

Cheese of pretty much any variety (usually stuff I bought intending to make sandwiches)

mixed nuts

pita or pita chips with hummus

fruit (I could eat mandarins all day, and the same goes for seedless grapes. Cherries too, but I have to be able to spit the seeds out.)

peanut butter & apple

Peanut butter & crackers


On a long drive:

Pringles

Beef jerky in the resealable pouches

(basically stuff I can open and close with one hand, or maybe one hand and a finger on the other hand