Worst snack food ever?

[RandomKoolzip]

My vote goes to Veggie Booty:



Which brings me great pain, since I'm a fan of Pirate's Booty and some of the other snack foods from the Robert's family of snack foods.

Pirate's Booty is delicious white cheddar puffed corn. It's addictive.

VEGGIE Booty, however, is puffed corn covered in powdered spinach and kale. It tastes like rabbit food and smells like a pet store that hasn't been cleaned in a while. I bought some yesterday, just for variety, and spat out the first handful I attempted to choke down. I wouldn't even recommend this product to a gerbil against whom I held a grudge - it's just terribly unpleasant. Ick.

I'm sure others have pork rind horror stories they could tell. But my own personal snack food hell is:



So...what's YOUR least favorite snack food?

[jpgray]

1. What made that seem like a good idea to you exactly?

:D

[RandomKoolzip]

4. What, starting this asinine thread or the Booty purchase?

Well, I enjoy Pirate's Booty a great deal. It's my favorite snack food. I was under the assumption that Robert's American Gourmet Snack Foods wouldn't steer me wrong.

As for starting this asinine thread, the reasons for that are mysterious and shrouded in a bad fog of loneliness and despair (I was bored).

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

32. I like their Tings.

They're like Cheetos except with nutritional yeast instead of fake cheese. Even my devoutly carnivorous sister is a fan of Tings.

[RandomKoolzip]

40. I like the Tings too.

I'm a fan of lots of Robert's product...except for the vile, mephitic, foul Veggie Booty. I'd rather eat a pair of Paul Wolfowitz's underwear than eat Veggie Booty again.

[Katina]

2. Slim Jims

nothing more than greasy chemical sticks ... :puke:

[RandomKoolzip]

11. But Randy "The Macho Man" Savage is their spokesperson!

Therefore, they are superior to Veggie Booty. I'm pretty sure Amy Goodman would be an appropriate spokesperon for Veggie Booty.

[JVS]

43. Snap into it, baby!

[seemunkee]

24. Mechanically Separated Chicken

Who can hate a product that has that as an ingredient

[ScreamingMeemie]

55. MrG!

:hi:

[miss_american_pie]

3. Oh it isn't that bad

It's not cheese curls.

[RandomKoolzip]

6. I LIKE cheese curls!

At least they don't taste like used bird-cage liner. (Ugh. I can STILL taste the Veggie Booty from yesterday...Bleh!)

[miss_american_pie]

10. But at least the veggie booty

is a naturally-occurring color.

[RandomKoolzip]

12. The sun, as it rises, is the same color as Cheese Curls.

Frito-Lay is obviously in the business of Pagan indoctination, in other words. What other reason could there be for this startling coincidence?

[matcom]

5. Fun Yuns

:wtf: ARE those things?

[RandomKoolzip]

8. I know one thing: they ain't ResponsibiltyYuns.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

33. Now they have Wasabi'uns

You know I'm going to have to buy those.

[Reverend_Smitty]

7. Fruit leather

or at least that's what we called it back in elementary school. If I want to eat fruit, I'll eat it but if I want it in roll-up form...dammit I want fruit roll-ups, not this "healthy" crap disguised as fruit roll-ups

[RandomKoolzip]

13. Yeah, plus it's overpriced.

It's like two bucks for three or less bites of crushed fruit. Unfair!

[Reverend_Smitty]

18. we'd always feel sorry for the kid that had fruit leather...

but there was no way in hell that any of us were going to trade :P

[malta blue]

9. Cheese in a can.

:puke: :puke: :puke:

[RandomKoolzip]

15. Good choice. Cheese shouldn't come from a can.

Everyone knows that cheese should be eaten from a pouch made from fruit leather.

[malta blue]

23. a pouch made of fruit leather...

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[SpeedwayDemocrat]

14. Anything made with Olestra...

Remember when all the snack food companies decided their chips would be healthier with Olestra? Frito Lay shipped a box to our newsroom back in the 1990's, hoping we would write favorably about these new snacks.
Everyone who ate them got the worst case of gas and diarrhea ever. And with only one restroom in the news room, it was a fight for bathroom time!
Yeah, we reviewed them alright - both coming and going and THEY SUCKED!

[RandomKoolzip]

19. Weird thing about Olestra:

They seemed to play up the risk of "Gas with Oily Discharge" in their advertising.

What's the acronym for "Gas with Oily Discharge?"

Why, "G.O.D," of course!

[mikeytherat]

31. The other thing they were forced to admit Olestra contributed to was...

"anal leakage."

:scared:

With a claim like that, it really makes you want those chips even more, doesn't it?

mikey_the_rat

[sendero]

35. Some comedian said..

... (parody of a Palmolive commercial) Olestra, you're sitting in it :)

[XNASA]

16. Any of the products in the 'Blind Robin' lineup.

But especially, the "Blind Robin Herring Snack".

[RandomKoolzip]

20. "Deaf Pelican" snacks are decent, though.

I'm a bit wary of anything made by "Pigeon With No Sense Of Smell" Brand Snack Foods. You should be, too.

[Xipe Totec]

17. Roasted dried chickpeas - Indescribable

I like a lot of roasted seeds, pumpkin, sunflower, soy, sesame...

But these just didn't agree with me.

[JitterbugPerfume]

21. twinkies

they were spawned in hell to entrap the unwary with their creamy middle

[RandomKoolzip]

41. They're good, until you realize that you're eating just lard and sugar.

Then you start to become sad.

Tasty, though.

[Katina]

47. Have you seen the twinkies cookbook?

I've heard that it includes everything from Twinkie "sushi" to Twinkie "lasagne" Can you think of anything more disgusting?



Twinkies® Cookbook
An Inventive and Unexpected Recipe Collection
by Hostess
$12.95

Product Details:
Format:
Size: 7 X 7 inches
Pages: 112
Illustration: Full-color photographs
ISBN-13: 9781580087568
ISBN-10: 1580087566
Canadian Price: $16.95
Publication Date: April/2006
Imprint: Ten Speed Press
Summary:
In 2005, as part of Twinkies' 75th anniversary celebration, Hostess put out a call for recipes, asking people to share their ideas for cooking—yes, cooking—with Twinkies. Hundreds of people from across the country responded with an amazing collection of homegrown, creative, and sometimes wacky recipes. Nostalgic, colorful, and a delight for the whole family, this is the perfect book for the Twinkie lover in all of us.

The official Twinkies cookbook, showcasing hardcore fans' recipes for fun, new ways—sweet and savory!—to enjoy Twinkies.
Includes more than 50 recipes and 20 full-color photographs.
Features a historical introduction to the Twinkie, complete with archival photographs and advertisements.
At least 500 million Twinkies are sold each year.

[Bunny]

22. Fritos. Speaking of Fritos,

didn't we used to have a person here whose feet smelled like Fritos? Or did they taste like Fritos? I can't remember, but it's a good thing I never liked Fritos, because that would have turned me off on them permanently. :puke:

[RandomKoolzip]

25. Ah! Do you speak of COliberal and the Princess?

I actually vomited after reading that thread. Vile.

Good thing they're gone now. They grossed me out.

[CanuckAmok]

26. Zing!

[Bunny]

27. Yes, I was thinking of them.

They were quite a pair, weren't they? Annoying as all get out.

[asthmaticeog]

54. You are referring, I assume, to this unforgettable Lounge gem:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=2115943&mesg_id=2115943

WARNING: LIFE-ALTERINGLY ICKY.

I haven't eaten Fritos since. Which is all fine and well, as Garden Salsa Sun Chips kick the ass of mere Fritos any day, any time.

[Bunny]

60. :shudder:

Ugh.

[asthmaticeog]

65. I'm sorry - I felt it was important to post for context.

Didn't mean to stir up any unpleasant feelings - or dinners.

[Bunny]

66. That's okay, I'm feeling better now.

And, I *was* the one who introduced the subject, after all. :yoiks:

[Arkansas Granny]

64. IIRC, someone mentioned that their dog's foot smelled like Fritos.

The explanation that was given had something to do with a gland in their feet that gives off that odor.

[KamaAina]

71. No, it was someone's dog or cat

dog, I think, whose paws smelled like Fritos.

Mmmmmmm! Frito pie! :eyes:

[nini]

28. Shrimp Chips

:puke: :puke:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

34. I like those...

Although, I had them at an Indonesian restaurant and they put out this awesome hot dipping sauce. Mmm.... :9

[nini]

46. well, anything tastes good with hot dipping sauce!

mmmm is right. The hotter the better

[RandomKoolzip]

42. Even if I wasn't allergic to seafood, I wouldn't eat those.

My wife likes to buy "mystery" snacks from the local Japanese food store -- I fail to see the yumminess.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

29. I don't know why you're surprised

that the booty tasted like ass!

:rofl:

[RandomKoolzip]

44. I've had better tasting ass than that.

Believe you me.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

30. Anything in the Corn Nuts line of products

Utterly disgusting...

[noonwitch]

39. I agree, yuck

I tried them when they first came out, and yuck.

[RandomKoolzip]

45. Yeah. They're more like a punishment than a snack.

"Who wants chipped teeth?!"

"I DO! I DO!"

[Orrex]

36. You need to visit the definitive site on this subject

The incomparable BadCandy.com.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

37. Never eat Papaya Paste for Sporty People

Just don't.

[RandomKoolzip]

48. Oh my Gawd! "Chaca Chaca!"

:scared:

[grannylib]

38. jalapeno jelly beans. I love jalapenos, and jelly beans, but they just

DON'T go together!

[RandomKoolzip]

49. Eww. That's like that Jones Soda special edition Turkey flavored

soda that came out last Tahnksgiving.

Do. Not. Drink.

[grannylib]

50. That sounds SO nasty.

[CatholicEdHead]

68. Buttered Popcorn jelly beans are worse

Jelly Belly makes them. :puke:

[begin_within]

51. Worst thing I've ever tasted was "Double Zout" (salty black Dutch licorice

YYYYYYYUUUUUUUCCCCCCCKKKKKKK!

[begin_within]

52. My friend brought back a bag of roasted crickets from Mexico. It was

horrible to even look at. A clear bag full of burned dead crickets, coated with some kind of orange powder that I assumed was barbecue flavor seasoning. I would not even touch it. My friend ate about half the bagful (the bag was about the size of a sandwich). Two hours later he threw it all up. Who in their right mind ever dreamed that up should be shot.

[calico1]

53. Rice cakes.

Any kind. They all taste the same...like cardboard.

[querelle]

56. Not Really A Snack Food But A Great Product Name

I bought a pouch of this stuff at a local Carribean grocery. Haven't tried it yet.

Q

[calico1]

58. Who's the author? Lorena Bobbit? LOL. n/t

[BigMama50]

57. Veggie Booty

does it smell like ass?

[southpaw]

59. Gotta be Balut!

I've never tried it... don't have to. I have nightmares about being forced to eat balut!



from Wikipedia:
A delicacy of Asia and especially the Philippines, China, Cambodia, and Vietnam, a balut (or Hột vịt lộn in Vietnamese) is a fertilized duck egg with a nearly-developed embryo inside that is boiled and eaten in the shell. Popularly believed to be an aphrodisiac and considered a high-protein, hearty snack, baluts are mostly sold by street vendors at night in the regions where they are available. They are often served accompanied with consumption of beer. The Filipino word balut roughly translates to mean "wrapped".

more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut

[querelle]

61. Yech! n/t

[conflictgirl]

62. Before seeing your response, I was going to say Veggie Booty!

That shit is SO nasty. I like healthy food, but spinach and kale does not belong in any kind of snack food. Period.

[TrogL]

63. Pickled herring

at least that's what everbody else tells me when I eat them.

[alarimer]

67. Chicharrones

Or deep-fried pork rinds. Ugh! they are made from pig intestines, which is bascially fat, so it is deep-fried FAT. My coworkers likes the really spicy ones. They smell vile even from several feet away.

[catbert836]

69. Si, estamos de acuerdo.

I never understood how people could like them. The yuk-factor is even greater than that of veal.

[calico1]

70. Actually, they are from pig skins.

But I agree that they are gross.

[alarimer]

74. Right- I was confusing it with some other vile concoction

made from animal organs.

[Throd]

73. Orale, pendejo!

I love to crush 'em up and sprinkle 'em over a piping hot bowl of menudo.

And yes, they are made from the skins. Every now and then you'll get one with a serial number tattoo!

[Joe Fields]

72. Chocolate covered sardines.