i live for junk food

[toastykitten]

While I have recently been obsessed with eating good, fresh, non-processed food, I am also equally obsessed with bad-for-you, highly processed junk food and fast food places. So is Mark - when we are together we make every effort to cook together and consume some vegetables and some vitamins for dinner. But when we are alone we eat junk - for my part, it's because I find it boring and not fun at all to cook just for myself.  So I resign myself to eating frozen dinners and potstickers a lot. It's not a totally healthy way to live, but sometimes you just want to eat junk.

1. Fish sticks. Mark hates these, so I only eat them when he's not around. Same with dried cuttlefish and shrimp  chips. He claims they smell too fishy, which is probably true. I have no idea why I like fish sticks so much, but I know why I like the dried cuttlefish and shrimp chips. We always ate them growing up, and we would always take stuff like that on road trips. When we were in China, we weren't necessarily interested in the fake designer bags or tourist trinkets - we headed straight to the snack shops wherever we were.
2. Pot pies. I really like Marie Callendar's pot pies. They are just yummy - and when I found out that they were an actual restaurant chain, I went to go eat at one. It was very good, but after a while it gets super-salty.
   
3. Chips. I love chips. Cheddar, ranch, barbecue, etc. I LOVE THEM ALL. Until I went to China and discovered that they had Willy Wonka-inspired flavors. Kim-chee flavored chips, anyone? For Mark, I brought back Thai Curry Crab and Bacon flavored chips. I have not tried either one because of the smell. The reports from people who've tried it says that the Thai Curry Crab-flavored chips taste like Indian food. It will also make your breath noticeable from about a 10 feet away.
4. Ice cream. There are certain places and types of ice cream that won't compare to anything else. Like Fenton's in Piedmont, which has the giant sundaes and homemade, fresh ice cream. And sorbets. I really like sorbets, especially mango ones. Oh, and It's It ice cream is its own separate category. I overheard someone say that at someone's wedding, they didn't serve cake, but just had a ton of It's It ice cream sandwiches. You can order them online, but you have to buy them by the case.  I am SO doing that.

Today I discovered that the local grocery store sells White Castle burgers. Which means I bought them. We are totally going to eat them while watching Harold & Kumar.

P.S. I forgot to mention that in certain L.A. McDonald's establishments, they have re-released the McRib - processed pork product formatted into the shape of a rib. According to Mark, "It's fucking awesome!" and he and a friend, when they headed to L.A. last, went and bought some, then bought extra and there are now frozen McRibs in his freezer. Just in case.