Cooking Guilty Pleasures

Jezek

What are some of your guiltiest, filthiest cooking secrets?

I love to use the most processed, orange, american, single slice serving cheese when I make mac n cheese or on burgers.

Otherwise I'm a snob and turn up my nose at most 'chedar' or sh1tty 'mozzarella' etc.

fussyonion

Jezek wrote: »

What are some of your guiltiest, filthiest cooking secrets?

I love to use the most processed, orange, american, single slice serving cheese when I make mac n cheese or on burgers.

Otherwise I'm a snob and turn up my nose at most 'chedar' or sh1tty 'mozzarella' etc.

Aren't Easi Singles made in Ireland?

Jezek

fussyonion wrote: »

Aren't Easi Singles made in Ireland?

american in spirit

Mr. CooL ICE

I buy garlic puree instead of fresh if I'm feeling lazy

Dizzyblonde

I have a jar of minced garlic and a jar of minced chillis

the beer revolu

I, on occasion, use Knor Stock Pots.
Oh, I also have a jar of Tom Yum paste.

Just shoot me.

The Hill Billy

Oxo cubes in my stews & lashings of Heinz Salad Cream in salad sandwiches.

Skill Magill

I thought thats how you made stew nice, and everyone did it!

Merkin

Swiss bouillon added to anything cooked in a pot.

And I STILL lick the bowl after making anything sweet

vibe666

Knorr stock pots, so easy to add flavour to pretty much anything.

Also Schwartz garlic Italian or spicy Italian seasoning.

Sometimes I just can't be arsed to make everything fresh.

Lovely Bloke

yeah, plastic cheese.

I also have jars of lazy garlic and lazy ginger, they hardly ever get used, but they are useful in a pinch.

Tabitharose

Dizzyblonde wrote: »

I have a jar of minced garlic and a jar of minced chillis

I'll see you your garlic & chillis in a jar & raise you a jar of ginger too :P I also have easi singles in the fridge & lick the bowl when baking

fussyonion

Probably not considered a real guilty pleasure but I buy Aldi Specially Selected Madras Curry sauce from time to time.

I do make my own curries from scratch but the Aldi curry sauce is just delicious and means we can have a decent curry with very little prep/cooking.
I just add chicken, cut into chunks, red and green pepper and an onion.

FortuneChip

Say what you want about easy singles, but no other yellow plastic melts quite like it!

Chicken goujons sliced, thrown on top of nachos, covered in a jar of salsa and topped with cheese.
I even refer to it as "dinner" if I've had a long day in the office.

Faith

I love easi singles

I really really love mcdonalds double cheeseburgers because I love the plastic cheese an unbelievable amount

Seaneh

store-bought all butter pastry for tarts/pies/whatever.

Yes, I am lazy.

I'll even buy pre-made cases if I can find all butter short crust ones.

Did that like 4 days ago actually and made the most decadent orange chocolate tart.

Tom Dunne

My name is Tom Dunne and I put sweetcorn into chilli.

Sparks wrote:

If you even think of putting sweetcorn in this dish, by the way, you're an abomination unto dog and man alike.

Jawgap

Opening a bottle of wine to put some in a dish, then not

Buying pre-chopped veg if I'm in a rush.

Likewise I've various jars of garlic, chilli, lemongrass etc for use when speed is a priority.

Tarzana

fussyonion wrote: »

Aren't Easi Singles made in Ireland?

Yeah, you get processed cheese in Ireland. But when you hear Americans talk about American cheese, that's what it is.

Tarzana

the beer revolu wrote: »

I, on occasion, use Knor Stock Pots.

Really nothing wrong with this. People having conniptions about people not always using fresh stock just make me

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the beer revolu

Tarzana wrote: »

Really nothing wrong with this. People having conniptions about people not always using fresh stock just make me

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Who said there was anything wrong with it?

Tarzana

the beer revolu wrote: »

Who said there was anything wrong with it?

Defensive! The title of the thread is 'Cooking Guilty Pleasures' implying that people would judge you a little for it. And I have indeed known people be judgmental of others not using real stock. My post was in support of yours. Yikes.

Jezek

Tarzana wrote: »

Defensive! The title of the thread is 'Cooking Guilty Pleasures' implying that people would judge you a little for it. And I have indeed known people be judgmental of others not using real stock. My post was in support of yours. Yikes.

my knee-jerk reaction is to be a little judgemental of using stock..I don't know why when I do it sometimes...

Tarzana

Jezek wrote: »

my knee-jerk reaction is to be a little judgemental of using stock..I don't know why when I do it sometimes...

I mean, real stock you've made is obviously the mutt's nutts, I love soup made with my chicken stock, and don't really like soup just made with stock cubes. But some stock cubes on the market are quite good. I'm a fan of the Kallo Just Bouillon ones. And sometimes you just don't have homemade stock to hand.

the beer revolu

Tarzana wrote: »

Defensive! The title of the thread is 'Cooking Guilty Pleasures' implying that people would judge you a little for it. And I have indeed known people be judgmental of others not using real stock. My post was in support of yours. Yikes.

I guess where I was coming from is that people haven't posted in this thread to have their confessions vindicated or otherwise by others.

By saying that there is nothing wrong with my confession indicates, by omission, that there may be something wrong with other's confessions.

My original post was a touch tongue in cheek anyway.

Tarzana

the beer revolu wrote: »

I guess where I was coming from is that people haven't posted in this thread to have their confessions vindicated or otherwise by others.

By saying that there is nothing wrong with my confession indicates, by omission, that there may be something wrong with other's confessions.

My original post was a touch tongue in cheek anyway.

Well, some are pretty bad - easi singles? But it had nothing to do with other posts, I just hate stock cube snobbery.

Tongue in cheek often doesn't translate in text.

fiddlechic

Making extra chocolate ganache to cover a cake and eating it with a teaspoon from the bowl.
Somehow eating it with a teaspoon makes me feel more virtuous.

connollys

normally very picky with my food quality, like to mince my own meat etc so know what's in it, but maybe twice a year I get a craving for those galtee hotdogs you boil for a few minutes. I dont even dare look at the pack for ingredients, bad enough seeing the rolls of "meat" when bite into it.

Lisha

Fish finger sandwiches

rubadub

Faith wrote: »

I really really love mcdonalds double cheeseburgers because I love the plastic cheese an unbelievable amount

I had one with a sundae in mcdonalds and copped on I could use the sundae spoon to scrape off the cheese that stuck to the burger wrapper.

Jawgap

Lisha wrote: »

Fish finger sandwiches

.....with really fresh Brennans bread and loads of tomato ketchup.....

Almost as good as.....

.......Tayto crisp sandwiches.......:pac:

Miaireland

I drink homemade gravy like soup.

Lisha

Jawgap wrote: »

.....with really fresh Brennans bread and loads of tomato ketchup.....

Almost as good as.....

.......Tayto crisp sandwiches.......:pac:

I'm not a ketchup girl, it's yr sauce all they way. So fresh batch bread, cheddar cheese tomatoes and yr sauce. Or macambridge bread with cheddar and brown sauce if I'm feeling 'healthy' ish

Also toasted ham cheese and tomato with bag of ready salted macoy crisps

The Hill Billy

Ham, cheddar & Tayto sandwiches on Brennan's white sliced pan. (No batch bread for me! )

gingernut79

I immediately thought of licking the bowl after baking when I read the title post. My real guilty pleasure though would be making macaroni cheese and to hell with the calories!

MissFlitworth

Eating the burnt food off oven dishes. Burnt cheese, for preference, but burnt white sauces, bits of burnt vegetables or pasta. If we every have anything oven baked I can be found in the kitchen after scraping the dish clean.

I almost never use home made stock, my home made stock has always been rubbish, bland and greasy and I like the msg Chickatee goodness of oxo cubes

Shenshen

Adding a teaspoon or two of veggie gravy granules to any stew-type dish... thickens it nicely and adds just that little bit of extra flavour.

And using a mixture of passata and tomato paste for pizza toppings rather than cooking it.

Uncle_moe

Kraft mac n cheese in a box and add 2 slices of american cheese to finish it.

Oven chips smothered in garlic mayo (has to be dunnes own brand) and mature cheddar cheese.

Greenduck

Hmmmmmm

gouche

Greenduck wrote: »

Hmmmmmm

That pic just reminded me. Used to live on these.
One slice pan + 5 pack of Koka Chicken Noodles = dinner for a week.
With lots of butter for the sandwich as well!

You know, I don't miss being poor!

GoodBridge

Whenever we have roast chicken, it's my job to strip the carcass and put the leftover meat in a bowl for a curry or whatever the following day.

Part one of the guilty pleasure: I do it mostly by hand (with well washed hands, obviously) because it's just easier and more efficient. How else you going to get the oysters and other nice little pieces off?? Anyway, I love it.

Part two: I eat half the left overs as I go.

the beer revolu

GoodBridge wrote: »

Whenever we have roast chicken, it's my job to strip the carcass and put the leftover meat in a bowl for a curry or whatever the following day.

Part one of the guilty pleasure: I do it mostly by hand (with well washed hands, obviously) because it's just easier and more efficient. How else you going to get the oysters and other nice little pieces off?? Anyway, I love it.

Part two: I eat half the left overs as I go.

That's just doing the job properly!
It hurts my heart when I see people throwing away half eaten chickens.

K-9

GoodBridge wrote: »

Whenever we have roast chicken, it's my job to strip the carcass and put the leftover meat in a bowl for a curry or whatever the following day.

Part one of the guilty pleasure: I do it mostly by hand (with well washed hands, obviously) because it's just easier and more efficient. How else you going to get the oysters and other nice little pieces off?? Anyway, I love it.

Part two: I eat half the left overs as I go.

My Brother in Law who is a chef has actually complimented me on that! Leave nothing to waste and the juiciest parts of the chicken are the "leftovers" for me.

confusticated

the beer revolu wrote: »

That's just doing the job properly!
It hurts my heart when I see people throwing away half eaten chickens.

It hurts my stomach! All that chicken that I could be eating...nom.

FortuneChip

Dirty Sweet & Sour Chicken!
There was next to nothing in my house last night, some onions, peppers and chicken goujons.

Fried off the onions & peppers. Poured in a healthy (!?) dose of sugar, poured in a glass of white wine, some vinegar, and a squeeze of ketchup.
Threw in the cooked goujons and boom. Took no more than 20 minutes (most of which was waiting for the chicken to be cooked)

Dial Hard

Aromat. It's the secret to my utterly awesome steak seasoning that people keep asking me about and I'm too ashamed to admit it.

Also, grilled potato waffles, topped with jalapenos, loads of cheddar cheese and Frank's Red Hot Sauce, then bunged back under the grill for a few moments. Little rectangles of heaven!

K-9

I rediscovered waffles last year and contrary to what I remembered they are actually nice. Wawfully Versatile, brings back memories of the 80's ad. Must be high on fat though.

confusticated

Ah now, nobody eats waffles for their health benefits!

Mr. CooL ICE

Waffles in the toaster and beans in the microwave kept me alive during college

Overflow

Putting Sriracha sauce on everything :eek:

the beer revolu

Yesterday, I bought pre made gnocchi!
And I liked it.