Do you have junk food in your house?

Fat Christy

Inspired by the obesity thread.

I was just thinking about this recently as my family might be paying me a visit on Sunday and I literally do no have a bickie in the house. Not a one! I don't buy biscuits/chocolate/cakes anything like that when doing my weekly shop, because I would have all scoffed within minutes. I have a very sweet tooth. If it's not in the house, I can't eat it.

I make an exception when I decide I'm going baking but I tend to bake healthy shtuff a lot, that won't result in me developing type 2 diabetes.

Bread is another thing that you will not find in my house. If you're dropping over for a sammich, I'm afraid you're out of luck.

What about you guys? Do you have all the om nommy sugary/fatty goodness busting out of your cupboards?

When I was kid I used to fantasize about chocolate pools and giant cupcakes. I vowed to have all of the deliciousness in my house and now look at me. :pac:

Menas

There is always ice cream in the freezer in our house. And somewhere hidden away there will be a chocolate stash. And a pack of dorittos in the cupboard ....and custard in the fridge. But that is about it really.

We do counter balance this with full fruit bowl!

fussyonion

I have King crisps which my other half eats, biscuits in the press for visitors, 90% chocolate if I fancy something and er....that's about it.

The Backwards Man

I keep rich tea biscuits in the press for visitors, that's about it. Always have something in for a sandwich, mostly salad items and such, but I grow a few of them myself. Always plenty of fruit too.

Rackstar

Not really, I try not to.

When I do it's not for very long because I eat it all as quickly as humanly possible.

Barely ever. Biscuits, mostly.

Corvo

I'm not really into chocolate or biscuits or anything.

But Haribo.

Now Haribo I will slit your throat for

Ush1

I never have any but for some reason always end up trying to search for junk food, usually end up making a cup of tea.

kfallon

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I keep rich tea biscuits in the press for visitors

Now we know where the Donegal 'Soggy Biscuit' county championship is held!

Pighead

Pighead's body is a temple so junk food is generally kept at bay in our house. Have a weakness for those shortbread buttery biscuits though so you'll usually find a packet of those in the cupboard. Made with shortbread, butter and love.

cloud493

No I was real tempted by a pack of ice creams for a £1 on the weekend, but I ended up putting them back.

fussyonion

Pighead wrote: »

Pighead's body is a temple so junk food is generally kept at bay in our house. Have a weakness for those shortbread buttery biscuits though so you'll usually find a packet of those in the cupboard. Made with shortbread, butter and love.

I found a ridiculously simple recipe for shortbread biscuits a while back.
It's literally flour, butter and sugar which you mix in a bowl, turn onto a surface, roll and cut out shapes and bake for 15 mins.
They're mindblowingly good.

Make at your own risk of gluttony: http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/shortbread_1290

Fat Christy

Rackstar wrote: »

Not really, I try not to.

When I do it's not for very long because I eat it all as quickly as humanly possible.

I went to the cinema Wednesday evening, decided I'd go all out and get a big packet of malteasers, popcorn and coke. Scoffed the whole lot, all of it. Those malteaser bags were so not meant to share!!

I'd be 20 stone if I bought chocolate and kept it in the house. I have no self control.

Ush1 wrote: »

I never have any but for some reason always end up trying to search for junk food, usually end up making a cup of tea.

I stare aimlessly into the cupboard in search of a sugar fix, knowing full well there's nothing there.

One eyed Jack

We don't really have junk food in the house apart from I suppose sugar (but I'm trying to cut down), and instead of anything like snacks, bars or biscuits, it's like walking into a tropical garden in the kitchen with all the apples and oranges and bananas, and if you're reeeeally stuck for a snack, well there's sugarsnap peas in the fridge

Sometimes alright I get a hankering for some junk food, I don't really eat a whole lot anyway, mostly just live on coffee and cigarettes

Bacchus

No junk food in our house anyway. The closest thing would be those Moser Roth dark chocolate bars.

If we were expecting someone staying with us for a few days we might get a few snacks/nibbles in but for the sweet tooth, my wife would probably just bake something herself.

Gotta have bread in though. We'll usually have something from Arbutus Bakery in Cork in the kitchen.

kfallon

Tend to have a few boxes of Belvitas and some cereal bars in the press, always eat them before I go playing football.

Usually a packet of jellies in the press somewhere too! Used to be mad for Wham bars but thankfully those days are gone!

Always have something for after dinner either bars of chocolate, biscuits or some sort of cake. Also during the summer I usually have ice cream in the freezer.

not yet

Pighead wrote: »

Pighead's body is a temple so junk food is generally kept at bay in our house. Have a weakness for those shortbread buttery biscuits though so you'll usually find a packet of those in the cupboard. Made with shortbread, butter and love.

Your body is a temple you say !!

Do go on....

Pighead

Still a bit flabbergasted at the lack of bread in your house Fat Christy. A house without bread is like a room without windows. Bread is one of the first things that should be on everybody's shopping list. How can you eat soup without bread? Where do you put your jam? Where do you see outlines of our lord and saviour Jesus Christ? You really need to re-evaluate this crazy 'no bread rule' you've got going on.

peadar76

Ice-cream for hangovers

DeadHand

I don't, not of some conscious health reasons but because I'm not really interested in junk food. It's mostly disgusting.

What amazes me is people who don't seem to eat: they graze. Like the cows they physically resemble they seem to need to spend most waking hours eating, usually open mouthed. People I have never seen without taytos, chocolate and/or coke in their hand. They can't go to any event or venue without buying cupboard loads of ****e to eat for the one or two hours that they are there lest they waste away.

These people tend to be ignorant, vacuous, morbidly obese and dead eyed. It's like they have no concept of how they appear or simply don't care.

I mean if they are happy in their vile gluttony, more power to them. But their loud, constant grazing is irritating and they are disconcerting to look at. The question germane to the thread being; if they can manage this toxic banqueting while on the move, how much must they be gorging on at home?

lazeedaisy

Have a few Chomp bars in the freezer. Always nice for a treat but not often.

I don't eat biscuits but buy them for himself along with 6 pack of Doritos (so he does not make a pig of himself!) and a bag of Aldi Roar bars I the fridge. If I fancy something sweet it's either a plain biscuit (I think chocolate ruins a nice biccy) or the odd chomp frozen bar!

endacl

I've a packet of hobnobs at the back of a press in the kitchen. Took a notion to buy them a few months ago. For if somebody called in. Plenty of people have, but I only remembered the hobnobs when I saw this thread. Must check the use by date...

My snack treat of choice is a poached egg on a slice of McCambridge's whole meal...

_Brian

Yea for occasions..
Icecream, some chocolate, some cake, bottle of club orange in press since Christmas, jelly sweets... Think the kids have a few Easter eggs left still..

Having the junk food in the house is no harm, its people eating huge amounts of the stuff that have the problem.

Everything in moderation ! (except peas & beans, they're just straight from the devil)

Fat Christy

Pighead wrote: »

Still a bit flabbergasted at the lack of bread in your house Fat Christy. A house without bread is like a room without windows. Bread is one of the first things that should be on everybody's shopping list. How can you eat soup without bread? Where do you put your jam? Where do you see outlines of our lord and saviour Jesus Christ? You really need to re-evaluate this crazy 'no bread rule' you've got going on.

It's not really a rule, I'm just not bothered with it. I stopped buying it a long time ago and never really got back into it. That's not to say that I won't eat bread when I'm down home or out in a nice restaurant. It's just not something I would have in the house as I would simply live on tea and toast. Bread is a treat for me because I love it so much. Eat all the bread, all of it. :pac:

eviltwin

Ice cream, pizza, biscuits, bread and alcohol. It's not an everyday thing but it's nice to have them when you want something.

fleet_admiral

Random packs of wispas, double deckers and cans of coke and 7 up

cloud493

How does one not have bread in the house? Bread has so many uses, sandwiches, filler for a meal, stuffing, toast, french toast, eggy bread, all sorts.

_Brian

_Brian wrote: »

Yea for occasions..
Icecream, some chocolate, some cake, bottle of club orange in press since Christmas, jelly sweets... Think the kids have a few Easter eggs left still..

Having the junk food in the house is no harm, its people eating huge amounts of the stuff that have the problem.

Everything in moderation ! (except peas & beans, they're just straight from the devil)

eviltwin wrote: »

Ice cream, pizza, biscuits, bread and alcohol. It's not an everyday thing but it's nice to have them when you want something.

Alcohol ..
Never considered it junk food.. we'd have a reasonable selection in all the time.

_Kaiser_

God you're all so damn healthy its sickening

I have.. crisps, chocolate, cans of coke, pizzas, and I think there's a few of those fruit shortcake buscuits too.

Surprisingly I'm not a 10 tonne whale with skin like the surface of the moon though - I don't eat that much anyway so this stuff tends to last a few weeks.

The Backwards Man

Imagine the shock of your grandparents if you told them when they were young that in 100 years time bread would be considered a junk food.

Pighead

not yet wrote: »

Your body is a temple you say !!

Do go on....

There's not much more to say not yet. Pighead treats his body with the love and respect it deserves. It is a finely tuned machine and is in great shape. Looking in mirrors is one of life's simple pleasures for Pighead.

Penny Tration

Have some Twister ice pops in the freezer, but they're there two weeks and only one out of the pack has been eaten because we don't want them.

Aside from that, the only sweet foods we've got here is lots and lots of berries and some nectarines and bananas.

Penny Tration

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Imagine the shock of your grandparents if you told them when they were young that in 100 years time bread would be considered a junk food.

Nothing wrong with a lovely chunk of white bread slathered in salted butter. Haven't had that in a good six months.

Bread isn't junk food. It's just that when people want to lose weight, they're told to drop the carbs.

So because people have easier access nowadays to crap food and too much food, bread is suddenly the devil.

Fat Christy

_Brian wrote: »

Alcohol ..
Never considered it junk food.. we'd have a reasonable selection in all the time.

I have loads of alcomohols in my house.

2 litre bottles of vodka, a shoulder of rum, a bottle of sangria and loads of miniature bottles of absinthe.

It's been sitting there the past ages so I wouldn't consider it junk or something I shouldn't buy as I generally wouldn't consume that much of it.

I wouldn't drink on a weekly basis, sometimes I could go months without drinking.

valoren

Fat Christy wrote: »

Inspired by the obesity thread.

I was just thinking about this recently as my family might be paying me a visit on Sunday and I literally do no have a bickie in the house. Not a one! I don't buy biscuits/chocolate/cakes anything like that when doing my weekly shop, because I would have all scoffed within minutes. I have a very sweet tooth. If it's not in the house, I can't eat it.

I make an exception when I decide I'm going baking but I tend to bake healthy shtuff a lot, that won't result in me developing type 2 diabetes.

Bread is another thing that you will not find in my house. If you're dropping over for a sammich, I'm afraid you're out of luck.

What about you guys? Do you have all the om nommy sugary/fatty goodness busting out of your cupboards?

When I was kid I used to fantasize about chocolate pools and giant cupcakes. I vowed to have all of the deliciousness in my house and now look at me. :pac:

People calling over can have a sandwich if they like, they will have to have it on either Coconut 'Bread' or an Oopsie Roll (egg white, baking powder, cream cheese).

Processed Bread can GTFO as far as I'm concerned. Low Carb bread you perfect yourself is much better.

Rice? Cauliflower grated.
Mash Potatos? A sh1tload Cauliflower and Broccoli mashed with real butter.

Fat Christy

Jenny Thalia wrote: »

Nothing wrong with a lovely chunk of white bread slathered in salted butter. Haven't had that in a good six months.

Bread isn't junk food. It's just that when people want to lose weight, they're told to drop the carbs.

So because people have easier access nowadays to crap food and too much food, bread is suddenly the devil.

I don't eat bread in moderation so I don't buy it.

I tend not to buy stuff that I'm going to scoff all in one go.

Jenny Thalia

Jenny Thalia wrote: »

Nothing wrong with a lovely chunk of white bread slathered in salted butter. Haven't had that in a good six months.

Bread isn't junk food. It's just that when people want to lose weight, they're told to drop the carbs.

So because people have easier access nowadays to crap food and too much food, bread is suddenly the devil.

White bread is junk food.

Fat Christy

valoren wrote: »

People calling over can have a sandwich if they like, they will have to have it on either Coconut 'Bread' or an Oopsie Roll (egg white, baking powder, cream cheese).

Processed Bread can GTFO as far as I'm concerned. Low Carb bread you perfect yourself is much better.

Rice? Cauliflower grated.
Mash Potatos? A sh1tload Cauliflower and Broccoli mashed with real butter.

Deleted User wrote: »

White bread is junk food.

Oh thank god you guys showed up.

If I honestly ate white bread everyday, I'd have a belly on me. A big bloated belly on me.

White bread is definitely a treat for me and if it was in the house, I'd have the whole loaf gone in minutes.

osarusan

Loads - crisps, popcorn, chocolate, ice-cream, sweets.

For the kids' desserts, although I'll be pilfering from them late at night.

Menas

Deleted User wrote: »

White bread is junk food.

Booo. White bread is bad for you?
What next - Peanut butter is bad for you too?

If you drop over to my house unexpectedly you can have some fruit and veg with your tea. If you're very lucky I might have some energy bars made up.

If you tell me you are coming, I will probably buy everything in the biscuit aisle. Probably.

Fat Christy

Menas wrote: »

Booo. White bread is bad for you?
What next - Peanut butter is bad for you too?

Nope, natural peanut butter is good for you in reasonable amounts.

Full of protein so it is.

Menas

Menas wrote: »

Booo. White bread is bad for you?
What next - Peanut butter is bad for you too?

Peanut butter is definitely not bad for you, unless you're allergic to peanuts, but if you're buying it in the supermarket, check there's no added sugar

Menas

Fat Christy wrote: »

Nope, natural peanut is good for you in reasonable amounts.

Full of protein so it is.

Ok, that is good.
So if I can no longer have peanut butter sandwiches with my favorite white bread - it must be acceptable to just eat the peanut butter directly from the jar - right! Scoup it out with my fingers.
Woo Hoo!

Fat Christy

Menas wrote: »

Ok, that is good.
So if I can no longer have peanut butter sandwiches with my favorite white bread - it must be acceptable to just eat the peanut butter directly from the jar - right! Scoup it out with my fingers.
Woo Hoo!

Depends on the type of peanut butter. They do one in the health food store that's just peanuts, no palm oil or added sugar or any of that stuff.

Have you ever had almond butter? Om nom nom!

jester77

Junk to me is something that gets thrown out... so apart from the cucumber in the fridge, then no, nothing I would define as junk

_Kaiser_

The biggest issue I'm seeing here is not "junk food" (Bread is junk food now??) but more that people don't have any self control I think

Nothing wrong with some "junk" as long as its in moderation. It's pretty much the same as alcohol.. nothing wrong with a few pints or a glass or two of wine. It's when people binge that the problems starts.

Streetwalker

Yes we have plenty of it. Life is too short not to be enjoyed and I work hard enough. Lidl and Aldi is great for all types of cheap treats for the family.

The Backwards Man

[Deleted User] wrote: »

White bread is junk food.

I wouldn't go that far. It doesn't do you much good, fair enough, but there's no way I'd put it in the same bracket as fizzy drinks, chicken nuggets, crisps etc.

_Kaiser_

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

The biggest issue I'm seeing here is not "junk food" (Bread is junk food now??) but more that people don't have any self control I think

Nothing wrong with some "junk" as long as its in moderation. It's pretty much the same as alcohol.. nothing wrong with a few pints or a glass or two of wine. It's when people binge that the problems starts.

Oh you're absolutely right! I don't buy junk food in the shopping because I will eat it. And that's entirely down to self control. If I really want a bar of chocolate or ice cream, I'll go have it but I won't keep stock of it in the house.

To me, life's too short to feel fat all the time, I've done that before, and I don't want to go there again.