Do you have junk food in your house?

Fat Christy · 03-07-2015 09:46AM #1

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 · 03-07-2015 09:50AM

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 · 03-07-2015 09:50AM

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 · 03-07-2015 09:51AM

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 · 03-07-2015 09:51AM

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.

03-07-2015 09:53AM

Barely ever. Biscuits, mostly.

Corvo · 03-07-2015 09:53AM

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

But Haribo.

Now Haribo I will slit your throat for

Ush1 · 03-07-2015 09:53AM

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 · 03-07-2015 09:54AM

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 · 03-07-2015 09:54AM

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 · 03-07-2015 09:56AM

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 · 03-07-2015 09:56AM

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 · 03-07-2015 10:00AM

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 · 03-07-2015 10:01AM

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 · 03-07-2015 10:03AM

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 · 03-07-2015 10:04AM

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!

03-07-2015 10:05AM

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 · 03-07-2015 10:07AM

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 · 03-07-2015 10:11AM

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 · 03-07-2015 10:11AM

Ice-cream for hangovers

DeadHand · 03-07-2015 10:15AM

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 · 03-07-2015 10:19AM

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 · 03-07-2015 10:20AM

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 · 03-07-2015 10:21AM

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 · 03-07-2015 10:21AM

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 · 03-07-2015 10:24AM

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 · 03-07-2015 10:24AM

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

cloud493 · 03-07-2015 10:25AM

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 · 03-07-2015 10:27AM

_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_ · 03-07-2015 10:27AM

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 · 03-07-2015 10:28AM

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.

Do you have junk food in your house?

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