i get stuck on food items. anyone else afflicted?

  • tiredofsametab@fedia.io
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    1 hour ago

    I eat the same thing several meals a week, mostly because I both like it and I cook in bulk. I do sometimes play with the seasoning.

    Whatever meat I grilled, veg if any is handy, brown rice, cheddar cheese, and something spicy (I have more chili’s than I know what to do with and made Cowboy Candy for the first time so that gets tossed in; pickled jalapenos next, probably).

    I do throw in oatmeal and salads on occasion

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        18 hours ago

        It’s very true that all of a sudden you wake up and crave just butter on toast with black coffee, and then that’s just like, the best breakfast for years after that. Oh my god I’m becoming my parents

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    16 hours ago

    I have a cheese problem. Not sure if it counts as being stuck on it as it has been my entire life. I will eat cheese with peanut butter. Peanut butter Mac in cheese 🤤

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        16 hours ago

        I have always wanted to try Chicago (and Detroit) style. Unfortunately the one time I was in Chicago, my Amtrak layover wasn’t long enough to find that many options and I ended up at some vegan place a few blocks away.

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          i was driving through arizona once and out of the corner of my eye i caught a ‘giordanos’ sign at a mall… i couldnt believe it. it turns out the original operators from paris, il (chicago) opened one in paris, az. so weird.

          keep your eye out!

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          15 hours ago

          If you’re a home cook, it’s possible to make a very passable Chicago style pizza at home. I’ve done knock-offs of Giordanos’s stuffed spinach and also a standard Lou Malnoti’s.

          But I’ll admit that it’s a bit tricky if you don’t have that base knowledge of what you’re going for.

          I think this was the resource I used to back-engineer the crusts. The rest is getting the order of ingredients (cheese on bottom to form a fat shield that protects the crust, toppings, potentially more cheese or another razor thin crust, then red sauce.)

          https://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php

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            15 hours ago

            I do cook at home, the bready things I make are with basically corn flour. I have wheat flour, but I don’t even know how old it is… A new thing to learn!

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            13 hours ago

            Deep dish crust has been surprisingly easy to replicate at home, but for the life of me I can’t get the sauce and especially the sausage anywhere near where I want it. I swear Lou Malnati’s does some outright witchcraft with their sausage. It’s so good.

            Plus, it’s amazing how hard it is to find whole milk mozzarella in some places.

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              the crust for me was the most work/hardest part being a cracker-crust not a typical pizza crust. i did some taste testing and believe it or not, off the shelf pizza sauce was impossible to discern from the restaurant.

              ive never done sausage though, not really my thing.

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    18 hours ago

    I’ve given up and have been eating yfood (meal in powder form, EU soylent equivalent) for the last 9 months.

    The better option amongst many bad options, is how I rationalize my choice.

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      14 hours ago

      Autistic fella who’s very texture sensitive here. Why have I never considered that myself? That sounds heaps handy for giving me healthier meal choices.

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        5 hours ago

        Give it a try. There’s different brands. I learned that I quite prefer those with milk based protein, and dislike those with pea based protein.

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      18 hours ago

      I did Soylent for a year or so and have zero regrets. I felt better, lost weight and probably saved some money. I ate it for most meals but would probably make dinner for myself about half the time just for some variety. Hope you have a good experience with it!

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    18 hours ago

    I spent a couple years living off homemade pizzas because I was working 7 12-hour days a week and it was the only thing that really fit in my schedule.

    Get home, turn on shower, pull out premade pizza crust, slather it with sauce, dump a pound of cheese on it, throw some pepperoni on it, toss in still-preheating oven, jump in shower, hop out and pizza is done.

    If I could go back in time, absolutely not

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    19 hours ago

    Boring grocery store Top Ramen. I add loads of vegetables, and only use half the flavor pack. I’ve got it down to a science.

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      maybe another week or two and ill get sick of them… maybe.

      definitely better than the corn-dog phase. at least there are vegetables involved

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    16 hours ago

    Everywhere I’ve worked I’ve had a lunch, so one place it was one set of items, another place another set …

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    18 hours ago

    I get stuck on foods too but it’s usually something I cook. I keep cooking until I get the recipe down, then I get sick of it after awhile and move on.

    I’ve also got a few staples: breakfast burritos (tofu scramble + homemade fake meat or soy chorizo), chili, pizza with imported tipo 00 flour, stir fry, etc. I love spicy foods so especially with the stir fry I add chili oil to kick it up several levels and then something repetitive and boring a lot more complex.

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    17 hours ago

    That’s a lot of egg rolls? 4 a day? I mean I love queso but I will admit I go get a fountain Diet Pepsi at Leary once a day.

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    18 hours ago

    the proper old school take out, large and thick, deep fried blistering full on cabbage/roast pork/celery/shrimp egg rolls? or the new fangled cheap out hard shiny shell “spring roll” egg rolls?

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    18 hours ago

    That’s approximately 438 grams of protein. Egg rolls sure are an eggcellent source of protein!

    I’m currently stuck on eating bags of raw tagliatelle, picking apart and eating some as I’m typing this LMAO