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Name your poison....

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While the title is often associated with choice of alcoholic beverage, I'm not going to specify...it can be any substance that you put into your body that is damaging. For some of us, there will be more than one - no need to post them all at once, or in any particular order.

I'm going right to the good stuff for my response. The poison that I consume in the greatest quantity, and that is probably impacting my health the most at this time...
Dr Pepper.

I swear off the stuff semi-regularly, and it takes me a while to detox...the cravings do mostly subside. Then I get super tired and grab one at work - next thing I know I'm right back in the bottle.
 
Lest anybody think I'm trying to keep this sweet and pure, I'll jump right back in with another weakness.
GOOD Tequila.
(Hardly a poison, IMO, but it is what it is. Unfortunately, I don't drink it nearly as often as I should; or in sufficient quantity to make it toxic...but I guess that's one of the benefits of drinking the good stuff :thumbsup: )
 
I have a few. Coffee, dr. pepper, just about any sort of cookie, and jalapeño cheetos.

Ah jeez, just gave myself the munchies.
 
My "short, dumpy," fat behind likes BEER (preference is Corona) Lacking that, I'll take a Pepsi (Coke just doesn't taste the same since they messed with it). If I don't have either, Tevanna Tea is a good choice.

If I don't have anything that I want...I mope. lol
 
That little bowl of "Triple Cheese" microwavable Kraft Mac and Cheese. I eat disgusting amounts of those things. I can't imagine all that processed food is good for me but it's literally addicting. I keep eating it more and more. I also have been feeling a lot more tired, as my diet is suffering.
 
Sweet Tea...Tons of sweet tea.

When I relax I like Molson XXX. It can be hard to find, but way worth it.

Last but not least--Yuengling! It is officially my all time favorite beer. My husband got me turned onto it a while back. They are the oldest brewery in America!
You gotta love the USA.
 
Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate.
CHOCOLATE


Again - hardly seems like poison...but I'm not a kid anymore, I'm putting on weight, and I have a family history of diabetes. It's poison, but I'll take it.
 
Sprite soft drink. I swore off of all carbonated soft drinks a while back when I thought they were contributing to my kidney stone problems. But at one of the Orlando shows a couple of years ago, a guy helping us out with our tables preferred drinking Sprite, so we brought along some for him. So I decided to have one. Then another. Well, there you go. I only have 2 a day at dinner time, or maybe one at lunch and 1 at dinner, so I'm not REALLY carried away with it. The rest of the time I drink bottled water or maybe fruit juices for breakfast.

Chocolate tends to give me headaches, so I generally stay away from it. But every once in a while........ :rolleyes:
 
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I am addicted
 
AbsoluteApril said:
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I am addicted
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:rofl::rofl::rofl:

That's my poison as well. Although, I personally like the Low Fat ones (less flakey, more salty) more then the regular.

Also:

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Those Rye chips will be the death of me.


And Dr. Pepper too. Like Harald, i go off the stuff all the time for water, but if one pops into my hand, addicted again.
 
Ditto on the CHEEZ-ITs....the pepperjack version is becoming a more frequent substitution (still less than half though).
 
hhmoore said:
GOOD Tequila.
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There's something to be said for GOOD Bourbon, too.
I've been on a bit of a mission for the past month and a half, gathering together the Van Winkle family for this group photo.

(I'm not sure I'll be able to drink the 23 yr old, though)
 

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As for alcohol, Yuenging is the standby and I think by far the best domestic beer. What I really love are the traditional German and Dutch lagers though, nothing beats them.

I am with you on the good tequila, Harald, my favorite liquor by far.

As for food, I love any hard cured pork product. Prosciutto, jamon serrano, some of the eastern European salamis. If it's been shoved in salt and/or smoked till it's nice and dried out, I pretty much am gonna love it.

I just had some of the best ham I've ever eaten the other night, it was a special version of jamon serrano known as jamon iberico bellota. They take a special pig from the Iberian peninsula of Spain and feed it only acorns. It gives the meat a particularly strong and very, very "deep" taste. It was one of the delights of my culinary experiences.

Chris
 
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