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19 February 2008

What is the strongest craving you get? →[More:]For me, it's Doritos.
post by: ThePinkSuperhero at: 13:36 | 69 comments
Love.
posted by eekacat 19 February | 13:38
Sunlight.

Ocean.

Sugar.
posted by small_ruminant 19 February | 13:42
Candy. Something pure sugary, like Sweettarts or Smarties. Twizzlers are very good. M & M's are the all time favorite. Bit-O-Honey, Tootsie Rolls, Bottle Caps, Rasinets, Sno-Caps and Lemonheads I like very much as well. Atomic Fire Balls. I could go on.

posted by Kangaroo 19 February | 13:42
Bubble gum. Super Bubble to be precise. Also chips and salsa. Also, these snack things at my local hippie store called "Wild Rice Sticks with Salt."

There's also an unrequited love out there, but I assume you're talking food cravings, mostly?
posted by JanetLand 19 February | 13:47
Easy cheese. Then I eat too much of it and get sick.
posted by puke & cry 19 February | 13:48
Not counting addictions, I'd have to say Hot and Sour Soup, specifically, the vinegar aspect. And attention, which has addictive components to it, so I'm not sure how to classify that particular craving.

puke & cry - eponysterical!
posted by rainbaby 19 February | 13:51
Home and the sea, they're almost interchangeable really, it is a very visceral craving, and stronger than anything else I have experienced.
posted by Wilder 19 February | 13:53
Garlic. Chipotle burrito. Altho, not together.
posted by pokermonk 19 February | 13:53
I have an odd and persistent addiction to tuna fish, the canned stuff. But I have yet to sample pukey's easy cheese, so there's a very good chance there's another overpowering and obsessive love out there for me.
posted by taz 19 February | 13:58
- Cinnabons
- the ocean
- Mexican food
- Paydays
posted by deborah 19 February | 14:02
Triskets
posted by octothorpe 19 February | 14:06
Bread. White, fluffy crusty bread. Or nutty brown bread.
posted by essexjan 19 February | 14:10
Mighty Taco, which is an awesome buffalo-based fast food "mexican" place.

That's if we're counting non-sex cravings. Since, well, I'll take skin-on-skin contact over a taco any day.
posted by kellydamnit 19 February | 14:21
Horseradish. Vinegar. Dark chocolate. Fried chicken.
posted by BoringPostcards 19 February | 14:23
Oysters, and things that taste good with oysters, like martinis and steaks.

I guess it's pretty much a steak house craving. I find that with most other food cravings, I can more or less approximate them with things more likely to be on hand, but I will tend to be highly unsatisfied until cravings for oysters, steaks, and martinis (singly or in unison) are met.
posted by occhiblu 19 February | 14:24
jelly beans. oh, that sugar rush!
posted by gaspode 19 February | 14:24
I'd like to change my answer to "pretty much what everyone here has mentioned". And the things I wasn't craving before, I am now.
posted by taz 19 February | 14:27
Kellydammit, do they still have the same jingle? Migh-ty-ta-co Migh-ty-ta-co. Hee!

Answer to OP: Cheese. Potato chips. Chocolate-covered pretzels.
posted by misskaz 19 February | 14:28
the things I wasn't craving before, I am now.

No joke. I gotta quit reading this thread.
posted by BoringPostcards 19 February | 14:30
Kellydammit, do they still have the same jingle? Migh-ty-ta-co Migh-ty-ta-co. Hee!
They DO!

Although the one on Grant St. and the one on Elmwood closed... so now I have to go all the way to Delaware and Hertel for my fix.
posted by kellydamnit 19 February | 14:32
I go through periods when I crave anything with fenugreek in it.

No, really, I do.
posted by danf 19 February | 14:32
hmmmmm.
posted by taz 19 February | 14:33
garlic/onions
dark chocolate
fruit
posted by smich 19 February | 14:33
Diet coke.

And chocolate. Mmmm, chocolate.

And occasionally scuppernong wine.
posted by bunnyfire 19 February | 14:39
High quality strawberry ice cream.
posted by msali 19 February | 14:41
Garlic, Indian food, pickled ginger, chocolate, beer, wine, cheese, pizza, digging in dirt, stuff with limes in it, greek salad, cottage cheese, blue cheese, root beer, Doritos, sleep, rain, sun, beaches, mountains, fried food, healthy food, silence, music, exercise, sloth, pool-playing, pasta, turnips, potatoes, hot shower, soup.

pukey's easy cheese

The only adjective you need is contained in that phrase, and it's not 'easy.' ;-)
posted by mudpuppie 19 February | 14:41
exercise, sloth,


You're pretty much a Renaissance woman, aren't you?
posted by danf 19 February | 14:45
If that's the nice way of saying 'fickle,' yes.
posted by mudpuppie 19 February | 14:49
Cinnabons, cheap candy, Tostitos with lime, cats to snuggle, sleep!, pot, cheese (especially mozzerella and/or provolone)
posted by sperose 19 February | 14:50
Dark chocolate, Chipotle burritos, to waste time on the internet.

Easy cheese. Then I eat too much of it and get sick.

Is that a "My Bologna" allusion, puke & cry?
posted by ibmcginty 19 February | 15:01
Does "craving" only apply to food? Because I get some sick cravings for other stuff. Sometimes my fingers itch if I don't have anything to draw on.
posted by dabitch 19 February | 15:04
cookies! Omm nom nom nom
posted by mullacc 19 February | 15:05
I'm not a big chip person. (I would rather have chocolate or nuts.) However, there are just times when I have to have cheetos. I know I should be disgusted by them but they're just so cheeto-y and delicious.
posted by fluffy battle kitten 19 February | 15:07
The ocean.
Woods.
Chocolate.
Sex.

C'mon, I can't be the only one who craves sex!!
posted by redvixen 19 February | 15:14
mmm I love Cheetos.
posted by small_ruminant 19 February | 15:16
Cheese, diet coke and I'm happy to see that I am not the only one who gets STRONG cravings for Chipotle burritos.
posted by triggerfinger 19 February | 15:19
C'mon, I can't be the only one who craves sex!!
No, I listed that, too.
posted by kellydamnit 19 February | 15:21
Ah, a thread after my own heart...

chili dogs (particularly from Merritt Canteen or Super Duper Weenie in Bridgeport, CT), spicy szechaun shrimp, mom's elbows (made with canned tomato soup and sauteed onions), Spaghetti-Os with the little sliced hotdogs, Smart Food white cheese popcorn, peanut butter cups, Mounds bars, cupcakes, tequila...

I also crave movies. Big Lebowski, True Romance, Clerks II, Bull Durham, Taxi Driver, Apocalypse Now, Heaven Can Wait, Star Trek IV, Razor's Edge...
posted by Pips 19 February | 15:36
C'mon, I can't be the only one who craves sex!!

Nonono, that's why I asked if food was the only thing we could crave. It's practically the only thing I can go really climb-the-walls take-timeouts in the fridge craaaaviiingggss for. It's been ages since I had it that bad though that boyfriend totally sucked ! Well fed girls don't crave. ;)

posted by dabitch 19 February | 15:41
Well fed girls don't crave. ;)

Heh. I was about to post something equally as smug.

*surreptiously high-fives dabitch*
posted by gaspode 19 February | 15:52
For the purposes of this conversation, I'll stick to food cravings.

Once in a while, I get an all-consuming craving for:
- chicken liver mousse;
- a big greasy cheeseburger.
I've heard (no citation, though) that recent studies have failed to support the idea that cravings spring from nutritional shortfalls, but I still give heed to these cravings; considering my mostly vegetarian diet, the extra iron won't hurt, and my oh my do I enjoy these things when I really want them.

More mundane, regular cravings include:
- ice cream, specifically the high-fat super-premium kind with chunky chocolate mix-ins;
- chocolate, any kind;
- Kung Pao brocolli with brown rice
- potato chips.
I often resist these (except the Kung Pao --- yum!), but sometimes it's good to enjoy the junky thing I want.
posted by Elsa 19 February | 15:59
I also crave movies.

Oh, Pips, it's so true! Running errands this afternoon, I realized that I'd left the video store without picking up Dead Ringers or eXistenz, and now I'm jonesing! I need me some Cronenberg!
posted by Elsa 19 February | 16:02
Steak. But weirdly, every time I've eaten meat in the last month or so I've been disgusted by it. This is meat of all sorts from all establishments. I'm wondering if my body is telling me to go back to being a vegetarian.
posted by brina 19 February | 16:27
Steak. Salad. Mangos. Persimmons. Figs. Figs + goat cheese. Actually, goat cheese in lots of forms.

Sex. Massage. Head rubs.

Gardening.

Certain songs or youtube videos.

sun sun sun.

Redwood groves.

so many many things...
posted by small_ruminant 19 February | 16:33
food wrapped in croissant dough.

But really, did no one mention bacon yet?
posted by casarkos 19 February | 16:47
I can't believe no one mentioned waiting in line at the DMV yet. Damn prudes!
posted by mullacc 19 February | 17:27
Heh. I was about to post something equally as smug.

*surreptiously high-fives dabitch*

Ok, Ms. Pickles and Ice Cream ;-)
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 19 February | 17:44
I crave the peace that comes with being comfortable in my own skin. Short of that, smokes, Snapple, and chocolaty chocolate.
posted by MonkeyButter 19 February | 18:02
I thought that was " I crave the peach..." and I immediately went to homemade peach ice cream... mmmm.... or peach cobbler...
posted by small_ruminant 19 February | 18:42
Mmmmmm, peach ice cream...

When I was in high school, a friend and I would often get the Stella d'Oro S cookies and a pint of pineapple sherbet, and use the cookies to eat the sherbet while watching movies, usually James Bond movies. I saw Stella d'Oros in the store the other day and immediately starting craving pineapple sherbet and Sean Connery.
posted by occhiblu 19 February | 18:46
At work: the sweet release of death.
Otherwise: mexican food, specifically tamales or tacos al pastor.
posted by bmarkey 19 February | 18:51
Port wine cheese. Veggie parathas from Gharweez Nawab on Devon St. Freselles from Peschelle's bakery in West Haven, CT. New Haven-style pizza. Ritter Sport yogurt chocolate. Carr's Croissant Crackers. Fried egg sandwiches. Lemonade.
posted by jtron 19 February | 19:03
Egg salad sandwiches with onion. Ruffles chips with Dean's French Onion dip. Wheat Chex. Raisin Bran. Steak. Baked potatoes with butter and sour cream. Beer. SamsClub Mountain Mix.
posted by LoriFLA 19 February | 20:19
Do actual addictions count?

If not: white castle. crab cakes. macadamias.
posted by jonmc 19 February | 20:27
Bright summer days and mellow summer evenings
Indian food, the red sauces
Thom kha gai
Cilantro/watercress/bright green flavor food
Margaritas
PBJs
Ice cold coca-cola
House red wine
French fries
posted by Miko 19 February | 20:35
joy.
posted by richat 19 February | 20:52
Oh, Merritt Canteen double chili cheese bacon burgers.
posted by jonmc 19 February | 21:08
Being a believer in intuitive eating, I tend to trust my cravings, especially if they're persistent.

When I'm in need of protein - tofu, steak, hardboiled eggs (the ONLY time I eat them basically).

Other random things I crave sometimes - potatoes, olives, macadamia nuts, salt (I love sallllt), ice.

Non-food - SUNSHINE (esp now), and probably my most powerful craving of all - water. Not to drink but rather just total immersion in water. I have always loved swimming but sometimes if I'm having a hard day I just need to soak in the tub or take a long shower to make myself feel human again. My mom used to say I'm part mermaid.
posted by SassHat 19 February | 21:12
Also: hugs!
posted by SassHat 19 February | 21:17
Salt & vinegar potato chips and coca cola. Utz crab chips. Fast food cheeseburgers. Solitude. The ocean. Giant, thick well written, fast moving fantasy novels that I haven't even read yet but that will keep me absorbed for days at a time. Oatmeal raisin cookies.

When I was pregnant with my daughter, I craved ice cream and cake and pastries, any kind of pastries. Also, hot pastrami sandwiches. When I was pregnant with my son, I marched into a friend's house and drank a big swallow from the bottle of malt vinegar she had sitting on the dining room table. "OMG," she said (or, well, she would have if the internets had been thoroughly invented yet,) "You're pregnant." "Am NOT," I said, "I just like vinegar." Mmmm hmm. I made my son's father go out in the middle of the night for hot & sour soup from the Number One restaurant and borscht from Veselka, pickles from the deli and salt & vinegar potato chips by the pound.
posted by mygothlaundry 19 February | 21:23
Salt & vinegar potato chips

I love them, too, but after I eat a bag, I always feel like I've been punched in the mouth.
posted by jonmc 19 February | 21:27
Solitude.
Freedom.
Teddy bear time.
Cuddles.
Fucking. (I mean, making love is wonderful but sometimes you just want fucking.)

I don't really get food cravings any more. I think the IBS has totally killed my appetite.

posted by Fuzzbean 19 February | 22:57
All of mine apply when I don't get them for a while, but I'm a smug well-fed for most at the moment.

Broccoli. Solitude. Spandau Ballet's 'Gold'. Jackson Pollock's Blue Poles. Driving through the rainforest smoking a joint and listening to loud music, or conversely silence. Swimming in the surf. Sunshine. Sex. Spinach. Getting my feet rubbed (I think I may need orthotics). Coffee. Sometimes squeezing zits (if I see someone with a huge whitehead ready to pop I get itchy). Mushrooms. Haribo strawbs. A big Australian burger, with a fried egg and onions and salad and a potato scallop and proper barbeque sauce. omg.
posted by goo 20 February | 07:56
And dancing. Sometimes I just have to dance. Luckily this usually occurs at appropriate times in appropriate places.
posted by goo 20 February | 08:04
How could I forget pizza?! Round Table's Italian Garlic Supreme - I need one right now.
posted by deborah 20 February | 13:05
Sugar
Sugar
Sugar
the Maple Syrup kind....

and then the killjoy doctor told me that my blood sugar was a tad elevated and I needed to watch the carbs, plus that helped me control my calorie intake. It was a loss, although I still indulge in a maple syrup orgy on occasion. Right now I have a powerful craving for a couple of straight up shots of maple syrup, that is right, no pancakes, no ice cream, just the sugary, mapley goodness of the syrup itself.
.
.
.
eyes the syrup
.
.
grabs an apple and curses self and a superhero, although it is hardly her fault.
posted by caddis 20 February | 22:55
the blood of my enemies
posted by jadepearl 05 March | 22:42
Well, nicotine, but I have to deny myself that.

Icecream would be next, but I have to deny myself that too, apparently. (getting old, must watch cholesterol, fat and anything else that makes life worthwhile).

Sex (but only all the fucking time), but someone else denies me that. Well, killing any thoughts of passion with a snotty attitude and complete lack of interest in anything is the same thing, it seems.
posted by dg 07 March | 00:13
Hmmm, that sounds a bit misogynist when I re-read it. It's not intended to belittle women in general, just aimed at one in particular.

I'm making it worse, aren't I?
posted by dg 07 March | 00:22
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