First of all, for the Total Skimmers SLASH Freshmen in the crowd, here are some I've mentioned before:
I'm also not above the following delicious "foods":
Mini tacos. You have to deep fry them people. No, you do. I don't want to hear your lip.
Pizza Rolls. From our good buddies at Totino's, of course. Not cheese though. Fuck that. Go with the combination pepperoni/sausage.
Schwans Ranchero Sandwich. Delicious. It comes FROZEN right to your door! Just like all of the world's finest delicacies!
Steak-um(m?)s. A BR favorite. You would not BELIEVE the shit that guy eats (short list: Slim Jims, Honey Buns, Bologna & American on Wonderbread, that ice cream "shell" topping). Horrifying.
Anyway, I am always accepting new Ghetto Foods into the repertoire, so spill it: what are your favorites?
P.S.-Is this kosher for a 7:30 AM post? Ah well. I'm thinking on the short list of issues with these foods, "not a breakfast item" is like...WAY DOWN THERE.
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Mini-corn dogs. So very delicious at any time of day.
Is it bad that I love every single one of the items you mentioned?
Nacho cheese in a jar. Hot Pockets. Bologna. Really, the list goes on.
YES! Good one! I advocate deep frying those too.
Angus cheeseburgers, or something like that. Anyway, they're nice big burgers and have "Angus" in the name. You can get them at Costco. They come frozen - bun, meat and cheese. Just add condiments. If you put dill (DILL NOT SWEET) pickles on them BEFORE microwaving, the pickle juice soaks into the bun a little, making them EVEN BETTER.
Ooh, and frozen White Castle cheeseburgers. LOVE THOSE!
I think I lived on Totinos pizzas in college. And Ramen. And mac and cheese. The old fashioned kind with the powdered cheese. Bagel bites.
On the White Castle burgers... zap them first, I didn't mean eat them frozen, which is what it sounded like.
I love corn dogs too. The vegetarian kind (Morningstar or whatever) are even good. Not AS good, but still good. I really like regular hot dogs too. I buy the kosher kind because I have convinced myself they are less gross.
I also like Magic Shell (the ice cream topping) and cheese Totino's pizza rolls.
-r-, I LOVE hot dogs. Do not get me started on hot dogs. Sausage too. Well, any processed meat really. You can pretty much assume I'm a fan.
Can't talk about ghetto foods... will fall off Weight Watchers wagon...
I'm with -R- I adore hot dogs, even though my husband and I are total food snobs. There was this place we used to go in Raleigh that was a walk-up window... all they sold was hot dogs and fries. We'd go there every Sunday night and I'd always get a big hot dog with relish, mustard and slaw. Oh yum. Now my stomach's growling.
Cocktail weinies in BBQ sauce.
Cheese-filled hot dogs slit open to add MORE CHEESE, wrapped in croissant rolls. (Or, pigs in a blanket.) Make sure the hot dogs are cheese dogs.
And nothing tops SPAM. Nothing.
Just discovered your blog a few weeks ago. You make me laugh every day!
We occasionally have what we call 'White Trash Dinner Night' where we eat hot dogs and store brand mac and cheese. The kind with the powdered cheese. Delicious!
Our road trip staple is Easy Cheese (in the squirt canister) paired with Wheat Thins...you know, to class it up a little.
A recent favorite is deep fried mac 'n cheese which Alton Brown would approve of since he featured this on his show!
Steak Ums are The Lord's Own Food.
El Monterey Frozen Burritos.
Also, Sonic Cheddar Bites (jalapeno poppers) with a refreshing White Trash Cosmo (cranberry slush w/vodka) aka the Route 44 DUI.
White Trash Cosmo! GENIUS!
How could I fail to mention Dr Pepper floats? I love those things.
Velveeta with the Rondell shit melted in there, or with Hormel chili (it has to be Hormel).
Hell yes to the pizza rolls—we go for extra spicy pepperoni. We also like (I can’t think of the brand) frozen clam strips---in the deep fryer of course. German bologna, Jimmy Dean Sausage Breakfast Sandwiches. I’m with you, I LOVE processed meat.
My all time favorite—hot dogs wrapped in Pillsbury crescent rolls. I ate them every day for a month the last time I was pregnant. Mmmmmm!
I like to bite into the pizza rolls and then dip them into the parmesan cheese from the can, you know the mystery white shreds that could just be someone's really tasty dandruff?
Seriously Ghetto.
I also like the frozen french bread pizzas (I want to say they're Red Baron?) and toasted ravioli (yummmmmmmm)
In college we used to make frozen popcorn chicken and then melt velveeta and season with lemon pepper to dip the chicken in. delicious
oh and smokies wrapped in crescent dough!
crap - i'll stop now
Oh Lord, mini-corn dogs are just so freaking good. Now I have to go buy them.
Pizza rolls are pretty high on the list too.
The most ghetto food that I eat though has to be canned corned beef hash. That stuff is so good!
Do not diss the Shell topping. It is awesome.
Also, nice shout out to Schwan's. Growing up in the middle of nowhere, the only thing more exciting than the appearance of a random Jehovah's Witness was the appearance of the Schwan's man. When I was in elementary school, my best friend Michelle and I used to get out the Schwan's menu and play "Guess which food I am thinking of."
Thank god my parents eventually put in a swimmin' pool.
Anyway(s)!- ghetto foods- I'm kind of a snob, so this is tough. Night Hawk dinners- the steak! With the butter sauce! It's like a trip to Ruth's Chris in your very own kitchen.
White Castle cheeseburgers..SO GOOD. I like the standard english muffins with pizza sauce and cheese. I agree hanky panky is awesome, but for a snack food it's too much work.
Pizza Rolls! I love pizza rolls. Also, I'm with Flibberty, corn dogs are the best invention ever. If I buy them, my husband can't stop eating them to the point that he'll have chest pain from all the salt. Yum, salt.
Oh I have to agree with the totino's pizza rolls and party pizzas. Yum!
Bologna sandwiches with ketchup.
Corn dogs with mustard.
Fish sticks with ketchup.
Fritos with french onion dip.
Ramen noodles (okay, I pretty them up a bit with rice wine vinegar and green onions but just the little mystery salt packet is fine too).
Little debbie swiss rolls.
Kraft mac & cheese with peas mixed in.
Okay, I'll stop...must go find food.
I can never say no to crunchy Cheetos.
Just yesterday my boss came in (after apparently looking in the kitchen trash can) and asked "Who ate Chef Boyardee for lunch?" I replied "I DID. And I'm proud of it."
pimento cheese on white bread (I can't say I've tried them because well, ew).
oh wait. you said ghetto. not southern.
or maybe that's the same thing?
I think the worst I do is Mac & Cheese casserole, with cream of mushroom soup, tuna, peas and crushed potato chips on top.
I agree with all on corn dogs especially jalapeno corn dogs, though I think they taste best if they have been deep fried, then stuck under a gas station heat lamp for a few hours, same with bean and cheese gas station buritos.
Also, the hormel chili with velveta that flibberty mentioned. With tostitos scoops.
How 'bout those Schwans chicken cordon bleu things?
Last, one of my favs I have not had forever:
Little smokies with cranberries and beer in in a crock pot.
Oh yeah, ok, one more, pigs in a blanket: you know, hotdogs wrapped in american cheese and pilsbury cresent rolls.
Oh yeah, one more again, oscar myer ham and cheese loaf. just roll it up and eat it cold by it self.
Do FunYuns count? Because, although I banned them from entering my body, I LOVE LOVE LOVE them.
Oh, I skimmed the comments the first time and failed to notice two prior permutions of pigs in blankets... sorry.
And forgot to say how fond i am of white castle's. Did you know they sell them on Amtrak. Nothing says riding the ghetto train across the country like 4 White Castles and a 5 dollar can of miller high life, the champagne of beers. Delicious travel memories.
Permutations. NOT permutions
Oh Lord, this is hard... Little Debbies, of nearly all varieties, are irresistable to me. Love Schwanns corn dogs, though they have like 1200 calories apiece. Also, do Pop Tarts count as ghetto? Cause I practically free base those. And of course bagel bites, which I craved hard core through both pregnancies.
People, the following things TOTALLY COUNT: Pop Tarts, Funyuns, and Pimento cheese on white bread.
Do you know that NO ONE has yet mentioned something I haven't tried at least once? True DOUBLE TRUE.
Oh god, this is all making me hungry. Did I read on here that Cheetos count as ghetto? Seriously? I'm all about pizza rolls, though. Mmmm. & I may have to make myself a White Trash Cosmo this evening b/c that is pure genius!
Tessie- what about Kraft Macaroni and Cheese with ketchup?
It's my white trash indulgence.
Also--beef jerky and pork rinds.
I'd better dig my kids out of the ghetto because they'd live on pop-tarts if they could.
Saly-You win! That is one I haven't had. I've had Kraft Mac n Cheese, with hotdogs and sausage and others from the Processed Meat family, but never KETCHUP.
My husband LOVEs those little debbie oatmeal cream pies. I tell him he may as well glug straight from the vegetable oil container, but he doesn't care. AND HE'S DIABETIC. (Type 1, and not b/c he's fat- he's the OPOSITE of fat.) He also eat a brat nearly DAILY.
HOw about butter on saltine crackers? Anyone?
Sonic had fried macaroni and cheese bites for a while. They were bitchin'. So are the fried cheesecake bites.
Also, FUN DIP! I love that shit.
I love kraft mac n cheese with bbq sauce. So much in fact, that I won't eat it without.
Marie Green, I never eat crackers without butter. NEVER.
We also put healthy doses of Easy Cheese on our hot dogs and brats (even if said dogs and brats are already filled with cheese).
Can I get a HELL YEAH and CHEST BUMP to P&D over the cheese filled hot dogs??? Defintely split open to add a brilliant slice of american before heating????
I am also a giant, GIANT fan of fried bologna sandwiches. get two slices of wonder bread white, smother w/ yellow mustard... in the meantime-in-between-time, pan fry some heavenly german bologna, top with american cheese till melty. put on bread. make sandwich. DIE FROM DELIGHT.
Second, third, fourth (etc.) to the cheese-filled hot dogs split open with BBQ sauce.
Also: Twinkie strawberry shortcake (twinkie, strawberries dripping with sugar, and whipped cream). Occasionally I'll add vanilla ice cream to the mix.
Kraft macaroni with ketchup. SPAM we did as kids. Vienna Sausages - dear GOD! And, of course, RAMEN NOODLES!!!
Crispy bacon. On white bread. With butter. Delish! Coke with chocolate syrup. Rolled up lebanon bologna spread with cream cheese. Kraft mac & cheese with Ragu marinara sauce.
I just died of a massive coronary reading all of this...
all I can say is, EWWWW. My diet may consist of too much chocolate, but I avoid the frozen processed food section like the plague. That shit just freaks me out.
OMG. This post is making me so happy! Have you had those awesome (and cheap, 99cents!) tacos (you get 2!) from Jack in the Box? They are deeeeeep fried. I get cravings. When my friend & I have bad days...we call each other and just say..."it's a taco day."
Also, Costco food is great. I love trashy food, but I am lazy about preparing it for myself. So I enjoy the fifty cent churros and big polish dogs for less money than it would take to prepare these things myself.
Lastly, spam sushi. Yum!
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