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How often do you get a true craving for.....

CrazyKittyLvr2 — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 17:41:30 GMT

something? For some reason I really, really want potato salad or macaroni salad. I know you can eat whatever you want in any season you choose but I usually make those salads in the summer.

I didn't even make mac salad this year. DD doesn't like it and with DH gone it seemed like a lot of work for a couple of servings for me to eat. Store bought usually isn't that good. Same with potato salad. I tried some from Wegmans and didn't care for it.

I might have to break down and make some anyway. I don't think DS is crazy about it either.

Re: How often do you get a true craving for.....

Diva on The Q — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 17:53:20 GMT

@CrazyKittyLvr2; I say...make the potato salad if you have a craving. If no one else wants it, just make enough for yourself.

I usually make potato salad if I'm having family or friends over for dinner. But, every now and then, I get a craving. So, I make just enough for myself by using only one medium potato. I can get a couple of servings out of it. Try it!

Re: How often do you get a true craving for.....

RedTop — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 18:01:39 GMT

I get cravings for a lot of foods. The most recent craving was for Pepperidge Farms coconut layer cake. We celebrated 3 family birthdays without cake, so I know why I had the craving. I bought the coconut cake, ate one slice, and I'm good now. Teacher daughter took the rest to her boyfriend.

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2blonde — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 18:12:52 GMT

@CrazyKittyLvr2 I tend to eat a lot of the same things, so I don't get a lot of cravings unless I see something on TV. You know, how they show the food really close so you can almost taste it.

Now that you've mentioned potato salad, I think I want some too. You don't think we both could be pregnant, do you?

Re: How often do you get a true craving for.....

CrazyKittyLvr2 — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 18:19:01 GMT

@2blonde I can't speak for you but I only have 1 ovary and can say without a doubt, my eggs are fossils by now.

As an aside, my other ovary is gone due to an ectopic pregnancy when I was 37. Surprise, I had my tubes tied at 26.

Drs. were shocked it happened 10 yrs. later. although not as shocked as I was. DD was a senior in high school and DS was 14.

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2blonde — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 18:34:31 GMT

@CrazyKittyLvr2 Wow, I guess that WAS a surprise! I still have all my original parts, but have never used them, so they're probably a bit rusty by now. I also had my tubes tied when I was 31. Since I was single, it's a good thing it worked for me!

Re: How often do you get a true craving for.....

sashamatthews — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 18:38:26 GMT

There is a prepared food store in a local casino. On my way home, I pop in there to buy food, and my most recent craving was for a tuna pasta salad. It is delicious!

Re: How often do you get a true craving for.....

CrazyKittyLvr2 — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 18:42:20 GMT

@2blonde The kicker was my tubes weren't just tied they were cut and cauterized.

The Drs. who did my partial hysterectomy told me to by a lottery ticket. Had no idea how it happened so long after it was done.

Re: How often do you get a true craving for.....

CherryHugs — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 18:48:43 GMT

Yummy that sounds really good! I only seem to crave chocolate chip cookies, chips or pizza!!

Re: How often do you get a true craving for.....

froggy — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 18:55:51 GMT

@RedTop wrote:
I get cravings for a lot of foods. The most recent craving was for Pepperidge Farms coconut layer cake. We celebrated 3 family birthdays without cake, so I know why I had the craving. I bought the coconut cake, ate one slice, and I'm good now. Teacher daughter took the rest to her boyfriend.

I would have eaten the whole cake! It's my favorite.

Re: How often do you get a true craving for.....

CrazyKittyLvr2 — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 19:46:48 GMT

When I worked there was a very small family owned store and everything they made was wonderful. All kinds of salads - potato, macaroni, tuna, chicken, mac and cheese, their soups were homemade.

Some days a co-worker and I would get a container of chicken salad and a box of Wheat Thins and that would be lunch.

At the holidays they would sell fresh seafood. DH always asked if X had their seafood stand up yet.

I drove right by the store on the way home. Very convenient. Sadly, they closed a year before I retired. It has been years and I still miss them.

Re: How often do you get a true craving for.....

shoptilyadropagain — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 20:27:15 GMT

I normally don't crave something until I hear somebody talk about a food item or I see/hear it mentioned on TV. Funny you mention potato salad because that's the only exception as I crave it constantly but very rarely buy it (I can't make it).

Re: How often do you get a true craving for.....

jannabelle1 — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 22:38:31 GMT

I've made potato salad with as little as one large potato so I wouldn't have a lot of leftovers, and a small batch of mac salad with just 3/4 cup of dry macaroni! DH doesn't cook much anymore, but when he did, he cooked like his 3 boys were still living at home! A small amount of anything is just fine with me, and I make what I'm hungry for. Go for it @CrazyKittyLvr2!

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software — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 22:44:31 GMT

I'm retired and rarely eat out.

After eating my cooking ad nauseum, I often crave really good, tangy BBQ

I had a doctor's appointment Monday, I treated myself to lunch at a local BBQ joint

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IslanderGirl62 — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 22:51:56 GMT

I don't often have cravings, but when I do it is usually for sushi or a fried calzone from the pizzeria a few blocks away.

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Bridgegal — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 23:38:37 GMT

@CrazyKittyLvr2

Try Trader Joe's. I add regular yellow mustard to it and it is great. It has some finely chopped onion in it which I don't like but it's so good that I can pretend the onion isn't there.

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BornToShop — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 00:05:30 GMT

My problem is the sweet/salt cycle. If I bing on one I crave the other....!

Re: How often do you get a true craving for.....

RedTop — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 00:34:20 GMT

@froggy,

Trust me, I could’ve easily eaten that whole cake! But since my last A1c was under 7, that cake was not safe in this house.

Re: How often do you get a true craving for.....

kivah — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 00:44:56 GMT

@CrazyKittyLvr2 wrote:
something? For some reason I really, really want potato salad or macaroni salad. I know you can eat whatever you want in any season you choose but I usually make those salads in the summer.

I didn't even make mac salad this year. DD doesn't like it and with DH gone it seemed like a lot of work for a couple of servings for me to eat. Store bought usually isn't that good. Same with potato salad. I tried some from Wegmans and didn't care for it.

I might have to break down and make some anyway. I don't think DS is crazy about it either.

Costco has large containers of delicious potato salad - I had trouble stopping.

Re: How often do you get a true craving for.....

jeanlake — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 01:41:52 GMT

I get cravings for foods I haven't consumed for a while. I'll be fine going without chocolate until a craving hits me. Then I'm done for a while. Pizza. I can go a couple of months without pizza, then a craving for thin crust cheese or veggie cheese. I'll eat it a couple of times, then back on the shelf. Pimento Cheese. Mom and I shared an appreciation and no one else in the family would touch it. Lucky us.