Weird Food Cravings

MSNBC.com recently posted some of the weird food cravings their readers have. Apparently craving peanut butter burgers or banana bacon sandwiches doesn't mean you're missing something from your diet. "Scientists haven't been able to link cravings in humans to specific nutritional deficiencies, says Joy Bauer, TODAY's nutrition expert and author of "Food Cures" (Rodale, 2007)."

Around the Al Dente office, cravings include pickles and cheese with smoked salmon, bacon with chocolate, Lay's sour cream and onion chips with M&M's, and Pringles dipped in coffee yogurt.

So, Al Dente readers, what are your weird food cravings? Maybe ice cream and ramen?

--Spanno

Comments

[Spanno on February 25, 2008 at 04:01 PM]

Every six months or so I'll give in to temptation, go to Wendy's, and dip my fries into my frosty.

[GW Crawford on February 25, 2008 at 04:19 PM]

on chicken strips or on baloney and cheese sandwiches, mix one part caesar salad dressing and one part plum sauce

Discovered it because I ran out of plum sauce and the chicken strips need something so I put caesar on half

But where they mixed? mmmmmm-BOY! that is good

[jay on February 25, 2008 at 04:31 PM]

heres one we can all enjoy at the movies.
3 kernels of popcorn to one milk dud.
salty and sweet, crunchy and chewy goodness!

[leucanthemum on February 25, 2008 at 04:47 PM]

My big weakness has always been strong-onion-and-hot-mustard sandwich on seeded rye bread toast. Occasionally, I also crave fresh scallions dipped in refried beans and then into sour cream. When I get one of those cravings, I'm grateful I don't work in direct contact with the public. I'm pretty sure the public will be grateful, too!

[Jordan on February 25, 2008 at 05:02 PM]

My little sister made me this one when I asked her for a sandwich one to many times. Two pieces of bread, peanut butter, bacon bits, lettuce, and ham. I loved it. I still eat it to this day.

[Jo C on February 25, 2008 at 05:22 PM]

Really GOOD limburger cheese from Pennsylvania, on fresh deli rye bread, topped with sweet onion slices.
The only thing my mother-in-law and I ever agreed on.

[inmypajamas on February 25, 2008 at 08:32 PM]

Pica is the term used to describe odd food cravings in pregnancy. I had a patient years ago who admitted having eaten rolls and rolls of toilet paper during her pregnancy. She was too embarrassed to tell me until after she delivered and her cravings ceased. That has to top the list of weird food cravings for me.

[Becky B. on February 25, 2008 at 09:00 PM]

Not exactly weird, but I often crave these...

Cottage cheese with garbanzo beans and red wine vinegar.

Saltines topped with really sharp cheddar cheese, bread-and-butter pickles, and plain yellow mustard.

Definitely agree with the other lovers of french fries (hot, salty and crisp) dipped in a chocolate milkshake.

And finally, my grandmother's specialty--a slice of grilled dark rye bread topped with a grilled hot dog (sliced down the middle) topped with caraway-seed cheese and toasted under the broiler. Yum-yum!

[BeachBumBill on February 25, 2008 at 10:28 PM]

Peanut Butter & Mayo - YUM! Thank God I'm not the only one!

[biggestsid on February 26, 2008 at 01:31 PM]

Cottage cheese mixed with some liquid from a jar of dill pickles. Used as chip dip.

[Renee on March 01, 2008 at 09:38 AM]

My boyfriend eats a concoction he calls banana mush. It is mashed banana, peanut butter, mayo, and sugar. He mops white bread in it and eats it. Strangely, I have heard some variations on this basic theme. He also eats sandwiches of white bread, raisins, and mayo. I tried it and it is actually palatable.

[lilerin on March 13, 2008 at 09:45 PM]

i love going to the movies and eating nachos with sno-caps. sooo good with the salty and sweet, i love it!
and my brother, when he was a kid, loved to ask for a "chee samwich"--cheese slices, pancake syrup and white bread. i don't know why but that always grossed me out

[jasmine on April 17, 2008 at 03:24 AM]

when i was pregnant i had cravings to eat something but never knew exactly wat it was ...until when i reached 8 months i accidently came across some bread that my mother inlaw had burned to charcole.
As soon as my eyes catch eye upon this i started to salivate , i knew it was this that I craved for so long ..
from then on i dried left over bread and burnedthem intill there black and munch on them like crisp.

does any one have this type of craving i would love to here frm them and i would like to know what are the health implication of this craving ...
i am not pregnant now but i still get this craving from time to time, Why is this i would like to know if some one can answer this.

[Erin on April 20, 2008 at 06:46 PM]

Um. I just finished a bowl of ice cream with vinegar, maple syrup and montreal steak spice. It was just about the most perfect thing I've ever eaten.

[hannah on June 19, 2008 at 07:52 PM]

i always crave a peanut butter, bologna, and potato chip sandwhich late at night.
ive always liked them since i was a little kid.

[hakimmy on July 16, 2008 at 12:47 AM]

toast bread,cheese n sardine...anyone??

[Cheryl on October 20, 2008 at 11:41 AM]

Banana and Mayo sandwich, Ruffles potato chips dipped in ketchup, Bowl of Strawberry jelly and vanilla ice cream, Ruffles dipped in Coke.... Shredded Cabbage mixed with Refried Beans and heated up,,, yum!

[Kipi on November 25, 2008 at 11:36 PM]

I love to eat black olives and chocolate pudding together and pickles and sweet tea together!!

[Yana on March 22, 2009 at 04:57 PM]

I loooove potato croquettes dipped in salt sprinkled strawberry jelly. Raspberry works too!

[licia on August 03, 2009 at 01:42 AM]

melted chocolate with mustard doritos sounds really good right about now

[pumpkin on August 24, 2009 at 01:01 PM]

mac and cheese with jalapenos and plain yogurt.

[jk on September 08, 2009 at 07:44 AM]

im eating a bread spread with honey on the other side, an egg on the top, and mustard on top then just fold in half yumm