100 Calorie Packs

I just ate a 100 calorie pack of doritos and it was nothing but a tease. there is like 7 tiny midget doritos in there. And why is 100 calories the gold standard for these things?

numerology-based cabal takin' over -- if you wash down the 100-cal doritos with a 65-cal beer, you explode

Like the concept, but they are expensive and packaging-wise, wasteful as hell. But making your own with sandwich bags just feels sad somehow.

I quite like those tiny soda cans though. I don't really drink soda but occasionally crave a little bit til I remember it just tastes of chemicals. Dr Pepper is the exception here, could drink that all day.

100 calorie packs are ripoffs for people with low self-control, i.e. everyone.

There are no 100 Calorie Packs of Tostitos Hint of Lime.

I can pack 100 calories of Doritos in my mouth all at once.

what about ben and jerry's claiming to be 4 servings, that's some bullshit

100 calories of processed food like chips is very little in mass. I've been eating a lot of whole foods lately and I've been shocked to find such facts as this:

- a half pound (~230g) of button mushrooms has 70 calories
- a quarter pound (~115g) of broccoli has 35 calories
- a quarter pound of carrots also has 35 calories
- a quarter pound of green beans has 30 calories

That's 1.25lbs (550g) of food, and it only has 170 calories. 170 calories is 10 chips.

You can find more information about your favorite foods here:
http://nutritiondata.self.com/

I always buy a bag of kettle chips under the pretense I'll take longer than a day to eat them. I never do.

well a gram of fat is 9 calories and a gram of fiber is (virtually) 0 calories so there you have it res

Yeah, but I was really surprised how much food I could eat if I just avoided processed shit. I mean I could get stuffed to the fucking rafters with food for 10 meals a day and not even come close to reaching my daily calorie allowance. I think people would be stunned at how much food they could eat. Not saying it's tastier than Doritos, but I've found that eating whole foods certainly gives me license to eat more (although, frankly, it usually makes me want to eat less, lol).

i'd sautee that half pound of mushrooms in two tablespoons of butter myself

Yeah, that would be my first inclination too. No question, butter makes everything better. But I've just put them in a toaster oven and cook for 15 minutes, add a little bit of salt. Surprisingly, it's pretty satisfying just like that.

what about ben and jerry's claiming to be 4 servings, that's some bullshit

seems like that's a low amt tbh

Usually a serving is half a cup, right? Two cups is about right, since it's a pint size container.

ben & jerrys = 1 serving

do 12 ounce cans still show nutrition info for an 8 ounce serving size, cause like, who the fuck opens a can of coke, drinks 8 oz, and is all "hmm I'll save this half-serving for later"

Yeah, that would be my first inclination too. No question, butter makes everything better. But I've just put them in a toaster oven and cook for 15 minutes, add a little bit of salt. Surprisingly, it's pretty satisfying just like that.

Look, you're nuts. Half a pound of toaster baked button mushrooms with salt. I'm just picturing these sad, dry little mushrooms, a lot of them, and it makes me sad.

Don't knock it till you try it. They don't end up dry at all unless you overcook. If you spray them with a burst of cooking spray, they end up quite moist. Interestingly, if you cook shiitake mushrooms with some oil and salt until they dry, it tastes remarkably similar to bacon.

...it tastes remarkably similar to bacon ^relative to things that are not bacon and in fact are mushrooms.

- a half pound (~230g) of button mushrooms has 70 calories
- a quarter pound (~115g) of broccoli has 35 calories

why the quarter vs. half pound distinction? like you would habitually eat yourself a half lb of muchrooms, but draw the line at a mere 115 gs of broccoli? not credible.

ben & jerrys = 1 serving

― ice cr?m, Tuesday, December 14, 2010 9:37 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

yes, but you are called "ice cr?m"

...it tastes remarkably similar to bacon ^relative to things that are not bacon and in fact are mushrooms.

Hey, I'm not the only one who thinks so. They have a strong umami flavor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS6HB1UkSJw

why the quarter vs. half pound distinction?

No reason. I wasn't saying that this is what I actually eat for a meal. I was just giving some figures. A half pound of mushrooms is a lot for one meal.

yeah, but the whole problem with the invention of umami is that it causes people who like saying it to confuse smoked pork bacons with like salty mushrooms

Umami is not an invention. It is a basic taste sensation. Anyway, you don't have to believe it if you don't want to. I don't really give a shit if you do or not, but at least admit that you're talking without having any personal knowledge of the subject.

always

I don't know, favorably comparing the taste of baked, dry mushrooms to bacon sounds like the kind of thing people on tragically restricted diets do. "Mashed up cauliflower tastes just like mashed potatoes!" *cries into mashed up cauliflower*

Yeah, but I was really surprised how much food I could eat if I just avoided processed shit. I mean I could get stuffed to the fucking rafters with food for 10 meals a day and not even come close to reaching my daily calorie allowance. I think people would be stunned at how much food they could eat. Not saying it's tastier than Doritos, but I've found that eating whole foods certainly gives me license to eat more (although, frankly, it usually makes me want to eat less, lol).

― Lazarus Niles-Burnham (res), Tuesday, December 14, 2010 9:45 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

this is exactly why when i was a vegetarian i never felt full for like 5 years

Yeah, that would be my first inclination too. No question, butter makes everything better. But I've just put them in a toaster oven and cook for 15 minutes, add a little bit of salt. Surprisingly, it's pretty satisfying just like that.

Look, you're nuts. Half a pound of toaster baked button mushrooms with salt. I'm just picturing these sad, dry little mushrooms, a lot of them, and it makes me sad.

― fields of salmon, Tuesday, December 14, 2010 11:41 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

THIS

A person cannot live on toaster oven button mushrooms. I mean, duh, but nutrition is more than eating a 35 calorie meal of baked (whatever). Avoiding processed shit is good, but the alternative is not restricting one's diet to unadorned vegetables.

jenny otm

this thread is about doritos.

in 100 calorie form.

You know what would be really good, though? Mushrooms sautéd in bacon fat. Served in repurposed 100 calorie Dorito bags.

yes.

I just ate a 1-serving bag of Combos and it was 230 calories and 25 percent of my saturated fat for the day. Booyah.

So basically I could eat 4 of those for lunch, then pig out on carrots and shrooms for dinner, and it would be a healthy, balanced diet.

combos make me gag.

Love them so. Tho I draw the line at these:

http://blog.rifftrax.com/wp-content/photos/bacon_combos.jpg

Zesty Pizza is one thing, but...

i would eat 100 calorie bags of combos if they were pretzel + nacho chz flavor and served in recyclable capsules shaped like a combo

omg that just made me throw up in my mouth a bit.

I'm glad these exist, for else I'd easily scarf 1000 calories at a session:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511qAK2zi5L._SL400_.jpg

Believe it or not, NN approved.

oooh cocoa roasted. mmmm.

i've had those almonds before, i found them to be unexpectedly tasty. and addictive

i get these wasabi almonds at target...fucking great.

doritos are gross, though imo. they taste like someone plugged in an msg candle that is scented like powdered sharp cheese

mmm msg candles.

gimme some of those good old fashioned nag champa combos

A friend of mine got in a fight with a guy recently who said there was no way you could eat 10,000 calories in a day. I concurred with my friend that it would be not only easy, but immensely pleasurable.

i wonder if the FDA would approve a 1,000 calorie packs for those times when you want to splurge, but, you know, not have a coronary?

Excluding cooking oils, it would be pretty easy to eat 1.4 kg = 3 lbs = 10000 calories of macadamias or pecans in one day. Even in one session, for those with large stomachs.

Yeah, I read that Lance Armstrong and Michael Phelps would eat like 15,000 calories a day.

there was once a time in my life (when i was out of work after a car accident) that i would eat mcdonalds twice a day and wash it down with a pizza. I weighed 300 lbs. now at 180 lbs, i couldn't imagine it.

how'd you lose the weight?

toaster oven mushrooms

by the way, I never said those comprised my entire meal. I eat them now and then, and they're fairly satisfying, but "unadorned vegetables" is not all I eat.

by not eating for three weeks when my wife got sick.

15,000 calories per day = super-rich protein shakes every hour

and also not drinking beer wednesdays through sundays.

holy shit, you lost 120lbs by not eating for 3 weeks?

when I was working out I would drink shot glassfuls of olive oil for extra calories

more like a month and a half really. yes, i was sick myself.

My niece bought giant gummy bears for her friends for Christmas - nutrition data on the packaging sez that 1 giant gummy bear (about the size of your fist, maybe a little bigger) = 1200 calories. O_O

I was SO excited about the idea of a giant gummy bear til it crashed into the reality of actually eating said gummy bear.

;_;

more like a month and a half really. yes, i was sick myself.

Oh, so you were hooked up to an IV, then? I mean, you were getting some sustenance?

when I was working out I would drink shot glassfuls of olive oil for extra calories

I don't understand this. If all you wanted were calories, why wouldn't you just eat the most delicious food on the planet? Like pizza loaded with gorgonzola cheese, for example?

I was SO excited about the idea of a giant gummy bear til it crashed into the reality of actually eating said gummy bear.

I like how the packages say FAT FREE!!

How do you even shoot olive oil without throwing up?

I understand the logic of it, I guess...but physically ingesting that much oil in one go... (shudder)

xpost: yeah FAT FREE should read FREE DIABETES!

no i was home caring for a newborn. i survived on Clif bars. Thats literally all i ate and i drank water.

xxp it was good EVOO, so it wasn't too bad. I can eat pretty much anything though.

your a goat aren't you?

Yep. I make a living during the warm months being rented for peoples' lawns.

When my mom left my father and before my sisters and I moved down to FL to be with her, I basically lived on potted meat and crackers.

its amazing what you can sustain on when you have no appetite.

http://deal-crazy.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/popchips-300x214.jpg

I strongly recommend these little bastards ^^^^

100 calories a bag, serving = 17 chips, very yummy

omg those pop chips are like potato crack <3 <3

Yeah Pop Chips are awesome. Pricey, but delicious.

When my mom left my father and before my sisters and I moved down to FL to be with her, I basically lived on potted meat and crackers.

I am afraid to eat it as an adult, but I loved potted meat as a kid. Vienna sausages, too.

I was going to say earlier that I've known anyone who has actually eaten potted meat before. I'm impressed.

never known, obv

I used to LOVE spam as a kid. I even used to eat the jelly. I grossed myself out just writing that

Spam was awesome. Fried Spam sandwiches!

Where were you when I was 5?

Half a world away... ;_;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=695OjkGWk-M

Drinking Spam water. Jesus Christ.

wait, who's drinking Spam water?

straight olive oil is far better for you than gorgonzola pizza

also there is nothing wrong with unadorned vegetables

there's nothing *wrong* with unadorned vegetables but seasoning is pleasant

gorgonzola pizza sounds yuk anyway. would rather shoot olive oil.

intravenously

Hey, Gandhi ate a diet of unadorned vegetables, ok? Good enough for him, it's good enough for me.

...And WTF? Gorgonzola (blue cheese) on pizza is fucking killer!!

I know what gorgonzola is and I don't want it on my pizza.

A#1 pizza topping, you should give it a shot. doesn't go well with tomato sauce, though. more for white pizza.