What potentially toxic food did you love to eat when growing up?

[Anonymous]

AAA batteries on Wonder Bread with French's Yellow Sunshine mustard-yum!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've been told that lead actually tastes pretty good.

Yes, apparently it tastes sweet, which is why babies/small children eat peeling lead-based paint chips.

[Anonymous]

This thread is sort of making me hungry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:my mom's leftovers- she grew up where you leave food on the counter til it gets to room temperature (such as turkey would be left overnight) then fridge.. ack..

We've been doing this for years at our home. No one has become sick becuase of it...

[Anonymous]

Not actually a food, but my bro and I used to play with mercury (from thermometers). loved to see the little balls form and break apart when we stuck out fingers in it. Now they evacuate send hazmat guys in in full gear if a thermometer breaks in a school. ?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:my mom's leftovers- she grew up where you leave food on the counter til it gets to room temperature (such as turkey would be left overnight) then fridge.. ack..

We've been doing this for years at our home. No one has become sick becuase of it...

You're very lucky. They close restaurants for things like that. Especially poultry, you really are playing with fire.

[Anonymous]

What do you mean "growing up?" So you guys are saying you don't eat doritos or shake and bake chicken anymore?

[Anonymous]

Toxic schmoxic. Today I microwaved my healthy, homemade lunch in a ziploc container, and will top it off with some Peeps. Live a little!

[Anonymous]

Oh my God. I loved hot dogs. I loved that squirt "cheese" product that comes in a can. I drank Coke incessantly. I cringe thinking about how I used to eat.

[Anonymous]

Ooooooh 11:30, you live dangerously. You rebel you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:my mom's leftovers- she grew up where you leave food on the counter til it gets to room temperature (such as turkey would be left overnight) then fridge.. ack..

We've been doing this for years at our home. No one has become sick becuase of it...

You're very lucky. They close restaurants for things like that. Especially poultry, you really are playing with fire.

Having lived in several developing countries (and survived in areas where there was no refridgeration- imagine!) I am continuously amazed at American's obsession with hygiene and bacteria. Sure hygiene is necessary for health, but common! its over the top here in the US! Even European countries do not obsess about things like hand sanitizers, antibacterial soap or the need to have every buit of food immediately refridgerated... Think french cheeses and mold! Yum.

You know some bacteria are actually good for you! if you kill them all, your body won't function.

[Anonymous]

11:41 remind me to never eat at your house. (Though I probably wouldn't be invited, right? ) I'd rather be a little neurotic then risk food poisoning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do you mean "growing up?" So you guys are saying you don't eat doritos or shake and bake chicken anymore?

I agree, we still have Doritos in our house fairly regularly, and I buy Cool Whip a lot too. I also drink diet soda and eat pepperoni pizza.

But along the same lines as the mercury from the thermometer, we used to pick at the hot tar on our street during the summer and get enough of it to roll into little tar balls. Our hands would be black. We also would ride our bikes behind the mosquito sprayer when he drove through our neighborhood in the summer. Mind you, this was the mid-70s, so who knows what was in that stuff. I'm doomed to get cancer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do you mean "growing up?" So you guys are saying you don't eat doritos or shake and bake chicken anymore?

I agree, we still have Doritos in our house fairly regularly, and I buy Cool Whip a lot too. I also drink diet soda and eat pepperoni pizza.

But along the same lines as the mercury from the thermometer, we used to pick at the hot tar on our street during the summer and get enough of it to roll into little tar balls. Our hands would be black. We also would ride our bikes behind the mosquito sprayer when he drove through our neighborhood in the summer. Mind you, this was the mid-70s, so who knows what was in that stuff. I'm doomed to get cancer.

Probably DDT - now banned from the US because it is so harmful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do you mean "growing up?" So you guys are saying you don't eat doritos or shake and bake chicken anymore?

LOL. Thank goodness I'm not the only one. I admit Dorritoes are a health food, but toxic? I guess the orange crap on them has artificial stuff in it. And I'm completly puzzled by the Shake and Bake chicken thing. Isn't it just bread crumbs?