If you could take one food that is totally unhealthy for you and magically turn it into health food

[LynneSin]

what one item would you pick.

You can only pick one food. The food itself will not change in taste or consistancy whatsever.

Me?

I'd pick BACON!!!

[ipfilter]

1. Gravy.

[abq e streeter]

2. tough call to pick one; I guess a kosher hot dog

with salami and corned beef ; kosher of course ( all the rest are just not the real deal) in a photo finish for 1st place

[RebelOne]

3. Chocolate, preferably Reeses Pieces.

[Raffi Ella]

8. ha, same!

reeses are like crack for me.

[Brickbat]

26. Um...there's no chocolate in Reese's Pieces.

You might be thinking of the peanut-butter cups.

[Tobin S.]

4. A large pepperoni, mushroom, and extra cheese pizza

from a local pizzeria called Ron's. I used to drink a twelve pack of beer, then, having the beer munchies, I'd give Ron's a call. I'd eat the whole pizza in one sitting by myself. Gawd, that was heaven. It's also how I got to be 290 pounds and why I now eat a lot of bran flakes with fat free milk.

[DFW]

7. Second that!

Ever since my cardiac near-miss, I have had exactly ONE pizza in five years.

On the flip side of that, I am still alive, so it wasn't a total loss.

[Moondog]

5. Another vote for bacon. Any thing else is just second best .... n/t

[joeybee12]

6. Chocolate!!!!!!!!

Chocolate!!!!!!!

[MajorChode]

43. I thought chocolate was good for you now

http://longevity.about.com/od/lifelongnutrition/p/chocolate.htm

[TZ]

72. I knew there was a reason I liked you!

:woohoo:

[lunamagica]

9. Ice cream! Ice cream, ice cream, ICE CREAM!!!!

Chocolate, cherry, strawberry, rum raisin....

Banana Splits, Sundays, milk shakes, ice cream floats......oh, yes, ice cream -in all its glorious variations- the health food!... (if only....sigh)

[unpossibles]

82. we all scream for ice cream! nt

[Bertha Venation]

10. Fried chicken. n/t

[Glorfindel]

30. Me, too

Love it!

[Bertha Venation]

32. I wish I'd ever thought to ask my Grandma for her recipe.

Or, for how she made it. I'm sure she made it up over the years without a recipe.

But at least when I make fried chicken now, I go around the house and grease up all the doorknobs. Gramdma'd be proud.

[Initech]

11. Mac & cheese

[playstation]

12. Fresh from the oven chocolate chip cookies.

[NewJeffCT]

14. +1 and welcome to DU

you have me craving some now.

[playstation]

83. Thanks.

[rcrush]

13. Steak

lots of steak

[BlueJazz]

49. Oh...Yes...I'd be in Paradise!

[Capn Sunshine]

50. +1 squared

healthy healthy grilled steak

[NYCGirl]

15. French Fries. NT

[Skittles]

84. +1

yes INDEED

[Broken_Hero]

16. Fast food burgers, all of them :) nt

[cloudbase]

17. Pastrami.

Corned beef would work, too.

[denbot]

31. Pastrami for sure..

Mmmmmmm... Hot pastrami sammiches!!!!

[madamesilverspurs]

18. cheese frenchie

[HERVEPA]

19. Butter

[surrealAmerican]

35. That's my choice, too.

Butter makes everything taste better.

[Louisiana1976]

20. Walmart's Pop Tarts knock-off!

[jakefrep]

67. (self-delete)

posted in the wrong place.

[PassingFair]

21. Rice or potatoes....

can't decide.

[GirlinContempt]

42. Rice and potatoes aren't bad for you.

potatoes are low in fat, rich in several micronutrients, especially vitamin C - eaten with its skin, a single medium sized potato of 150 g provides nearly half the daily adult requirement (100 mg). The potato is a moderate source of iron, and its high vitamin C content promotes iron absorption. It is a good source of vitamins B1, B3 and B6 and minerals such as potassium, phosphorus and magnesium, and contains folate, pantothenic acid and riboflavin. Potatoes also contain dietary antioxidants, which may play a part in preventing diseases related to aging, and dietary fibre, which benefits health. Of course, if you take off the skin and fry it in lard it's no good. Same with rice, sure crappy bleached rice devoid of all it's natural stuff is, same with flours , but they aren't 'bad', they're actually healthy and necessary to proper health.

I'm sorry, I'm not trying to lecture you. I guess I just did. I don't mean it as a lecture, I just deal with a lot of young girls who're hurting themselves with their crazy aversion to carbs it's knee jerk for me.

[csziggy]

64. Potatoes are not bad for you - it's what goes on them

Butter, cheese, sour cream, bacon, more butter, lots more cheese, etc. Even with the skin on, all that other stuff is not good. Even if you like potatoes the way I do - baked, empty the useless white parts out, dump butter, cheese and bacon in the skin and eat that - it's still not good.

[GirlinContempt]

87. Yeah... but butter and cheese and bacon

aren't potatoes. There are lots of ways to cook potatoes that don't include those things *shrug* I would put those things on the list of foods I wish were healthy, not potatoes.

[TxRider]

22. +1 Bacon bacon bacon!!!

[lutefisk]

23. Poutine

...or bacon, or steak, or onion rings, or beer (it's food, right?) . . .

[Rosie1223]

24. Lil Debbies Swiss Cake Rolls

I swear the cream filling has Crack in it. One serving = 1 Box for me.

[GoCubsGo]

69. Nutty Bars....

They are my absolute most favorite junk food. Chocolate and peanut butter are my versions of Crack. This just rolls 'em into one. I think the wafers have some other addictive substance in them, which makes it even more difficult for me to resist them. I love the Swiss cake rolls, too. Haven't had one in decades, as I am still carrying the ones I ate as a child around on my hips. I loved to eat the chocolate coating, and then unroll them and eat them that way.

[dropkickpa]

25. Chicken fried steak

Mmmmmmmm :party:

[TheCentepedeShoes]

44. Me too

Especially since Mr 'pede just left to pick some up for dinner:bounce:

[Tommy_Carcetti]

27. Either burgers or sausage.

Or maybe Chocolate.

I dunno--too much to think about here.

[proteus_lives]

28. Pizza!

God, that would be a dream come true.

[Pool Hall Ace]

29. Cheesy poofs

[NJmaverick]

33. donuts!

[Mad_Dem_X]

34. CHOCOLATE! n/t

[brendan120678]

36. Salt Water Taffy from....

Shriver's on the boardwalk in Ocean City, NJ.

[distantearlywarning]

37. Oreos.

[nolabear]

38. Fried chicken.

[GirlinContempt]

39. cream cheese.

[LostInAnomie]

40. Monster Burgers

[TK421]

41. Lee's Hoagies

you know what I'm talking about Lynne!

[Eyerish]

45. Cheese...all kinds

Everything is better with Cheeeeeese!

[Amerigo Vespucci]

46. Canned hash...roast beef or corned beef...

...and before anyone tells me there are "healthy recipes," I've had "healthy roast beef and/or corned beef hash. It ain't hash.

When I was a kid my folks used to go to a local coffee shop that didn't have hash on the menu but made it for ME as a special request. Maybe that's why I love it.

Once or twice a year I'll buy a can as a forbidden treat. The first thing you don't want to do is READ THE LABEL. Holy CRAP, you'd be better of eatin' a couple of BIG MACS.

:rofl:

[Burma Jones]

47. Bacon for sure...........

[busybl]

48. reuben sandwiches

[femmocrat]

51. Another vote for ice cream!

The good rich, high in butterfat kind! yummmmm

[RFKHumphreyObama]

52. Chocolate

[AsahinaKimi]

53. CANDY CORNS

[Danger Mouse]

57. EEEEEeeeeeEEeEEEwwwWWw

:(
:P

[ThomCat]

54. Fried Potatoes

French Fries, Steak Fries, Home Fries, Hash Browns, Potato Chips, Potato Skins...

I don't care what form they take, I wish they were healthy :9

[Dinger]

55. Deep Fried Cheese Curds

Damn!

[Withywindle]

56. Cigarettes!

OK, it's not technically a food.

But I'd still pick that, simply because (a) I enjoy them at least as much as any food I can think of (well, maybe not as much as good vindaloo BUT THAT IS TOTALLY HEALTHY I AM CONVINCED) and (b) I want to see the looks on all the fake-coughing control-freaks' faces. Not only do I want to see smoking cars on trains come back, I want them to COST MORE than the non-smoking ones and watch all the yuppies fall over themselves to make sure they get in. :rofl:

[Wapsie B]

58. Ice cream, especially peanut butter cup.

[Danger Mouse]

59. One of three: pizza, burgers, or tacos.

[Quantess]

60. When I read the title, all I could think.........BACON!

And better yet, if the bacon only came from well treated pigs who lived out in the quaint countryside.

[Duer 157099]

61. Yep I think Bacon wins the day n/t

[debbierlus]

62. Oh boy.

Tough one.

Ice cream.

[flvegan]

63. HFCS.

It's already in everything. I'd see nothing but an advantage from that crap being healthy, because Lord knows nobody is dumping it anytime soon.

Maybe that's an ingredient. Whatever.

Bacon already can be a health food, one just needs to not get it from a pig nor cook it in grease.

[Blue_Tires]

65. cheesecake

and pretty much the entire chinese menu...

[mopinko]

66. ice cream. and hot fudge.

carrying 5 lbs that is completely made of ice cream.

[GoCubsGo]

70. Ice cream isn't food.

It's a drug. ;-)

Carrying 5 lbs. of "ice cream" myself...

[jakefrep]

68. Poutine....

....with BACON!!!!

[LynneSin]

78. I've had Poutine and I don' think that Bacon can save it

:scared:

[Patiod]

71. Cheesteaks!!!

But I'll support those who go with bacon!

[Iggo]

73. With apologies to my beloved vedge friends...

...I'm gonna hafta go with red, bloody steak.

[Phentex]

74. circus peanuts...although

they aren't really unhealthy now. And they are exactly food, lol.

[Paper Roses]

75. Cape Cod Potato Chips, Second choice, Bacon Sandwich

[Rambis]

76. Guinness

and Scotch eggs

[LynneSin]

77. Hate to break it to you - Guiness is already considered healthy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3266819.stm

[Rambis]

79. Cheers! (nm)

x

[Sebastian Doyle]

85. Now there's some health food I can believe in!

:beer: :beer: :beer:

[Ineeda]

80. you've taken one of my favorites, so I'll add

Boston Creme donuts.

[Deep13]

81. sugar nt

[Cant trust em]

86. It's not food, but I'd pick cigarettes.

I feel like I can exercise to mitigate the negative effects of bad food. There isn't shit you can do about tobacco smoke.

I don't smoke, but if cigarettes were good for you, I'd be a goddamn chimney.