Midnight (almost) Snack

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

Made it to the kitchen and just as well because I hadn’t put the cooling Pork belly joints away.
No surprise what tonight’s not quite midnight snack is!

 

[karadekoolaid]

Now I think about ( sometimes, I sits and thinks; other times, I just sits) there was a classic midnight snack from Geordie land that my mate and I used to make at university, after a few pints.
Poundies.
Boil some potatoes and mash the with plenty of butter. Add some raw onion, then fry an egg for about 10 seconds and whack it into the potatoes.
Have another beer.
How on earth we ever slept after that, I don't know.

 

[Wombat457]

How on earth we ever slept after that, I don't know.

Slept??????? How in hell did you survive????

Have to be honest though - that does not sound good at all .....................

 

[Barriehie]

Slept??????? How in hell did you survive????

Have to be honest though - that does not sound good at all .....................

Agree.

 

[karadekoolaid]

Have to be honest though - that does not sound good at all .....................

Well I'm still here 55 years later, so it can't have been that bad.

 

[Wombat457]

Well I'm still here 55 years later, so it can't have been that bad.

I like it - the "adapt and overcome" principal - nice

 

[badjak]

Well, younger years, it would have been shoarma or fried eggs...

 

[Barriehie]

Yogurt, I have to plan ahead for the stomach acid at 3 AM...

 

[TastyReuben]

While I would never be snacking at midnight, I think my idea of a snack is different than what people are posting - meaning…a snack, to me, isn’t something you cook, at least nothing beyond popping a slice of bread in the toaster, maybe.

“Snack” in my world means the lowest of low effort - a piece of fruit, a piece of chocolate, some already-popped popcorn, a cookie, some leftover dessert…even turning on the cooker would be too much effort for me.

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

Well after my declarations (maybe because of them ) I found myself in the kitchen at midnight eating

a double buttered crumpet

 

[Barriehie]

While I would never be snacking at midnight, I think my idea of a snack is different than what people are posting - meaning…a snack, to me, isn’t something you cook, at least nothing beyond popping a slice of bread in the toaster, maybe.

“Snack” in my world means the lowest of low effort - a piece of fruit, a piece of chocolate, some already-popped popcorn, a cookie, some leftover dessert…even turning on the cooker would be too much effort for me.

Yes, snack = no cooking.

 

[Morning Glory]

Yes, snack = no cooking.

To me a snack means food between main meals. So it could involve cooking or assembling or a ready made foodstuff. Whichever it is, I shouldn't be having it.

 

[TastyReuben]

Whichever it is, I shouldn't be having it.

Well, part of the allure of the snack is that it’s forbidden…naughty, even!

 

[Morning Glory]

Well, part of the allure of the snack is that it’s forbidden…naughty, even!

Well that is the thing. It feels even naughtier to me to go to the bother of cooking a midnight snack. It means you're dedicated and craving a certain thing and prepared to go to great lengths to achieve your naughty forbidden desire. Its seriously naughty. Snacking on ready made food isn't serious naughtiness. Its a simply a short cut to guilt.

 

[SoCalZone10]

All the answers make sense, this is why I only sleep at night and dream of snacking.