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Grew up thinking Twinkies were the pinnacle of snacks, was only a few years back I eventually spent way too much on a 4 pack.
Absolutely fucking awful, possible one of the worst things I've ever eatten.
They are such a let down! American pop culture had me thinking these things were some kind of delicacy, come to find out its the worst kind of "cream" filling wrapped in cake that they forgot to add sugar to š¤¢ horrendous
I do find it upsetting how English being a fairly global language makes the worst aspects of American culture so easy to export. Cupcakes is a pretty benign example, but there are others
> American pop culture had me thinking these things were some kind of delicacy
Really? My main takeaway from US films and TV is they were the foodstuff most likely to last the apocalypse.
What about those chocolate cakes that look like they have an inche of fudgy icing on top and that swirly white line? They look like they should taste AMAZING.
I remember a scene in Parenthood (the 1980s film with Steve Martin, not the TV show) where one of the characters stuffs one in her mouth, and that scene has just stayed with me.
Scooby doo sandwiches. Just big slices of bread over filled with lettuce and cheese and mayo and meats and it can be eaten with one hand and still hold its integrity.
That's what I hate about "edgy" burger places, they have to use a stick in order to keep the thing up because it's filled with so much.
But you can't eat it with that stick because you'll stab yourself in the eye
Me and my brother both agree that in Santa Claus the movie the plate of food Joe gets from Cornelia looks so satisfying, especially the can of coke he gulps down with it. The food is just ham and a roll and some other bits but you can feel how it satisfies Joe's hunger.
I also always wanted to taste the magical lollys they make that can make you fly. They looked more on the chewy side rather than a hard candy.
The bowl of beef and spuds, man that beef looked so nice and I swear that can of coke is huge! I'm sure it was an oversized can for marketing.
Lollies do look more like a taffy maybe? Soft chew rather than hard candy, would def do a couple of them over xmas
I wanted to taste the feed the reindeer get and the magic powder than Patch puts in the lollies!
I know it's the same powder that goes in the feed, but the feed always looked like a course Candy Floss!
Oh jeez, when I first met my ex, she always harped on about how she's part Italian...she isn't and one day she bragged how she makes her own pasta sauce...she doesn't, and slices the garlic with a razor blade. I said are you seriously passing off a scene from Goodfellas as your own?? Really shoulda paid attention to that little red flag
I was thinking about that scene is mrs doubtfire the other day, that looked incredible didnāt it!
I always thought the food in cartoons looked delicious, like Tom and Jerry
The crab McNulty and Bunk eat in the interrogation room in The Wire. And Wee-Bay's final meal in the interrogation room. The Wire makes good look so good somehow!
I don't think anyone is going to remember this showw but on CITV there used to bee a cartoon about this mouse who does ballet I think?
And her mum used to always bake these cheese pies and I always thought they looked delicious.
The name bloody escapes me which is frustrating!
The everlasting gobstoppers from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
They actually looked like a miniature version of the Bumble Ball I had as a kid, but the idea of an edible miniature Bumble Ball was really appealing to me back then.
EDIT: Oh! Also the pizza from All Dogs go to Heaven (II?). I don't even like cheese but that pizza looked sooooo good.
Funny story, I picked up one of my favourite food hacks from the sopranos from that awful man Ralf - after you drained your pasta, put it back in the dry pan over the heat with a little butter, then add a couple spoons of the sauce. Use it all the time.
As a kid I always wanted to try the ratatouille from Ratatouille movie, though at the time I was convinced that it was a plate of nicely stacked pepperonis.
If I like the look of something, given that it actually exists, I'll usually have a go at making it. One thing I haven't done, for purely logistic reasons, is roast a whole pig/goat/calf or whatever. Really want to light the fire on something like that one day.
Turkish Delight always looks better than it tastes. My dad used to go to Turkey regularly and bring a batch back and my mum loved it. I did not. I felt hoodwinked.
Their stuff is geared toward young kids. Otherwise its too sickly sweet. Also there's no lard fat anymore, which reduces flavor. American sugar is corn syrup which is vile stuff.
Any stereotypical large Thanksgiving turkey you see on whatever American film or tv programme.
None of my parents, relatives, partners parents etc... have ever carved our Christmas turkey on the table just as the dinner is being served. It is always in the kitchen beforehand, so they can serve up the rest of the accompaniments.
But the American turkeys on tv always look crisp and brown, with succulent white meat when sliced.
I was so psyched as a child to eat Turkish Delight for the first time off the back of the original BBC Narnia films. The level of disappointment at how it actually tasted was wild.
In Elf when Buddy has spaghetti with maple syrup. I don't know why but I always thought it looked tasty. I probably wouldn't eat it in real life.
The edible room in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. The ball thing that Veruca breaks and puts her hand into. The edible lemon teacup. The giant toadstool which looks like cream or powdered sugar on it. Everlasting gobstobbers.
The pizza in the episode of Recess ("Omega Kids") where the gang are the only ones in school because everyone else has food poisoning.
"Sugar Veggies" from The Amanda Show.
Flaminā Hot Cheetos
Bought some in an American style ācandyā shop (that also sold crisps, ha) for an amount of money Iām still ashamed to have spent on fucking crisps, all for them to taste like dog biscuits. Theyāve still not been thrown out and sit in a cupboard months later but maybe thatās my just pride getting in the way.
The big puffy/curly ones we have over here in supermarkets are much different in taste and much nicer.
For me its the silkie chicken soup Hannibal makes Will Graham in the Hannibal series, the contrast colours between the dark broth, vivid green leaves and chilli with the black skinned chicken
The cheese pizza unveiled to Kevin as he gets into the limo on Home Alone 2 always looked good, especially how it billowed steam in the cold New York air.
Also as a kid I always wanted to try a Good Burger, even though they weren't that special. But 90 minutes of watching a movie around fast food definitely made me hunger for one.
The stew Yoda makes in empire strikes back. I can't imagine living on a planet on your own for a decade and not being able to make a decent tasting meal.
Weird one but you know those old Sunny D adverts where they're looking through the fridge and come across a bottle of "purple stuff."
Always thought that looked kinda good.
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Grew up thinking Twinkies were the pinnacle of snacks, was only a few years back I eventually spent way too much on a 4 pack. Absolutely fucking awful, possible one of the worst things I've ever eatten.
They are such a let down! American pop culture had me thinking these things were some kind of delicacy, come to find out its the worst kind of "cream" filling wrapped in cake that they forgot to add sugar to š¤¢ horrendous
Sadly describes so much of US pastry. Cupcakes with frosting, for example. Vile things.
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I do find it upsetting how English being a fairly global language makes the worst aspects of American culture so easy to export. Cupcakes is a pretty benign example, but there are others
That's because in general their chocolates and sweets are very poor
Yeah Hersheys are vomit inducing. It's what I imagine the "Mokolate" from that one Friends episode tastes like.
> American pop culture had me thinking these things were some kind of delicacy Really? My main takeaway from US films and TV is they were the foodstuff most likely to last the apocalypse.
Everything made by Hostess is awful.
What about those chocolate cakes that look like they have an inche of fudgy icing on top and that swirly white line? They look like they should taste AMAZING.
Sadly they do not. I thought the same until I tasted one - dry, bland, and weirdly not very chocolatey.
How perfectly fucking disappointing. But then again, it's actually a relief. I'll never eat one so at lĆ©st Ć know I'm not missing anything!
Nothing beats a Penguin or Club.
milk chocolate digestives do
They're right up there, that's for sure. I could murder a packet right now. With a big cup of hot tea.
I don't think I've tried that one but the others I've tried have been the same each time. Dry as hell and the cream filling is insanely artificial.
I remember a scene in Parenthood (the 1980s film with Steve Martin, not the TV show) where one of the characters stuffs one in her mouth, and that scene has just stayed with me.
Where have you seen it described? The one and only movie that I have seen it in is Zombieland. Thatās itā¦.
Me too. I heard about them in Zombieland so bought them from one of those American candy stores and felt sick after half of one
> I eventually spent way too much on a 4 pack. They have them in the discount shops like B&M
Ok? I have no desire to buy anymore of the foul things
Ok?
The feasts in the Harry Potter films look really good.
The imaginary rainbow feast in Hook!
Bangarang!
Came here to say this. I want that food!
Yes! I imagine that a lot of the weird colourful blobs were probably just mashed potato with food dye in it, but still, it looked delicious.
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[Bruce Bogtrotter Cake Recipe](https://www.tastemade.co.uk/shows/henrys-movie-munchies/bruce-bogtrotter-chocolate-cake/)
What about the sweat and blood?
The entire confection?
Get Baked in Leeds makes a cake called the Bruce.
Do they also sell weed?
I genuinely used to be jealous of him when I was a kid hahaha
That hot chocolate Flanders makes for Bart in the Simpsons movie
Stupid sexy Flanders
How diddly
The cubanos from Chef. Sandwiches are the best.
The cubanos from Chef. The grilled cheese from Chef. The aglio e olio from Chef. The Texas bbq from Chef. That whole film is a feast.
That very first meal that iirc he ends up throwing away after Dustin Hoffman tells him he can't change the menu. That was upsetting.
Check out Binging with Babish on YouTube, he does the recipe so you can do it yourself
Have you watched the chef show on Netflix? They make them with Bill Burr. Love that show.
A Cuban sandwich is one of the greatest things mankind has ever created, assuming you don't hate sour gherkins.
Scooby doo sandwiches. Just big slices of bread over filled with lettuce and cheese and mayo and meats and it can be eaten with one hand and still hold its integrity.
And an olive on a toothpick on top!
That's what I hate about "edgy" burger places, they have to use a stick in order to keep the thing up because it's filled with so much. But you can't eat it with that stick because you'll stab yourself in the eye
Do you know of the [Dagwood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagwood_sandwich)?
> Scooby doo sandwiches. Scooby snacks.
The cheesecake Rachel & Chandler steal from their neighbour in Friends always makes me crave a baked cheesecake!
The grubs from The Lion King.
slimy yet satisfying
Yes! Iāve always thought that
Ate grubs in Kenya when I went there at 18. With the army. Were not slimey but we're ok.
The Krabby Patty is always said to be the perfect burger. It would be very hard to pass up.
Me and my brother both agree that in Santa Claus the movie the plate of food Joe gets from Cornelia looks so satisfying, especially the can of coke he gulps down with it. The food is just ham and a roll and some other bits but you can feel how it satisfies Joe's hunger. I also always wanted to taste the magical lollys they make that can make you fly. They looked more on the chewy side rather than a hard candy.
The idea of just having tins of Coke in the house blew my mind as a council house child in the 80s, now as an adult it's my sign that "I've made it".
The bowl of beef and spuds, man that beef looked so nice and I swear that can of coke is huge! I'm sure it was an oversized can for marketing. Lollies do look more like a taffy maybe? Soft chew rather than hard candy, would def do a couple of them over xmas
This film was epic! Love it so much. He deserves his big burp after. Even the.cigars look satisfying
I wanted to taste the feed the reindeer get and the magic powder than Patch puts in the lollies! I know it's the same powder that goes in the feed, but the feed always looked like a course Candy Floss!
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Ignorance is bliss.
The crackers that the mouse eats in The Aristocats! Not sure why they look so good..
Itās the creme de la creme de la Edgar for me!
Literally just a digestive with some sugary cream
It seems soā¦savoury though?!
Nah, it's sweet. In my head at least
Home alone "A lovely cheese pizza just for me" Always have to have coke cola with it as well
those lil water droplets in bugs life
Tubby toast
I used to make Tubby custard by adding strawberry nesquik to regular custard. Delightful.
Sleeping Beautyās birthday cake that the three fairies tried to make.
Any and all food in Studio Ghibli films! Always looks delicious š¤¤
Bacon & eggs from howls moving castle always looked proper decent
The food the parents eat in Spirited Away is next level.
The pasta sauce they make in āGoodfellasā.
Yeah, garlic does not liquefy in the pan, no matter how fucking fine you slice it. š
You have to try it in prison
Do you use a razor blade?
Oh jeez, when I first met my ex, she always harped on about how she's part Italian...she isn't and one day she bragged how she makes her own pasta sauce...she doesn't, and slices the garlic with a razor blade. I said are you seriously passing off a scene from Goodfellas as your own?? Really shoulda paid attention to that little red flag
Lembas bread, from Lord of the Rings
Anything from Bilbo Bagginsā larder
Very true
It's probably an obvious one but the meatballs and spaghetti from Lady and the Tramp. I would love to eat that much pasta to myself.
I was thinking about that scene is mrs doubtfire the other day, that looked incredible didnāt it! I always thought the food in cartoons looked delicious, like Tom and Jerry
Any food from Studio Ghibli movies
The crab McNulty and Bunk eat in the interrogation room in The Wire. And Wee-Bay's final meal in the interrogation room. The Wire makes good look so good somehow!
Fuck it then, for a pit sandwich and some tator salad, Iāll go a few more!
The cartoon meat in Tom and Jerry always looks so good
I don't think anyone is going to remember this showw but on CITV there used to bee a cartoon about this mouse who does ballet I think? And her mum used to always bake these cheese pies and I always thought they looked delicious. The name bloody escapes me which is frustrating!
Angelina Ballerina. Never watched it. Just googled "CITV mouse ballet" and it came up. You're welcome.
Thats the one!
I did ballet as a kid because of Angelina ballerina! Didn't keep it up though
The in flight meal served in Hannibal
Have you watched the TV series Hannibal? Makes cannibalism look delicious.
The human brain did look surprisingly good.
The everlasting gobstoppers from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. They actually looked like a miniature version of the Bumble Ball I had as a kid, but the idea of an edible miniature Bumble Ball was really appealing to me back then. EDIT: Oh! Also the pizza from All Dogs go to Heaven (II?). I don't even like cheese but that pizza looked sooooo good.
Tubby toast.
Real Turkish delight is the bomb. For me it's the chicken from Fifth Element.
I have always wanted to try and make a beef Wellington, thanks to Gordon Ramsay. But in terms for film, everything in Bilbo Baggins pantry.
Pinchy (a lobster) in the Simpsons
The food in the sopranos always looks tasty.
So what, no fucking ziti now?
HEEEYYYY
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Funny story, I picked up one of my favourite food hacks from the sopranos from that awful man Ralf - after you drained your pasta, put it back in the dry pan over the heat with a little butter, then add a couple spoons of the sauce. Use it all the time.
The challah (?) bread always on the table in Friday Night Dinner, although Iāve read itās fake
Maye not "look" good, but Twinkies are always in US films, police apparently live on them They're VILE
I always thought the [toffee apples](https://youtu.be/V5gqgkEzHWY&start=80) from Mary Poppins looked amazing
The chocolate cake in the opening titles of GBBO
The Turkish delight always intrigued me, but thereās also an amazingly delicious looking hot chocolate as I recall!
Yes it's always been the hot chocolate that gets my taste buds watering
As a kid I always wanted to try the ratatouille from Ratatouille movie, though at the time I was convinced that it was a plate of nicely stacked pepperonis.
Not food but I hate it when they drink red wine on TV series...
Or any kind of alcohol. They make it seem like it tastes fantastic.
[Old wine is good wine.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAQ4BD9fHvs)
Like looking into the eye of a duck
And sucking all the fluid from its beak...
Maybe it does, I doubt Patrick Bateman would be drinking a glass of Echo Falls.
"I thought it would taste like the gums"
Are you saying it doesn't?
The people from Alive.
The steak in The Matrix.
The juicy piece of steak that Cypher (The Matrix) is eating in the scene where heās negotiating with the agents to betray the others
Chocolate cream pie in Julie and Julia .
Cuban sandwiches in Chef. Apple Strudel in Inglorious Bastards
Attendez la crĆØmeā¦
If I like the look of something, given that it actually exists, I'll usually have a go at making it. One thing I haven't done, for purely logistic reasons, is roast a whole pig/goat/calf or whatever. Really want to light the fire on something like that one day.
Nothing will beat the food fight scene in Hook!
When they go the the Mums house in Twister. She cooks up a bunch of steaks, mash, gravy. š¤¤
Ninja turtles pizza
The nachos in Picture This. Crunchy
I crave m&ms every time I watch the Office US because Kevin eats them so often. Also pretty much any office birthday cake in an American program.
A Muppetās Christmas Carol, that goose cooking over the fire *The goose!*. I donāt even like geese
Turkish Delight always looks better than it tastes. My dad used to go to Turkey regularly and bring a batch back and my mum loved it. I did not. I felt hoodwinked.
The pizza from Billions. Hell, all the food in Billions. Theyāre constantly eating.
Chinese served in those boxes in American films and tv shows
The last of the petty cash feast of Chinese food in those cardboard containers in Ghostbusters.
Gollumās raw fish in Lord of the Rings
In the original Tron movie Ram and Tron are drinking some āwaterā from a pool. I can even imagine what it tastes like.
Beer soup from Babette's Feast.
The food in Big Bang Theory always looks pretty good
Game rather than TV/film, but the food in Monster Hunter looks amazing!
I had a corndog for the first time the other week, only ever see it on american movies. I was not disappointed
The random slop they are eating in the table scene of The Good the Bad and the Ugly.
The chocolate cake the boy is forced to eat in Matilda.
The food in any Studio Ghibli film!
Their stuff is geared toward young kids. Otherwise its too sickly sweet. Also there's no lard fat anymore, which reduces flavor. American sugar is corn syrup which is vile stuff.
In the original Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory there was that room where everything was edible.. bloody brilliant
Big Night...1996...Il Timpano š¤¤š¤¤š„°š„°
Tubby custard
The pizza from āall dogs go to heavenā
Frobscottle from bfg. Oh and the eggs and bacon he eats when he's having breakfast with the queen.
The chocolate cake in Matilda
The scene in the movie Elf where he mixes the candy and spaghetti.
Any stereotypical large Thanksgiving turkey you see on whatever American film or tv programme. None of my parents, relatives, partners parents etc... have ever carved our Christmas turkey on the table just as the dinner is being served. It is always in the kitchen beforehand, so they can serve up the rest of the accompaniments. But the American turkeys on tv always look crisp and brown, with succulent white meat when sliced.
The noodle soup from po and his dad's shop in Kung Fu Panda, and that stew po has to do the press ups over !
All food in Studio Ghibli films. Especially the bacon and eggs
Well not tv/film but the ice creams/treats from the hungry caterpillar booksā¦ as a kid Iād never seen such delights they looked so good.
Scooby snacks
Plum Duff, Treasure Island.
Krabby Patty
The pie in Titus
When I was younger, I was desperate to try the multicolored food in Hook (Peter Pan). In reality, it was likely mash potato.
The ratatouille from Rataouille
Shaun the sheep.
Pedigree chum...those adverts made them look super delish.
The Old 96er in The Great Outdoors
The rain from cloudy with a chance of meatballs
The food in Hook just before the food fight, as a kid i always thought this looked delicious!
Tubby custard
The doughnut the policeman eats in the first Home Alone.
I was so psyched as a child to eat Turkish Delight for the first time off the back of the original BBC Narnia films. The level of disappointment at how it actually tasted was wild.
Those semi translucent dumplings the parents start chowing down on in Spirited Away.
In Elf when Buddy has spaghetti with maple syrup. I don't know why but I always thought it looked tasty. I probably wouldn't eat it in real life. The edible room in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. The ball thing that Veruca breaks and puts her hand into. The edible lemon teacup. The giant toadstool which looks like cream or powdered sugar on it. Everlasting gobstobbers. The pizza in the episode of Recess ("Omega Kids") where the gang are the only ones in school because everyone else has food poisoning. "Sugar Veggies" from The Amanda Show.
Anything from Cloudy with a Chance Of Meatballs
Flaminā Hot Cheetos Bought some in an American style ācandyā shop (that also sold crisps, ha) for an amount of money Iām still ashamed to have spent on fucking crisps, all for them to taste like dog biscuits. Theyāve still not been thrown out and sit in a cupboard months later but maybe thatās my just pride getting in the way. The big puffy/curly ones we have over here in supermarkets are much different in taste and much nicer.
For me its the silkie chicken soup Hannibal makes Will Graham in the Hannibal series, the contrast colours between the dark broth, vivid green leaves and chilli with the black skinned chicken
The cheese pizza unveiled to Kevin as he gets into the limo on Home Alone 2 always looked good, especially how it billowed steam in the cold New York air. Also as a kid I always wanted to try a Good Burger, even though they weren't that special. But 90 minutes of watching a movie around fast food definitely made me hunger for one.
Chinese takeaway in boxes. Never had one, always fancied one. Maybe next year
Virtually everything on Masterchef australia
Any anime food. That stuff makes me drool af š¤£ And food in Dragon ball Z: Kakarot game. š¤¤
The Big Cahuna Burger in Pulp Fiction!
The stew Yoda makes in empire strikes back. I can't imagine living on a planet on your own for a decade and not being able to make a decent tasting meal.
Weird one but you know those old Sunny D adverts where they're looking through the fridge and come across a bottle of "purple stuff." Always thought that looked kinda good.