Nastiest cupcakes I ever ate... Dang Tree Huggers!

simi-steading · #1 01/08/14, 12:42 PM

Someone here in the office brought in about 5 dozen cupcakes from a local place that is "the bomb" when it comes to the place you need to be seen at when buying cupcakes in DC..

Nastiest things I ever tried to eat.. They are Fat-free, calorie-free, sugar-free, and Gluten-free..

Seriously?!?!?!!? Can you really make something like that?!?!?! And if you can, would you REALLY expect it to taste good?

Sorry.. I want my eggs, sugar and saturated fats...

I may die sooner, but I'll die happier!

paradox · #2 01/08/14, 12:57 PM

Glad to hear I am not alone. None of that fat free or sugar free or gluten free crap is allowed in my house. I work in an office full of permanent dieters and I am so sick of them trying to give me something disgusting and saying "oh you can't taste the difference!" Maybe they can't but honey I can tell the difference in brands of bottled water - believe me - I can taste the difference in your pseudo bread soy meat flavor free crap sandwich.

I don't mind other people wanting to diet or eat healthy. They can do whatever they want as long as they quit trying to force me to eat like they do. I swear it's like a cult or something - they are not happy until I have tried whatever their newest zero point snack substance is. I don't walk around trying to get them to try my chicken fried steak or the butter laden potatoes with garlic that I am having for lunch. Why are they so hell bent on making me try theirs?

And yes I know I will likely die of a heart attack or stroke. We all got to die of something - mine is going to be enjoyment of my life and eating good food.

PS to the government - I want my transfats back!

simi-steading · #3 01/08/14, 01:07 PM

Well.. the real tip off should have been that the person who ordered them is here in this office from our San Francisco office.. Go figure huh????

Even the chocolate Kiss on top wasn't real chocolate.. about gagged me.. .

nostawmama · #4 01/08/14, 01:07 PM

I don't understand wanting to eat a "healthy" cupcake. If I want a "healthy" snack I sure as heck don't eat a cupcake!

simi-steading · #5 01/08/14, 01:09 PM

LOL.. Right On nosta!

thesedays · #6 01/08/14, 01:13 PM

How healthy is something that's "calorie free"? Think about it. I've seen salad dressings, ice cream toppings, barbecue sauce, etc. that's promoted this way. The ingredients list contains almost nothing that exists in nature.

I've made vegan, gluten-free, etc. things because I wanted to, with variable results. But if something isn't supposed to be, say, fat-free, it just won't work.

Jay Leno has said, "I tried some gluten-free bread. Wow! I had no idea how good gluten is! I keep a bowl on the side for dipping now."

However, there are people for whom gluten, peanuts, dairy, etc. is poison, and this must be respected.

Old Vet · #7 01/08/14, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by paradox

Glad to hear I am not alone. None of that fat free or sugar free or gluten free crap is allowed in my house. I work in an office full of permanent dieters and I am so sick of them trying to give me something disgusting and saying "oh you can't taste the difference!" Maybe they can't but honey I can tell the difference in brands of bottled water - believe me - I can taste the difference in your pseudo bread soy meat flavor free crap sandwich.

I don't mind other people wanting to diet or eat healthy. They can do whatever they want as long as they quit trying to force me to eat like they do. I swear it's like a cult or something - they are not happy until I have tried whatever their newest zero point snack substance is. I don't walk around trying to get them to try my chicken fried steak or the butter laden potatoes with garlic that I am having for lunch. Why are they so hell bent on making me try theirs?

And yes I know I will likely die of a heart attack or stroke. We all got to die of something - mine is going to be enjoyment of my life and eating good food.

PS to the government - I want my transfats back!

That is why we have more foods than you can shake a stick at. Let me have the ones that I like and you can have the rest.

gimpy · #8 01/08/14, 01:25 PM

Just a nitpick but tree hugging is not the same a (mal)nutrition police

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Originally Posted by simi-steading

They are Fat-free, calorie-free, sugar-free, and Gluten-free..

Seriously?!?!?!!? Can you really make something like that?!?!?!!

Yes, it's called sawdust but it has to come from dry aged wood or you might get trace amounts of nutrition from sap or fungus.

simi-steading · #9 01/08/14, 01:34 PM

LOL.. well... I've not met many tree huggers that weren't also nutrition police...

How about we just call what ever these things were liberal-cakes?

I told one of the girls I work with (we're pretty close and think a whole lot alike) that I need to grab the guy by the arm and drag him out to WV with me and take him deer hunting, then get him to help me take down a couple of pines in front of the house I need to remove so I can get a better view of the wash in front of the front porch..

Bret · #10 01/08/14, 01:38 PM

That would make them bret free. Some day they will say about me, "white flour and sugar got him."

I balance appropriately with chips and salsa regularly. I rotate between salt and sugar on the rim of my margarita.

gimpy · #11 01/08/14, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by simi-steading

LOL.. well... I've not met many tree huggers that weren't also nutrition police... ..

Then you haven't met many, or at least haven't met the real ones. In the big scheme of things, people can't live without trees. There wouldn't be enough oxygen. Trees are more important than a given animal or person. People in favor of saving forests are generally in favor of eating animals that kill trees. Pigs eat baby oak trees (you call them acorns). Save a tree. Eat a pig. Stir Fry up some pine beetles. If there's too many deer or elk, they'll kill off the saplings so either bring in wolves or do some culling, but not wholesale slaughter speeding through the forest on a 4 wheeler with an automatic weapon. Be cautious. Be quiet. Don't leave trash. Be part of nature, not opposed to it. Find the balance.

The green advocates that I know are all foodies and definitely not vegan for the simple fact that it takes more land to feed a vegan than an omnivore. Many are hunters and organic farmers with a view to control soil erosion and water contamination.

You've only met the zealots who want to save the cute things.

WildernesFamily · #12 01/08/14, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by gimpy

Then you haven't met many, or at least haven't met the real ones. In the big scheme of things, people can't live without trees. There wouldn't be enough oxygen. Trees are more important than a given animal or person. People in favor of saving forests are generally in favor of eating animals that kill trees. Pigs eat baby oak trees (you call them acorns). Save a tree. Eat a pig. Stir Fry up some pine beetles. If there's too many deer or elk, they'll kill off the saplings so either bring in wolves or do some culling, but not wholesale slaughter speeding through the forest on a 4 wheeler with an automatic weapon. Be cautious. Be quiet. Don't leave trash. Be part of nature, not opposed to it. Find the balance.

The green advocates that I know are all foodies and definitely not vegan for the simple fact that it takes more land to feed a vegan than an omnivore. Many are hunters and organic farmers with a view to control soil erosion and water contamination.

You've only met the zealots who want to save the cute things.

I agree, because my mindset is similar.. I wouldn't call myself a "foodie" but I have been called a health nut which was laughable to me, but understandable from the POV of the person addressing me. I do care about what I put into my body, but mainly from the aspect of trying to steer clear of all the additives and preservatives. I do have a child who is gluten sensitive and also allergic to certain food dyes... plus a husband allergic to Splenda and myself and children sensitive to aspartame and MSG, so I read labels and steer clear of a lot of foods. We try to eat "real" food, which in my world includes sugar, butter and most definitely calories

Just as a matter of interest and mostly because I just recently found it out... do you know that phytoplankton in the ocean actually accounts for half and even possibly up to 85% of the oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere? Things that make you go... huh, imagine that!

gimpy · #13 01/08/14, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by WildernesFamily

I agree, because my mindset is similar.. I wouldn't call myself a "foodie" but I have been called a health nut which was laughable to me, but understandable from the POV of the person addressing me. I do care about what I put into my body, but mainly from the aspect of trying to steer clear of all the additives and preservatives. I do have a child who is gluten sensitive and also allergic to certain food dyes... plus a husband allergic to Splenda and myself and children sensitive to aspartame and MSG, so I read labels and steer clear of a lot of foods. We try to eat "real" food, which in my world includes sugar, butter and most definitely calories

Just as a matter of interest and mostly because I just recently found it out... do you know that phytoplankton in the ocean actually accounts for half and even possibly up to 85% of the oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere? Things that make you go... huh, imagine that!

Half, the other estimates that are higher add in plankton that are too deep to actually get sunlight and need to be excluded from the equations. But think of that. It's only half. How many people would survive if instead of 21% ambient atmospheric oxygen, there was only 10.5%. In geology there are fossils of insects with 4 feet wingspans. They don't have lungs and needed higher oxygen to survive to get the oxygen through their system of tubules. The ambient oxygen then was in the high twenties. About a 7% drop in Oxygen killed them off. Would we survive a 10% drop?

dizzy · #14 01/08/14, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by WildernesFamily

I agree, because my mindset is similar.. I wouldn't call myself a "foodie" but I have been called a health nut which was laughable to me, but understandable from the POV of the person addressing me. I do care about what I put into my body, but mainly from the aspect of trying to steer clear of all the additives and preservatives. I do have a child who is gluten sensitive and also allergic to certain food dyes... plus a husband allergic to Splenda and myself and children sensitive to aspartame and MSG, so I read labels and steer clear of a lot of foods. We try to eat "real" food, which in my world includes sugar, butter and most definitely calories

Just as a matter of interest and mostly because I just recently found it out... do you know that phytoplankton in the ocean actually accounts for half and even possibly up to 85% of the oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere? Things that make you go... huh, imagine that!

I knew that, but probably only because I have a degree in biology.

poppy · #15 01/08/14, 06:00 PM

I have no idea why they try to take junk ingredients and make it look like something good. Same with vegetarians. They buy vegetable hot dogs, beef patties and such to try to fool their brains I guess. I notice I never see meat disguised to look like vegetables though.

dkhern · #16 01/08/14, 07:34 PM

i try to partake in the three main food groups daily. caffene, nocotine and alchol. sure i will probally die early and i would change my habits if i could figure out a way to add the extra years in in the middle instead of at the end when im senile and inconant.

simi-steading · #17 01/08/14, 08:00 PM

LOL dk.. my three favorites too... I'm gonna slide in sideways...

paradox · #18 01/09/14, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by dkhern

i try to partake in the three main food groups daily. caffene, nocotine and alchol. sure i will probally die early and i would change my habits if i could figure out a way to add the extra years in in the middle instead of at the end when im senile and inconant.

LOL - that is kind of what I tell people when they preach at me about how my smoking (when I used to smoke) or my current eating habits are taking years off my life. I say "yeah but it comes off the end and that's the crappy part anyway. :-)

unregistered358967 · #19 01/09/14, 09:23 AM

Ohhh..I miss cupcakes.

About once a year I cave and pay for it the next day. As my stomach revolts I remember why I don't eat things with wheat...

I tried to give my dog a GF cookie once and he spit it out. Hm. He'll eat a snake but not that.

thesedays · #20 01/09/14, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by poppy

I have no idea why they try to take junk ingredients and make it look like something good. Same with vegetarians. They buy vegetable hot dogs, beef patties and such to try to fool their brains I guess. I notice I never see meat disguised to look like vegetables though.

I've had vegi-burgers made with things like garbanzo beans. They're good! I do agree with you, however, that things like "Tofu Pups" are nasty. Just eat the tofu the way it's supposed to be - cooked with vegetables and spices.