Not weird at all. I don't eat mine on bread. Otherwise, I use the same recipe and make it about as regularly as you do! LOL

Nothing to do with food, but...
being in the horticulture industry April, May and June can be insanely busy. 10 and 12 hour days 6 days a week. In the middle of this I'll take at least half a day or even a full day and travel to a bunch of greenhouses and nurseries just to wander around and see whats new. This probably doesn't sound like that much but, I was raised with this strict, German, work ethic. To go do something just for fun while there is work back home was unthinkable.
Ron

My guilty pleasure has to do with horticulture too. I'm a horticulturist who is not at the moment practicing, but I'm still addicted. We have this AWESOME botanical garden in Sarasota, Marie Selby Gardens, which has a wonderful orchid collection. Every spring, I visit there alone or with a friend, and take my time, stroll the grounds, buy a new plant or book, and then have lunch somewhere nice. If I'm alone, or my friend wants to, we then go clear out to a nursery called Crowley's and wander around aimlessly, just looking at all the wonderful plants she has. It's a day from heaven for me. I may not spend a penny there, but I always come home feeling refreshed.

junkyardgirl, I have a couple of friends that I used to travel with to waterlily symposiums and iris conventions. Just being around them....their enthusiasm...always made me come home inspired.

Ang, I used to eat those tamales too. I haven't had any in years....I will have to go out and buy a can and see if I still like them. :))

I don't have any pleasures that I feel guilty about. But, some of the things that I love...Grape Crush soda in glass bottles. I try to limit myself to one a day, but since I buy 3 or 4 six packs at a time and I always have so many of them around, it is hard to drink just one...and usually I have more.

I love talk radio. One of the stations in Houston made some changes and have this morning show...Walton and Johnson. I love them. They have been around for years...various places and stations, and are a little controversial for some people's tastes. I am so addicted to them that I turn on their station at 4 a.m. They have a rebroadcast of the previous day then, and then their regular program comes on at 5:30 and runs until 11 and then the hour between 11 and noon is a rebroadcast. I don't even turn up the volume of the tv any more. I just listen to the radio. Finally, someone who thinks the same way I do!

Another pleasure is sleeping with two or three of my cats. Always Peaches and Peanut. Sometimes Flicker Girl or Quarter Pounder. I just sleep better with a cat.

The last thing I love to do is talk to my possums. My husband always fusses at me when we are doing chores because I have to talk to them all and maybe pick up the little ones and cuddle them. He says it takes me too long to get chores done....but what point is it in having possums if you can't talk to them? :))

Oh...one more. Marbles. I love marbles. I never can find any around here at sales I go to, so I bought two big collections on ebay. I have spent several days going through them and sorting them and every time I look at them, I find new ones I love. I guess that is a silly pasttime for someone 61 years old. (Like I care!)

Mine would be going to a nice mall by myself have lunch walk around and window shop have a fancy coffee. I usually carry a magazine or book with me to read during coffee:)

made tamales one sememster i took a mexican cooking class...better still? are the ones from detroit's mexican town!

This thread reminds me of when my kids daddy & I were first married. I'm from South Texas, home of really good Tex Mex food. We moved to Florida, Northern part. This was in the early 60's and there were no Mexican food restuarants in our neck of the woods and the closest thing I could find was Patio Mexican Frozen Dinners. Believe me, Patio or Hormel neither one comes anywhere close to what I was craving. I was never so glad to get home for my Mexican food fix. I haven't been back to Florida but I'm told that you can get Mexican food there now.

My guilty pleasure has to be ice cream. Almost any flavor will do.

I love Vienna Sausage with Trisket Crackers, Pickled Okra and a slice of cheese. I could eat it everyday for lunch.

Polish Sausage with Sauerkraut and Mustard on a Sour Dough Bun!

I had a peanut butter and banana fold over sandwich at 4:00am when I couldn't get back to sleep.

I also get hungry for Pickled Beets.

Gayle

Another pickled beet eater?
DW loves pickled beets and makes her own. They're just a little too "earthy" for me.
Ron