So which do you keep, and which do you give up? Today’s battle is…Cream Cheese vs. Sour Cream!

Option #1: Keep the Cream Cheese!

Option #2: Keep the Sour Cream!

Things to consider: bagels, philly sushi rolls, cheesecake, frosting, dips, nachos, tacos, burritos, baked potatoes.

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Option #1: You can never eat corn during the summer again.

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Option #2: You can never eat watermelon during the summer again.

Please note the stipulations. First, we are only talking about the summer months when both of these are in season.  Also, we are just talking about corn AS corn. I know that corn is in literally everything these days. We are not talking about corn chips or high fructose corn syrup, just good old fashioned corn on the cob or kernels of fresh corn you might see included in a summer salad.  Likewise, you can still eat watermelon flavored Jolly Ranchers if you want, we are just talking about watermelon the actual fruit.

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Option #1: You can never eat a peanut butter & jelly sandwich again.

Option #2: You can never eat a grilled cheese sandwich again.

As always, please leave a comment explaining why you voted the way you did.

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Option #1: You can never add salt & pepper to your food.

Option #2: You can never add butter to your food.

Now keep in mind, we are NOT talking about using salt, pepper or butter in recipes, merely the use of them as a post prep/cooking additions.  You can still eat food with these ingredients in the recipe, but, for example, you can never sprinkle salt and pepper on a plate of food at home, or in a restaurant, you can never spread butter on your bread or plop it on top of your mashed potatos etc. etc.

I think it goes without saying that you are NOT allowed to try and take a shortcut on this. “Butter” in this case includes margarine and any other spreadable fat made to be similar to butter.  Likewise, you can’t use “sea salt”, white pepper, or some other shortcut to get around not being able to use salt and pepper.

Which would you choose? Discuss.

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Option #1: You must pick one specific burger, from one specific store or restaurant, and that is the only burger you can ever eat again (you can eat whatever ice cream you want).

Option #2: You must pick one flavor, and one brand of ice cream, and that is the only ice cream you can eat again (you can eat whatever burgers you want).

Notes:

- Fro-yo, gelato etc. COUNT in the ice cream category. You aren’t getting out that easy by just saying “oh, no big deal, I’ll just eat fro-yo.”

- You can go crazy with the toppings for either choice – for example, you could select Breyer’s vanilla, but could mound it up with whatever sundae toppings you wish, chocolate sauce, whipped cream, whatever you like.  They can be different toppings each time too.  Likewise, if you selected a Five Guys double cheeseburger as your burger, you can adorn it with whatever toppings you wish, mixing it up each time if you prefer.

- You cannot change your choice, you are stuck with it for life. For example, if you choose Ben & Jerry’s cookie dough because there is a scoop shop down the street from you, but then move to France where they don’t sell it, too bad.

- In addition to voting, in the comments please explain why you made the choice you did, and which burger/ice cream you would choose.

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Option #1: You can never eat mustard again.

Option #2: You can never eat ketchup again.

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Option #1: You can never drink lemonade again.

Option #2: You can never drink iced tea again.

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Option #1: You can never eat dougnuts again.

Option #2: You can never eat bagels again.

I think this one is pretty straightforward, no explanation need. I’ll be curious to see the results. Please argue your various reasons/points of view in the comments.

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Option #1: You have to eat a squishy over-ripe banana every day for the rest of your life.

Option #2: You can never eat anything that could be classified as “dessert” ever again.

Things to consider:  Have you ever brought a banana to work thinking you were so swell?  “Hey, look at me, I try to eat fruit once a day!” you say to yourself.  Your smug feelings are soon replaced by a gag-inducing realization:  YOUR BANANA HAS GONE SOFT.  Like super-soft, to the point, that it is barely able to maintain its banana-form when you peel away its epidermis.  And you have to eat one of theses monstrosities once a day…for the rest of your life.  Now when I say eat, I mean EAT. As in straight on, just the banana. You cannot grind it up into a smoothie, chop it up and put on top of cereal, or slather it in peanut butter. You must eat it all by itself.

Unless you decide to give up dessert.  No more creme brulee? Dah!  It’s terrible just writing that sentence.  And I can’t even put the little accent over the “e” at the end of brulee.  Sad.  For others, this means no more strawberry ice cream.  Or cheese cake.  Or this heart-rending scenario: It’s the end of another brutal day at work, and the only thing you want to do is sit down and watch your favorite episode of Magnum P.I. while clutching a pint of Haagen Daaz.  Only you don’t have that option anymore.  It’s just you and Tom Selleck’s mustache.  Here’s the thing: there is no cheating.  You may say, “Oh Cary, it’s so simple to give up sweets.  No one is that weak.”  What I mean is this: you can’t ever have it, EVER again.  So yes, in the short term it may seem like an easy decision.  But ten years down the road, when you’re still working the same job, and that same episode of Magnum P.I. comes on where Ted Danson’s character is killed by a boat propeller, YOU’LL WANT THAT ICE CREAM.  Trust me.

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Option #1: You can never drink coffee again

Option #2: You can never drink soda again.

Things to consider: A wonderfully legalized drug, caffeine chews you up, spits you out and laughs in your face. You feel great one minute, the next you’re crashing, staring at your computer screen and refreshing the page of your favorite website as you wished you could just pass out in the supply closet. It tastes good (if you find a good shop) and it keeps you regular by golly! Can be incredibly addictive.

Soda is sugar, and if you’re like me you enjoy the added allure of caffeine that Coke, Diet Coke and Mountain Dew among others provide. On a hot summer day, it sometimes doesn’t get any better than an ice cold Coke in a glass bottle. That being said, if you leave a tooth in a glass of Coke for 20 minutes it will dissolve. Can also be incredibly addictive! Fun!

Also, feel free to comment on how you don’t drink coffee and that tea is truly the superior hot caffeinated beverage. You’re just lying to yourself.

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Would You Rather?

Option #1: You can never eat salsa again.

Option #2: You can never eat guacamole again.

Things to consider: Um, foods that you would eat salsa and guacamole with? Chips, burritos, tacos etc.

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You are locked in a windowless room with nothing but a chair, a table and a toilet. You cannot leave the room until you finish eating and drinking one of the two combination’s of food offered below:

Option #1: A 5 gallon tin of popcorn (cheese, butter & caramel), 50 gingerbread men cookies and 5 gallons of egg nog.

Option #2: 10 candy canes, 10 fruitcakes and 10 gallons of mulled cider.

Discuss. I don’t know which I’d pick here, so let me know your logic behind whichever option you select.

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Option #1: You can never eat chocolate again.

Option #2: You can never eat cheese again.

Things to consider: Cheese & crackers, pizza, nachos, mozzarella sticks, cheeseburgers, omlets. Candy bars, cake, frosting, hot chocolate, chocolate ice cream, chocolate milk.

Special thanks to my friend Cassie for recommending this one.
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Would You Rather?

Option #1: You can never eat celery again.

Option #2: You can never eat carrots again.

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In the past we have dealt with subjects such as beer vs. red meat and apples vs. oranges. Today, we bring up two foods that our hunter/gatherer decedents relied heavily on for sustenance .

Would You Rather?

Option #1: You can never eat nuts again.

Option #2: You can never eat berries again.

This includes berries and nuts in any form – as long as real nuts or real berries are used in making or flavoring it, you can’t eat it. Things to consider: pies, ice cream flavors, peanut butter, jam/jelly, trail mix, breakfast cereal, candy bars with nuts and soda flavors.

And please, weigh in. Why did you vote the way you did? Any compelling reason others might not be thinking of?

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