#triggered by... eating a very spicy taco?!!

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hello everyone thoughts and prayers for my (potentially) collapsed eardrum 🤪

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Sugar and Spice, But Is Everything Nice?

Hey there, Chateau de la Moth Chandaliers. I know we just updated, but I feel like a Friday afternoon’s as good a time as any for one of these. If you’ve had your ear to the ground, you might be able to guess that not only is this a random Mountain Dew flavour update, but you might also be able to guess which one~

Mountain Dew Flamin’ Hot

Yeah, no, really. This is a real thing that’s happening.

Now, normally I’d compliment the art for a new Mountain Dew flavour, but I don’t think they invented the Flamin’ Hot mascot up there, I’ve seen him before. They did draw a rather nice lime, though. That lime looks a-pretty good~

Let’s also talk about the colour of this thing, because I am obviously stalling to try and avoid this one. Like, not that I think it’ll be as awful as the gingerbread one, I feel like that’s still gonna set the bar around here for awful flavours. But I’m still... hesitant. Like, don’t get me wrong, I like spicy flavours! But when I want a spicy, I’ll open some hot Doritos or I’ll make tacos with the spicy mix. I don’t just chug a bottle of Tabasco, you get me? And also... when you’re eating a spicy, you take a drink to cool off, right? What do you drink when your drink itself is the spicy??

Anyways. The colour. It’s red, right? This bottle of Dew is burning red! It tells me to serve it to you! I actually have a bottle of Code Red this week as well, and it’s actually slightly different than that. This is a bit more opaque than the Code Red, and in less intense light, this actually has more of a pinkish flourescent look. To give you a scale, this is between Code Red and Major Melon on the spectrum. Good colour. Very fitting.

You can’t see it at the angle above, but the bottle does also include a picture of a combustible lemon, so at least this drink is Cave Johnson approved. Not that that assures me much. Other than that, nothing on the bottle indicates what the spicy flavour might be. The ingredients list offers no suggestions, and the flavour is only listed as “a blast of heat and citrus”, which accounts for the lime. I hear lime is also very good for the spicy foods and TexMex and such. That’s why you often seen the tortilla chips with a lime taste.

Is that enough rambling? I guess we can get on with it.

Okay, weird. I really don’t know what I’m getting into with this smell. Like, I’ve compared other Dew flavours with cleaning products (White-Out is a particular favourite for this), but it’s pretty strong with this. This has that same sort of scent as... let’s say a heavily-lemon-scented furniture polish. The kind used on wood finishes for your nice dining room table before company comes over? If you know, you know. Either way, it doesn’t quite smell like spice, which is probably a good thing~

Gah. Okay. That’s weird. The flavour itself isn’t really spicy. It doesn’t taste spicy in your mouth like eating a spicy chip will. The spice happens when it hits the back of your throat. It distinctly burns, and it is weird. It’s not gross like the gingerbread one. I hesitate to call this one unpleasant. But it is a weird experience. The flavour itself is pretty neutral, but it adds a whole new dimension to drinking with an entirely new dimension in physical sensation. If you hold it in your mouth a bit, the heat does fill the mouth some, but it definitely triggers the stinging when you swallow.

This is a drink for the novelty of it, and nothing else. Buy it for the gimmick or not at all. It’s not intense enough to be appealing to spicy fans, and it’s not a tasty or refreshing enough flavour to be enjoyed as a soda on its own. That’s really all I can recommend about it!

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My headcanons about Trevor’s eating habits

In case you’re curious to know them, here they are:

I’d say he has a fast metabolism and plus he does a lot of exercise (running away from cops must burn a lot of calories!). Besides, he's addicted to meth, which according to him in a conversation with Jimmy “it makes you to not want to eat for two days”, and that’s why he stays thin. On the contrary, I’d bet that Michael has a slow metabolism, and with the trigger factors of smoking + alcohol + a sedentary life which consists in sitting down by his swimming pool every day, he gets fat easily.

He masticates very quickly with his mouth open, seeing the cutscene  of the preparation of the Paleto Bay score when he eats a bowl of “animal eyelids” (?), which leads me to think that he doesn’t care about table manners.

By listening to an unused line where he says: “Uuuh, man, I’m full!” after eating just one (1) unit of a taco or a hot dog, I think he has a small stomach capacity. In other words, he has a small appetite (maybe influenced by his consumption of meth) and that’s why he gets full easily.

As he’d stated in a conversation with Franklin, his favorite food is sweetmeats. Also, in his trailer you can see packages from different fast food chains, so it seems he likes pizza, hamburgers, donuts and chicken, among others.

Regarding alcohol, his favorite drink seems to be beer (specially Piswasser), but also likes to drink whisky, tequila and rum (is unknown if he likes “classy” drinks like wine or champagne).

He doesn’t have fixed hours to eat, he eats whenever he wants, perhaps one or two times a day. 

I saw this headcanon before on Tumblr, but it’s interesting enough to repeat it again: There is a swap character scene where you can see him throwing up at a fountain, he says: “never eat Indian people!”, which would indicate that he can’t stand spicy food.

Trevor is prone to gas whenever he drinks soda or after eating (as is heard in unused lines), where you can hear him belching several times. Furthermore, I’d say that too much alcohol can give him the hiccups (you can hear him letting out a hiccup when he’s drunk in some dialogues).

He has lower bowel problems, by judging a scene where he’s struggling in the bathroom and states “I’m gonna need a midwife for this” and “ a C-section”, so you can imagine that he suffers from constipation, maybe due that he has an unbalanced diet which lacks of fiber, fruits, vegetables and water. There’s a GTA online cutscene where he asks to the player if can bring him some fiber as he’s “backed up”, so we can infer that he has to take fiber supplements to regulate his intestinal motility.

Supposedly (although there isn’t any explicit proof), he’s a cannibal, having preferences for hitchhikers. He once ate a shepherd (as he stated in a Peyote plant dialogue). I’m sure he eats human meat when he runs out of food or when he’s bored.

And these are all my headcanons for the moment! You’re free to share your headcanons or comments as well^^

[decayman-a]

BOLD YOUR MUSE’S PREFERENCES !   //   food edition

cake  or  ice cream ? sweet  or  spicy ? potato chips  or  french fries ? seasoned  or  bland ? cookies  or  brownies ? salad  or  pizza ? turkey  or  chicken ? hamburger  or  cheeseburger ? sour  or  bitter ? homecooked  or  takeout ? hot  or  cold ? beef  or  pork ? chocolate  or  white chocolate ? fruit  or  vegetables ? soft  or  hard shell tacos ? tea  or  coffee ? stuffing  or  mashed potatoes ? cake  or  pie ? fresh ingredients  or  from the can ?

To cite his character sheet:

tagged by :  @cloudloss​ (thank you!) tagging : @needlesticktoga​, @stonecoated​​, @anarchyhorde​, and whoever wants to!

( I’ll use this post as an excuse to talk about Tomura’s relationship with food. Talk about eating disorders and other potential triggers below the cut!! )

I write Tomura as suffering from an eating disorder. I don’t want to diagnose him since I am in no way classified to do so, nor do I know a whole lot about eating disorders myself. As such, I’m terribly sorry if I use the wrong terms or do an otherwise shitty job of conveying my thoughts on the matter. 

I don’t think Tomura starves himself to get skinnier or as a “cry for help”. However, I think it is one manifestation of his internalized self-hatred. He justifies not eating because food all tastes the same to him to some degree. He doesn’t care about what he eats. All that matters is that he can do what needs doing (e.g. fight).

His eating disorder affects other aspects of his life, too. For one, it contributes to the dryness of his skin as well as his constantly feeling cold and fatigued. The tips of his fingers are blue. He has low blood pressure. He gets dizzy easily. He struggles with insomnia.

When he was younger (13-15), he would self-induce vomiting to get food out of his body. AfO and Kurogiri didn’t treat the problem, only the symptoms. For a while, they would force Tomura to eat, to over-eat, and would keep him under close supervision so that he was unable to expell any food. This obviously was very traumatizing to him, but it deterred him from self-inducing vomiting again after supervision lessened. 

He gets ... better(?) after a while. He is given a purpose that he has to fulfill (the League), and this gives him a reason to push past any sort of discomfort he may feel. This, of course, includes his aversion to food. He still doesn’t take pleasure in food. He will still forgo eating for extended periods of time. However, he won’t let this interfere with what he considers his duty to see through. Of course, getting closer to the other League members and forming genuine bonds helps him tremendously as well. After AfO’s defeat and Kurogiri’s imprisonment, Tomura’s overall mental health improves after worsening initially. 

Please mind that all this is a wip as I’m still trying to figure Tomura out. 

[peckhampeculiar]

Straight to the sauce

SALES OF HOT SAUCE ARE SOARING, WITH MOUTHWATERING VARIETIES FLYING OFF THE SHELVES LIKE NEVER BEFORE.

Three producers from Peckham and Camberwell talk about their homegrown recipes and why so many people do indeed like it hot

WORDS: HELEN GRAVES PHOTO: LIMA CHARLIE

Chillies are loved around the world for their unique flavour, wide-ranging heat levels and the buzz they give us as we add ever-increasing amounts to our food. The hot sauce business is booming, with lots of independent producers simmering, fermenting and blending chillies before funnelling them into handy, shakeable bottles.

Jen Ferguson, co-founder of Hop Burns & Black, said her business is enjoying a bumper year for hot sauce, with revenue from hot sauce sales in the East Dulwich Road shop alone up by 54% in the first three months of this year compared to the same period in 2018.

From the mild, everyday cayenne-based sauces to those made with the beautiful but serious scotch bonnets we see every day on Rye Lane, people can’t get enough of these spicy additions.

Now, three local brands – Peckham Sauce Co, Disco Hot Sauce and Slow Richie’s – are making names for themselves with their addictive homegrown recipes. Exactly how does one end up in the hot sauce business?

Archie Woodward of Peckham Sauce Co got into it through his love of fermentation, originally just making gifts for friends and family. A combination of “trial and error mixed with serendipity” led him to “create a unique fermented hot sauce that was like nothing [he’d] ever tasted”.

After doing some research and finding there were very few other fermented sauces on the market, he decided to use his background in marketing to launch a new business and has “never looked back”.

Just down the road in Camberwell, Jen Katan and Oli Kissick-Jones of Disco Hot Sauce were inspired by the scotch bonnet bounty so freely available in this corner of south-east London. “We were walking home from a night out and decided we wanted a late-night snack with some decent hot sauce but knew we were out of our usual fridge stock,” Oli explains.

“There’s always the opportunity to buy scotch bonnets from any of the late-night convenience stores so at 2am we embarked on making some of our own. We both have a lot of energy so we figured, what better time to knock some up?”

For brothers Richie and Alex Calver of Slow Richie’s it was a case of developing their established street-food brand, loved for their giant, juicy burgers and now their “hog kitchen” at Brick Brewery.

“Having had a career as a chef before starting Slow Richie’s, I believe in making food from scratch using fresh ingredients, not just opening a packet or jar,” explains Richie. “We were raised on spicy foods, so all our hot sauces contain a hefty amount of chillies.”

This includes that ever-present scotch bonnet, which they blend into their “Blenheim Black” with Brick Brewery’s Blenheim Black ale, where its fruitiness balances well with the bitter hops.

In fact, all three producers are huge fans of the chilli so familiar to residents of this part of London, with the Peckham Sauce Co fermenting their Batch One hot sauce with the bobbly, lantern-shaped bonnets as well as Dutch chillies, paprika, coriander, mustard seeds and garlic. This produces a sauce that is fresh and hot but aromatic too. “Some people say it’s quite similar to ’nduja [the spicy Calabrian sausage], which I can kind of see,” Archie muses.

Jen and Oli make their Disco Hot Sauce with a heavy dose of turmeric in addition to the scotch bonnets, inspired by a trip Jen took to Panama, where she fell in love with a “scotch bonnet-based hot sauce with mustard, fresh vegetables and herbs like onion, garlic and lots of turmeric. They serve it everywhere and keep it in recycled whiskey bottles.”

She resolved to come back and make a version of the sauce, albeit with a special “London twist” that includes English mustard.

With the hot sauce market crammed full of products, these cooks focus on small batches produced with high quality ingredients. “All of our chillies come from Rwanda,” explains Archie.

“We work closely with a few farms out there because the quality is second to none and it’s less than 24 hours from picking to landing at Gatwick. From there they get chopped down to a mash, then we chuck in salt along with our favourite herbs and spices. We then seal up the barrel and let it sit for at least one month but it can be up to three. Once that’s complete all we do is blend down the barrel and throw in some vinegar.”

At Slow Richie’s, all sauces are handmade in the kitchen at Dulwich Hamlet football club and they often take things one step further by working with high quality local producers.

In addition to their collaborations with Brick Brewery, they’ve made sauces with Gosnells mead (a green cayenne number) and Kanpai sake (roasted chilli and horseradish). Richie also cultivates some of the chillies at home for “small batch sauces”, including the fearsome Carolina Reaper, which currently holds the Guinness World Record for the hottest chilli pepper on the planet (it has been claimed that other chillies are spicier but this has not been confirmed by Guinness).

So what’s the best way to enjoy these sauces? Slow Richie’s, unsurprisingly, suggests trying it on their swine-based sandwiches at the brewery. Their behemoth Black Hog sandwich is made with slow-roast pork, black pudding and their Original Hot Sauce, while the Classic Hog comes with an impressive shard of crackling and their sweet-spicy chilli apple sauce (see their Instagram page @slowrichies for incredible photos that should come with a trigger warning for the hungry). Diners can then buy a bottle to take away and douse their sandwiches for ever more.

For Archie at Peckham Sauce Co, a bacon sandwich is number one. “It’s my favourite thing about the weekend,” he says. “I also made a Batch One braised short rib, which was pretty mind-blowing and the recipe for that is over on our Instagram [@peckhamsauceco] if you want to check it out. Batch Two [their habanero, yellow pepper and peach sauce] is pretty decent on tacos because you get a good hit of sweet, tangy spice.”

Jen and Oli are less specific, saying: “We eat it on literally everything! We also experiment with recipes and post the creations on our Instagram [@discohotsauce]. Last Saturday we made a spicy cod and fried egg ‘disco bap’ for breakfast and drenched that with Disco Hot Sauce. We add it to mayo for a spicy mayonnaise.

“It can also be used in salad dressings to add a kick, or as a flavour enhancer in a stew. We’ve also been experimenting with drinks too – a Disco Michelada went down a treat during the summer and the Disco Mary was on the drinks menu at the Montpelier pub last summer. We’re hoping to introduce it to the White Horse menu very soon.”

All the producers clearly have strong ties to Peckham’s creative community. “Being a local in south-east London has been brilliant for discovering food entrepreneurialism and connecting our favourite dance haunts and music networks with the sauce,” Jen enthuses.

It turns out the name Disco Hot Sauce comes from a combined passion for music and chillies. “I’ve worked in the music industry most of my life for labels such as Universal and currently Kobalt’s AWAL,” explains Oli. “I still DJ regularly and spent my early London days running dance parties and hanging out in late-night discotheques.”

“So much has changed in the six years Peckham has been home,” Richie says. “In that time the food and drink scene has grown massively and it’s been great being a part of it. There’s a real festival feeling in the area throughout the summer months; from the rooftops to Peckham Rye Park, everyone is having a great time. There’s very little reason to leave the area these days, with so much going on.”

Archie agrees: “I live in Peckham and it’s the best place in London – there’s literally no other place I’d rather be. There’s always so much going on, with new places popping up and exciting events. There’s very few places where you have it all and I think Peckham is one of them. The day I have to leave will be a very sad day.”

[takeeachdayonebookatatime]

Castle fanfiction 

Staring the cast of Castle 

Why did you elbow me? 50

Food poisoning part 27

Lanie: pov  Castle tells the operator that Kate fainted; she has a heart condition and is recovering from pericarditis. During lunch she had a taco that she did not know was spicy Lanie thinks this triggered it. I had Jim call a cab for when the medics arrived so he, Martha and Alexis would have a ride to the ER. I  told her Cardiologist what just happened and he said he will meet us at the hospital. I monitored her vitals until the medics arrived. As soon as they arrived it was a rush of activity. I relayed her vitals and condition to them. I held her hand while an iv was put in her arm, they hooked her up to a heart and oxygen monitor. The medic put an oxygen mask on Kate and shined a light in her eyes. Once she was moved onto a stretcher they loaded her into the ambulance. Castle was riding with us a few seconds into the ride Kate started to come to. I was monitoring her vitals, Castle was trying to keep her calm. The medic was giving her fluids. At the hospital it was a rush of activity. I followed the medic to the exam room. Castle was told to wait in the waiting room with the rest of the family. An echo and EKG were performed on Kate. Her heart was definitely struggling.  Her Cardiologist arrived and ordered a heart scan for Kate to get a deeper picture. She was given a bunch of meds, her Cardiologist tells me it was most likely the spicy food that triggered her heart episode and fainting. He tells me she is being admitted to the CICU. Once she is moved to the ward and settled I talk with her Dr.

Castle: pov her Cardiologist comes out and asks for the family of Captain Beckett. He say An echo and EKG were performed on Kate and they also did a heart scan on her. The Cardiologist tells us Her heart was definitely struggling. But it most likely was the spicy food that triggered her heart episode and fainting. He tells us she is being admitted to the CICU for close monitoring and meds. 

Alexis: pov Dr Burkett took us to see Kate. He said she is sleeping. Dad was calling Ryan and Esposito to give them both an update.  He said Kate won't wake up until tomorrow she was given some heavy duty meds. We all took turns visiting her. Ryan showed up with Jenny and Esposito; they visited for a few minutes then left. Me, Gram and papa Jim eventually left to head back to the loft for the night.

Jim: pov in the morning me, Martha and Alexis arrive at the hospital. Castle is up and getting coffee for us. Alexis visits for a little bit since she has class later. The Dr said Kate should be waking up soon. 20 minutes later and Kate is waking up, Lanie explains what happened to her. It is mentioned that she has scans in a bit. She was taken for an echo and EKG they also did a heart scan on her. Kate's cardiologist Dr Burkett say her pericarditis is looking good.

Kate: pov  once back in my room I was eating cheerios for a late breakfast. It is still early in the morning but I'm so tired for some reason Lanie says it's everything that happened yesterday. Took its toll on me. My Cardiologist comes back in and gives me some meds he says, they will make me very sleepy. 

Martha: pov Kate slept most of the day only waking up to eat. Me, Jim and Alexis arrived in the morning to visit Kate.  Her cardiologist said her scans and tests look good this morning. The infection is almost all gone. And he can start lowering her meds meaning she will be awake longer.

Castle: pov Kate spent a couple of hours watching Temptation Lane.  She managed to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner. In the morning her Cardiologist said her scans look good, barely any infection left which is amazing. It was now the next day and she was getting released from the hospital around lunch time. At the loft Kate was eating oatmeal for lunch. Lanie is getting Kate settled down for a nap once she is done eating.

Lanie: pov I tell her I will be back in a bit to give Kate her medicine. I put a pillow by her left side so she can't sleep or roll on that side. Castle went to write in his office, Martha is practicing lines for something. Alexis is studying, Jim is packing and I'm sitting in the living room watching a movie. The baby monitor is on the table next to me just in case. A  while later I wake her up and give Kate her meds, she falls back asleep quickly. 

Kate: pov Castle made roasted vegetables with fish for dinner. Me and my dad talked for a bit afterwards. He is leaving in the morning. Lanie gave me my meds then we all went to bed.

Castle: pov Jim left early in the morning. Lanie gave Kate her pills and she fell back asleep and slept until noon. Lunch is a fancy salad with a smoothie, Kate had no plans for today besides lounging around and reading a book. For dinner I made vegetable lasagna with garlic bread. Afterwards we curled up and watched a movie and talked about how much we loved each other. It had been a few days and Kate was back at work. I made pancakes for breakfast while she showered and took her pills. I had already showered, Kate slept in a little today since she was going in a little later today.

Kate: pov unplugged my phone and checked for text or missed calls there is none. I put on a white shirt and tan jacket with black pants and 4 inch heels. Castle made pancakes today for breakfast. They were so good. Today I had the luxury of going into work a little later than normal, which is super nice. To be continued.  ………

[bizarropurugly]

Dame’s Eating Problem(s)

okay so I’ve been wanting to make this post for like ever now but kept getting too tired to write it but basically this post is going to be a detail on my difficulties with eating and food

so tw for disordered eating, and food obviously, and vomiting too, and unsanitary stuff too, there might be ableist language, suicide and self harm, body image and/or dysphoria probably? I think that covers it

let’s get this show on the road below cut

So to start with, I have digestive issues, a tender mouth, sensitive teeth, and autism. This makes eating hard enough already. 

I am sensitive to grease, sugar, dairy, spiciness, and salt. Which kind of sucks because I actually need a lot of salt in my diet due to my vasovagal syncope and chronic low blood pressure, but it burns my mouth so brutally I swear I even bleed. Some other examples of problems I have would be eating a candy bar in one sitting makes my teeth ache, or fighting between puking and shitting myself to death over most fastfood because they use so much fucking grease. 

It’s very possible I have irritable bowel syndrome but I have hangups with getting any of that checked out, mostly that THAT particular area of my body, I am actually too shy and embarrassed over to want to risk any kind of... examination of it... haha... and with all my other problems it takes a back seat. 

Then there’s the autism, which is almost unpredictable in what will set off my gag reflex sometimes. I know for certain peanut butter*, mushrooms, and anything with legs (such as some shrimp and DEFINITELY any squid) are guaranteed triggers. 

(*Small amounts of peanut butter in things like packed candy bars or puppy chow are fine. Small amounts, though.)

And then sometimes I just get tired of eating something and will come close to puking on just the thought of eating it. This mostly happens with meat, potatoes, pastries, and whatever you’d consider shit like waffles and pancakes. Vegetables and fruits seem to be safe for the most part, but unfortunately they’re not very filling and their acidity / fructose content can trigger my OTHER digestive issues. 

I’m guessing it’s an autism thing because it’s primarily about the textures that I don’t want to feel when I get tired of a food, hence why it tends to be with... squishier, sometimes slimier stuff I guess.

Usually food intolerance comes from the fact I have very few options of “safe” food and eat the shit out of any I find, and ultimately make myself hate it temporarily from that being the only thing I ever eat. Sometimes, though, this is permanent, such as with peaches, pears, chili, goulash, pineapple, and at times beef stew specifically of the Dinty Moore line.

This is a backdrop for how my troubles began. I kind of ignored this, like, aggressively for a long time, particularly because of being abused by adults over it? I had no explanation and everyone thought I was being a picky brat - in fact being called picky was a trigger for me as a kid because it was always in such a brutally negative fashion that implied I was a lying spoiled piece of shit because I would shit my pants or throw up over some adult’s stupid fucking idea of “kid friendly” food like tacos and peanut butter sandwiches. 

So I just... didn’t eat. A lot. It got worse over time. I was so tired of fighting about food, and I was tired of not knowing what was going to hurt me, that I just straight up forewent eating, often. Very often.

By high school, I was probably only eating lunch twice a week. When I graduated high school I was down to like 95-98 pounds. 

But it wasn’t just that, actually. It got worse, if you can believe it! 

What this did was pave the way for me to get worse as my depression, anxiety, and other untreated mental illness took their toll on me in high school. Years of ignoring my hunger pangs / being used to them left me with no realization of just how bad my mental health was, because not eating was normalized to me.

It came to be that even when I had food that I liked and knew was safe, I couldn’t eat it. My body was completely rejecting anything I tried to eat. And I didn’t notice for a while because it “wasn’t” interfering with my life, because it was all par for the course. Starving was par for the course. Like, my mother worried about me moving out on my own because she knew I had to be pushed to eat, otherwise I’d go the whole day and not notice.

I can’t remember when I realized something wasn’t right. I do remember a particular moment in my favourite restaurant, which I didn’t get to go to often because we are poor and it’s a steak place, and I think it was my 18th or 19th birthday, and I had my most favourite things to eat in the world in front of me and... couldn’t eat it. 

In fact, I threw up for my hubris in trying to make myself eat it. 

And I started crying, because I was hungry, I was SO hungry, and this was my favourite food, and it wasn’t fucking cheap, but... I couldn’t eat it. My body wouldn’t let me, and on top of that, I fucking THREW UP on the table. I felt so ashamed and like a horrible person, because of course wait staff has to clean that up, and I was so weak and tired and just wanted to eat my fucking steak and go home... 

(This was when I learned to never, ever, EVER push it if I’m feeling this way lol)

And this kept going on, actually. The explanation was never found until I actually got help for my mental health, but only after urging from my best friend after confessing to them a suicide attempt.

I don’t remember how we went about trying to find the cause before I came in about depression. I remember that I was literally wasting away for like... 5 or so years. It wasn’t just the depression that made me fall asleep in class or in the halls between class. I was always cold, too, cold and weak, and could often be found wedged underneath a radiator at school. I got so small and tired and miserable. My mother says I dropped towards 80 pounds before I finally got help.

I kind of really hate it because I used to be strong, but I was beat down. It was beat out of me, verbally, emotionally. Bullies nobody did anything about, teachers proud of embarrassing me, everyone around me thinking I was obnoxious and retarded, having no actual friends. I used to be able to carry classmates twice my size and take down football players. Now I really am a sack of shit, now in a more literal sense. 

When I fell through the mire, I lost it all. The muscle and the wile and the flexibility. Started failing my classes, when I had previously been among academic elite. None of those kids thought I was smart enough for it either and couldn’t wait to position themselves as better than me when I literally fucking DYING, STARVING TO DEATH, TRYING TO KILL MYSELF.

....But that’s a tangent. Sorry. 

Anyway, once the problem was actually found, and I got put on medication, it was like magic. I could eat again!! I could seriously eat again and not be afraid of throwing up or wasting food or anything!! 

And by god, did I eat. 

A common side effect of psychiatric medication that they don’t seem to explain very well is that your appetite increases. In my case, where I was literally starving, that was like going from 0 to 100 overnight. And I get why it’s a side effect - difficulty eating is a very common symptom of depression and anxiety! - but nobody told me how intense it would be, let alone that I should be careful.

You know how you’re not supposed to feed a starving animal a full bowl of food right away or else they’ll make themselves terribly sick because they’re stupid as hell and will gobble it down in seconds?

Basically, that. I gobbled and gobbled and gobbled everything my fucking hands could snatch, even my not safe foods. Didn’t care that I was shitting my brains out because I could FINALLY EAT AGAIN. I was so excited to EAT AGAIN. 

Well, by starving myself, I had completely destroyed my metabolism. Experts have said it over and over again, starving puts your body in panic mode, and it relegates everything to storage. 

So now I’m fat. I eat the same as I did before the troubles really got going, but because I went through several years of NOT eating, I have completely fucking screwed my body up. I’m fat, fat as hell. 

And I’m pretty sure it’s not my “normal” weight because when I finally sit up out of the fucking mire and get to exercising and eating on a normal schedule, I lose weight, or at least change fat to muscle pretty easily. 

But I’m wracked with stress and little to no feeling of control on my life. My mental health is spiraling again and I’m not eating, let alone eating right, again, and certainly I don’t have the energy to properly exercise myself. 

Back when I first started my job things were better and I was excited because I was losing weight and feeling a little healthier because I was on a regular schedule, but now...

My executive dysfunction is also being a fucking pain in the ass because it keeps waving a metaphorical to-do list in my face and saying, “No!! you can’t exercise now!! look at all this stuff you need to do!! you have so many things to do!! there’s so many things and they need to be done and you can’t do anything ever without doing all the things right now!!”

The consequences are worse now, though. I have to actually drive and be at work and be an adult, which takes a LOT of my energy, and if I don’t eat? I pass out. More vasovagal syncope bullshit combined with the chronic low blood pressure. It was one thing falling asleep in high school, but now I have much more I need to do in a given day thanks to life being, you know, life.

Sunshine and One Eye keep me from letting myself wither, right now. I have to have a job and go to it in order to take care of them. If I didn’t have them, I’d probably quit my job and move back in with my parents and basically fade away. 

Sometimes it’s a curse because I really, really don’t want to live, I don’t want to sustain myself. I’m... really fucking tired, I am beyond tired. 

And I have to force myself to eat, but it’s rarely anything worthwhile anymore. It’s almost always snack food because it’s just so hard to eat anything right now, let alone something fulfilling. It takes me months to go through a bag of pretzels or something because I’m so unwilling to eat. I don’t even buy actual food now, no butter or bread or soup or meat, because I’m so unwilling to eat that it ends up expiring without ever being used. I cleared out my freezer recently and had food in there that expired in 2015. The only thing my fridge has is juice, soda, and milk for cereal for breakfast (the only dairy I’ll be able to eat for the next 12-24 hours unless I’m feeling less sore for once and want an ice cream cone lol). 

So. Uhhh.. I guess that’s it. That’s my problem. Ruined metabolism brought on by starving because depression which was easy to do because I fucked up my eating instincts from a childhood of Angry Stomach vs Angry Adults, and now I’m heading right back in that direction again. 

And I fucking hate it because all my life I’ve been skinny but strong-ish and smol but now I’m just a weakling blob and none of my favourite clothes fit.

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Foodie Coloring Books

Completely thrilled with the Foodie’s Colouring guide and what a terrific concept!

I obtain a lot of coloring books like this however not often do I get so excited once I begin going via the pages. I’m a Foodie and a Coloring Book Addict so the 2 passions in a single place are good. First, you get enjoyable and fanciful foodie footage to paint in, all with a singular model clearly hand-drawn, none of this throw it collectively in Photoshop stuff. Next, you get pages with quotes from notable Foodies like Julia Child to paint in and hilarious footage, a favourite is an octopus with totally different cooking utensils in all eight of his “hands” I simply acquired this yesterday and usually I wait to do a evaluate however not so with this guide.

As if the enjoyable footage to paint weren’t sufficient, within the heart of this guide are some wildly YUMMY wanting sweets photographs with the recipe included. I believe I gained weight simply them however will probably be heading to the shop for substances at the moment!

The footage are one-sided so no issues with bleed via. There can also be a enjoyable quiz to seek out out simply HOW a lot of a wild Foodie YOU are. 

“Everyone knows a foodie or is a foodie themselves. Foodies love good food, good company, and sharing the tastes and flavors of a well-cooked dish. In The Foodie’s Colouring Book, foodies can rejoice and relax as they colour in a variety of food-themed images, take the foodie quiz, laugh at the foodie alphabet, and join the adult colouring book craze sweeping the world. For mindfulness or just for fun, The Foodie’s Colouring Book also includes a bonus cookbook section with sweet recipes to cook at home. Colour, cook, create!”

We had been thrilled to have the ability to get slightly one on one time with the illustrator of the Foodie Colouring Book Haylea Bridle.

What do you get pleasure from drawing probably the most

I very a lot loved the problem of drawing meals I wouldn’t usually draw. Oysters for instance, I need to say, had been by no means on the prime of my to-do checklist, nevertheless I believe I can now say if ‘Oyster Anatomy; an intimate glance’ occurred to be a subject at pub trivia, I’d be going residence with the meat tray.

How did you get began?

By testing my dad and mom’ persistence as a toddler. Things had been drawn on that shouldn’t have been drawn on, utilizing issues that shouldn’t have been used to attract with. I referred to as it my ‘experimental phase’, my dad and mom’ referred to as it their ‘blue phase’.

Who or what has impressed you?

For this guide, breakfast, lunch and dinner (aaand the various snacks in between) turned edible inspiration. Humble snack expeditions to the fridge started to take slightly longer because it reworked into 5 cabinets of (at some instances, decomposing) reference. A mere sandwich was by no means escorted to my mouth with no notepad as witness.I’ve a spatially inconvenient behavior of amassing massive quantities of youngsters’s image books, from which I additionally draw nice inspiration. A truth the shelving part of my native IKEA can attest to. Some discover inspiration in Tolstoy; I discover inspiration in Toy Story

.Do you want to paint in your designs or choose to have others do this? Others! I coloured within the cowl for The Foodies Coloring Book, and I can say at that time limit, I used to be experiencing little or no therapeutic profit that coloring in is thought for, figuring out that each line rebelling pencil stroke could be on present! As these illustrations had been created with the intent of being black and white, there’s nothing higher than seeing somebody breathe new life into them with colour.

What provides (manufacturers) do you advocate on your guide(s)? My favorite colored pencils are by a model referred to as LYRA. They are so lovely to carry, it makes you by no means wish to decide up anything once more. They are smudge-proof and waterproof too, particularly useful for these prone to a celebrational weep as soon as completed colouring!

This illustration and quote simply cracked me up.. Check out the Melons Dolly Parton is holding! 

We additionally wish to know what the guide publishers have in retailer for colorists so we did a brief Q&A with them as nicely. Hopefully, the coloring “craze” is a good way for extra individuals to find and profit this fashion.

The Coloring Book pattern doesn’t appear to be slowing down.. if something it’s selecting up within the US with increasingly more artistic and distinctive concepts for individuals to attach with. The posterzines the writer spoke of earlier than can be found too with “The Foodie’s Colouring Posters” that includes 2 big posters and three small posters. What enjoyable for a restaurant opening or a potluck get together.

These books are additionally out there on the Book Depository presumably with much less postage so examine there as nicely. I’ll be coloring on this guide very quickly and sharing my outcomes and ideas in regards to the paper on the social media channels so be anticipating that, and by chance I acquired a set of Lyra Colored Pencils for Christmas so I’ll be making an attempt these out first since they had been prompt by the illustrator.

All these concerned with this coloring guide would like it if you happen to use the hashtags #foodiescolouring #foodiescoloring or #foodiescolouringbook if you colour in a web page to allow them to see their creations dropped at life by the colorists on the market.

Funny Foodie Coloring Books for Adults

Suck My Cookbook: Clean Recipes for Dirty Minds 

A Coloring Book by Cherrie Poppins (Author),‎ Wild Billy (Illustrator) Suck my Cookbook has all of it. Naughtily intelligent illustrations that match up with the recipes. You not solely have coloring to do, there are additionally phrase search, crossword puzzles and extra to maintain you busy. This could be a PERFECT White Elephant present trade present in case your group has humorousness in addition to the foodie in your present checklist. I’m thrilled the writer despatched me a number of copies, I’ve already discovered properties for them and might’t wait to see what my buddies do with them.

Click to order Amazon US, UK & Canada  or Book Depository

Severe Snacks Coloring Book

This guide is lovable and excellent for somebody that prefers humorous and entertaining over intensely detailed coloring. Each of those illustrations is hand achieved, no computer-generated artwork right here. Prepare your self to paint in all your favourite snacks- from a healthful, vicious apple to candy, but evil toaster pastries- attacking each other with glee and abandon. *Warning- comprises snack-on-snack violence. May trigger laughter and abdomen rumblings! Click to Order Amazon US, UK or Canada

Taco Life: A Spicy Adult Coloring Book

Spiral-bound, printed on one aspect with 76 pages, the enjoyable coloring guide with it’s “Ode to Taco’s” theme will hold you laughing the entire manner via. You will ‘colour your manner via this snarky Taco-obsessed guide stuffed with pages of one-liners all taco devourers can get pleasure from. Oh, and a few recommendation. This guide is finest served with…you guessed it. Tacos.” How enjoyable!

 Click to Order Amazon US, UK & Canada

Southern Living Celebrations Cakes: A Lifestyle Coloring Book

I just lately noticed this coloring guide within the Target journal part and thought it was a superb concept, combining two of my favourite issues! Coloring and fabulous desserts. Each web page has a cake to paint and on the alternative web page the recipe for the cake. Click to Order Amazon US, UK or Canada

Delicious Whimsey Coloring Book

31 fun-to-color, mouthwatering phrase designs. Unique and playful illustrations characteristic the shapes of meals gadgets fashioned by quite a lot of associated phrases. Images embrace an ice cream cone, pancakes, pizza, cupcake, hamburger, fries, and extra. Pages are perforated and printed on one aspect just for straightforward elimination and show. Click to Order Amazon US, UK or Canada

A Cozy Coloring Cookbook – 40 Simple Recipes to Cook Eat and Color

Drawing inspiration from her lovely weblog A Cozy Kitchen, cookbook writer and meals blogger Adrianna Adarme has created an grownup coloring cookbook with 40 glad, cozy, and attractive recipes and illustrations—together with pizza for breakfast and kaleidoscope ratatouille tarts Click to Order Amazon US, UK or Canada

The Great British Bakeoff Coloring

Book Color your manner via 90 lovely illustrations of your favourite bakes by the official Bake-Off illustrator, Tom Hovey. Forget the recipe, take off these oven gloves and unleash your inventive aptitude — enhance showstopping truffles and bakes while the strain’s actually off.

Designer Desserts

From Creative Haven, greater than 30 unique, mouthwatering cake and cupcake designs let everybody be a part of within the enjoyable. Pages are perforated and printed on one aspect just for straightforward elimination and show.

Life is Delicious a spiral-bound Coloring Cafe guide

These 45 pleasant coloring pages drawn by the gifted artist, Ronnie Walter, will take you from the kitchen to the desk too, however with out all of the clean-up.

Coloring Books for Wine Lovers and Cocktail Fans

Color Your Cocktails by the Martini Diva

Stir and shake up some coloring and cocktail enjoyable with cocktails like “You’ll SHOOTER You’re Eye Out!”, “It’s All About MEmosa!” and classics just like the Daiquiri, Gin Martini, and Pina Colada. Have enjoyable following the Martini Diva on Instagram right here. She additionally has some holiday-themed cocktails books to play in:

Wine Time Coloring Book

This guide is designed for these colorists preferring easier designs and love wine. 30 one-sided pages by Rachel Jones stuffed with wine and whimsey.

Click to Order Amazon US –  UK –  Canada  & Book Depository

Wine Time 2 – Whimsical Refreshments

Click to Order Amazon US –  UK –  Canada  & Book Depository

If you might be new to coloring or simply wish to dive in slightly deeper you should definitely learn our expansive provide suggestions together with our ideas and tips articles.

*How to Get Started with Adult Coloring Best Colored Pencils *Best Gel Pens *Best Markers that Don’t Bleed Through the Paper * Background Supplies *Coloring Tutorials *13 Tips & Tricks for Colorists

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Taco Bell's Naked Chicken Chalupa isn't intense enough, so we improved it

When it comes to greasy, messy, comfort food, Taco Bell is a champion. 

For years, Cheesy Gordita Cruches, Doritos Locos Tacos and Crunch Wrap Supremes have filled a tiny corner of our stomachs that only grease and absurd culinary collaborations could fill. 

The Naked Chicken Chalupa should be the continuation of that legacy. But – hot take – it isn't all that great.

Consuming this thing should have been an adventure. But it's kind of like if Bilbo Baggins got to the end of the Shire, said, "That's quite enough for me," and turned back toward home. But I wanted to go all the way to The Lonely Mountain and back. 

SEE ALSO: Taco Bell's newest creation may be the grossest fast food invention yet

I wanted to be wowed. I wanted it to taste so good I'd want five more, but know in my heart that I could not possibly handle that. Honestly, I wanted to walk away hating myself for eating it.

I had no such feelings of guilt, or accomplishment. No, this is not the Taco Bell version of KFC's Double Down. It's disappointingly pedestrian.

The shell doesn't really taste at all like authentic fried chicken – it's more like a chicken patty you'd get in a school cafeteria. The spicy breading is interesting, but the intensity of the heat overwhelms any other flavor, most notably the avocado ranch.  

Hence, a fateful decision was made – I set out to make the Naked Chicken Chalupa even more insane than it already sounded.

Image: MARTHA TESEMA/MASHABLE

1. Naked Chicken Chalupa + Taco Meat

I was actually under the impression that traditional taco beef was one of the ingredients in the Naked Chicken Chalupa, but I was mistaken. 

So for my first creation, I threw in the beef, and also included some sour cream since the NCC does not have a "supreme" option – yet another drawback.

These additions were definitely an improvement on the original, but it didn't quite trigger the self-loathing I was looking for. I could probably eat a couple of these and feel very little guilt and zero regret.

That's a positive thing in most cases, but this version still isn't as off-the-wall as it should be. 

And besides, it's still missing something.

Image: MARTHA TESEMA/MASHABLE

2. Naked Chicken Chalupa + Chips and Queso

Crunch. 

That's one of the main things the NCC is lacking. 

This variation definitely helps in that department. Its texture is much more enjoyable than the original, and the chips help to cut a little bit of the heat from the breading. Then again, there's also a bit of spice in Taco Bell's queso, so people who are into that wouldn't be disappointed.

This option is probably the best tasting of all the ones I tried, but it still isn't crazy. To expand on the Hobbit metaphor, this is like Frodo Baggins leaving the Ring in Rivendell instead of going all the way to Mordor – it's fine, but it's not quite as wild as it could be.

By the same token, if Taco Bell included this option on its menu, I might have to squeeze it into my usual order. It was pretty damn delicious.

Image: MARTHA TESEMA/MASHABLE

3. Naked Chicken Chalupa + Hard Taco Supreme

This is kind of a combination of the previous two. I emptied out the NCC and wrapped the shell, still dripping with avocado ranch, around a hard taco – supreme, of course.

Think of it as a bastardization of the Cheesy Gordita Crunch.

This time, I was on the right track. As I learned with my first option, the combo of beef and chicken is tastier than you'd think, and the crunchiness of the taco shell is a plus. Eating it was a great experience, but I didn't really have any desire to finish it. 

The flavor combinations were pleasing, but not quite intense enough. I still kind of wanted to be overwhelmed.

I wasn't there yet, but I had a feeling the next one was going to do the trick.

Image: MARTHA TESEMA/MASHABLE

4. Naked Chicken Chalupa + Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Taco Supreme

Folks, we have a winner.

I did the exact same thing as with the previous concoction, but the hard taco was a Doritos Locos Taco instead. I chose Cool Ranch because I thought it might help to cut some of the heat from the chicken shell. 

My notion was exactly correct, but the Cool Ranch also helped to bring out a bit more of the avocado ranch sauce. I was never able to taste it before this combo, and it was really wonderful. 

An added benefit of using Doritos Locos Tacos is that you have a few options. If you're a sucker for all things spicy, the Firey option could work well for you. The Nacho would probably be downright gross, but that is also kind of the point here.

One of these things is definitely enough for anyone, and finishing it would have been an impressive feat.  It's wild, but also tasty and just mildly gross enough to make you want to talk about it a lot. So mission accomplished!

Here's an actual depiction of me getting ready to eat one:

But I still had one more option to try, and it was pretty weird.

Image: MARTHA TESEMA/MASHABLE

5. Naked Chicken Chalupa + Fries

Since the pure iteration of the Naked Chicken Chalupa is really just a glorified chicken sandwich without bread, I figured I should treat it as such.

So I popped over to McDonald's, got some fries and threw them in the NCC.

And I gotta say, it was not as good as I wanted it to be. The taste of the fries was lost in the lettuce, tomatoes and cheese and the textures didn't really mix. 

A sad lesson to learn, but it was worth a shot.

So at the end of the day, the Naked Chicken Chalupa with a Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Taco was the best option if you're looking for a wild combo that also tastes great. The only drawback is that the NCC shell isn't big enough to completely cover a traditional hard taco, so the shell is more "naked" than the chicken chalupa is. 

But if you're looking for an easy way to shake up your NCC for the better, adding chips and queso will absolutely do the trick. 

Either way, it seems like Taco Bell missed an opportunity here. And if they need a taste-tester or someone to invent crazy menu items that are better than this one, I volunteer as tribute. 

BONUS: Someone decided to make Lego-inspired square burgers

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Lunch and Dinner ideas for those with Ulcerative Colitis (UC)

 When we are diagnosed with a digestive disorder, not only it is life changing, but it also can be overwhelming. 

People with Ulcerative Colitis (UC) have different food intolerances. What you used to love to eat before, you may not be able to consume anymore. Experts recommend starting an elimination diet, which can be beneficial to determine which foods are not the best for you. This way you can design a new meal plan that won't contribute to pesky and uncomfortable symptoms. 

Today, we are sharing with you 3 delicious dinner recipes that can be served for lunch or dinner. 

While these recipes may not work well with everyone, we suggest preparing them in a small batch, so you can try them out first and see how your body reacts to them. Another idea is to invite a friend or two, gather for lunch or dinner and enjoy one of these recipes, that way there's no food waste. 

Get pen and paper! We hope you can enjoy all of these recipes:

 1. Angel Hair Pasta with Shrimp

• Boil some herb-seasoned pasta

• Sautéed shrimp in olive oil, garlic, and herbs

(Don't add any spicy herbs though)

• Mix all together. 

This recipe is good for you if you struggle to digest fiber since the white pasta can ease your symptoms.

Herbs are tolerable for Ulcerative Colitis (UC) and can boost the flavor of your dishes without extra salt, fat or trigger foods. You can also play with seasonings and find out what fits your tastes without aggravating symptoms. 

 2. Salmon and Veggies

• Grill or broil a fillet of salmon with olive oil and garlic.

• Serve with roasted asparagus and potatoes with the skins removed.

• Depending on your food tolerance, top salmon with finely crumbled pistachios. Just remember pistachios are nuts (and may cause an issue for some people). 

This recipe is great because salmon is a protein and omega-3 powerhouse, and the asparagus is cooked for easier digestibility. Omega-3 fatty acids are thought to be anti-inflammatory and may do wonders for people with Ulcerative Colitis (UC). 

 3. Turkey Tacos 

• Cook brown lean ground turkey meat.

• Mix with your favorite roasted vegetables.

• Serve in a crunchy corn taco shells or soft whole-wheat tortilla .

• Top with 2% plain Greek yogurt instead of using sour cream.

• If you’re experiencing a flare, switch to a white tortilla instead. It has less fiber and it’s much easier to digest. 

This dish has protein and healthy fats, and the vegetables are cooked for easier digestion, so it makes a delicious and healthy recipe for those suffering from Ulcerative Colitis (UC). Greek yogurt is a great source of protein, calcium and probiotics, which is helpful because it can help restore “good” bacteria in your gut. 

When looking for new, tasty, and healthy recipes, remember that is also important to pack each meal with as many minerals and vitamins as you can, because Ulcerative Colitis (UC) often affects the absorption of nutrients during digestion. 

Everyone’s condition can be different.  The above are suggestions; so you may want to test yourself with some of these ingredients first if you have a higher sensitivity to some of the listed ingredients 

 Digestinol 

Digestinol is an all-natural supplement that helps support and promote digestive health as well as support your immune system. Its biggest benefit is the ability to target and reduce inflammation within your digestive system. Inflammation along your digestive system is one of the main reasons for pain/discomfort associated with digestive disorders. It can help with both constipation as well as diarrhea, because it gets your body back to normal so the amount of fluid in your colon is regulated the way it should be. 

What is Digestinol?

Our product contains AMP (Aloe Mucilaginous Polysaccharides) which is an all-natural molecule found in the aloe vera plant. It is known to enhance the body’s immune system due to its anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-bacterial and anti-viral properties. We have a 97-98% success rate reported from people who take Digestinol as directed for 90 days or longer. 

If you are not interested in prescription medications to treat your condition and prefer a more natural approach, Digestinol makes all-natural capsules that contain a very specific form of Aloe Polysaccharides to target the inflammation along your digestive tract. 

These capsules also provide your body with the nutrients that it is lacking in order to take back control of itself. Digestinol isn't just Aloe Vera powder, Aloe Vera (contains Aloein) which irritates your digestive system and can cause diarrhea. Digestinol undertakes very specific additional steps in order to remove the Aloein during their extraction process to focus on only the beneficial portions of the Aloe Leaf, the long chain Aloe Mucilaginous Polysaccharide molecules. 

Since Digestinol is 100% all-natural it doesn't bring along the side effects that other chemically based prescription medications have. We tell our customers to think of Digestinol as an all-natural digestive system specific vitamin that reduces inflammation and provides your body with specific nutrients that allow it to take back control of itself. 

Our Digestinol capsules will also help to balance the good and bad bacteria levels in your body allowing it to regain control of its normal operations.

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We gave Taco Bell’s Naked Chicken Chalupa an upgrade, and we’re gonna be sick

Image: martha tesema/Mashable

When it comes to greasy, messy, comfort food, Taco Bell is a champion.

For years, Cheesy Gordita Cruches, Doritos Locos Tacos and Crunch Wrap Supremes have filled a tiny corner of our stomachs that only grease and absurd culinary collaborations could fill.

The Naked Chicken Chalupa should be the continuation of that legacy. But hot take it isn’t all that great.

Consuming this thing should have been an adventure. But it’s kind of like if Bilbo Baggins got to the end of the Shire, said, “That’s quite enough for me,” and turned back toward home. But I wanted to go all the way to The Lonely Mountain and back.

SEE ALSO: Taco Bell’s newest creation may be the grossest fast food invention yet

I wanted to be wowed. I wanted it to taste so good I’d want five more, but know in my heart that I could not possibly handle that. Honestly, I wanted to walk away hating myself for eating it.

I had no such feelings of guilt, or accomplishment. No, this is not the Taco Bell version of KFC’s Double Down. It’s disappointingly pedestrian.

The shell doesn’t really taste at all like authentic fried chicken it’s more like a chicken patty you’d get in a school cafeteria. The spicy breading is interesting, but the intensity of the heat overwhelms any other flavor, most notably the avocado ranch.

Hence, a fateful decision was made I set out to make the Naked Chicken Chalupa even more insane than it already sounded.

Image: MARTHA TESEMA/MASHABLE

1. Naked Chicken Chalupa + Taco Meat

I was actually under the impression that traditional taco beef was one of the ingredients in the Naked Chicken Chalupa, but I was mistaken.

So for my first creation, I threw in the beef, and also included some sour cream since the NCC does not have a “supreme” option yet another drawback.

These additions were definitely an improvement on the original, but it didn’t quite trigger the self-loathing I was looking for. I could probably eat a couple of these and feel very little guilt and zero regret.

That’s a positive thing in most cases, but this version still isn’t as off-the-wall as it should be.

And besides, it’s still missing something.

Image: MARTHA TESEMA/MASHABLE

2. Naked Chicken Chalupa + Chips and Queso

Crunch.

That’s one of the main things the NCC is lacking.

This variation definitely helps in that department. Its texture is much more enjoyable than the original, and the chips help to cut a little bit of the heat from the breading. Then again, there’s also a bit of spice in Taco Bell’s queso, so people who are into that wouldn’t be disappointed.

This option is probably the best tasting of all the ones I tried, but it still isn’t crazy. To expand on the Hobbit metaphor, this is like Frodo Baggins leaving the Ring in Rivendell instead of going all the way to Mordor it’s fine, but it’s not quite as wild as it could be.

By the same token, if Taco Bell included this option on its menu, I might have to squeeze it into my usual order. It was pretty damn delicious.

Image: MARTHA TESEMA/MASHABLE

3. Naked Chicken Chalupa + Hard Taco Supreme

This is kind of a combination of the previous two. I emptied out the NCC and wrapped the shell, still dripping with avocado ranch, around a hard taco supreme, of course.

Think of it as a bastardization of the Cheesy Gordita Crunch.

This time, I was on the right track. As I learned with my first option, the combo of beef and chicken is tastier than you’d think, and the crunchiness of the taco shell is a plus. Eating it was a great experience, but I didn’t really have any desire to finish it.

The flavor combinations were pleasing, but not quite intense enough. I still kind of wanted to be overwhelmed.

I wasn’t there yet, but I had a feeling the next one was going to do the trick.

Image: MARTHA TESEMA/MASHABLE

4. Naked Chicken Chalupa + Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Taco Supreme

Folks, we have a winner.

I did the exact same thing as with the previous concoction, but the hard taco was a Doritos Locos Taco instead. I chose Cool Ranch because I thought it might help to cut some of the heat from the chicken shell.

My notion was exactly correct, but the Cool Ranch also helped to bring out a bit more of the avocado ranch sauce. I was never able to taste it before this combo, and it was really wonderful.

An added benefit of using Doritos Locos Tacos is that you have a few options. If you’re a sucker for all things spicy, the Firey option could work well for you. The Nacho would probably be downright gross, but that is also kind of the point here.

One of these things is definitely enough for anyone, and finishing it would have been an impressive feat. It’s wild, but also tasty and just mildly gross enough to make you want to talk about it a lot. So mission accomplished!

Here’s an actual depiction of me getting ready to eat one:

But I still had one more option to try, and it was pretty weird.

Image: MARTHA TESEMA/MASHABLE

5. Naked Chicken Chalupa + Fries

Since the pure iteration of the Naked Chicken Chalupa is really just a glorified chicken sandwich without bread, I figured I should treat it as such.

So I popped over to McDonald’s, got some fries and threw them in the NCC.

And I gotta say, it was not as good as I wanted it to be. The taste of the fries was lost in the lettuce, tomatoes and cheese and the textures didn’t really mix.

A sad lesson to learn, but it was worth a shot.

So at the end of the day, the Naked Chicken Chalupa with a Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Taco was the best option if you’re looking for a wild combo that also tastes great. The only drawback is that the NCC shell isn’t big enough to completely cover a traditional hard taco, so the shell is more “naked” than the chicken chalupa is.

But if you’re looking for an easy way to shake up your NCC for the better, adding chips and queso will absolutely do the trick.

Either way, it seems like Taco Bell missed an opportunity here. And if they need a taste-tester or someone to invent crazy menu items that are better than this one, I volunteer as tribute.

BONUS: Someone decided to make Lego-inspired square burgers

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