Faust if you can't eat normal foods then I think a twinkie would literally kill you.

Honestly, twinkies suck anyway. I was excited to try them and then it's just plastic tasting cream in a shitty sponge. The epitome of cliche crappy American food. I've never had one since.

I eat like...one twinkie a year AT MOST.  It's usually good for about one bite and then I'm pretty much done eating it.  Earlier this year I had deep fried twinkie because I was at the local fair and well what else are you gonna eat there...it was nasty as fuck.

Deep fried oreo however was edible.  I'd never wanna eat it again, but it was at least Not Bad Tasting (just sorta tastes like chocolate cake really).

yeah they're just objectively bad. obviously unhealthy, and they don't even taste good. not many people eat them, cuz there's only a very small market for that sort of thing.

like I'm not against saying that mickey D's (mcdonalds) tastes good in a sense, but twinkies uh, it's just really hard for me to imagine the context in which twinkies are actually desirable. well, outside of some desire to occasionally consume garbage that's terrible for you, which it seems like a lot of people get

I eat like...one twinkie a year AT MOST.  It's usually good for about one bite and then I'm pretty much done eating it.  Earlier this year I had deep fried twinkie because I was at the local fair and well what else are you gonna eat there...it was nasty as fuck.

Deep fried oreo however was edible.  I'd never wanna eat it again, but it was at least Not Bad Tasting (just sorta tastes like chocolate cake really).

yeah deep fried oreos are pretty good, but not really something worth going out of your way to get and it stinks of a mixture of globalization and artificial patriotism, of no historical or cultural relevance to anywhere

Well it used to be the case that Twinkies were filled with banana creme, and I can only imagine that a filling like that would make them really REALLY good.

But some kind of WWII banana shortage or some crap led them to being made without the banana flavor. Even after the war ended, the super generic filling flavor must have caught on, since they never ever considered swapping back.

So now we are stuck with super generic flavor twinks and all the people just keep eating them up with zero regard for what could have been. Man, America sure does suck.

That sounds fucking nasty. Do you know what your condition is called or is it just unknown for now Faust?
 
also i know the skin tastes good (on chicken) but i wouldn't eat it for good reasons (the dok martini/mordor crows loom in the horizon, everyone hiiiiiiide!! )... but i'll probably get strangulated by berserk dada or banned AT LEAST. ':^B

AT THE VERY LEAST!!!!

ahahaha, yikes... '':^B well, one has to have culinary pleasures in life sometimes, that won't kill ya...

also thanks for uh trust Faust. think positive: your immune system works TOO well, everyone else have non-superhuman immune dicks...!

I just assumed the ability to gain weight was something anybody could accomplish with enough willpower and a diet of literally no-holds-barred with extra helpings of dessert after every meal.

I have real trouble gaining weight, but it's not a concern. When I eat bad food I either feel a bit ill or get acne. I've gone from 7 stone 8 (106 pounds) to  8 stone 6 (118 pounds) in like ... 2 years.

I imagine that when I eventually DO start gaining weight it's just gonna pile on, though, so I try to be a little careful.

I have Congenital mirror syndrome.

I like to bake

oh wow Faust you are only 105 lbs?! how tall are you? that seems dangerously underweight... and you have Crohn's Disease? ahh man, that sucks :< i had two close friends in high school who had Crohn's. although one was overweight and one was underweight, so i imagine the effects on digestion and weight can vary... my overweight friend with Crohn's basically only ate Taco Bell, rice, pizza, pastries, and snack foods like chips/crisps. quite a weird and unhealthy diet... but i guess it was what he saw as necessary, since in his experiences, it helped manage the unpleasant intestinal symptoms of his disease. :s Faust, what kinds of diet experimentation have you done? i'm curious as to what exactly your diet is. it seems there must be something you could do to gain weight... :o

in reference to goldenratio's post: i don't think it's really a good suggestion or method of encouragement to say "you can't gain weight because you're just not eating enough!! eat fries and milkshakes until you feel like you're gonna explode!". it oversimplifies a lot, ignoring the mental effects of foods, as well as the past experiences of the individuals-- maybe they don't eat a lot because in the past it has made them feel nauseous, and their body has grown used to the smaller amounts. heck, i used to have a really slow metabolism and low body weight because of anorexia, and when i started recovery (which is a process of trying to gain weight), i made the mistake of eating too much too fast, and i ended up involuntarily vomiting up what i had eaten. :s

anyway it is an especially worthless comment in the case of someone like Faust who has a disease that affects his digestion, and thus limits his food choices and amounts. and additionally, i would never really want to encourage unhealthy eating (i.e. lots of fast food, sugar, baked goods, trans fats, etc), even in cases of needing to gain weight. my suggestion would be that you can greatly increase calorie intake without sacrificing health-- for example, by regularly having lots of high-calorie smoothies (which might be a good method for someone who has digestion problems), or by eating calorically-dense healthy foods such as avocados, fatty salmon, steaks grilled in butter, etc... but yeah. anyway Faust, i hope that at some point you are able to find a healthy diet that allows you to gain weight and manage your condition! :>