WHY?

I crave raw spaghetti noodles soaked in pickle juice!! It is fantastic when they get almost soggy, but not quite.

—Emily Elzner, Terrell, Texas

When I was younger I always had a craving for chocolate chip cookies…on a sandwich….with mayonnaise. Despite what others might think…it was tasty.

—Tila Wymonds, Crescent City, Fla

I have in the past craved “Argo” laundry starch. My mother used to also eat it, as well as other female relatives. I especially craved it once when I was pregnant, but found out the company no longer made the starch, at least not in the desired form that I wanted, which was solid chucks, not the loose powder. I searched every mom & pop store I could find and even called a cousin in California who told me she had to stop eating it because it was no longer sold. I tried to wet the powder form and let it dry to see if I could get it to come out the same, but it didn’t. I started eating chipped ice instead.

—Chesapeake, Va.

So, people are popping up all over with strange outlandish cravings for food, and no, not only pregnant women….

“Stress, boredom and smell are often the biggest triggers for food cravings,…” Yes, thats right, meaning those of you who think your guilty pleasure is “normal”, remember what those around you are looking at. So the next time you decide to stick a cookie in bacon fat and ice cream… we all think its weird. From peanut butter to Laundry starch…these people tell all on their cravings….

From MSNBC.

What do you CRAVE?

So we know what we crave, but why do we crave it? I was reading an interesting article on a study done by researchers on this subject.  For example on the differences between female and male cravings: “Women in North America and Europe, in particular, salivate for sweets. Men, on the other hand, tend toward the savory side of the menu, digging into barbecue or french fries. For both sexes, the usual foods that lure us in like the Pied Piper of Hamelin are those rich in fat or calories”

The article is pretty interesting and also features a video study the cravings of rats… which when you think about it, we really are similar when it comes to scavenging around for that last potato chip. HERES THE ARTICLE

I mean, this is just the tip of the iceberg, I think a lot of these cravings are odd, but in other countries things like live octopus are a delicacy….