NoTrick's thread about the odd item in his shaving kit reminded me of a great story I once saw on the food news wires. The gist of the story was all the wacky foods or food-related items that people bring along with them on trips, you know, the stuff they simply _cannot_ live without for even a coupla days.

Things like mayonnaise, peanut butter and salad dressing are common, apparently. Other must-haves mentioned as I recall were wasabi, worstershire sauce, a certain kind of mustard. The list went on and on. I was giggling like a fiend reading it.

Soooo, the reason I bring up this topic is to out myself. I fess up to such bizarre habits. Can any of you relate?

That item I can't live without? It's hot sauce, specifically, Dave's Total Insanity Sauce. I love hot hot hot food and hate hate hate it when I can't have my fix of endorphine rush. (Actually, there is a hot sauce called Endorphine Rush.) And you gotta double bag it in Ziplocs. I learned the hard way. :/

Speaking of weird food preferences, the ex pat crowd in Prague takes the cake. Has anyone ever seen "The Wall" at Tesco near Old Town Square? "Wall of Shame" is more like it. It's stacked with all the horrible American foods that you only crave when you're halfway around the world, like Jif peanut butter, Stove Top Stuffing, Oreos, Chips Ahoy and no kidding, Wonder Bread. When you gotta sractch your itch, I guess . . .

Samantha