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Secret Food

C'mon, we know you want to spill the beans. Or the Cheetos. Or the perfectly-battered fried okra obsession. Tell us your name, your town, and a few words about your gastronomic indulgence and we'll add it to our growing collage. Send your secret food via email to secretfood@alimentumjournal.com.

Here's what Alimentum readers eat on the sly, all alone, after midnight . . .

kippers
sriracha
millers
carrots
Rice Krispie's Treat
French Milk Jam
Menudo
Hydrox Cookies
Reese's egg
vegetarian chili
cheese puffs
tortilla
hot cocoa
honeycrisp apple
peanut butter pretzels
tortilla
hot cocoa
mac'n'cheese
sour cream
Kit Kat Bar
pstels
Bisquick
Arby's sign
chocolate ice cream
blackberries
cream of rice
chili dog
elbow pasta
whipped honey
Geitost
Turnip cakes
fries
Underwood deviled ham
pop tarts
popeye's biscuits
braised short rib
mini chocolate covered donuts
lasagna florentine
sardines
cotton candy
bacon
fluffernutter sandwich
mayonnaise
cheese dip
cheeseburger
potato chip
pitcher of beer
sweet potato fries
smoked fish
Junior Mints box
brushetta
chocolate frosting with sprinkles
blooming onion
meatloaf and potatos
popcorn
Manner Wafers package
Snickers bar
BBQ chips
Cadbury creme egg
bagoong
pistachio ice cream
pack of saltines
preserved lemons
muffins
beef jerky
raw chocolate chip cookie dough
pretzel
Tostitos Queso dip label
frosted animal cookies with sprinkles
crispy edge of cooked cheese
Hershey bar with almonds
peanut butter in jar
stacks of white, dark and milk chocolate
can
close up: Triscuit cracker
egg rolls
close up: succotash
chocolate chips
Fluff jar
mint chocolate chunk ice cream

 Secret Food Photo Credits

Miller's Chicken, Athens, Ohio image from campusmenus.com.

Salt & Pepper Potato Chips image from Amazon.com.

Licorice pastels image from The Little Sweet Shop.

We are delighted to feature images from photographers on Flickr who have generously made their work available through Creative Commons.

yksin, Canned kippers"Kippered Seafood Snacks"
add1sun, "Hot Chili Sauce"
robbplusjessie, "carrots"
colon+right.bracket, "rice krispie square"
Like_the_Grand_Canyon, "Bonne Maman Confiture Au lait"
christinelu.china, "Menudo - Jaun's Fiesta, Montebello"
Chazz Layne, "IMG_9620 (Hydrox cookie)"
Like_the_Grand_Canyon, "Reese's peanut butter egg"
sleepyneko, "vegetarian chili"
carbonated, "cheese puffs"
rdpeyton, "Strozzapreti with Mushrooms"
fortinbras, "Honeycrisp Apple"
misterjt, "Afternoon Snack"
Cowgirl Jules, "Homemade Tortilla"
rocket ship, "hot cocoa"
Andrew Huff, "duck confit mac’n’cheese"
rmkoske, "pretty mold"
oskay, ""fun size""
Roadsidepictures, "Bisquick, 1997"
vision63, "Arby’s South San Francisco"
stu_spivak, "gelato"
haleysuzanne, "Blackberry Cobbler-01"
stu_spivak, "rice pudding"
jasonlam, "01 chili dog"
HatM, "Pasta and spiced frankfurter"
rox sm, "Honey Mousse (I)"
Andreas_MB, "Ski Queen (Brown Cheese)"
Chip Smith, "Turnip Cakes"
cfinke, "McDonald's fries - Ad"
Scorpions and Centaurs, "some canned meats"
gordasm, "The let-down Pop Tarts™ for second breakfast"
LadyDucayne, "Popeye's Chicken and Biscuits, Castaic"
stu_spivak, "braised short rib"
S. Diddy, "chocolate doughnuts"
Danielle Scott, "Lasagna Florentine"
operativegabriellogan, "S7300178"
Misoponia, "No, not cotton candy"
Yogma, "I <3 Bacon"

Erica Hall, "I love mayonnaise"
magerleagues, "Cheesy queso dip"
Burger Baroness, "100-3158"
russelljsmith, "IMG_3627"
termie, "finally found the cheap beer, 23CZK"
jblyberg, "Sweet Potato Fries"
schopie1, "Chubby Mary"
Spoungeworthy Redux, "Junior Mints..they're refreshing!"
stu_spivak, "bruschetta"
Rachel from Cupcakes Take the Cake, "Chocolate ice cream cone cupcake from The Treats Truck"
NWharry, "blooming onion"
Bolero2005, "Meatloaf"
Jessica N. Diamond, "Popcorn"
angusf, "Manner Original Neapolitaner"
TheTruthAbout..., "snickers bar"
inuyaki, "BBQ Chips"
pamramsey, "evil, evil eggs!"
Raelene G, "Mango & Bangoong"
SauceSupreme, "Pistachio Ice Cream"
Marco Arment, "Mutant crackers"
jules:stonesoup, "preserved lemons"
heipei, "Mmmmm, Muffins"
D.L., "beef jerky"
ginnerobot, "cookie dough"
Lara604, "Pretzel 3/4 view"
newsongNY, "Queso"
Ingorr, "‘C’ is for Cookie Parade!!"
TheGirlsNY, "Cheese Crisp"
DRB62, "Hershey's"
foodistablog, "Photo of Peanut Butter"
Geminigeek, "Chocolate"
Carey Tilden, "Can opener in action"
quinn.anya, "Salty Triscuit"
Alexandratx, "DSC-2887"
thebittenword.com, "Sweet Corn Succotash"
ayelie, "Chocolate chips"
ginnerobot, "fluff"
Ollie Crafoord, "Ice Cream! Mine!"

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