Category — Food

Nicole has been talking about her pecan pie that she makes every year for Thanksgiving. She’s planning on bringing it to her boyfriend’s family dinner and she’s been looking for other pecan pie recipes to spice hers up. Nicole has admitted that she’s little nervous about bringing it to his family. What if they don’t like it and her pie is left there on the table, barely touched while everyone else’s dessert is gone?

Rich thinks a lot of people are having anxiety over cooking for the holidays. Everyone wants people to like what they make and as silly as it might seem, it hurts when people reject your dish and it’s just sitting there on the table waiting to be eaten. Ryan can definitely understand the feeling. He likes to cook and, obviously, when he cooks for other people he wants them to like it.

Stan doesn’t really cook, but he sees how stressed his wife gets around the holidays when she has to cook and bake for everyone. She has the exact opposite problem though. Stan has to hide some of her cooking for himself because everyone eats up is wife’s cooking in a hot minute.

There are a lot of people that feel this way, especially if you’re cooking or baking for everyone for the first time. Are you that person? Do you get anxious when you have to bake or cook for the holidays? Have you ever had a dish that didn’t do so well?

The other day The Morning Mash Up’s producer Mikey Piff was over Nicole’s apartment for a Gossip Girl marathon. He and Nicole order some food, laid on the couch and just had a lazy day. When it came to having something sweet Nicole offered some of those ice cream drumsticks. However, it didn’t stop at just one. He asked for more. Later when she went to go grab one herself, she noticed that there were no chocolate one’s left. He totally mooched!

Mikey Piff is not the first one to do this to Nicole. Her friend Ashley annoys the crap out of her when she comes over, because the first thing she does is open the fridge and go to town on whatever she finds appetizing. How rude indeed. Ryan initially didn’t see anything wrong with raiding a friends fridge. You’re friends. The first thing he does when he goes over a friends house is open up their fridge and check out what they have. Ryan then became a victim when SOMEONE ate all his cookies.

We all know a moocher and all wish we could call them out as one. Well here’s your chance. Nominate someone you think should be in Moochers Anonymous and tell us why.

Nicole and Stan were at the screening of Michael Jackson’s movie “This Is It,” and there was a little buffet set up. Nicole and Stan each got a little something to eat but there was this one guy that went up at least 6 times. Nicole thought this was a bit much. It’s free food but you need to limit yourself. Rich doesn’t agree. It’s free food, you can get as much as you want.

When Rich goes to the free buffet in Las Vegas, he goes up at least four times. Ryan completely agrees. He’s all about the free samples at stores like Cosco, Sam’s Club, or BJ’s. Stan reminds Nicole that when they go get lunch at a certain deli, they always ask to sample the soup even though they don’t plan on getting any soup. What are your rules when it comes to free samples? Are you allowed to take as much as you want or is there a limit?

The other night, Rich found himself laying in bed, watching TV, and stuffing his face with Dominos pizza. Rich doesn’t know why but he just can’t get enough of it. It’s his ultimate pig out food. Dominos is the one thing that he will over indulge on.

Nicole will overdose on sour patch kids and other sour candies. The one food that Stan has a weakness for is chocolate chip cookies. Ryan will stuff his face the good old fashioned way, with McDonald’s.

What is your ultimate pig out food? What is the one thing that you just cannot get enough of?

It’s that time of year. The weather gets a little bit colder and all of our favorite seasonal treats sneak up on us. The Morning Mash Up is a a fan of the candy cor, and Ginger Bread Latte, as well as many other things that are seasonal. Other examples given by you were peeps, Cadbury Cream Eggs, and candy corn. Would you want these things available all year-round or would they ruin the fun? Have you ever wanted a chocolate Easter bunny during the winter? We sure as hell have. Argh, indecision!