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I hadn't had Hot Pockets in ages, so when I passed them in the frozen food section of the grocery store the other day, I picked up a couple boxes.  They were on sale for $2 each.

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I used to eat Hot Pockets all the time when I was a kid and remember them being so good.  My mom would buy several boxes for the whole family, but when no one was home but me, I'd eat them all.  It p**sed my mother off and she threatened to ground me if I did it again.

You would think that Hot Pockets wouldn't have changed that much over the years but they have.
I ate two Ham & Cheddar Lean Pockets yesterday and it was all I could do to finish them.
They were simply awful.
The crust tasted like cardboard and the ham & cheddar were exceptionally bland.
Hot Pockets never used to be this bad!

Another thing they've recently started doing is making the crisping sleeve into a makeshift holder so you can eat the Hot Pocket like a sandwich.
What's that about?
Hot Pockets are meant to be eaten on a plate with a fork.
Ever tried to pick up a Hot Pocket and eat it with your hands?  You'll get burned!
Even if the outer crust isn't hot, the insides are sure to burn your mouth because they take forever to cool down.

I'm seriously disappointed in how bad Hot Pockets have become.
They used to be a staple of my diet as a kid, but now they taste terrible.

What about you?
Do you like Hot Pokets?

Once in a while we get the pizza ones, with pepperoni and mozzarella.  They're sort of good, but the insides are at about 1,000 degrees.  So I say they're just okay.

I do happen to like Hot Pockets.  I don't buy them that often from the store when I see them.  I usually only get them if I see them on sale.

MMMM...the taste of ass in a flaky wrap.   :thumbdown:

How do you think up these things? The most unique questions....and at the same time so simple? My admiration for your 'every man' abilities to hit on mundane stuff....and make it fasinating! Myself....hot pockets YUCK NASTY!
  I bought a few from the machine at work-crupes-garbage mass produced....uh-garbage!

well, because I live in the icecold ,norsemen infested, uncivilised wasteland of the north(aka Sweden), I have  never eaten one  :tongueout:

I don't thinks it's as much they have gotten worse, for me it seems I just can't handle fatty/salty/greasy food like I could when I was younger. I don't think they are for eating off of a plate either, they seem to be what I would eat when there's no real food around, which means it's likely there's no plate around either. They're crap food, but they're 'Road Trip' kind of crap food. I liked the beef and cheese, the pizza ones were always too salty. I had one of the newer jalapeno flavored ones, which made me crap so hard I actually felt recoil.

I always have bacon, egg, and cheese breakfast lean pockets in the freezer.  They're only 140 calories and low in fat and when being compared to my other breakfast options of a tiny bowl of soggy bran or a mug of oats they're DELICIOUS!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9c9lAfXQHs

I'm not fond of Hot Pockets.  Although, I know a stoner/hippie guy who loves them, and for some reason decided it'd be a good idea to cook one in a microwave for about 8 minutes ("cause the box said so", says him), causing the thing to explode and leaving the house smelling like Hot Pocket ass for about a week.

Quote from: the ghoul on May 07, 2009, 09:04:09 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9c9lAfXQHs

Beat me to it.  Love it.

I'm trying to remember the movie scene or video game scene
with the computer wizard wanting part of his pay to
consist of hot pockets.   Hmmm.     ??????

Quote from: ChuckSplatt on May 07, 2009, 11:43:41 PM
I'm trying to remember the movie scene or video game scene
with the computer wizard wanting part of his pay to
consist of hot pockets.   Hmmm.     ??????

That was DJ Qualls in The Core.

Quote from: The DarkSider on May 07, 2009, 02:26:31 PM
MMMM...the taste of ass in a flaky wrap.   :thumbdown:

:buggedout: :buggedout: :buggedout: :buggedout: :buggedout: but definitely also  :bouncegiggle:  :bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle: :teddyr:

I used to take them to work for lunch, but quit because they aren't very good and they are definitely not good for you.

Quote from: ghouck on May 07, 2009, 03:33:04 PM
I had one of the newer jalapeno flavored ones, which made me crap so hard I actually felt recoil.

Sorry, ghouck but that really made me laugh  :teddyr: :bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle: :teddyr:

Slightly off-topic, but the other day at Kroger I caught myself ogling something similar to Hot Pockets that I hadn't had in years: frozen burritos.

I didn't get one; I lost my nerve when I realized a lady was watching me considering them.

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I know next time I'm confronted by a stack of these lurking in the bottom of the freezer case I will not be able to resist...

Quote from: Raffine on May 08, 2009, 12:13:28 PM
Slightly off-topic, but the other day at Kroger I caught myself ogling something similar to Hot Pockets that I hadn't had in years: frozen burritos.

I didn't get one; I lost my nerve when I realized a lady was watching me considering them.

(http://i479.photobucket.com/albums/rr154/Raffine/03955-Spicy-Red-Hot-Beef-Bean-Burri.jpg)

I know next time I'm confronted by a stack of these lurking in the bottom of the freezer case I will not be able to resist...

Okay, I KNOW it is JUNK food, but have you looked at the nutritional content on those things?  I used to eat that crap when I was younger and spent my weekends drinking. I look at them with longing now, turn them over and drop them like a burning ferret. Trans fat, saturated fat, usually overall fat twice the protein if not three times and the ingredients are sugars, fillers and chemicals.  What the hell happened to using meat, veggies, beans and cheese in these things?

Quote from: Javakoala on May 09, 2009, 06:31:58 AM

Quote from: Raffine on May 08, 2009, 12:13:28 PM
Slightly off-topic, but the other day at Kroger I caught myself ogling something similar to Hot Pockets that I hadn't had in years: frozen burritos.

I didn't get one; I lost my nerve when I realized a lady was watching me considering them.

(http://i479.photobucket.com/albums/rr154/Raffine/03955-Spicy-Red-Hot-Beef-Bean-Burri.jpg)

I know next time I'm confronted by a stack of these lurking in the bottom of the freezer case I will not be able to resist...

Okay, I KNOW it is JUNK food, but have you looked at the nutritional content on those things?  I used to eat that crap when I was younger and spent my weekends drinking. I look at them with longing now, turn them over and drop them like a burning ferret. Trans fat, saturated fat, usually overall fat twice the protein if not three times and the ingredients are sugars, fillers and chemicals.  What the hell happened to using meat, veggies, beans and cheese in these things?

Hot Pcokets are always disgusting.  However, frozen burritos are only usually disgusting.  There was a local brand I used to get in Las Vegas (sorry, I forget the name) that was actually really tasty and used all natural ingredients.  I remember them as being both cheap and relatively nutritious.  Shop around.   

Quote from: Javakoala on May 09, 2009, 06:31:58 AM

Okay, I KNOW it is JUNK food, but have you looked at the nutritional content on those things?  I used to eat that crap when I was younger and spent my weekends drinking. I look at them with longing now, turn them over and drop them like a burning ferret. Trans fat, saturated fat, usually overall fat twice the protein if not three times and the ingredients are sugars, fillers and chemicals.  What the hell happened to using meat, veggies, beans and cheese in these things?

The kicker is, making a wrap a la Hot Pockets isn't hard to do from fresh, and of course, more healthy ingrediants.  I just think society has gotten so busy, or lazy, that its just easier to throw stuff like this in the microwave for two minutes and eat.  Like you said Java, people need to look in the back more and understand what kind of crud their putting into their body.  Granted I sneak unhealthy items once and awhile but I try my best to do things the right way.

Quote from: RCMerchant on May 07, 2009, 02:26:42 PM
How do you think up these things? The most unique questions....and at the same time so simple? My admiration for your 'every man' abilities to hit on mundane stuff....and make it fasinating! Myself....hot pockets YUCK NASTY!
  I bought a few from the machine at work-crupes-garbage mass produced....uh-garbage!

i agree, ash should become a columnist...

Quote from: Rev. Powell on May 09, 2009, 11:19:18 AM
Hot Pcokets

Is that how a chicken pronounces it?  
:bouncegiggle:

About that El Monterey brand...
They make an awesome soft shell taco and they package it in a similar wrapper.
I used to buy them all the time but most grocery stores around here stopped carrying them for some reason.
Yeah, they're definitely not good for you, but they sure are tasty.   :smile:

I love hot pockets.

I do remember that Hot Pockets seemed to taste a whole lot better when they had originally come out.  The only ones now that I think taste horrible are the aforementioned ham & cheese variety.  I believe that there's a pizza flavor that actually isn't too bad. My oldest nephew asked me to pick some up the last time he stayed over at my house.

Love 'Em. Favorite one is the Cheeseburger.

This is a great Ash thread that never fails to make me laugh ~ especially ghouck's comment on what happened when he ate a jalapeno-flavoured hot pocket.

:teddyr: :bouncegiggle:

Quote from: ghouck on May 07, 2009, 03:33:04 PMI had one of the newer jalapeno flavored ones, which made me crap so hard I actually felt recoil.

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