a gazillion dollars to the inventor of the rice cake and whoever made us think it was a "diet" food
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hortensehildegarde wrote: »I have never regarded them as a diet food didnt realise they were touted as such.
thank you! I didn't realize how old and outdated I was and that the kids these days aren't trying to stuff rice cakes like they do juicing.
Now (again) don't get me wrong, I love rice cakes to bits, I just don't think people should be lured into thinking they will help any weight-loss efforts.
You (and a lot of others) are apparently too young for this, but a long time ago we were led to believe eating rice cakes would lead to weight loss.
You hear that kiddos!?! Does that sound stupid?!? If that sounds silly question any other blanket statements you are given.
I remember my mom eating them.
Sorry!
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I will keep it short! What type of rice cake are you referring to. Korean, Japanese, Chinese, South Eastern Countries or Indian?
the nasty american puffy "diet" kind (though I find them delicious, as does at least one of my dogs apprently cause she just ran off with the package from the ones I just consumed)
Either way I am SUPER relieved to see that it is not the fad that it used to be. I think people should eat them if they find them a yummy snack, but they sure as heck should not eat them if they think eating them will get them skinny. Won't anymore than eating Doritos will!!!
Now I had better go tend to my dog before she suffocates herself on the package. Damn you flavorings!
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One time I tried to make a pb2+ sugar free jelly sandwich on something likened to a rice cake:
By time it was lunch time, it was soggy, inedible, and smelled like vomit. It was a low point in my life
It made me wish I had real rice cakes, I would've eaten anything BUT that at that point
yeah... rice cake consistency won't hold up to being exposed to any sort of moisture much beyond the immediate point of consumption. Sorry for your bad experience!
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Haha, yeah I definitely learned the hard way. It's all good, I'm a bit wiser now because of it, I guess. I had some baby carrots in the lunch bag too, so I didn't go -completely- hungryhortensehildegarde wrote: »One time I tried to make a pb2+ sugar free jelly sandwich on something likened to a rice cake:
By time it was lunch time, it was soggy, inedible, and smelled like vomit. It was a low point in my life
It made me wish I had real rice cakes, I would've eaten anything BUT that at that point
yeah... rice cake consistency won't hold up to being exposed to any sort of moisture much beyond the immediate point of consumption. Sorry for your bad experience!0 -
Too much sodium for me!
yeah well I eat a crap ton of pickles, canned veg, other snack foods and nuts and etc all chock full of salt. Not to mention the actual salt I add to most food. Thankfully salt doesn't make me gain weight or hinder my weight loss! Otherwise I'd be up s*** creek without a paddle, as they say. Salt would be the bane of my existence save for my forgiving low blood pressure!0 -
I usewd to chow down on rice cakes until I discovered corn thins. 47 calories for 2 and they taste kind of like popcorn. I don't think of them as a diet food, more of a yummy crunchy base for dips, hummas, cheese and vegemite, cottage cheese and tuna...0
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Based on many posts I've seen here, this is the logic:
I don't like it.
If I don't like it, nobody likes it.
People eat it while losing weight.
They are eating things they don't like while on a diet.
It must be diet food.
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I would rather eat packing peanuts0
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I like them I like the white cheddar ones and I'll make it lunch by getting two, adding deli meat and cheese to each, and smearing mayo/ stone ground mustard on them. Or I'll get the caramel ones, smear pb/nutella on them and add half a chopped banana for a snack. 0
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I use them to make gluten free open face sandwiches since regular GF bread is WAY higher in calories. Works pretty well 0
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Heavens... I thought you were going to be touting rice cakes! LOL. Uggh. What an insult to food/nutrition. (That's the best thing I can say about them)!0
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hortensehildegarde wrote: »Aren't they like 35-40 calories?
the ones I am eating are 45 calories a piece, which is insane for their weight. I typically want to eat at least 8 of them once I start in on them.
And sacrilege to those who say they taste bad! Actually I dunno, they might taste bad to some. I eat the white cheddar kinds and they taste as yummy to me as any other popcorn or puffed rice does. Of course I am also the sort of person who finds cauliflower and string beans super yummy, they just happen to be a LOT more calorie friendly than my arch-enemy, the rice cake.
Yeah. So I eat 7. And it is extremely filling, at least I think. I was just freaking out about how good they were they other day ha.0 -
hortensehildegarde wrote: »Aren't they like 35-40 calories?
the ones I am eating are 45 calories a piece, which is insane for their weight. I typically want to eat at least 8 of them once I start in on them.
And sacrilege to those who say they taste bad! Actually I dunno, they might taste bad to some. I eat the white cheddar kinds and they taste as yummy to me as any other popcorn or puffed rice does. Of course I am also the sort of person who finds cauliflower and string beans super yummy, they just happen to be a LOT more calorie friendly than my arch-enemy, the rice cake.
I love cauliflower and string beans, but can't stand rice cakes. (Also love popcorn.)
Glad you enjoy them, though!
I grew up in the '80s, so they do have a "diet food" association to me, but that's not why I don't care for them. Just personal tastes (I hate cereal too and always think it's odd that people have trouble not overeating it). I think I got exposed to cottage cheese as diet food (again, '80s), and I love it.0 -
I love rice cakes!!! The texture is what I enjoy. Korean brown rice cakes are off the hinges yommy.
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These are quite nice rice cakes and i have some by concidence.
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Rice cakes are food? I've been putting my drinks on them all these years...0
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I use them as a plate for my PB 0
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Ha. I eat rice cakes sometimes, but I kind of use them as crackers of sorts. I don't eat gluten, so rice cakes or rice crackers work for me. I might pack a couple to take to work, and then eat them with a bit of peanut butter or cheese or something as a snack. I don't eat them because I think they will make me lose weight. I eat them because they fit in with my lifestyle. And I don't mind them. I do remember, though, in the 80's when they were so popular with dieters (i.e. my mom). Anything low calorie was all the rage.0
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