What kinds of foods give you "the winds"?

turbo

Since Wolram is exploring the capture and use of human-produced methane I thought it would be interesting to see what foods produce the most gas.

ShawnD

Just an opinion, but if any of those give you gas it probably means you're on the brink of death and it's a good time to write a will

I only get gassy when I'm very sick, so I didn't vote for any of those.

moe darklight

all of the above! PF smokers: beware of my company in small quarters.

turbo

Stuff made with high concentrations of dry beans (like the pot of beans baking in the oven right now) can make me gassy, but I'm pretty much bullet proof for most other foods. Even chili doesn't usually get me going. I've got a neighbor that loves apples, but if he eats any more than one, he is a danger to others.

Evo

Cabbage is worse thean beans for me. I love cabbage.

And now you know why I live alone.

George Jones

Dahl, which we have semi-regularly, does it to me.

turbo

Ah, yes! The harmless-looking little lentil. My wife makes a hummus/dip from canned black beans, jalapenos, lemon juice, fresh garlic, onion, etc that is pretty deadly.

Math Jeans

Cabbage and broccoli. And I eat lots of Chinese food (with cabbage and broccoli).

scorpa

The only thing that gets me is KFC chicken, there is something bad in that stuff that just does very horrible things to a person. Luckily I don't have a hard time staying away from it as it is disgusting food anyway.

Moonbear

Gosh, don't we sound like a bunch of old fogeys talking about what makes us gassy!

Cabbage, definitely; broccoli to some extent (and I love broccoli too)...makes sense, they're related vegetables. Beans too, but only some, and only if I pig out on them (like when I made a 15 bean soup...yummy, but best consumed when you have no need to be around other people the day after).

turbo

You may have a sensitivity to MSG. That's one of the "secret herbs and spices" in the recipe. If you have similar problems with Lipton Onion Soup mix and stuff made with canned beef or chicken broths, that's about all the confirmation you need. All are very high in MSG, though it is hidden under aliases describing how the glutamates were produced; "autolyzed yeast", hydrolyzed vegetable protein", "modified food starch" and over 50 others, including the ubiquitous "natural flavors".

Moonbear

Could just be the amount of fat in it too.
Umm..usually it's the onions that are the culprit in that.
That would be more of a smoking gun.

Cyrus

I voted for all of them, because I love to fart. Its funny.

turbo

Hey, Cy! Pull my finger!

chroot

My worst offenders aren't on the list. They are:

1) Beer
2) Ice cream
3) Soda

There's no way you'll ever catch me getting wasted on a case of beer. More than two beers in a night will make me feel so bloated I think I'm going to rupture something, and then.... well, the next day's "winds" are usually so unpleasant I can barely stand to be around myself. Trust me, cyrus, it's only funny for the first four hours.

Cheaper ice creams contain a lot of air, which is mixed very thoroughly into the cream in order to achieve a nice fluffy texture. The downside is that you almost cannot avoid swallowing a large amount of this air, even if you let the ice cream completely melt in your mouth before swallowing. Denser, premium ice creams like Ben & Jerry's are less of a problem.

Soda's pretty self-explanatory. What goes in must go out.

- Warren

Cyrus

Maybe for the first four hours. But during those four hours its still FUN-NAY!

I always belch out soda fizz. Thats funny too.

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