What Are the Best One-Handed, Minimal-Residue Foods for Gaming?

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Fallout 4 launch is just around the corner. Since I probably won't be leaving the house for a month or so after that, I should stock up on supplies.

Preferred food should be keyboard and mouse friendly: food that can be eaten with one hand, without utensils. I already have some stock of pizza rolls, but I should also get something with more nutrition. Apples? That sounds nutritious, I guess. Apples. And grapes? Grapes might work. Any other ideas?

Here is my shopping list so far:

Pizza rolls
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Apples
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Grapes
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Microwavable, frozen burgers
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Fish sticks
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What will you be eating with Fallout 4?
 
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Don't forget to stock up on Pringles.
 
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I plan to buy a CamelBak for games. Left hand on WASD, right hand on mouse, no way to grab a glass.
 
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Do they have curry pizza rolls ? They're yum!
Borek said:
[...] no way to grab a glass.
You don't need to, but instead you can use a paper or plastic one and hang it in front of your chest with e.g a shoe lace over your neck, then suck the water up with a long straw while still enjoying your games.
 
Bananas ,raspberries, strawberries, carrot sticks and yogurt should keep you going.
 
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Great suggestions so far everybody!

I've added a few more things to my Fallout 4 grocery list:

Bite size* frozen, microwavable breakfast sandwiches
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*(and regular size too [not shown])

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Eggs! Hard-boiled eggs should fit the preferences quite well. Exactly one egg per mouthful. I call them my "mini-nukes."
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(Of course it will take a small stint of time to cook them and remove the shells, but I'll chalk that up to "crafting" experience.)

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Mentats. (After seeing some of the other items on my list, I may need some sort of supplement.)
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(Or would this be more like Rad-X?)

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Crispy squirrel bits. Not actual squirrel bits, but vegan squirrel bits!
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Bloatfly burrito
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(Can't go wrong with bloatflys.)

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RadAway (Just in case.)
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Sunset Sarsaparilla anyone?
 
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collinsmark said:
What will you be eating with Fallout 4?

Tomorrow! I'm still making my way through DA:I. These days games are so buggy at release I like to wait a few patches in it buy.

I usually munch on trail mix, popcorn or cereal.
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
I usually munch on trail mix, popcorn
Great ideas there! I'll put them on the list.

or cereal.
Thanks, but I think I'll skip that idea for myself. It reminds me too much of Sugar Bombs (I don't go near sugar, even if I'm not eating it.)*
*[Edit: my phobia of being in close proximity to sugar is admittedly an irrational one -- not scientific.]

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There's a quest[/PLAIN] in Fallout 3 where you learn that an essential ingredient in Ultrajet, a more powerful version of Jet, is processed Sugar Bombs. It gives me the heebie jeebies just thinking about it.
 
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Hot dogs, donuts, sandwich, all kinds of sweets.
 
beer and brownies ;)
 
collinsmark said:
Fallout 4 launch is just around the corner. Since I probably won't be leaving the house for a month or so after that, I should stock up on supplies.

Preferred food should be keyboard and mouse friendly: food that can be eaten with one hand, without utensils. I already have some stock of pizza rolls, but I should also get something with more nutrition.
You forgot to mention the food must also leave behind minimal residue: Cheetos + keyboard = bad times.

Wrapping anything in a tortilla seems like a great option. Any sauce is contained, you can eat it with one hand with no finger residue, and you can make them as (un-)healthy as you like.