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Just in case you decide to chug a can of Drank or a bottle from Cana Catering, Matt Levin of Adsum Restaurant thinks you need to know how to stave off the munchies.
In fact, his refined comfort food is often dubbed "stoner food" when it has been reviewed by critics. Brian Friedman wrote in his Philadelphia Weekly review that, "Ah, hell, it's 'food for stoners"' and "Adsum takes so-called 'stoner food' to places it has never been before."
Levin is no stranger to making the news with, shall we say, mood-altering substances. You may recognize him as the Philadelphia chef that threw the Four Loko-themed dinner party back in December.
But instead of a nice Loko-vore lady, looks like your dinner date is with Mary Jane.
Five Stoner Foods: Matt Levin
1. Tastykake Sliders
"A small burger made from our house-ground brisket, American cheese, sour cherry and hot pepper jam. I serve it between two peanut butter Kandy Kakes, which are covered in chocolate. The perfect balance of sweet and spicy with a little salty finish. It's just the perfect fatso, late night stoner combination!"
2. Foie Gras Poutine
"French fries, fried in duck fat, with two gravies - a foie gras gravy based in duck stock finished with cream, and a red wine gravy based in veal stock, mozzarella cheese curds with a chunk of sautéed foie gras. OMG, über fatso - the absolute perfect drunken stoner food. There is enough grease to soak up anything. Or go SUPER poutine and add bacon lardons, cheddar cheese powder and a fried duck egg. Like one guest said, 'Should we mortgage our arteries?'"
3. Fried Mac & Cheese
"A friend introduced me to this via Sheetz, a western Pennsylvania convenience store/gas station. All I can say is, 'Wow!' Now, I love macaroni and cheese and I love fried everything, so obviously it's a match that I had to look hard at. Awesome crunch that oozes melted cheeses. Take these delicious cheesy nuggets and dip them into a tomato caramel to cure those crazy munchies."
4. Hot Wings "Matt Levin" Style
"Fried chicken wings tossed in a sauce made from melted white chocolate, habanero pepper and powdered milk. The crispy wings with that burning heat of habanero chilies are mellowed by the creamy white chocolate. Take those wings and season them with toasted nori seaweed and sea salt - you get that earthiness and salty flavor to balance the spice and sweetness. Let's go smoke a bowl and get fat on these wings right now! Wait, did I just say that? I don't even really get stoned, but oh, how I love cooking fatso foods - and fatso and stoner food, pretty much the same thing."
5. Apple Doughnuts
"Are you seeing the same trend I am? Everything is fried! Yes, apple-filled dough is fried and tossed in cinnamon sugar and filled with cream cheese frosting hot right out of the fryer. After you've gotten your stoner food fix, you need dessert right? So, why not a total stoner dessert of hot doughnuts filled with cream cheese and rolled in sugar and cinnamon?"
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When is stouffers french bread pizza, topped with gummy bears with a reduction of yoohoo paired with a slim fast going to make the menu? And why mess with Poutine? This guy sounds like an idiot.
Snyders of Hanover pretzels are the absolute shizzz. Also, some frozen pizza, or if my boyfriend cooks, homemade tacos. Extra Cheezy Easy Mac is the bomb diggity as well. Throw in an extra slice of american cheese after you heat the noodles & add cheese powder... Yum!
My perfect stoner food (when I was a stoner) was hor d'oveurs (did I spell that right?) made with Ritz crackers, left over hamburger helper, shredded cheese, and picante sauce. Mmmmmm-mmmm!
Step 1. Go to McDonalds and order a mcdouble and a mcchicken from the dollar menu. Step 2. Open mcdouble and place mcchicken in the middle of the mcdouble, proceed to closing. Step 3. Place the contraption (which is dubbed the McGangBang) you have created into your mouth and enjoy. On a side note it is much more delicious if you get food that has not been sitting under the heat lamps forever.
you can order this in Hastings, Nebraska at McDonalds. Just ask for a McDizzle.
Doritos & EZ Cheez. Nom nom nom.
The perfect nachos – black olive, jalapeno, simmered steak, sour cream, cheese, onion, tomato, black beans – more cheese.
How about oreos with peanut butter? Soup dumplings? Key lime pie? A prime filet mignon with a demi-glaze – mash and veg? Mac and cheese does sound good – not fried.
Ohhh, I just read that Poutine is a Canadian dish with fries, cheese curds and gravy. That is sooo stoner food. Forget the duck!
Can't they make healthy stoner foods? This is horrible.
By me being a "stoner" and self proclaimed food junkie. I really appericate this article n the food sounds REALLY good. But I don't really have the energy or should drive anywhere of great distance to find this "stoner food" I'm perfectly fine with carry out,McDonalds, and Chiptole being my stoner food. But I'm not ruling to try it under the infulence
Just reading that made me want to vomit. People eat that kind of stuff?
Best stoner food has to be a big fat brownie (slightly warmed) with an ice cold glass of milk. BUT, the brownie should come from a dispensary. Hell, judging by some of the comment sabout fois gras I think we should only drink soy milk, too. Don't wanna put your cold hands on the poor cow's udders, don't ya know!
Best stoner food? MCdonalds double cheese burgers,Pringles BBQ chips and Pizza of any kind.I am partial to ice cream anything but after having lost over 150lbs vomiting,I'll eat damn near anything.Real stoners would never eat duck livers just because of the karma factor.And yes it is cruel and evil but where do we draw the line? Its time to stop doing all these "Stoner" things and get cannabis legalized.My very life was saved by med quality cannabis.I lived on tapioca pudding and Pepsi for 6 motnhs I was so ill.Doritios,twinkies and the like are safe from this stoner.Happy 4:20 you all!
yep... doritos and M&Ms. salty, crunchyand sweet
"Editors' Note: We are in no way endorsing the usage of the "wacky tobacky." Really? Why then was the article published? A public service, fair and balanced reporting, or you be looking out for us?
How about for pure entertainment? Why don't you sit back, relax and smoke a fatty...followed by some fried mac and cheese. Have a great day!
One word.....Doritos.
one word.....amen.
One more word.....Screamin' Yellow Zonkers!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Best thing I've read all day! I always dug Rotel Dip with Kosher Dills for dipping... LongLongAgo!
Am I the only one who thinks the chef LOOKS stoned in that picture?
Agreed. We have to consider the possibility that he gives the "But I don't do that!" disclaimer, so he won't have people like cops and airport security people pulling him aside to interrogate him and look up his bum because they recognize him as "the stoner chef."
real stoners don't eat, it ruins the hi
Ya, don't wanna munch off your buzz.....I prefer to smoke, munch, then smoke again!
it seems to me most stoner food involves cheese, unless you got a sweet tooth, then it's just flat out anything with sugar. But yeah, it better be already cooked or microwavable...
and what a waste to get some high-end expensive junk food when you're high, when some cr*p out of your fridge is just as good? I think just some basic saltines and cheddar gave me an orgasm once
Times they are a changin'... We use to live on pb & J's, Top Ramen, and Refried Beans. Cold. Straight out of the can. Legit.
nope. the times aren't changing. i ate ramen four times last week.
I just discovered the best Ramen. It is Maruchan Yakisoba, it comes in a microwaveable dish, add a cup of water, microwave, and voila, super tasty noodles. They have a spicy chicken flavor that set my mouth on fire. Also, a yummy cheddar cheese ramen flavor that is as good as other micro mac n' cheese. I think its less sodium than regular ramen, that, and it sure is tasty! Spicy flavors are really spicy!
Best stoner food is pizza rolls and heinz 57. Dr. pepper is a must and tomato and basil crackers. Thats whatsup!
All of these, regardless of the moral implications some people want to put on the fois gras, strike me with one fatal flaw in common: they just require far too much effort of your average stoner. Everyone who's been there knows perfect stoner food is either prepackaged or requires very simple ingredients and preperation. The four basic food groups of stoner food are Dr Pepper, Oreos, Doritos, and grilled cheese.
ingredients from gas station; chopped onions and tomatoes from hot snack area(because they are already prepped) Box of pizza rolls, salsa, jalapeno cheese, sour cream. Nuke the pizza rolls first then dump on the restof ingredients/however much you want. nuke again add a little pepper and voila! Hint: use box from pizza rolls for your plate and throw away later!
i used the box of three different things as a plate today! go me.
Veal stock and foie gras? That would kill the enjoyment of being stoned. I would become paranoid that karma would come knocking on my door and deliver a swift kick to my nuts. And I don't even believe in karma.
Well, here's what I think....uh, you know...uh...What were we talking about?
*DEAD*
I prefer plain layes potatoe chips and if available chocolate pudding to dip em in
Sorry, kids....all that stuff has too much prep time when it comes to feeding the munchies.
Best stoner food that's probably stocked in your kitchen now is rice krispies, marshmallows and butter...make a batch and don't bother to let it cool....just start munchin' on the hot gooey crunchin'! Add some chocolate chips and coconut if you like, even better!
Heck, yeah. Now, you're talking!
There are no chicken bones in cup cakes.
Middleswarth BBQ chips (weekender) some snack packs and a half gallon of Turkey Hill lemonade tea! :)
Stoners don't eat fois gras..... its cruel and unnecessary
WOW that tastykake burger sounds awesome, I may try that myself (I feel for you people outside of the Philadelphia region who can't get tastykakes... absolutly awesome!)
A spagetti sandwhich and leftover pizza heated up just enough for the grease to ooz out and a cold glass of milk is the best stoner food in the world
Matt levin said that this is his favorite album:
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You hear that? That was my bong and good stoner food is slim jims, flaming hot cheetos, swiss rolls and anything else i can unwrap and just eat...
This stoner wouldn't eat any of that crap. Every one of those "stoner foods" has a just ridiculous fat content. Stereotype much?
well aren't you special?
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^ Win
put whip cream on top of two twinks and enjoy!
i lost all respect when he said he didn't get stoned. poor execution with this article.
this is stoner food:
take two frozen waffles. make a peanut butter sandwich with them. cover with whipped topping. drench with syrup. eat it and then make a hot pocket. dump louisiana hot sauce in it as you eat it.
and for dinner we'll be making my world-famous chili ramen. boil some ramen. mix in butter and then seasoning. then dump in a can of chili. add a cocktail of your favorite hot sauces. stir and eat. weed-tastic
probably the best idea ever will bw trying this next time i got munchies
Stoner food is anything. Even contemplated small monkeys during some stonez.
or some two day old pizza crust. ultra stale chips. PUPcorn.
I'm glad he enjoys this food, and it was a fun article to read, but none of the food choices appeal to me.
I would totally eat the fried mac & cheese.
Foie Gras is not evil....other than the fact it is decadently delicious.
Perhaps someone should nail YOUR feet to the floor and push grain down your gullet with a stick until YOUR liver becomes terminally diseased. Then we'll ask you again how evil foie gras is.
Right, because humans and ducks are equal.
Considering humans and ducks are totally different species, how could they ever be "equal"? If what you really mean is "might makes right," then you do have a point. But treating another creature, "lesser" or not, like that is barbaric and inhumane. But might does make right, and animals can't defend themselves, so we are the bigger, stronger, species, and we "win." But there are those of us who can't see doing that to a duck just to eat the fatty liver. Sharks suffocating after being thrown back in the ocean after their fins have been cut off is needlessly barbaric as well. But some people like the soup, so there you have it. Again, might makes right. But I have eaten bacon, hamburgers, and chicken tenders. I don't delude myself that I am somehow morally or ethically superior to people who eat other things. It is just that employing cruel methods to extract one small part of the animal only to discard the rest seems exceptionally cruel to me, and I avoid eating those things.
this all would be good if someone would make it for me. however i'll stick to the frozen pizza, triscuits and hummus, peanut butter crunch, easy mac, and snyder's of hanover honey mustard and onion flavored pretzel pieces. (that kinda sounds like an advertisement, lol)
or screw all that and go to five guys burgers and fries
um, I want all that!
Yum, Omaha – Snyders pretzels – I would eat all of that too.
I would never eat any of that no matter how high I was.
I was going to suggest some alternatives but I forgot what I was going to say.
Anything sweet and moist, but I think the foie gras poutine could be a bad trip when the stoner starts thinking about it too intensely. Best to strike it from this menu.
Sweet and moist? You have met my girlfriend you dog.
@BRB you wish
No way is this stoner food, my judgement doesn't go out the window just because I'm high. Most of this stuff sounded good until all the dessert stuff was thrown in there.
I'm laughing because the homemade fried apple pie, complete with cream cheese frosting sounds so fattening, but better than any of the other options. I just couldn't do foie gras, fried mac n' cheese, or white chocolate hot wings. I might try a bite of the burger, out of curiousity. But I'm not a fan of mixing sweet and savory. My kind of "snack" food would be mini veggie-corn dogs, doritos, a pb&j sammie with or without fluff, frozen pizza, or jalapeno poppers. We keep it simple, and sometimes frozen convenience food like around here.
Stoner food? I'll take barbecue corn chips and sour cream over any of thse any day.
Foie Gras is evil.
tasty, tasty evil....
well stated Kevin!
I have worked at a five star restaurant at one time, and could have eaten foie gras for free. I still passed on that one. I was afraid it would taste like suffering and panic, which would have ruined the flavor for me.
Uh, it all sounds good and all, but is a stoner really going to go and find expensive foie gras, much less appreciate it? I'm willing to bet he'd rather go to white castle and spend the rest of the money... well you know how.
(I was going to ask if a stoner was likely to even know what foie gras was, but I just know there's a gang of stoner foodies out there somewhere, ready to verbally beat me up for saying something like that.)
However, tastykake sliders? Yup. I can see that.
Where have your been – locked in the 60's? Good weed is almost $2,000 a pound in these high times. $10.00 a lid has not been seen for at least three decades. Brings new meaning to "This Bud's for you".
IDK what you've been smoking, but lets make a correction:
Good smoke is $3000 a lb, minimum. Any really good quality weed could go for as much as $4500 a lb.
$4800
Gimmme some Panama RED!
I know 3 chefs and I would say that 100% of them are stoners themselves. I am not saying that all chefs are stoners, but just the ones I know personally. I am not sure if that says something about who I associate with or with chefs in general. I'll leave that to your speculation.
stonerfood? youre a complete chat room idiot.
Think I gained 5 lbs and doubled my cholesterol level just by reading this......
Me too.