[ransomnote]

And your friends just admitted to liking the taste of inexpensive food. So yes, they were pretending while secretly enjoying the taste.

Uhm...no. We didn’t like the taste. One woman likes crisco frosting - the rest are told to be silent if they don’t. I’m going to go with my own observations and comments from friends I know rather than someone anonymous who believes I just can’t be right. My point is 2 posts back. I suspect chemicals added to cat treats have parallels in human food - chemicals added to cheap food to encourage ‘eating behavior’.

[Chicory]

You may have something there. I decided to stop eating chocolate so I didn't buy any, but then I wanted some so I mixed up powdered chocolate with sugar and ate that. But I didn't eat anywhere near as much as I would have of those 90% dark chocolate bars, and I don't feel the urge to eat chocolate so often.