I wonder how she kept cramming down all those little pastries to avoid answering Ricky's questions. I think I counted about 12 pastries. I would have gagged. I wonder what was in the salad dressing bottle she chugged too. Can you imagine drinking up all that dressing? Maybe it was just plain buttermilk. :p The Vitameat stuff was really apple pectin but that stuff is really sweet and syrupy and she had to drink so much of it. I never thought of it before but Lucy had a cast iron stomach! She hated sardines too so that "ice cream" scene was gross for her and I know she barfed. But she was pregnant! :lol:

I asked on here before and never got an answer. Just what the hell were those things she was shoveling down in the Ethel's b-day episode? You say pastries, but what exactly?

They look to me like a cream puff type thing or mini-cannoli. I bet they had to be her favorite specially brought in for her to chow down so many of them!

A mini-cannoli is what they do appear to be. I always wondered what they were. I get sick just watching her eat them. :lol:

I asked on here before and never got an answer. Just what the hell were those things she was shoveling down in the Ethel's b-day episode? You say pastries, but what exactly?


I've been trying to remember what episode had those deserts. I looked at the Ethel's b-day one but I didn't see it. It was in an ep. where Lucy said she won't talk while her mouth is full so she could avoid answering Ricky.

Any ideas where else to look? :confused:

Irene-I found your question about this from Oct. '07. That was a fun thread, listing all the food references in ILL!

I've been trying to remember what episode had those deserts. I looked at the Ethel's b-day one but I didn't see it. It was in an ep. where Lucy said she won't talk while her mouth is full so she could avoid answering Ricky.

Any ideas where else to look? :confused:

Irene-I found your question about this from Oct. '07. That was a fun thread, listing all the food references in ILL!
Ohhhh, it was the salad dressing episode where Lucy ate all those pastries. My mistake.

And yes Stacy you are right, we had a thread abt the various foods mentioned on the show where I asked that question. ;)

I wonder what was in the salad dressing bottle she chugged too. Can you imagine drinking up all that dressing? Maybe it was just plain buttermilk. :p

To me, that would be as bad as 'drinking' any kind of salad dressing I know :(

^ :rofl:

To me, that would be as bad as 'drinking' any kind of salad dressing I know :(
Oh I agree.

Want to hear something similar? :lol: Last week my best girlfriend and I took our sons to go eat pizza. Her son LOVES ranch dressing with his pizza, among other things. Well, he ran up to the table -mind you he is 5 years old- and here I am thinking, he is thirsty and will be grabbing his juice to drink. WRONG!!!!! He grabbed the container that was filled with ranch dressing and CHUGGED IT DOWN! puke:
My girlfriend and I said out loud, "EWWWWWWWWWWW." He smiled with all this ranch all over his lips and he said, "That is sooooo good." And ran off to play.

I told my girlfriend how that moment reminded me of the Lucy moment when she herself drinks the dressing. :eek:

I wonder how she kept cramming down all those little pastries to avoid answering Ricky's questions. I think I counted about 12 pastries. I would have gagged. I wonder what was in the salad dressing bottle she chugged too. Can you imagine drinking up all that dressing? Maybe it was just plain buttermilk. :p The Vitameat stuff was really apple pectin but that stuff is really sweet and syrupy and she had to drink so much of it. I never thought of it before but Lucy had a cast iron stomach! She hated sardines too so that "ice cream" scene was gross for her and I know she barfed. But she was pregnant! :lol:

Actually, I recall reading somewhere that those cravings that Lucy had on the show were Lucy's real life cravings! I have read so many books on her and Desi that I can't recall which book I read it in, but I did read it.;) I have heard of women hating foods that they actually crave during pregnancy.

Actually, I recall reading somewhere that those cravings that Lucy had on the show were Lucy's real life cravings! I have read so many books on her and Desi that I can't recall which book I read it in, but I did read it.;) I have heard of women hating foods that they actually crave during pregnancy.
You are right. During my first pregnancy I craved things I hated like tomatos, cheese, broccoli, and jelly. Now, I love those things.


Were the sardines and ice cream real that Lucy was eating? :eek: My Lucy book doesn't mention that part of the scene so I have no idea whether it was real or what.

Oh I agree.

Want to hear something similar? :lol: Last week my best girlfriend and I took our sons to go eat pizza. Her son LOVES ranch dressing with his pizza, among other things. Well, he ran up to the table -mind you he is 5 years old- and here I am thinking, he is thirsty and will be grabbing his juice to drink. WRONG!!!!! He grabbed the container that was filled with ranch dressing and CHUGGED IT DOWN! puke:
My girlfriend and I said out loud, "EWWWWWWWWWWW." He smiled with all this ranch all over his lips and he said, "That is sooooo good." And ran off to play.

I told my girlfriend how that moment reminded me of the Lucy moment when she herself drinks the dressing. :eek:

oh man....that's gross!!
i love ranch as well and smother my food and pizza with it, but gulping it down as if it's water...eww. lol.

i don't know how lucy was able to eat all that she did on the show and not make any weird facial expressions doing it. all of the little mini cannolis, chocolate candies, mints, dressing, ice cream with sardines (yuck!) would not be pleasant to swallow and she did it all without letting it affect her acting or facial expressions.
i think the sardines and ice cream were real...or they sure looked real! and then ricky joined her. :eek:
one of the things she did eat/drink on the show that sounded good was that pistachio or mango milkshake. i can't remember what flavor it was, but it was the least gross out of all of the things she had to eat. lol.

Actually, I recall reading somewhere that those cravings that Lucy had on the show were Lucy's real life cravings! I have read so many books on her and Desi that I can't recall which book I read it in, but I did read it.;) I have heard of women hating foods that they actually crave during pregnancy.

She hated the sardines, and threw up after that scene was over. Of course the "ice cream" was mashed potato and the "fudge" was brown gravy.

My Lucy book doesn't mention that part of the scene so I have no idea whether it was real or what.

You really owe it to yourself to pick up THE LUCY BOOK by Fidelman. It came out in 1999 and really swept the Bart Andrews book under the table. The Andrews book is good but it's very incomplete and "dated" now.

She hated the sardines, and threw up after that scene was over. Of course the "ice cream" was mashed potato and the "fudge" was brown gravy.
puke:

Ugh, even mashed potatos, gravy and SARDINES is still terrible to imagine. :eek:

I love sardines!! But I'll take my taters and gravy on the side thanksverymuch. :lol:

I used to love sardines as a child. I tried eating them as an adult and I gagged. I kept thinking, "What did I ever see in these?"

When I was 19 I went to work in this small plant that made wooden boxes, bases, helicopter cabin crates and blade boxes, et al, and sardines became my most common lunch to take. But I found I didn't like them packed in tomato sauce or mustard; just oil, and later, some that were water-packed. Now I think all that oil would be repulsive. But seems like it wasn't that many months ago I bought some of the water-packed, and found I still like them, though not as I used to.

I think one reason kids like them, or at least want to try them, is because they are a novelty; especially those that have that Norweigian Crown Prince on the wrapping, and those that still have that key you roll open the top with. And remember how they were featured on some cartoons? I remember more than one where there was an underwater scene, with swordfish clashing with their 'swords', an electric eel 'recharging' batteries, et al, and there was a court trial and a can of sardines opened as the jury box with the dozen of them :lol: . That probably played a part in my trying them.

oh man....that's gross!!
i love ranch as well and smother my food and pizza with it, but gulping it down as if it's water...eww. lol.

i don't know how lucy was able to eat all that she did on the show and not make any weird facial expressions doing it. all of the little mini cannolis, chocolate candies, mints, dressing, ice cream with sardines (yuck!) would not be pleasant to swallow and she did it all without letting it affect her acting or facial expressions.
i think the sardines and ice cream were real...or they sure looked real! and then ricky joined her. :eek:
one of the things she did eat/drink on the show that sounded good was that pistachio or mango milkshake. i can't remember what flavor it was, but it was the least gross out of all of the things she had to eat. lol.


I think that I saw a documentary, where Desi said that he and Lucy were actually eating Mashed Potatoes and Sardines.

Interesting little tidbit

I had read a long, long time ago that anytime ice cream was in a scene on television or movies, they substituted mashed potatos instead because the hot studio lights melted the ice cream.

I had read a long, long time ago that anytime ice cream was in a scene on television or movies, they substituted mashed potatos instead because the hot studio lights melted the ice cream.


Yeah I saw that on a show years ago and they were showing you how they make food for commercials and print ads

oh man....that's gross!!
i love ranch as well and smother my food and pizza with it, but gulping it down as if it's water...eww. lol.

i don't know how lucy was able to eat all that she did on the show and not make any weird facial expressions doing it. all of the little mini cannolis, chocolate candies, mints, dressing, ice cream with sardines (yuck!) would not be pleasant to swallow and she did it all without letting it affect her acting or facial expressions.
i think the sardines and ice cream were real...or they sure looked real! and then ricky joined her. :eek:
one of the things she did eat/drink on the show that sounded good was that pistachio or mango milkshake. i can't remember what flavor it was, but it was the least gross out of all of the things she had to eat. lol.


About the milkshake, I believe Ricky says,"There's only one place in New York
that makes a papaya youth milkshake!" At least, that's what it SOUNDS like
he's saying. And about Lucy having a strong stomach, what about at the end
of The Freezer episode, where she tells everyone to grap a fork and a bottle
of ketchup and come to the biggest BBQ in the world??!! I don't think 4 people
could eat over 700 lbs. of meat. I think I'd invite all my neighbors as well! ha!

The "papaya milkshake" thing? Which preggo ep is that from? I don't think it's from "Labor Pains" along with the other "cravings". I just ff'w-d through it.

Yeah I saw that on a show years ago and they were showing you how they make food for commercials and print ads
Yes. You are right. I had read abt backstage stuff but I did watch a show like that. Very interesting how they dress up the food and really, it is inedible (the print ads) because the food is not cooked all the way through and the things they use to make them look so pretty.

What was she actually swallowing in the Vitameatvegamin episode. Looked like some gooey substance. Hope it wasn't too sweet. She did a wonderful job "Joe is it hot in here?'

Coffeecup, I think it was apple pectin she was drinking.