Food oddities

[Stretch]

Random thought I had as I was munching on some Lays this morning -- I have a really odd affinity for chips that get folded in half during processing. I don't know why. I hunt for them first whenever I open a new bag of chips.

Kind of reminded me of the Seinfeld episode where Elaine only ate the muffin tops.

Anyone else have an odd food habit?

[Gan]

Brisket ends when cooking on the grill.

[Sean of the Thread]

I always eat the ends of a loaf of bread first.

[Gan]

Kraft mac-n-cheese fresh out of the pot when I'm cooking it, while the cheese sauce is still runny and the noodles have not had a chance to cool or dry out.

[Gan]

chex mix... I eat the chex first.

Mixed nuts... I go for the cashews first.

[diethx]

I'll eat the green m&m's first, they're my favorite.

I love salty pretzel sticks, and when I open a fresh bag or box, i'll search for the thinnest, saltiest, and most well-done sticks in there.

I like my popcorn kinda burnt. Not like charred or blackened, but kinda just barely turning a darker color with a hint of well-done flavor. I like certain other things well done/burnt that you wouldn't really think would be good burnt. Like well-done fajitas from Chili's. And kinda burnt but not burnt crispy fries.

Oh and I do that same thing with Kraft mac n cheese, but I don't think that's a food oddity. That shit gets gross fast, so you have to eat it all fast while it's still hot and creamy.

[Tisket]

Kind of reminded me of the Seinfeld episode where Elaine only ate the muffin tops.

What the fuck, that's not odd, that's the only way to eat muffins.

[diethx]

Oh yeah and on the rare occasion I get McDonald's breakfast, I get a bacon egg & cheese biscuit and I don't eat it like a sandwich. I open it up and eat it layer by layer, ripping it up piece by piece. First I eat the egg, then the bacon, then the cheese, and finally the biscuit.

[radamanthys]

I like muffin bottoms more.

When it comes down to eating habits, I've been known to frighten people. I've got an oral fixation- bite my nails, pencils, pens, people. You name it.

A good example: I was at the awards ceremony for a Model United Nations conference (I did win, hehe). I was so bored, though, that I started gnawing on my copy of the universal declaration of human rights booklet.

I consumed the entire thing.

Non-nutritive crude fiber, hooray!


I eat kiwis with the skin still on. I eat lemons that way, as well. I like anything fishy- asian food stores have some pretty nasty looking stuff (dried mini-sardines or something- those are a good one) that i'll eat by the handful.

I'm bizarre when it comes down to my eating.

[Sean of the Thread]

I'll eat the green m&m's first, they're my favorite.



You do realize they all taste the same right?

[Tisket]

I like muffin bottoms more.

Alien.

[radamanthys]

Alien.


That's what they tell me. The fact that I'm an olive-skinned boy doesn't help, since I look green during the wintertime.

We're gearing up for the invasion. We've got our probes extra cold.

[Hips]

I bite the edges off ravioli first, then peel off and eat the top "noodle" layer, then eat the center.

I do the same thing with peanut butter cups.

[Audriana]

Whenever I go on a road trip (especially if I'm driving) I need Good & Plentys. I pop them in my mouth one at a time, and strip off the outer coating with my teeth, then eat the center.

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

I do the same thing with peanut butter cups.

I do that too.

I eat a lot of ice cream in the winter... I don't even know why but when it gets cold out I crave ice cream.

When I eat my cheeseburgers I eat them in a circular way, like one bite from each side all around, over and over, until I get to the center.

[Some Rogue]

I bite the edges off ravioli first, then peel off and eat the top "noodle" layer, then eat the center.

I do the same thing with peanut butter cups.

Haha, I used to do that too.

[ViridianAsp]

My fiance gets a whopper with a everything on it, then takes the tomato off. I asked him, "Why don't you just order it without the tomato on it, if you don't want to eat it?', he says it doesn't taste right that way.

So weird.


I hate ice in my beverages, I will not drink things with ice in them unless I have to.

[Daniel]

A good example: I was at the awards ceremony for a Model United Nations conference (I did win, hehe). I was so bored, though, that I started gnawing on my copy of the universal declaration of human rights booklet.

I consumed the entire thing.

Non-nutritive crude fiber, hooray!


.... The fuck? How socially awkward are you?

[Sean of the Thread]

w t f

[Jorddyn]

I eat my M&Ms in twos - must be the same color. Leftovers get tossed. Red ones are saved for last because they're the best.

I sort my french fries by size and eat them biggest to smallest (smaller ones are crunchier and taste better).

[Tisket]

Can anyone say "OCD"?

[Some Rogue]

Can anyone say "OCD"?

OMG HOW DARE YOU MAKE THAT KIND OF JUDGEMENT AGAINST SOMEONE!!111

MAYBE SHE WAS TRAUMATIZED BY A SINGLE M&M AS A CHILD.

[Tisket]

This thread reminds me of that show Monk with Tony Shaloub. I love that show.

[Vesi]

I always look for the brownest potato chips in the bag. (and the foldy puffy ones too) I also like my popcorn sort of burned. Anything with a shell... like M&Ms, I either suck off the shell or bite it off and suck the middle while it melts. I have tons more but I'm sure I've set myself up by using the word suck... so I'll end this for now.

Vesi

Edited: Forgot my avatar is about potato chips. Heh.

[diethx]

You do realize they all taste the same right?

NO THEY DON'T STFU THE GREEN ARE THE BEST


I bite the edges off ravioli first, then peel off and eat the top "noodle" layer, then eat the center.

I do that too with regular ravioli. The only kind I eat normally are the toasted meat kind from Olive Garden.


OMG HOW DARE YOU MAKE THAT KIND OF JUDGEMENT AGAINST SOMEONE!!111

MAYBE SHE WAS TRAUMATIZED BY A SINGLE M&M AS A CHILD.

ROFL

[diethx]

Oh and I have a method for eating Kit Kat bars. I break off each Kit Kat and I proceed to bite off all the chocolate outside first. I start with each end, then take little bites down the sides (long ways). Then I try to get the chocolate off the top and bottom which is definitely harder, and I can rarely do it perfectly. Then I like to eat each wafer one by one, licking off the delicious icing filling stuff.

[Brattt8525]

I do that too.

I eat a lot of ice cream in the winter... I don't even know why but when it gets cold out I crave ice cream.

When I eat my cheeseburgers I eat them in a circular way, like one bite from each side all around, over and over, until I get to the center.

The rare time I order a buger I will eat only the very outer edges, then throw the rest away.

[Sean of the Thread]

Bratt likes 8 inch hot dogs. The wide ones.

[Some Rogue]

Bratt likes 8 inch hot dogs. The wide ones.


Guess you're safe then.

[Furrowfoot]

I do the same thing with McDonald's breakfast sandwiches - eating them layer by layer.

For snack mixes, I absolutely love the little brown bread slice shaped thingers. I'll pick them all out first, and then lament that there aren't any later on.

I generally hate sugared cereal, but every now and then I'll buy a box of Lucky Charms, eat all the marshmallows and toss the rest when they're all gone.

[Brattt8525]

Bratt likes 8 inch hot dogs. The wide ones.

Well girth is better then length!

[diethx]

For snack mixes, I absolutely love the little brown bread slice shaped thingers. I'll pick them all out first, and then lament that there aren't any later on.

Rye chips are my favorite too. You know Gardettos sells bags of just those, right?

[Audriana]

LOL... Sometimes when I have bowl of Lucky Charms, I eat all the grain peices first so all I have is a bowl of marshmallows. I have to make sure NOT to eat any mallows before all the grains are gone.

It can be hard, those pesky grain peices hide. And I feel bad when while I'm chomping on the mallows when I find a grain... Like I lost... Because I did... At life...

[diethx]

I haven't been able to stomach Lucky Charms for 5 years. Sucks, cuz they were awesome.

[Sean of the Thread]

I fucking hate sugar cereals.

[Furrowfoot]

Rye chips are my favorite too. You know Gardettos sells bags of just those, right?

Yeah, though that takes all the fun out of it. Thrill of the hunt? :rofl:

[Sean of the Thread]

Man a bag of Gardettos would settle nicely right about now. Love that shit.

I also get all my burgers on grilled rye. Sammiches on grilled rye. Except cold subs are always on wheat.

[Skeeter]

My fiance gets a whopper with a everything on it, then takes the tomato off. I asked him, "Why don't you just order it without the tomato on it, if you don't want to eat it?', he says it doesn't taste right that way.

So weird.


I hate ice in my beverages, I will not drink things with ice in them unless I have to.

I order my burgers with everything then pull the pickles off. It's more to do with incompetence of the workers than a taste preference.

I've learned that any sort of special order is a crap shoot. It's easier to just order what they are used to and not confuse the 16 yo burnouts that work in fast food.

[Sean of the Thread]

I haven't eaten that shit for a long time but I do the same when I order my girls food.

[Jorddyn]

Can anyone say "OCD"?

OCD.

ocd.

[Some Rogue]

Man a bag of Gardettos would settle nicely right about now. Love that shit.


Mmmm, those mustard ones are good. DAMN YOU ALL.

[thefarmer]

Oh and I have a method for eating Kit Kat bars. I break off each Kit Kat and I proceed to bite off all the chocolate outside first. I start with each end, then take little bites down the sides (long ways). Then I try to get the chocolate off the top and bottom which is definitely harder, and I can rarely do it perfectly. Then I like to eat each wafer one by one, licking off the delicious icing filling stuff.

I do that.

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

I order my burgers with everything then pull the pickles off. It's more to do with incompetence of the workers than a taste preference.

I've learned that any sort of special order is a crap shoot. It's easier to just order what they are used to and not confuse the 16 yo burnouts that work in fast food.

Pretty much. I don't special order anything if I can help it, rather just take care of it myself and pull off whatever I don't want.

[Stanley Burrell]

When I was a wee lad, I used to eat all the non-marshmallow cereal bits and pieces in Lucky Charms so that I'd have dessert after I finished the comparatively less tasty grainy pieces. Delicious simple carbohydrates, ach aye.

[MotleyCrew]

I can't think of any of my own right now, although I am sure there are some, but my brother-in-law won't eat potatoes on the same plate as the rest of his meal. He puts them on a side plate.

[Sean of the Thread]

I'm the opposite. I usually eat out of a big bowl with everything mixed in it using the potato as the base.

[Izzy]

I'll get a large popcorn at the movies, eat some, and save the rest for the next day. Slightly stale popcorn ftw.

[TheEschaton]

Hmmmm, is it an oddity to just shove food down your mouth without actually doing weird things to it first?

The only moderately odd thing I do is that if I have a meal of any sort with different dishes, I eat all the dishes separately, one at a time, in order of vegetables -> potatoes/starches-> meat. Cause the meat is the best.

-TheE-

[Some Rogue]

Cause the meat is the best.

-TheE-

That's what she said.

[CrystalTears]

Oh jeez.

When I eat HoHo's, I eat the chocolate layer around it first. Then I eat the cake part as the layer rolls around. So yeah I'm not normal and don't bite into it. I unravel it.

When I eat animal crackers, I bite the limbs off, then the head, then eat the rest of the body. Same principle with gummy bears.

For Kit Kats, I break them in half, then eat them layer by layer.

Boston cream donuts are my favorite. I bite into them then lick out all the cream from the middle, then eat the rest of the donut.

I'm so fucking weird.

[Amber]

The only moderately odd thing I do is that if I have a meal of any sort with different dishes, I eat all the dishes separately, one at a time, in order of vegetables -> potatoes/starches-> meat. Cause the meat is the best.

-TheE-

I do that too, but I eat the vegetables first, then meat, and then the starch. I also pick all the toppings off of pizza and eat them separately before I eat the crust.

[TheEschaton]

I bite into them then lick out all the cream from the middle, then eat the rest.



Yes plz?

[Kyra231]

I order my burgers with everything then pull the pickles off. It's more to do with incompetence of the workers than a taste preference.

I've learned that any sort of special order is a crap shoot. It's easier to just order what they are used to and not confuse the 16 yo burnouts that work in fast food.

I just order mine & take off w/e I don't want, too many flashbacks of when I was about 6 & very picky. My 'special ordered' burger would just be getting done after everyone else had ate & was sitting there tapping their foot.

I just taught my kids that if we did go to fast food they could just scrape the shit they don't want off. Much less hassle.

Lets see...dorito's on a pb sandwich...or a sandwich of dill pickles with hellman's, I know there's more but I can't pin them down atm.

[ViridianAsp]

My fiance says it actually doesn't taste right if he orders it without tomato. I personally think it's in his head.

He just pointed out that I take the pickles off of my cheeseburgers and eat them first.

[Sean of the Thread]

I just taught my kids that if we did go to fast food they could just scrape the shit they don't want off. Much less hassle.

Lets see...dorito's on a pb sandwich...or a sandwich of dill pickles with hellman's, I know there's more but I can't pin them down atm.

Oink Oink

[ViridianAsp]

Lets see...dorito's on a pb sandwich...

I like potato chips on mine, too. I like the salty with the sweet.

[diethx]

I'll get a large popcorn at the movies, eat some, and save the rest for the next day. Slightly stale popcorn ftw.

I do that too, but with popcorn I make at home. I cook it and let it sit for a few hours at least until it's cold. I love cold microwaved buttery (slightly dark) popcorn.

[AnticorRifling]

I like putting my fries on my sandwiches.

If there is bread served with a meal (slices of bread, garlic bread, biscuits, rolls, wtf ever) I'm making a sandwich. Spagetti sandwiches own.

[Tisket]

This thread was making me feel really kind of normal and therefore free to mock others openly. Until Anticor reminded me that I like mashed potato sandwiches. Fuck.

[Allereli]

This thread was making me feel really kind of normal and therefore free to mock others openly. Until Anticor reminded me that I like mashed potato sandwiches. Fuck.

post thanksgiving garlic mashed potato sandwiches = win

[Sean of the Thread]

I'll fucking second that motion.

*woot I just realized it's almost thanksgiving!

[DeV]

My fiance gets a whopper with a everything on it, then takes the tomato off.
I do this with burgers and subway sandwiches. It's crazy, but I honestly can't help it.

[Sean of the Thread]

Fuck that noise.

Subway or any sub I gotta get just the way I like it or else.

<--I prefer Publix subs

[CrystalTears]

I do this with burgers and subway sandwiches. It's crazy, but I honestly can't help it.
Wait wait. You mean subway sandwiches as in standard sandwiches shaped like a sub, not necessarily the restaurant Subway, right? Because I'll laugh at you if you ASK for tomatoes then take them off. :tongue:

[Clove]

"I've seen 'em do it, man! They fuckin' drown 'em in that shit!"

[DeV]

Because I'll laugh at you if you ASK for tomatoes then take them off. :tongue:I SAID IT WAS CRAZY, DAMMIT, WOMAN.

My girlfriend laughs at me all the time for doing this retarded shit.

I always ask for everything on my sub, then commence with removing said evil tomatoes. I used to like them, but I don't anymore, and I've asked for them out of habit ever since basically because I... just... can't.... stop... :cry:

[Audriana]

I ask for tomatos and usually end up taking them out...

I don't like multiple layers of tomatos or slices that are too thick.
Also I don't get Mayo or Mustard, so the tomatos wet everything down a bit before I yank them out.

[CrystalTears]

Yeah okay I don't want to hear anymore about my hoho issues when we have people asking for stuff on their food they don't like. :(

[Some Rogue]

Yeah okay I don't want to hear anymore about my ho issues

Bitches ain't nothin but trouble...

[CrystalTears]

I h8 u

[Sean of the Thread]

I ask for tomatos and usually end up taking them out...

I don't like multiple layers of tomatos or slices that are too thick.
Also I don't get Mayo or Mustard, so the tomatos wet everything down a bit before I yank them out.

You make Dan Quayle proud.

[DeV]

Yeah okay I don't want to hear anymore about my hoho issues when we have people asking for stuff on their food they don't like. :(I can't make fun of anyone considering.

[Orp]

I chew any and all hard candy, can never get to the center of a tootsi pop with out chewing it....
The old adage of how many licks does it take...3 bites works for me

[Allereli]

I chew any and all hard candy, can never get to the center of a tootsi pop with out chewing it....
The old adage of how many licks does it take...3 bites works for me

guys don't like chewing when you're supposed to be sucking.

[Audriana]

I know somebody that can only eat candies in even numbers. She'll eat an odd number only if it's the last one.

Another friend, when growing up, had a feeling his parents were trying to kill him via poison. So he would always take the 3rd bowl and 3rd spoon down from the stack, because the 1st is where the poison is...

[Some Rogue]

Was this a mental ward?

[DeV]

Another friend, when growing up, had a feeling his parents were trying to kill him via poison. So he would always take the 3rd bowl and 3rd spoon down from the stack, because the 1st is where the poison is... :rofl:

Princess Bride, ftw.

[Some Rogue]

I still say mental ward. :D

[Clove]

I know somebody that can only eat candies in even numbers. She'll eat an odd number only if it's the last one.

Another friend, when growing up, had a feeling his parents were trying to kill him via poison. So he would always take the 3rd bowl and 3rd spoon down from the stack, because the 1st is where the poison is...What happened to the guy who took the first spoon?

[CrystalTears]

What happened to the guy who took the first spoon?
Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!

[Audriana]

He never said it was a rational fear.
He's always told me how funny it was. He did it from the age of 10 or so all the way until he got his own place. Once he was living with his then girlfriend, now wife, he didn't have any problems with it.

I guess he just didn't trust his family.

[TheEschaton]

I never take the top spoon or utensil or plate or anything either, but it's more like a hygiene thing - I think of those top plates, just sitting there, collecting a microscopic layer of dust or something.

[MotleyCrew]

I don't know if this is an odditie...just something weird I love to eat. Peanut butter and dill pickle sandwiches, and they have to be whole pickles I slice up myself.

[Gan]

I'm with Anticor on the sandwich thing.

And I like to cut slices of sharp cheddar and dip it into miracle whip. You can just feel the arteries clog with that one.

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

I don't know if this is an odditie...just something weird I love to eat. Peanut butter and dill pickle sandwiches, and they have to be whole pickles I slice up myself.

I love dill pickles dipped in cream cheese.. maybe that's similar.

If no one has tried it, either, next time you have french toast cover it with a thin layer of jam and then a thin layer of sour cream and eat it like that (no syrup or whatever). Soooo good.

[Gan]

Jelly in scrambled eggs. (thanks to the jam reminder in the above post)

Ketchup on Spaghetti as well as on eggs.

Salsa on cream cheese with chips.

[Allereli]

maybe my food quirks are in what I don't eat:

I detest: pbj sandwiches, pickles, anything "pickled," banana peppers, mayo, yellow mustard (honey is good), ketchup, Guiness, wine, Indian food (it's the smell), bleu cheese, feta cheese

[diethx]

Ketchup on...eggs.

Not weird at all. I love ketchup on plain scrambled eggs. Less so when it's got cheese in it, but it's still pretty good.


I detest: Guiness, wine, Indian food (it's the smell), bleu cheese, feta cheese

I don't find these weird at all, and I feel the same way, except for the cheeses. I like bleu cheese dressing from ONE restaurant, and feta cheese in very serious moderation and only on Greek salads.

[Sean of the Thread]

Ketchup on eggs ftw.

[Izzy]

Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!

Stop rhyming, I mean it!

Anybody want a peanut?

[ViridianAsp]

Ketchup on Spaghetti as well as on eggs.

I love ketchup on my eggs, I didn't think this was an oddity...

But I love ketchup on most things, one thing I'm told is odd is that I like to put ketchup in left over mashed potatoes, if there are any. It tastes like a big mashed up french fry.

[CrystalTears]

Ketchup on ...eggs.
That's not weird. It's not!


Salsa on cream cheese with chips.Neither is this. Very yummy.