Strange Eating Quirks, Anyone?

i eat pizza with a fork....it all stems back to 8th grade when i got braces...my parents took us out that night for pizza and my teeth were still sensitive from just getting my braces on...its like second nature to this day...i have to have a fork ready when i eat pizza.

Any candy bars (Three Musketeers, especially), must have the outer chocolate peeled off and eaten prior to eating the center.

I can't figure out the mechanics of this. I'd think it'd just end up a gooey mess.

i CAN NOT have my food touching.
This bugs everyone I know who has ever been to a buffet with me.
My salad, MUST NOT touch my potatoes.

Any candy bars (Three Musketeers, especially), must have the outer chocolate peeled off and eaten prior to eating the center.

LOL, I do this too. My husband always makes fun of me for it, but that's just how I roll.

This is a fun thread:drinker:

I eat the crust off of my Pizza first. I never used to but it started when I was in ninth grade. Now I can't eat pizza without eating the crust first. I also refuse to have dressing on my salads unless it is one of the spray dressings; that's really because it has less calories.

My question for some people here is what you do when someone invites you for dinner? Do you tell them about your food quirks, or do you just suck it up and be polite? I recently asked my fussy friend what he does and he said "I ask what the menu will be and I tell them whether or not it will work for me." I don't mind because I've known him for decades and just make fun of him (mostly), but if I didn't know him well and invited him for dinner I don't think I'd be too happy.

I'm super picky about my foods, but I realize that not everyone is *as* picky as me, so I opt for just not eating the certain foods I don't like (like not putting mayo on my sandwiches or eating any cold picinic casserol [too much mayo and not willing to take the chance if it's not haha] or pick off the veggies on a pizza). But usually, when I go over to someone's place for dinner, we've consulted ahead of time what we should have, and agree on something we both like.

I like to eat all or most of my food in one big meal. It has nothing to do with a diet plan even though I know some people do this deliberately and lose weight, I just like to eat one big meal and be done with it.

pfffft a sausage or bacon sarnie with no sauce = no eating

Anyone that can't have their food touching on the plate, how do you cope at a restaurant? Do you disassemble it before you eat it?

I love ketchup! have it on every dinner basically (yep, even on roast and Christmas dinner when it mixes with the ketchup - add it to mash potato and it goes pink ....mmmmmm)

I love ketchup, too >.> Maybe not QUITE that much - I put it on mashed potatoes sometimes, but not to the extent of them getting pink. But I WILL put it on eggs and any fritatta or breakfast casserole that I make. Also, mac and cheese. And when I was a kid I used to get yelled at by my grandfather for putting ketchup on pot roast/roast beef. But in my defense, I've since grown up and learned to cook, and discovered just how dry the old family roast beef was.

My only other eating quirk that I can think of is with fast food hamburgers. I ALWAYS eat around the edges first, and save the center bite for last. I don't do this with actual restaurant or homemade burgers, though, just fast food...

I love to mix my corn with other things. My favorite way to have it? Get ready for this, I doubt there is another like me... with KRAFT DINNER. My parents regularly made supper that consisted of a cut of meat (steak or pork chop), canned corn, and Kraft Dinner. I don't know how I discovered the magickal taste of KD and corn but ever since, I absolutely crave it!

My boyfriend's family has a habit of attempting to make "shepard's pie", but they ridicule the dish by making it as a "mash". This drives me up the wall! It's. A. PIE. Layer it properly! Don't just throw mashed potatoes, corn, and hash meat on a pot and call it a day! HMPH.

The proportions of a PB & J sandwich are very important, too. Needs to be about a 1:2 ratio of PB to jam. If there's too much peanut butter, take it away. I can't eat it. I also can't have just jam on toast for breakfast. Needs butter first, let it melt into the toast, and THEN apply the jam. Ooey gooey deliciousness.

And more on proportions: hotdogs. I like a little bit of ketchup and a lot of mustard. I don't appreciate restos that do not take my request seriously. Stop flooding my hotdogs with ketchup!

I'm a big pepper monkey, too. My eggs and especially my potatoes must be BLACK once I'm through with the pepper shaker. I just love the kick it gives to otherwise bland food.

Cookies must accompany milk at all times. Store-bought cookies anyway, because they're pretty crunchy. I have to dip them in milk for at least 3 seconds to thoroughly saturate them before eating, so they're nice and soft.

Speaking of soft, I hate soft cereal. HATE. IT. For cereals like Mini Wheats, Shreddies, and Fruit Loops that get soggy FAST, I pour my milk, lightly sprinkle with a layer of cereal, eat, and then repeat until the milk is gone. Seriously, soggy cereal is just nasty! Used to drive my mother crazy because I'd "leave the milk out to spoil" while I ate.

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When my hubby makes a sandwich of any kind he has to smash it with his hands till it is flat. I asked why he does this and he doesn't know why because he has been doing this since childhood. After thinking about it and driving me crazy he thinks it was easier to get the sandwich in the mouth when he was little. He doesn't do this when we eat out!

I can't eat sandwiches unless I just made them.. which means if I want to bring one for lunch, I have to bring half the kitchen with me and assemble it at work.

I cannot, will not eat yogurt with a metal spoon. Plastic spoon only. My kids are school-aged, and I purposely kept some of their plastic cutlery for my yogurt habit.

I can, however, eat ice cream with a metal spoon. Go figure.

And while we're on the topic of ice cream, when we're at a birthday party, I will only have cake OR ice cream. Not both. Ever. Even if they're on separate plates. The temperature difference is NO BUENO for me.

I don't like anything chunky in my brownies. That means no nuts, obviously, but also no chocolate chips or chunks. The only time I will actually turn down a brownie is if it has add-ins.