VERY INTERESTING. This may be why some can't stop eating

I will eat potato chips until I think I might throw up. Crispy has me beat down and gets me to surrender every time.

The ultimate decision, smooth peanut butter or chunky peanut butter???

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I definitely crave crunchy stuff, especially fried. My favorites are fried chicken, French fries, mozzarella sticks, potato chips, and those peanut butter chocolate bars that have those crunchy wafers inside.

That said, some of my favorites, in general, are definitely mushy. Mashed potatoes with too much gravy, chicken and dumplings, green bean casserole, chili and soup in general.

I definitely crave crunchy stuff, especially fried. My favorites are fried chicken, French fries, mozzarella sticks, potato chips, and those peanut butter chocolate bars that have those crunchy wafers inside.

That said, some of my favorites, in general, are definitely mushy. Mashed potatoes with too much gravy, chicken and dumplings, green bean casserole, chili and soup in general.

This is interesting... what you've conveyed is very much the same for me, and got me thinking, "why do I crave the crunchy stuff at various times, but the mushy stuff, at other times...?" -- and it occurred to me that something associated with crunchy food is that the 'nature' of the chewing involves a more 'forceful' ('destruction' of that into which one has bitten), and multi-sensory kind of response (one can *hear* the result of chewing, when crunchy food is involved) -- but in thinking about this, my cravings for mushy foods involve such foods being a kind of 'quiet' food (both with respect to how quiet they 'sound', when chewing them, and also with respect to how I tend to be, 'internally', when eating them), and mushy foods seem to function as being forms of 'comfort food' for me, or are otherwise more 'softly' soothing, to an extent.

For me, it's kind of like crunchy foods are a craving analogue to moods when there is a preference for 'rock' music, or 'loud tones' (so to speak), or which otherwise involve forms of stress for which a kind of 'active' 'sinking my teeth into' food kind of mood is 'in play'... but mushy foods would seem to be a craving analogue for when there is a preference for 'classic' music, or 'soft tones' (so to speak), or which otherwise involve forms of stress for which a kind of 'quiet', gentle, and/or 'curling up on a couch' kind of mood is 'in play'...


Does that sound crazy?

ouch- chewing ice is really hard on your teeth watch out for that

I don't eat any type of prepared eggs (mushy and ugh!). When I eat ice cream it has to have something you bite into inside it (crunchy and yum!)

As a chef, texture is paramount. For me it was always trying to deliver a great experience based on what I perceived the gold standard on texture of any particular food to be, given the cooking method chosen, because that will dictate differing textures as well. Combining texture, think Creme Brulee, where a luscious creamy custard is topped with a layer of hard caramel is a more complex texture, nevertheless the overall mouthfeel/texture is what makes this dish a classic. Yup, texture is paramount.

I will read this later -- sounds good. I bet the food industry have studies like this.

I will eat when I'm bored, lonely or anxious...so basically I just eat!::sad:

I'll have to read that. Crunchy texture is what I crave more than anything. I won't need chocolate or chips - I'll need something crunchy with either sweet or salty flavor.

The ultimate decision, smooth peanut butter or chunky peanut butter???

Not at all, the ultimate decision is: Soft bacon or crispy bacon