Quirky/OCD eating habits?

I always have to check a metal fork to make sure all the edges are even, if one is bent funny i can't eat with it.

I also find I get on "kicks" of what I eat...For weeks I eat almost the exact same things at each meal...i think its a safe feeling knowing: I eat this and i feel full and dont get an upset stomach (I have colitis) and I'm losing weight..so I kind of stick to simple and repetitive eating. But I'm used to that knowing there's certian foods that I have to stay away from.

I cannot stand when people use their hands to touch food.. or use their fingers (especially "shared" like a party, etc)... then lick their fingers... or take something from your plate and say "oh can I have this?" and by the time they start asking the question, they've already touched it.. so yeah, go ahead, have it! I think just asking for something off someone's plate is rude to begin with, unless I've offered, then I will give it to you myself... so keep your dirty grubby hands off of my plate!!

It repulses me. LOL

Let's see... I know i'm forgetting some:

I hate having greasy fingers... i'll eat things like pizza & grilled cheese sandwiches with a fork. When I do actually have something greasy that I pick up, I have to constantly wipe my fingers on a napkin (if there's a 'sweaty' glass around, i'll wipe my fingers on that first!);

I pick at buns. There always seems to be more bun than burger/brat, so the excess bun has got to go (usually end up with at least half the bun left in shards on the plate;

I'll eat things like M&M's by twos & by color- they have to coordinate ie., no blue & brown together.

I can't have my food touching either. It freaks me out.

I very, very rarely eat snickers (the chocolate bar), but when I do, I HAVE to gnaw off (very delicately, mind you) the chocolate layer first. Then, when that is done, I take little nibbles of the remaining stuff, and for each nibble, I have to let it melt in my mouth until there is nothing but peanuts left. Then I chew those up and go for the next little nibble.

Yes, I've had some weird stares because of it... but like I said, I rarely eat it (once, twice a year?).

I do the exact same thing! and with every kind of layered bar type of food

I don't have too many but I will say I have to clean my plate! I can't stand to even leave a grain of rice on my plate or in my bowl. I have always been this way. Also, when I eat it's usually in a very neat pattern. I will push the food into a mound and then take from the mound.
With Cool Ranch Doritos, which I try not to buy to often, I have to search the bag for ones with the most flavoring on them. So, I end up touching most of them. Fair warning for anyone that wants a chip from my bag.

I smell my food before eating it. My family thinks it is strange...I HAVE to smell everything before eating or drinking it.
I prefer to use small spoons and forks, cant stand long forks. I eat my sandwiches dry. like if we order hoagies, I will have it dry no mayo or oil, no lettuce or tomatoe, no onions and no spices. mixed cheese (no provolone), but I will have pickles on it...lol....
I don't drink milk, so I only eat cereal dry. I like salty and sweet together, like I have to have it that way.
CAN'T touch raw meat, can't wash my hands enough while cooking.
And my biggest thing, if I even have the slightest feeling like something could be bad, can't eat it, when in doubt, throw it out. I will get sick just thinking it could make me sick.
I prefer yellow candy, like peanut mm's, lemon candy, then raspberry, do not like green candy (lime=tastes like floor cleaner to me). I do however, LOVE licorice the black kind and chocolate with anything. I am a serious Germaphobe here, so no buffets, ever. I carry hand sanitizer everywhere i go,seriously.
well I guess I have said enough about my ocd with food (let alone life...lol) at least I am glad to know, it is not just me.

A block of chocolate has to have the cardboard removed to be thrown out, I use my nail to slice the foil along the edge of the block so it can be neatly folded back over, you have to remove 1 row at a time and I only eat 1 square at a time.
I eat chips one at a time usually.
I eat burgers outside in.
I have to use my cups and utensils at work and don't have other people wash them.
I love lasagne and I make it all layered properly etc but when I eat it I go through and remove the white sauce layer to eat last.

As a kid, I would eat one thing at a time starting from entree to least favorite side dish. Now, not so much.

I am crazy about bleaching/microwaving/dishwasher washing my sponges after they touch raw meat residue. My sink also has to be completely sterilized and my hands need to be thoroughly scrubbed.

I have to cut meat after it's cooked. If I cut it raw, it makes me feel sick to my stomach.

I have to get every last square inch of whatever is left in a jar, i.e. peanut butter, before I can justify throwing away the bottle.

I NEVER eat past the expiration date and obsessively check them before I eat.

I guess that's all I can think of!

I chomp my string cheese. *hangs head*

You MONSTER.
XD

when I eat fries I like to line them up and poke them eating the soft ones first and the short crunchy ones later and when picking spoons I will always grab a teaspoon I don't like the big ones. When making a peanut butter sandwich I need to make sure the peanut butter is on there smoothly and evenly coating the entire bread.

I eat pizza and burgers with a knife and fork... Even 'finger food' I guess, I had having food all over my hands.

I always eat veggies first.

If I have rice with something like curry or chilli the rice has to be mixed in completely, I won't eat dry rice.

My plate of food has to look nice, I won't let my partner serve food because he just throws everything on the plate, mine has to be ordered and neat. :P

I always ALWAYS have to have the top bun on top whenever i eat burgers, it doesn’t feel right to me at all when the bottom bun ends up on top when going for the first bite, and it irks my soul to see people eat their burgers upside down, my boyfriend hates when i point it out to him that his burger is the wrong way

While at home, I "need" to be reading to eat. Or need to eat while reading. I remember being a kid and thinking "I want to do my favorite 2 things at the same time!" while I walked to my room with a book and a snack.
If I'm out, I have no issue eating without reading. If I am reading a REALLY good new book, I can sometimes read without eating. But I definitely have an eating and reading association. It feels like I can't enjoy, or fully focus on, my book unless I'm also snacking.