Unusual food habits

Holidaybobs · Feb 18, 2021

Does anyone have any unusual food habits? If I get fish from the chippy, I have to remove all the batter, eat the fish then eat the batter. I’m the same with chicken nuggets from McDonald’s.

I have quite a few ‘quirks’ with food. I’m very particular about certain foods touching.

Fancyfeathers · Feb 19, 2021

I have to plate up my own food otherwise if its already slopped on the plate i cant eat it. Its something since i was a teenager

Causewaygal · Feb 19, 2021

I have to go through all the chips on my plate and remove any that have marks of any sort on them ... I call them bad ones

Lolly505 · Feb 19, 2021

If I ever eat cake bars and the like, I always eat the chocolate off the sides, then the bottom biscuit/cake then the filling/topping Done it since I was a little kid. It extends to similar chocolate bars too, e.g. a KitKat Chunky or a Twix, although I'm not quite so meticulous about those. Cupcakes are always icing last too. Lets the sweetness/flavour linger.

Holidaybobs · Feb 19, 2021

Lolly505 said:
If I ever eat cake bars and the like, I always eat the chocolate off the sides, then the bottom biscuit/cake then the filling/topping Done it since I was a little kid. It extends to similar chocolate bars too, e.g. a KitKat Chunky or a Twix, although I'm not quite so meticulous about those. Cupcakes are always icing last too. Lets the sweetness/flavour linger.

I do this with KitKat Chunky’s, not tried it with a Twix yet.

Lisdiz · Feb 19, 2021

Lolly505 said:
If I ever eat cake bars and the like, I always eat the chocolate off the sides, then the bottom biscuit/cake then the filling/topping Done it since I was a little kid. It extends to similar chocolate bars too, e.g. a KitKat Chunky or a Twix, although I'm not quite so meticulous about those. Cupcakes are always icing last too. Lets the sweetness/flavour linger.

I do that to bounty’s. Yum

Holidaybobs said:
Does anyone have any unusual food habits? If I get fish from the chippy, I have to remove all the batter, eat the fish then eat the batter. I’m the same with chicken nuggets from McDonald’s.

I have quite a few ‘quirks’ with food. I’m very particular about certain foods touching.

Me too. Beans can touch mashed potato, but nothing else. I make a mash potato wall/dam- Trump would be proud

hypoharpy · Feb 19, 2021

If I have beans or peas as part of a meal I have to have them in a separate bowl so they don't mingle with the other elements.
Luckily my OH is understanding of my foibles .

watermelon sugar · Feb 19, 2021

I do the same with Twixes and kit kat chunkys I do it with double dockers as well!

My boyfriend bites the top of the twix and the bottom and drinks his brew through it like it's a straw ive tried it it is good but I'd rather bite all the chocolate off

No food touching

Chips have to be perfect, no crunchy ones or bits with stuff on

I have to plate my food up myself because I like it to look nice

Holidaybobs · Feb 19, 2021

hypoharpy said:
If I have beans or peas as part of a meal I have to have them in a separate bowl so they don't mingle with the other elements.
Luckily my OH is understanding of my foibles .

If I go to my mum’s and she’s made a pie with chips, I can only have the gravy on the pie and nowhere near the chips. So I eat them in different plates.

Sunflower91 · Feb 19, 2021

Oh plenty. For years I wouldn’t eat anything green at all or yoghurts with bits in. I can’t have Beans, bananas, mushrooms, peas, peanut butter and sweetcorn on my plate anywhere and I can’t physically touch them.
I’m fussy with chips- if they have black bits on them I have to pick it off and if they’re too thick I won’t eat them. If I go to a restaurant I have to see the menu in advance or I get really anxious. I also go into “food loops” which baffle my housemate because I happily go weeks eating the exact same thing every day. At the moment it’s cheese sandwiches.

Rockin' Robin · Feb 19, 2021

Every time I have battenberg cake, I seperate the squares, and eat them individually. I used to remove the chocolate coating off mini swiss rolls with my teeth, and then eat the mini roll.

Pinkblush · Feb 19, 2021

I don't mind food touching other food items on a plate but this fine dining style where food is piled in a stack is so unappealing and unappetising to me. You have to then unstack it to tuck into it and the whole plate looks a mess, plus its just so bloody pretentious. I call it knob head food.

Londoncailín · Feb 19, 2021

hypoharpy said:
If I have beans or peas as part of a meal I have to have them in a separate bowl so they don't mingle with the other elements.
Luckily my OH is understanding of my foibles .

I was just about to post the beans rule!!!! They simply must NOT touch any other food...EVER!

Holidaybobs · Feb 19, 2021

Pinkblush said:
I don't mind food touching other food items on a plate but this fine dining style where food is piled in a stack is so unappealing and unappetising to me. You have to then unstack it to tuck into it and the whole plate looks a mess, plus its just so bloody pretentious. I call it knob head food.

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My OH loves fine dining and I always think it’s such a waste. I’m quite like Daisy May Cooper if you’ve ever heard her on the Off Menu podcast. She said she’s more about quantity over quality

Pinkblush · Feb 19, 2021

Holidaybobs said:
My OH loves fine dining and I always think it’s such a waste. I’m quite like Daisy May Cooper if you’ve ever heard her on the Off Menu podcast. She said she’s more about quantity over quality

Mine does to I can't understand why people get so excited about it. I know presentation is important but I think it just looks silly.

Katykatykaty · Feb 19, 2021

If I have yorkshire puddings on a Sunday dinner, I can’t have gravy poured on them. I’m happy to dip them into gravy but they go way too soggy if the gravy is poured on.

I can’t have tomato ketchup and beans on the same plate, or on the rare occasions that I do they need to be as far aware as possible.

Slightly different but I can always tell when I’m full while eating the likes of fish and chips because I’ll put down my knife and fork and start picking at the food with my fingers.

HowlOwl · Feb 19, 2021

Not sure this is unusual, but since putting peanut butter and jam in a sandwich, I always have to have them together. Peanut butter’s lovely in porridge as well, but it takes a lot of stirring in.

gashers · Feb 19, 2021

I used to run a cafe and a great number of people are very particular about breakfast items, beans either served separately or not touching the egg, bacon two extremes either hardly cooked at all or do it really really well then do it some more till you can snap it, don’t put my beans on the toast, don’t put my poached eggs on my toast, sausages cook them then split them and make sure the middle is well done. I had a family in one time and all 3 of them asked for a different shade of colour on the toast, oh mine really lightly done but not still floppy, oh mine really really well done but not black , mine you know just about to be well done but not. Shame on me but to the amusement of all the other customers I said ok that’s fine but I have an idea next time why don’t you just bring me a fucking colour chart from B and Q and you can just point to right colour.

StrawberryCream · Feb 19, 2021

Whenever I go out for lunch/dinner I always eat with a knife and fork even if it’s a burger or pizza, I hate eating with my hands in public - unless it’s a fast food place like McDonald’s

Holidaybobs · Feb 19, 2021

gashers said:
I used to run a cafe and a great number of people are very particular about breakfast items, beans either served separately or not touching the egg, bacon two extremes either hardly cooked at all or do it really really well then do it some more till you can snap it, don’t put my beans on the toast, don’t put my poached eggs on my toast, sausages cook them then split them and make sure the middle is well done. I had a family in one time and all 3 of them asked for a different shade of colour on the toast, oh mine really lightly done but not still floppy, oh mine really really well done but not black , mine you know just about to be well done but not. Shame on me but to the amusement of all the other customers I said ok that’s fine but I have an idea next time why don’t you just bring me a fucking colour chart from B and Q and you can just point to right colour.

I honestly don’t know how you do it!! I am particular but, would never ask, I’d just sit there. I hate beans and the first time I stayed at my friends and had breakfast, her mum made a bowl of beans with bacon stuck in it. I was nearly crying eating it

StrawberryCream said:
Whenever I go out for lunch/dinner I always eat with a knife and fork even if it’s a burger or pizza, I hate eating with my hands in public - unless it’s a fast food place like McDonald’s

I do this!! Everyone has always said, it’s a posh thing to do!

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