(1) I HATE sauce. I scrape sauce off of pizza. (I love garlic pizza - no sauce!!)
(2) I hate crust on bread. Even if I order a sandwich from Mickey D's, I have to take the edges off the bun.
(3) I don't eat sandwiches. Once in a VERY great while I'll eat a capicola sandwich on freshly made ITALIAN BREAD ONLY.
(4) I don't like condiments - no ketchup, mustard, relish, etc. I eat all my foods PLAIN. The only exception is steak - I MUST have A1 Sauce.
(5) I rarely eat red meat.
(6) When ordering food at a restaurant and they ask how I want it done? My answer is always "BURNT". Sorry, I don't want my food to moo when I put my fork in it. (Or cluck, or whatever!)
I'm sure there's more.. but that's all I can think of right now!
posted on October 9, 2001 12:37:21 PM
My husband thinks it's weird that I eat cereal without milk, but I hate milk.
When I eat an ice cream sandwich, I don't like to bite straight through it. I nibble away at it on side at a time, starting at the top and nibbling/flipping/nibbling/flipping until I've worked my way down.
posted on October 9, 2001 12:37:45 PM
LOL Hepburn - I won't eat food that touches on my plate either!!
And I always eat one thing on my plate until it's gone, wipe my fork clean, and go to the next item, etc. I can't mix my food together - totally grosses me out.
(Which reminds me of the Big Brother episode when they mixed their foods in a blender and made them drink it - I almost gagged just thinking about it - I would have gladly gotten kicked off instead of even TRYING to do that)
posted on October 9, 2001 12:42:42 PM
Ok, here's a "milk" story for you.
I HATE milk. Absolutely, positive, HATE it.
My parents always used to make me sit at the dinner table and drink a glass of chocolate milk because they thought it was "good for me". Every single day, I'd DREAD dinner because of that stupid glass of milk. <<gag>> There would be times I would still be sitting there, staring at my glass of milk, after everyone was finished eating, and my mother had already done the dinner dishes. I had to sit there until it was GONE.
Well, one day I had a Dr's appt, and I asked my Dr in front of my mom "do I HAVE to drink milk every day? I hate it!!" and he said "no.. of course not.. you will get your calcium in other foods you eat if you don't like milk".
Well, that doctor SAVED MY LIFE!!! My parents NEVER made me drink milk again!!
posted on October 9, 2001 12:50:46 PM
EG and Hepburn, when you go to eat at a restaurant, do you tell the waiter or waitress not to let the foods touch on your plates? If not, when you're served, do you leave the foods uneaten if they've touched?
posted on October 9, 2001 12:54:26 PM
I just will not eat any of the foods that have touched each other.
There is a restaurant I go to that serves sirloin tips with onions and mushrooms on top of it. I order the mushrooms in a separate bowl, and the onions in a separate bowl. I will NOT eat the onions (YUCK!).. but I will eat the mushrooms as a side.
posted on October 9, 2001 12:59:13 PM
EG, one of my sisters tries to keep her food seperate also. I've noticed when we eat out, she has a tendency to leave a lot of food. I think she'll eat the stuff in the middle of each pile of food but nothing that has mingled. Me, I'll eat just about anything, anyway - but always try to save the best for last.
posted on October 9, 2001 01:02:13 PM
Myabe you should take one of those plates that has seperated sections and instruct the waitress to have the kitchen use it.
posted on October 9, 2001 01:07:04 PM
2 weekends ago I went out to dinner. Ordered a seafood platter and a salad.
I didn't *touch* my salad because their "italian" dressing looked like a mustard yellow color. (yeckkkkk!!!)
I also didn't eat any of my shrimp because it was not deveined and it was MUSHY! I ate a few scallops, and that was it. Didn't even touch the fries, as they were cold.
This past weekend I went to the same restaurant, and lo and behold.. had the same waitress. When she asked me what kind of dressing I wanted on my salad she said "wait - you were here last weekend! I remember YOU!!" <<hiding face in hands>> I told her I'll have just plain VINEGAR with my salad.
She brings out my salad, and I poured on the "vinegar". It was GROSS! It was not red wine vinegar, it was black in color, and absolutely disgusting. Needless to say, I didn't eat my salad.
I got picked on the rest of the night between the waitress, and everyone I was eating with .
posted on October 9, 2001 01:08:33 PM
I'll eat just about anything prepared in any way--as long as it tastes decent and doesn't appear to be a science experiment.
Spent too many days as a kid being hungry because there wasn't any food to turn down--it's hard to develop weird eating habits when there was no choices.
posted on October 9, 2001 01:47:07 PM
Saabsister, when I go to dinner, I normally order Fajitas (I mustve been a mexican in another life because I LOVE mexican food), and fajitas must be mooshed. If I dont order that and something else and it is touching, I eat a well in the middle, but I dont eat what touched the other foods.
Another weird food habit...I dont eat ice cream unless milk is poured over it first. Not mixed up like a shake...just mild poured over the top.
posted on October 9, 2001 02:01:17 PM
I pick the peas out of my fried rice and throw them away. No matter where I am.
I like boiled collards and treat the "pot likker" with it like soup.
I like stuffed cabbage cooked with sourkraut.
I like sourcream on top of apple or cherry pie. I like my pie warm.
I like fat and gristle. My husband won't touch fat so when I make a roast or whatever, I serve the fatty parts of the meat to myself and he gets the dry fatless parts.
There's very little you can do to meat that will keep me from eating it. Curry & filet are the only spices I can't stand.
posted on October 9, 2001 02:15:25 PM
New habit - I don't have my coffee near the keyboard when I read the RT anymore. You have the right to an informed opinion -Harlan Ellison
posted on October 9, 2001 02:17:25 PMsnowygret: LOL I know what you mean... I've gone through a few keyboards myself, spilling Snapple iced tea all over them!
posted on October 9, 2001 02:38:57 PM
1) When ordering food at a restaurant and they ask how I want it done? My answer is always "BURNT". Sorry, I don't want my food to moo when I put my fork in it. (Or cluck, or whatever!)
Me too! And that goes for meat made anywhere else too, home, mom & dad's, friends. If I see pink anywhere, the whole piece goes in the trash.
2) Meat cannot have ANY fat on it whatsoever!
3) I throw out ALL items before they reach their expiration date, just to be on the safe side.
4) I check the color, consistancy & smell of any and all foods befor eating them. If any of these factors seems "off" I will not eat it.
5)My favorite snack is onions cut up and sauteed (sp?) in a pan with butter and pepper.
6) I can't eat plain meat ~ it MUST be spiced and covered in sauce or gravy or ketchup ect.
7) Ground beef {yes, meat again } must be 9% fat or lower ~ I HATE those little hard grissly things you find in ground beef, the lower the fat, the less you find.
8) Eggs must be cooked so that the yoke is uncook (liquid to dip my toast in), but those white BETTER be cooked all the way ~ no runny slime!
posted on October 9, 2001 02:51:49 PM
I was watching a show a couple of days ago where an Afghanistan woman was buying dry moldy bread at the market (sold to feed goats) and would then take it home and grind it up to feed her children. There was no adult male in the picture and she was allowed to beg until her oldest son reached the age of 8(?)--and then he would take over the begging.
posted on October 9, 2001 03:11:07 PM
Zazzie, how sad. Reading that made me feel a little better about our forces going over and bombing the crap out of the Taliban.
Victoria -- if you ask them to leave the peas out of your fried rice they usually will, only you may have to skip the carrots, too. I always ask for my fried rice with "no peas, no carrots" (they're often used as a mix).
posted on October 9, 2001 03:29:45 PM
ooooh, you gave yourself away hepburn, you posted on of your food habits on a thread way, way back, I still remember it because everyone said they would never go out to eat with you.
Anyway, if I have mashed potatos for dinner, I mix everything else I am eating in with it. I cannot eat meat that has any kind of fat, gristle or those little stringy things. My meat has to be literally burned to eat it. I like french fries on hamburgers. If I don't mix it together I put a little bit of each serving on to my fork since I have grossed many people out with my concoctions at the table. I have to have bread with almost every meal, love bread.
posted on October 9, 2001 03:57:24 PMooooh, you gave yourself away hepburn, you posted on of your food habits on a thread way, way back, I still remember it because everyone said they would never go out to eat with you.
LOL! Well, do tell! Who am I? I need to know myself, since I lose myself often. And, keeping in mind that I have eating habits like saabsister's sister as well as EG, then maybe I am one of them, too:
posted on October 9, 2001 04:04:10 PM
Quite the ponderment, isn't it? I will never tell Besides, I like the new, improved you, kicking ass and taking names.
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