That Weird Thing You Do With Food

Posted 5 years, 1 month ago by Isoprene

Everyone's got at least one. Maybe you cut your sandwiches a VERY specific way, maybe you bite into a candy bar instead of breaking it apart, maybe you like an unholy amount of a condiment, maybe you dip fries in apple juice, maybe you demand exactly X slices of lunchmeat on your sandwich, maybe you only like a certain food if it's of a specific brand, or maybe you really like two foods together that don't seem to get along. Whatever it is, you're probably thinking about it right now. Well, here's the place to share it! Maybe you'll even find someone else who has your weird food habit and finally feel validated! And, who knows, maybe you'll pick up someone's weird habit you think sounds kinda good!

The only real rule here is plz no foodshame, if I have to lock this thread bc people get into a heated debate over whether pineapple on pizza is valid I will age 70 years instantly and die, doomed to haunt this thread forevermore. Spoilers: it's totally valid. All food is valid. Even the stuff you don't like. It's just food!! You're welcome to ask people why they like a certain thing or how they got into it provided it's clearly just curiosity instead of "OMG how can you LIKE THAT!!!!!" or whatever, and likewise you're welcome to discuss with people how you relate or about other people you know who do something similar!

I guess I'll also mention it doesn't really matter how minor or major you think your quirk is - I'm not gonna hunt you down because I didn't think the specific way you eat an Oreo wasn't abnormal enough! You're also free to talk about things you're done in the past but don't do anymore, things you just picked up recently, etc.!

Here's a couple of mine, honestly I'll probably post in here more at some point bc I do a lot of weird things:

I put sugar in my spaghetti. My mom's always put a little bit of sugar in her pasta sauce since it helps balance out the acidity of all the tomatoes and whatnot a little, but my sister liked to put more on after the fact during dinner proper. I followed suit bc I thought it was tasty and I only found out later in life that this isn't a thing everyone does?! It's like... not even a thing people consider a possibility or see the appeal of?!?! But I can never just have tomato sauce plain now bc it doesn't taste right to me without some sugar in it... I can never go to Italy they would throw me out instantly...
Whenever I make PB&J I always specifically cut it into fours - and in squares, not triangles. I remember I did a poll on DA once to see how people cut their sandwiches and my world changed forever when nearly everyone always cut sandwiches in half diagonally?! Once again I was shaken by the revelation that the way I do food things is apparently strange and alien... I also eat said squares in a specific way, too. Take a bite into the corner, bite off one side of the resulting L shape, peel the remainder apart, eat the peanut butter side, and then eat the jelly side. Fear me.
Whenever I put ketchup on a burger I always draw a smiley face on both sides first. I don't even do it consciously at this point, it just... happens. I saw it on SpongeBob once (well he drew smiley faces on the pickles but WHATEVER) as a kid and I've been doing it ever since. Also anything I put ketchup on I also dip into ketchup bc I crave the texture and contrast of a condiment... even if it's already on it it doesn't matter, I have to have that extra feeling on the outside, too. I use less the older I get, but needless to say I was kind of a mess as a kid. Also, note: this doesn't apply to other condiments. If I feel like having mustard on a burger I just make a little swirl and call it a day. Only ketchup gets the elusive smiley face.
I was talking about mac & cheese with friends recently and they were all baffled by the fact that I love putting corn in mine?! Like we always had corn as a side to mac & cheese, and as I get older I increasingly care about stuff like contrast; I can't just eat a straight bowl of mac & cheese because I feel too overwhelmed by all the cheesiness. Cutting out the middleman of taking a bite of mac and then one of corn is amazing, though, now I have a dish where each bite is perfectly balanced!! You got the soft, savory, salty gooeyness of the mac & cheese... and then you also have the crisp, sweet moisture from the corn. It's SO good I swear, I can't even eat mac & cheese alone anymore... it's just too much...

This is a mere fraction of my food weirdness but if I listed everything at once I'd never get this dang thread posted SO, without further ado, post away!

Isoprene

Kana Yeah, I'm a ketchup fiend but I hate the idea of putting it on Top of fries, same with any other condiment/snack combo, really! It's valid and all but I like to control exactly how much is going on via dipping, not to mention a lot of the fries would probably end up being soggy by the time you got to them! So I prefer just having ketchup on the side and dipping away.

Yawal I feel you on the eating everything separately, sometimes I won't now (usually if I'm eating something really salty/savory and there's some sort of vegetable side bc with salty stuff I can only eat too much before I start feeling bogged down... so I might grab a cooked carrot or some corn at some point just to freshen things up) but ordinarily I never touch sides before finishing the entree. The older I get the more I start to stray from this, but for the most part I gotta like... finish one thing, then the next thing!

Pixelated_Prophecies listen if we can have ketchup on burgers w/ lettuce on them then lettuce alone w/ ketchup is valid, imo

That reminds me though, when I was little I was (and still am, really) obsessed with burgers, but obviously I couldn't make them myself or go out and by them. So I'd take some hamburger buns, put a slice of cheese on it, and sob internally at my sad impression of a burger. Eventually this evolved into just taking a slice of cheese and dipping in ketchup, which was pretty much my go-to snack throughout elementary school.

MiniMilkshake1001

I put cottage cheese on my pizza. That's all, thanks for coming.

9volt

i peel oranges (horizontally) down the middle so the slices are held in the bottom half and i usually eat the slices counter-clockwise
also i eat the pith (white fuzzy stuff) and when im done eating all the orange slices, i scrape the insides of the peel with my teeth like a wild animal 🤠

i just remembered that i make instant ramen (chicken nissin. i eat maruchan ones normally) by putting it in a specific bowl and then adding chili sauce+ that sweet chili sauce bc im Stupid. but its good so awawawa im dumb

Sadismancer

Eating mcdonalds hamburgers and sipping on my drink at the same time.

Eating monster munch pickled onion and sipping my drink.

Pot noodle and sipping my drink...

Idk it just brings out flavour somehow.

Best food combo: Salad cream and raw white onion.

ersatzmedic

I put soy sauce on pasta with a bit of olive oil, no sauce. I've never really been a huge fan of tomato sauce, and when I realized I could just quit adding salt to pasta and put soy sauce, I did. I'm sure it's not for everyone and some people would find it gross, but I love it and I'll boil then eat leftover pasta with soy sauce for days straight. There is a horrible amount of sodium in my diet and I'm addicted lmao

firebuug

i put ketchup on my rice

its really good with plain white rice it gives it...flavoré

and uh. i personally dont like the taste of this but my family salts their mangoes. which SUCKS because i see a plate of fresh mangoes and go OH NICE YUM but i bite into it and it’s salty ;;——;;

renren

firebuug I DO THE KETCHUP ON RICE THING! i grew up eating a lot of omurice (at least my familys version of it) with rice wrapped in egg and ketchup ontop! its rlly good ^_^

i also put ketchup on mashed potatoes because its good, but never on baked

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besides that, i do ranch and pizza, which is really good as long as you have the right kinda pizza (hawaiian style)

also alfredo sauce on pizza is good.

andddd with apple slices, i bite the white meat out of the slice, and then eat the peel seperately. ive done it since i was a kid so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

kharina

I eat the bones when we have chicken wings because they actually taste good imo TT

vampyric

i eat plain white rice with teriyaki sauce.
the gf thinks i'm bananas for doing this. she eats hers with soy sauce... which i can't stand. :')

edit: i also like just plain peanut butter sandwiches.

Bidoofs

I enjoy sandwiches comprised of nothing but butter and ketchup. Yum!