# Ever eat your meal like this? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 6, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-eat-your-meal-like-this/153213 "2003-02-06T15:50:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-eat-your-meal-like-this/153213/21 "2003-02-06T18:40:57Z")
My food can touch, it can blend, it can have sex on my plate… I don’t care, I’m eating it anyway. I eat the food in any order that I feel like at the time. Sometimes I’ll eat each item separately, sometimes not. As for foods I don’t care for? I’m an adult, I don’t make anything I don’t like and I don’t eat anything I don’t like if someone else makes it. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-eat-your-meal-like-this/153213/22 "2003-02-06T18:44:55Z")
i eat like that. doesn’t bother me if they mix, but i don’t eat them that way. i eat veggies, meat, potatoes though. i eat the meat sauce and then the spaggheti, and the veggies and then the noodles in a stir-fry. i’m a bit odd. ---
**Author:** ![nineiron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e56c9b/32.png) [@nineiron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nineiron)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-eat-your-meal-like-this/153213/23 "2003-02-06T18:47:00Z")
First, yes, we used to have milk on our Jell-o fairly often. I guess it’s along the same lines as putting whipped cream on top, so we were never that grossed out about it. In hindsight, it is rather odd, though. My uncle MUST eat his meal with the meat and potatoes on a plate, but with the vegetables in a separate small bowl. I don’t know if it’s because he doesn’t want them to touch (unlikely, since the meat and potatoes must touch on the plate), but my father’s theory was that he got so used to eating off of the aforementioned separated dining trays in the military that he never could break the habit. I’ve been known to eat all of the veggies on my plate first (or pick the mushrooms and/or broccoli out of a stir fry) so I can get it out of the way and enjoy the real food that’s left. That’s not so unusual, I guess… ---
**Author:** ![angelicate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@angelicate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angelicate)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-eat-your-meal-like-this/153213/24 "2003-02-06T18:48:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jammers \* > \*\*I used to go out with a girl who couldn’t have any piece of food touching another on the plate. Tres bizarre. \*\* I used to be like that, to an extent. If the foods had wildly different flavors (dessert and potatoes or something.) I didn’t like the ideas of the flavors mixking. Like someone here mentioned, my mom always said “They’re all going to go to the same place anyway!” and like another someone here retorted “Yeah, but I can’t taste them when they’re in my stomach, so I don’t care.” And milk and jello? I’ve never heard of that one. I went to my grandma’s house once, though, and she gave me jello and then asked if I wanted some ice cream. I was thinking “Hell yeah! 2 desserts!” and then she dumped a scoop of ice cream on top of my jello. It wasn’t that bad, until I realized that she also put cottage cheese in her jello, like some people put fruit cocktail. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![X\_Slayer\_ALE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbe5ce/32.png) [@X\_Slayer\_ALE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X_Slayer_ALE)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-eat-your-meal-like-this/153213/25 "2003-02-06T18:48:58Z")
Well, we know whos not gonna win any Survivor tests. Food partitioning is odd but doesnt seem to be destructive. Chaulk up another weirdo behaivior ingrained into our kids by the pressures of society. I mean, if my kid freaked out about his pork chops touching his rice I’d sent away from his plate and eat his food. I guess you food partitioners would have a fit with Paella. Of course, my in-laws are the exact opposite. French fries dipped in tartar sauce, spaghetti with corn flakes, Scrambled eggs with catsup, ice cream on steamed rice. Now THAT is weird. Its all about what tastes good to the individual. So long as they eat the right foods, who is to say what is the “normal” way of eating? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-eat-your-meal-like-this/153213/26 "2003-02-06T18:49:44Z")
General Questions is for questions with factual answers. IMHO is for opinions and polls. This is more of a poll about eating habits than a question with a factual answer. Off to IMHO. **DrMatrix** - General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-eat-your-meal-like-this/153213/27 "2003-02-06T19:16:16Z")
for snack-type foods (chips n’ stuff)… All broken pieces MUST be consumed first, before the “whole” ones can be eaten…doesn’t EVERYBODY do this??? For dinner type stuff… All food shall be consumed in equal portions, so that the last bite will have the last bits of everything. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-eat-your-meal-like-this/153213/28 "2003-02-06T19:20:05Z")
My approach is more or less random. For me it mostly depends on the quality of the food and how much I like it. I am sometimes faced with a dilemma on whether to save the best (the most faored food item) for last, or eat it while it’s still good and hot and while my appetite is fresh, and then eat the other things later. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-eat-your-meal-like-this/153213/29 "2003-02-06T19:20:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by labtrash \* > \*\*for snack-type foods (chips n’ stuff)… > > All broken pieces MUST be consumed first, before the “whole” ones can be eaten…doesn’t EVERYBODY do this??? > > For dinner type stuff… > > All food shall be consumed in equal portions, so that the last bite will have the last bits of everything. \*\* No way, Jose! All large, whole chips will be eaten first, and the crumbs and bits will be poured from the bag and down my gullet at the end. ---
**Author:** ![jeanster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc348/32.png) [@jeanster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeanster)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-eat-your-meal-like-this/153213/30 "2003-02-06T19:21:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DrMatrix \* > \*\*General Questions is for questions with factual answers. IMHO is for opinions and polls. > > This is more of a poll about eating habits than a question with a factual answer. > > Off to IMHO. > > **DrMatrix** - General Questions Moderator \*\* Okie-dokie. How do we move this thread to the IMHO forum? Or is that something that only a moderator can do? Still learning, so bear with me, please. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-eat-your-meal-like-this/153213/31 "2003-02-06T19:24:03Z")
Criminy, what a bunch of crybaby malcontents. Must be faulty toilet training. 😃 (please mods, all in good fun, don’t banish me to the pit) What’s the matter with you people? You need to get all the food mixed up so you have a fantasia of tastes and textures in your mouth. The meat and sauce from the meatloaf goes well with the creamy (or slightly lumpy if they’re good) mashed potatoes and the crucnhy texture of salad with a bit of dressing to balanace it all out. Now I can understand not wanting your meat mixed with your pudding, after all we’re not barbarians. ---
**Author:** ![jeanster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc348/32.png) [@jeanster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeanster)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-eat-your-meal-like-this/153213/32 "2003-02-06T19:24:17Z")
_looks around_ Sha-zaam! Oh, I see. You’ve moved us over to the IMHO forum already. Thanks. Good job of beaming us over, Scottie. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jeanster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc348/32.png) [@jeanster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeanster)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-eat-your-meal-like-this/153213/33 "2003-02-06T19:27:48Z")
You don’t want to know how I eat my salad. 🙂 Or my hamburger with everything on it (takes it apart, eats the lettuce, then the tomato, flicks away the onion, eats the meat patty, then the bun). Still get weird looks from people. heeheehee ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-eat-your-meal-like-this/153213/34 "2003-02-06T19:34:35Z")
> [@](#): > > Mac n Cheese? Must have peas mixed in. It’s the only way I can stomach the stuff. You must be Bizarro Bead. I can only eat peas if they’re mixed in with Mac n Cheese. Those “little green planets” (as Mom calls them) are vile. ---
**Author:** ![jeanster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc348/32.png) [@jeanster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeanster)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-eat-your-meal-like-this/153213/35 "2003-02-06T19:38:41Z")
Do you mean you can only stomach Mac n Cheese by adding peas, or that you can only stomach peas by mixing them into Mac n Cheese? Personally, I do love Mac n Cheese. One of the few dishes I don’t mind where the food is mixed together. Don’t mind peas, either. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-eat-your-meal-like-this/153213/36 "2003-02-06T19:45:43Z")
I eat M&Ms by color. I don’t have an exact order (except the vile looking blue ones must be eaten first and the red ones must be eaten last), but I have to separate the colors first. ---
**Author:** ![jeanster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc348/32.png) [@jeanster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeanster)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-eat-your-meal-like-this/153213/37 "2003-02-06T19:52:29Z")
Oooh, that sounds fun! I’ll have to remember to do that next time I buy a bag of M&Ms! Have you seen the purple M&Ms? ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-eat-your-meal-like-this/153213/38 "2003-02-06T19:56:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jeanster \* > Anyone ever heard of eating Jello with milk poured on top? I have… only it was half and half. I’d do that at the Grandparents all the time, same with custard and rice pudding. You _must_ pour half and half on top. I don’t often eat like that anymore, sometimes I _will_ eat one thing and then randomly eat the rest if I like it. eg Christmas dinner I always eat the cabbage rolls first then randomly eat the rest. Sometimes I eat like this anyway, just because I feel like it. Not usually though. When I was little the only thing I recall being absolutely insistent on not touching at once was… fries and gravy. I hated the soggy mess they made and the bottom ones with next to no gravy on them. I _had_ to dip them to get the proper amount of gravy on each fry. This also meant the fries stayed crisp and didn’t get all soggy before I got to them. I got taken home from a number of restaraunts before I stopped protesting this, but I still prefer to eat them this way. ---
**Author:** ![jeanster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc348/32.png) [@jeanster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeanster)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-eat-your-meal-like-this/153213/39 "2003-02-06T20:02:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by X~Slayer(ALE) \* > \*\*Scrambled eggs with catsup, \*\* My husband does that. I introduced him to scrambled eggs with a small bit of oyster sauce on it. (Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it.) He thought it’d be gross, but he liked it. I learned about that combination from my dad. I saw someone eat a bagel with cream cheese and salsa. I’ll have to try that sometime. He said it’s good. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-eat-your-meal-like-this/153213/40 "2003-02-06T20:05:03Z")
**jeanster** , the purple ones are so cool! I have even considered eating them last instead of the red ones just so I can look at em longer. Oh, and when they have the pastel colored ones at Easter, I eat the pretty lavender ones last. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-eat-your-meal-like-this/153213.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-eat-your-meal-like-this/153213.md?page=3)