# Ever witness someone eat a normal food in a really strange way? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 4, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-witness-someone-eat-a-normal-food-in-a-really-strange-way/406748 "2007-06-04T20:22:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-witness-someone-eat-a-normal-food-in-a-really-strange-way/406748/101 "2007-06-06T00:18:19Z")
Poached (Very soft and runny) eggs with HP Sauce Sliced fresh tomatoes sprinkled with sugar and chilled (A berrylike taste) Sardines… with Hot Chocolate chaser Chives, allowed to go to flower, then eat the flowers (as a salad topping) Ice cream (Vanilla) with instant coffee granules and corn flakes Yogurt with sugar and espresso Cherios with chocolate milk FML ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-witness-someone-eat-a-normal-food-in-a-really-strange-way/406748/102 "2007-06-06T00:39:26Z")
I had heard about the chili and salt on fruit thing before, so I tried it today. It was actually quite good. Must try it on some other kinds of fruit, or maybe on a fruit salad. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-witness-someone-eat-a-normal-food-in-a-really-strange-way/406748/103 "2007-06-06T00:55:24Z")
For anyone who likes spicy and fruit combos, a beautiful thing is [Indonesian Fruit Rujak](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rujak). Tropical fruits served with a spicy-sweet-hot sauce. Mmmm. Most of my weird food quirks involve putting potatoes where most people think they shouldn’t be. Fries go into all of my burgers. Potato chips (crisps) make the most excellent sandwiches with a bit of tomato sauce or barbecue sauce (white bread). Toasted ham and cheese croissants are made better, much better with the addition of salt & vinegar chips. But my meat pie eating methodology is something that hubby says is an abomination… Take one meat pie from the bakery (not frozen, but not hot. One you’d heat yourself at home). Carefully slice/prise the top off and lay in a slice of Kraft cheese. Replace the lid and bake in the oven until the pastry is golden and crunchy. Or a little overdone even. The crunchier the better. Once said pie is cooked, remove from the oven and divest of lid. Scrape the meaty/gravy/melty cheesy goodness onto your plate. Add tomato sauce and stir. Carefully cover the pie lid and pastry case with sauce. Then eat meat first, then lid, then case. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-witness-someone-eat-a-normal-food-in-a-really-strange-way/406748/104 "2007-06-06T07:30:43Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > While drink rather than food, after I swallow a bit of soda I will always make a quiet “aaah” noise. My sophomore year room-mate picked up on this. AAAAAGH! That _kills_ me. My last roommate did that–with those gigantic 32 oz soda things–and I always had to go into another room to keep from ripping him limb from limb. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-witness-someone-eat-a-normal-food-in-a-really-strange-way/406748/105 "2007-06-06T14:14:14Z")
[QUOTE=frog princess] I eat one thing at a time. I generally eat whatever would taste the worst cold first. Turkey dinner would probably go like this: broccoli, then squash, then mashed potatoes, stuffing and turkey last. I will actually turn my plate so what I am eating is directly in front of me. [/QUOTE] I do this too. It’s amazing how many people don’t understand this very simple concept: eat what tastes the worst while it’s hot - it will taste even WORSE cold. 😃 Oh - donuts - if they are cake donuts (versus raised) I eat the bottoms of them first, saving the top with the frosting for last. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-witness-someone-eat-a-normal-food-in-a-really-strange-way/406748/106 "2007-06-06T14:53:35Z")
[QUOTE=Quiddity Glomfuster] I sat beside someone on a plane once who ate his crackers and cookies like a mouse - leetle teeny nibbles all along the edge. Then start again on the next edge. Very wierd. [/QUOTE] I eat sandwiches and burgers like this: all the way around the edge and then typewriter-style on the remaining central part. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-witness-someone-eat-a-normal-food-in-a-really-strange-way/406748/107 "2007-06-06T15:08:35Z")
[QUOTE=matt\_mcl] I had heard about the chili and salt on fruit thing before, so I tried it today. It was actually quite good. Must try it on some other kinds of fruit, or maybe on a fruit salad. [/QUOTE] Take fresh sliced pineapple, sprinkle with cayenne to taste (or tolerance), and broil or grill. MmmmMMMmmm. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-witness-someone-eat-a-normal-food-in-a-really-strange-way/406748/108 "2007-06-06T15:24:13Z")
[QUOTE=Missy2U] I do this too. It’s amazing how many people don’t understand this very simple concept: eat what tastes the worst while it’s hot - it will taste even WORSE cold. 😃 [/QUOTE] You could tell the difference in my brother’s and my personalities from birth. When we were kids, he would go for his favorite thing on the plate first and I would go for my least favorite. We were forced to eat a ration of veggies, liver, etc., and that would be what I got over with first. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-witness-someone-eat-a-normal-food-in-a-really-strange-way/406748/109 "2007-06-06T16:29:08Z")
[QUOTE=Merkwurdigliebe] and at the end, he uses his knive to get any remaining sauce or juice left. Is plate will literally be clean. I find that so nerve-wracking I don’t understand the thing about eating all of your food. I think it’s a horrible idea. Just throw it away, what’s the point in treating your body like a trashcan? Any extra calories you consume will be converted into fat anyway. [/QUOTE] My parents knew people like that: they’d been in the Death Camps in WW2. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-witness-someone-eat-a-normal-food-in-a-really-strange-way/406748/110 "2007-06-06T17:17:03Z")
I have a friend who swears that he cannot chew and swallow any food without taking a sip of water. I find that odd, mainly because he also insists that the only way aspirin will work is if he chews them up and swallows them dry. Did you spot the inconsistancy? I know I did. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-witness-someone-eat-a-normal-food-in-a-really-strange-way/406748/111 "2007-06-06T17:25:20Z")
[QUOTE=teela brown] I’m sure I posted this before. We were traveling and staying in Paris, and were starving for a burger, so we went to Planet Hollywood. I saw a French gentleman at another table who had ordered the baby back ribs. He was trying to eat them with a knife and fork at first, and not having much success getting any meat off that way. He finally ended up stabbing one rib with a fork and holding it in the air and nibbling at it delicately. It was all I could do not to go to his table, pick up a rib, and show him how to eat this American dish the American way: gnawing them clutched between your two fists and getting sauce up to your ears on each cheek! [/QUOTE] I admit that I picked up the habit of eating a lot of “finger foods” with a knife and fork, including ribs. However, in contrast to the man in the story, I can pick a rib bone clear with a knife and fork without getting my fingers dirtied. I eat grilled cheese sandwiches as well with a knife and fork; greasy fingers just feel really gross to me. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-witness-someone-eat-a-normal-food-in-a-really-strange-way/406748/112 "2007-06-07T02:34:24Z")
> [@Merkwurdigliebe](#): > > I don’t understand the thing about eating all of your food. I think it’s a horrible idea. Just throw it away, what’s the point in treating your body like a trashcan? Any extra calories you consume will be converted into fat anyway. When you’ve been poor enough that you had no idea how you would find your next meal at any given time, you gain a certain appreciation for food. When it’s in front of you, you eat it, because you understand that no matter how cushy your life is right now, something could change in a New York minute and you may have to make those calories last. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-witness-someone-eat-a-normal-food-in-a-really-strange-way/406748/113 "2007-06-07T05:52:59Z")
[QUOTE=Full Metal Lotus] Sliced fresh tomatoes sprinkled with sugar and chilled (A berrylike taste) [/QUOTE] I’ve had fresh tomatoes with salt, pepper, sugar, grits and eggs. ---
**Author:** ![zenith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zenith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zenith)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-witness-someone-eat-a-normal-food-in-a-really-strange-way/406748/114 "2007-06-07T07:53:09Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] I cannot bite into a muffin. I have to rip little pieces off and eat them. [/QUOTE] Do you eat the top first and “stump” last ,as well? I not only eat the top first, but if I’m in the mood for butter or jelly, I spread the toppings on the underside of the top after the stump has been removed and rarely eat the stump with either butter or jelly. ---
**Author:** ![TygerDralion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e19adc/32.png) [@TygerDralion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TygerDralion)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-witness-someone-eat-a-normal-food-in-a-really-strange-way/406748/115 "2007-06-07T09:03:58Z")
One of my favorite sandwiches: slice of white bread thin scraping of mayonnaise salt pepper sliced tomato plain potato chips slice of white bread Wonderfully crunchy and flavorful! ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-witness-someone-eat-a-normal-food-in-a-really-strange-way/406748/116 "2007-06-07T09:20:47Z")
[QUOTE=Roadfood] Try using your non-dominant hand for the knife. It’ll take some practice, but I think you’ll find it easier than the traditional European method. I’m a lefty, and I spent some frustrated time trying to do (what for me would be) the European method (fork in right hand, knife in left), until I realized that the knife usage really doesn’t require as much coordination as the fork usage. So I tried fork in left hand (my dominant) and knife in right. A little practice to get the back-and-forthing down with my non-dominant hand was all it took. Now I can hold the fork tines-down while cutting, then smoothly flip it over, tines-up, to do the eating, if I want, since the flipping is easy with my dominant hand. [/QUOTE] I’m “lefty forced into righty” and sometimes I’ll be able to keep the fork in the right and the knife on the left, like I was raised to do; sometimes I just… it’s like I’ve forgotten how to use them! I’ll swap them back and forth but neither case seems satisfactory ☹ I’m a lot more likely to have that problem in the US, because in Spain I’ll substitute the knife for a piece of bread - US “bread” ergh… well… uhm… nope, not made for pushing food around. You need to toast it lightly to give it the consistency needed to push something around. I eat magdalenas (which have the shape of muffins) top first except if I’m dunking them in milk. If I’m dunking them, I have to peel off the paper. It they’re my favorite, made with a bit of lemon and square instead of round, I start by a corner, simply because that’s how they fit best inside most breakfast cups. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-witness-someone-eat-a-normal-food-in-a-really-strange-way/406748/117 "2007-06-07T11:26:44Z")
I eat the whole apple - core, seeds and all. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-witness-someone-eat-a-normal-food-in-a-really-strange-way/406748/118 "2007-06-07T14:51:52Z")
[QUOTE=Shagnasty] I am a generally well mannered and conventional eater but I eat shrimp with the shell on. It adds some crunch and tastes pretty good. The shells aren’t hard to swallow once you have chewed everything. It is slightly unusual but not unheard of by any means. [/QUOTE] I’m sorry, no disrespect intended but I think it is pretty unheard of. I live in Florida where seafood is pretty common so I’ve been to a lot of seafood restaurants and eaten a lot of shrimp and seen a lot of other people eat shrimp I have never seen anyone else eat the shells. Everyone else at the table obviously thought it was weird but politely did not say it to his face. Yes, I have seen people eat that last little tail bit on “tail on” shrimp but I am talking fully shelled shrimp with the little legs and everything - they call those “peel and eat” for a reason. That’s what this guy was eating. I definitely don’t want little hairy legs on my food. [QUOTE=FatBaldGuy] Many years ago I was in Palm Springs on a business trip and decided to eat in one of the local Mexican restaurants. A couple of tables away from me was a young lady. When her food was served, she pulled a pair of chopsticks out of her purse and ate her Mexican meal with them. FTR, she did not appear to be asian, and seemed to be a typical college coed. [/QUOTE] Many diet tips I have read suggest eating everything with chopsticks, it makes you eat slower so you will hopefully start to feel full before you’ve shoveled in too much food. Your food may also get cold and you’ll get tired of trying to eat with chopsticks so you may eat less. I also put potato chips on my sandwiches. They’re best on tuna fish which needs more crunch. I also use the chips to scoop out and eat any tuna that is oozing out the sides of the sandwich. I get really annoyed by those commercials where they make a nice grilled cheese or PB sandwich, cut it diagonally and then take a bite right out of the center. That’s not how you eat diagonal cut sandwiches! You have to bite each end alternately, then eat the crust so you are left with the best part, the middle. If you eat out the middle your sandwich collapses and you are left with crusts with little or no cheese or PB that your mother makes you eat so as not to waste food. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-witness-someone-eat-a-normal-food-in-a-really-strange-way/406748/119 "2007-06-07T15:14:59Z")
This is the most dissappointing sex thread ever! ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-witness-someone-eat-a-normal-food-in-a-really-strange-way/406748/120 "2007-06-07T16:12:05Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] This is the most dissappointing sex thread ever! [/QUOTE] There’s always the Eating Chicks Like Donut Holes thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-witness-someone-eat-a-normal-food-in-a-really-strange-way/406748.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-witness-someone-eat-a-normal-food-in-a-really-strange-way/406748.md?page=7)