# I'm not normal... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 20, 2011, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-normal/571994 "2011-02-20T08:30:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TravisFromOR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@TravisFromOR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TravisFromOR)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-normal/571994/1 "2011-02-20T08:30:50Z")
So, am eating pot stickers as a late night snack, topped with Worcestershire sauce. It was only tonight that I realized, nobody else on the planet does this. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-normal/571994/2 "2011-02-20T08:33:21Z")
Seriously? It may not be the most common late night snack on the planet but it’s not that unusual. You want to be a unique snowflake, start adding mayonaise and chocolate syrup to your pot stickers. ---
**Author:** ![TravisFromOR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@TravisFromOR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TravisFromOR)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-normal/571994/3 "2011-02-20T08:36:57Z")
Mayo and pot stickers is actually quite good. ---
**Author:** ![Crawlspace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Crawlspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crawlspace)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-normal/571994/4 "2011-02-20T09:01:21Z")
WTF are pot stickers? ---
**Author:** ![TravisFromOR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@TravisFromOR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TravisFromOR)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-normal/571994/5 "2011-02-20T09:13:31Z")
Chinese style dumplings, filled with pork and cabbage and deliciousness. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-normal/571994/6 "2011-02-20T09:38:04Z")
Worcestershire sauce, sometimes diluted with vinegar, is a common substitute for Chinese black vinegar, which is the basis for pot sticker dipping sauces. So what you are doing is possibly not unique. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-normal/571994/7 "2011-02-20T11:07:05Z")
Normal is a setting on the washing machine. **Crawlspace** , potsickers are awesome, is what they is. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-normal/571994/8 "2011-02-20T11:27:13Z")
Yeah you are. Normal. Now shut up, go read my blog, and THEN tell me you’re not normal! :):)🙂 You’re a great guy, Trav! 🙂 Quasi ---
**Author:** ![xoferew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/e9a140/32.png) [@xoferew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xoferew)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-normal/571994/9 "2011-02-20T12:07:20Z")
I would just mix soy sauce and vinegar if I didn’t have regular gyoza/potsticker dipping sauce available. I made gyoza from scratch last week with my preschool class! Delicious! ---
**Author:** ![longPath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@longPath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longPath)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-normal/571994/10 "2011-02-20T14:03:06Z")
We love these at our house. We buy them frozen (Chinese Dumplings they call them). They come with a sticky, sweet, shoju flavoured dipping sauce which I discard. I make one with fish sauce, lime juice, finely chopped chilis and a bit of brown sugar. Heaven. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-normal/571994/11 "2011-02-20T17:38:45Z")
Wrong. My wife does. As do I, if she has leftovers. Joe ---
**Author:** ![TravisFromOR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@TravisFromOR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TravisFromOR)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-normal/571994/12 "2011-02-20T18:24:38Z")
Hmmm… So I guess it’s not so strange. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-normal/571994/13 "2011-02-22T06:09:07Z")
> [@xoferew](#): > > I would just mix soy sauce and vinegar if I didn’t have regular gyoza/potsticker dipping sauce available. I recommend adding a few drops of sesame oil as well. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-normal/571994/14 "2011-02-22T06:23:14Z")
I once ate ice cream with sardines Bonus points if you know where that’s from! ---
**Author:** ![TravisFromOR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@TravisFromOR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TravisFromOR)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-normal/571994/15 "2011-02-22T06:28:11Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > I once ate ice cream with sardines > > Bonus points if you know where that’s from! Oscar the Grouch from Sesame Street liked those… ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-normal/571994/16 "2011-02-22T07:55:51Z")
He must have gotten it from the same place I did, on I Love Lucy. Lucy was pregnant and had some weird cravings, and this was one of the things she made Ricky get at like 3 in the morning ---
**Author:** ![TravisFromOR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@TravisFromOR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TravisFromOR)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-normal/571994/17 "2011-02-22T08:02:54Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > He must have gotten it from the same place I did, on I Love Lucy. Lucy was pregnant and had some weird cravings, and this was one of the things she made Ricky get at like 3 in the morning 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Suil\_Dubh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@Suil\_Dubh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suil_Dubh)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-normal/571994/18 "2011-02-22T10:01:27Z")
My old man used to serve us toast and peanut butter whenever he cooked chili con carne. We’d dip the peanut-buttered toast into the chili. It was good. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-normal/571994/19 "2011-02-22T10:10:44Z")
Potstickers are also known as: mandoo, gyoza, dimsum, won ton, or won dung. Rather amusing name for those of us who grew up with the other names, as they don’t actually stick to the pot unless you’re doing it wrong. The main ingredient in Worcestershire sauce is anchovies, so that’s not unusual in Asian cuisine. ---
**Author:** ![Jimson\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@Jimson\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimson_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-normal/571994/20 "2011-02-22T13:57:52Z")
My wife and I make boxty (an Irish potato pancake) we cut them into 3 inch rounds. Then slather them with sour cream, put on a half piece of bacon and fold them in half like little Irish tacos. We’ve now passed this on to our two year old. It’s one of her favorite meals. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-normal/571994.md?page=2)