# Slightly unusual eating habits you (or someone you know) has **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 17, 2026, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-unusual-eating-habits-you-or-someone-you-know-has/1032370 "2026-08-17T01:07:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-unusual-eating-habits-you-or-someone-you-know-has/1032370/121 "2026-08-18T23:17:41Z")
I agree with you about fat. Marbling is fine; big chunks of it are not. ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-unusual-eating-habits-you-or-someone-you-know-has/1032370/122 "2026-08-19T02:05:54Z")
I feel your pain! it’s just that most restaurants, chain or indie, make them that way, but usually they’re in the middle of the burrito from my experience; that’s why I stuck to this one Mexican place in Cleveland that actually spread the sour cream over the tortilla before adding the rest of the ingredients ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-unusual-eating-habits-you-or-someone-you-know-has/1032370/123 "2026-08-19T02:13:24Z")
I’m fine with however people want to eat, and whatever they want to eat. The only thing that bothers me is a practice a few of our kids have. Eating standing up. (or god help me, people in NYC who walk along the sidewalk while eating a slice of pizza). I don’t care what you eat, or how you eat it, but please, _sit down while you do it._ ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-unusual-eating-habits-you-or-someone-you-know-has/1032370/124 "2026-08-19T02:14:40Z")
Hehehe, for your own sake, never visit the Texas State Fair. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-unusual-eating-habits-you-or-someone-you-know-has/1032370/125 "2026-08-19T02:16:55Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > for your own sake, never visit the Texas State Fair. Good advice, Probably true for every state fair. I’m sure I’ll never go to the one in Texas. Can be so sure for the others, but it’s a pretty safe bet. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-unusual-eating-habits-you-or-someone-you-know-has/1032370/126 "2026-08-19T02:20:39Z")
This day tajin twist sprinkles in my mouth. I’d put it on my ice cream if I had any. ⛑ ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-unusual-eating-habits-you-or-someone-you-know-has/1032370/127 "2026-08-19T03:47:44Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > But again, I’m not one to criticize. Eat how you like. My only small point of criticism… Lol. I was just coming in to post that while I may not understand why people prefer something, I would never dream of telling them they’re wrong. There IS no wrong. There’s only people who can’t understand why other people don’t like what they like. You don’t have their taste buds. Either does the cook. It make zero difference that some cook intended foods to be eaten together. If you don’t like it, you don’t like it. Full stop. (Spoken as an ex-pastry chef who fully understands that not everybody likes chocolate or coffee or walnuts or a host of other things, despite how perfect I think (or don’t think) the mocha walnut torte is. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-unusual-eating-habits-you-or-someone-you-know-has/1032370/128 "2026-08-19T04:28:40Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > Similarly, that whole bunch will mix their refried beans and Mexican rice together and advise you to do the same. Umm, no fucking thank you. I’ve eaten that when the beans+rice touch each other. It’s edible, but I don’t want to eat them that way. Whoa, weird, I didn’t even think of this outlier to my aversion to food touching… I always have mixed refritos and the rice together. Strange, that… ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-unusual-eating-habits-you-or-someone-you-know-has/1032370/129 "2026-08-19T05:32:50Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Just remembered - pizza must be eaten crust first. That’s because the pointy end has the best of the toppings! I will eat in the traditional manner sometimes, but my way is the obvious correct way. But that’s the handle. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-unusual-eating-habits-you-or-someone-you-know-has/1032370/130 "2026-08-19T06:39:28Z")
> [@ricepad](#): > > Six scrambled eggs is a SMALL meal? 🎶When I was a lad, I ate four dozen eggs Every morning to help me get large And now that I’m grown, I eat five dozen eggs So I’m roughly the size of a barge 🎶 **DesertRoomie** wants her breakfast eggs scrambled hard – a little brown is okay – and her bacon crisp. When it arrives she breaks the bacon into square pieces then scoops a forkful of egg, deposits a bacon square on it, and pops them into her mouth. For me, I use my knife and fork more European style rather than the American switchy-switchy style which never made sense to me. Me being left-handed the fork stays in that hand while the knife in my right saws off a piece. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-unusual-eating-habits-you-or-someone-you-know-has/1032370/131 "2026-08-19T10:19:03Z")
When I was a kid, my dad, who grew up in Boston, would always squirt some yellow mustard into his baked beans whenever we had it as a side dish (usually with sliced pan-fried Polish sausage) and stir it in before eating them. I picked up the habit from him and I rather like it - it adds a sour flavor that balances well with the savory beans and the sweet tomato-based sauce, and I assumed it was just something people from Boston did when they ate baked beans. Turns out that AFAICT it was just a him thing. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-unusual-eating-habits-you-or-someone-you-know-has/1032370/132 "2026-08-19T10:55:14Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > For me, I use my knife and fork more European style rather than the American switchy-switchy style which never made sense to me. Me being left-handed the fork stays in that hand while the knife in my right saws off a piece. Same here. This and water-skiing are some of the few activities where we southpaws have an advantage. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-unusual-eating-habits-you-or-someone-you-know-has/1032370/133 "2026-08-19T11:59:37Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > For me, I use my knife and fork more European style rather than the American switchy-switchy style which never made sense to me. Me being left-handed the fork stays in that hand while the knife in my right saws off a piece. I do that, too. Switching around just seems like gratuitous hassle. I tend to cut up all of an item that needs it, such as meat, at once. I’m very right-handed, and use the knife in my right hand. My left hand is clumsy enough that it seems best to use the more coordinated hand for the sharp object. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-unusual-eating-habits-you-or-someone-you-know-has/1032370/134 "2026-08-19T12:30:26Z")
I break up spaghetti twice before boiling it. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-unusual-eating-habits-you-or-someone-you-know-has/1032370/135 "2026-08-19T13:36:59Z")
I think that’s what it’s called. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-unusual-eating-habits-you-or-someone-you-know-has/1032370/136 "2026-08-19T14:55:05Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > I break up spaghetti twice before boiling it. Yikes! For me, long thin spaghettini (cooked _al dente_) is an essential part of the spaghetti experience! > [@needscoffee](#): > > I was just coming in to post that while I may not understand why people prefer something, I would never dream of telling them they’re wrong. There IS no wrong. There’s only people who can’t understand why other people don’t like what they like. You don’t have their taste buds. Either does the cook. I concur. When I said my only criticism was about the subject of wine, “criticism” was not the right word. Some people just don’t like the taste of wine, and that’s fine. What I was trying to express was the fact that for many people, a wine that is well-matched to a particular dish forms a kind of synergy where the wine enhances the taste of the food, and the food enhances that taste of the wine. I was lamenting the fact that some don’t share this culinary experience because it can be a real delight. > [@furryman](#): > > I don’t hold my fork and spoon correctly. Picture someone holding a stabbing knife and you might get an idea of what it looks like. I don’t know why I do this, but I’ve always done it that way. Apparently I don’t hold my knife and fork correctly. Being right-handed, I’ve always eaten with the fork in my right hand and knife in the left. It’s perfectly comfortable and suitable for all kinds of foods. I was astonished to learn that constantly juggling the knife and fork from hand to hand was common practice. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-unusual-eating-habits-you-or-someone-you-know-has/1032370/137 "2026-08-19T15:27:13Z")
Two things for me, dessert first, always(why take chances, might drop dead of a stroke or something mid-meal) and pizza eaten point first, crusts saved for a snack a little later. The more important item is the dessert though. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-unusual-eating-habits-you-or-someone-you-know-has/1032370/138 "2026-08-19T16:42:26Z")
> [@pullin](#): > > This and water-skiing are some of the few activities where we southpaws have an advantage. We have an advantage in water skiing?? ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-unusual-eating-habits-you-or-someone-you-know-has/1032370/139 "2026-08-19T17:12:08Z")
I’ve never been water skiing so I am wondering as well. > [@Smapti](#): > > it adds a sour flavor that balances well with the savory beans and the sweet tomato-based sauce One would think being from Boston he would prefer the molasses-based sauce. Personally I detest VanCamp’s tomato sauce and prefer either B&M or Bush’s. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-unusual-eating-habits-you-or-someone-you-know-has/1032370/140 "2026-08-19T17:44:41Z")
I’ve talked to people who thought it was weird that I don’t feel the need to limit myself to traditional breakfast foods in the morning. I’m far more likely to grab some of last night’s leftover lasagna or pop a Trader Joe’s burrito into the microwave than I am to fry up a messa eggs or make some oatmeal. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-unusual-eating-habits-you-or-someone-you-know-has/1032370.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-unusual-eating-habits-you-or-someone-you-know-has/1032370.md?page=8)