Things I used to eat:
canned spinach
toasted white bread with Mayo
raw hamburger
Daddylonglegs legs…
clover buds
Things I eat now:
The only one that really sticks in the mind is Spaghetti Noodles with Mayo… it’s a family treat that grosses my wife out to know end. I’m teaching my son to like it… heheheheh
I was never one for eating odd things (unless you count standard junk food), but my sister, in her teens and in the throes of PMS, used to add a little tap water to hot chocolate mix, stir it up into a sort of mush, and eat it with a spoon. Yum! Come to think of it, I think she told me she still does this from time to time. Her husband laughs at her - a lot.
Come to think of it, I did try eating a small amount of catnip once, just to see what all the hype was about. I mean, you know… the cats really seemed to like it. All it did was give me a headache. I don’t think this counts, though, as I was an adult when I did this.
For the record, the next person over the age of three who types, says, or otherwise expresses the word “sammiches” shall have their tongue stapled to their lower lip. Consider yourselves warned.
You are some freaky food eating people!
I used to nibble on the cat food.
Also liked to dip PB&J sanwiches into my hot chocolate.
I too am one of the legion of cat food eaters, but only the chunky fish bits in the ocean platter varieties, I know, picky ain’t I?
one midnight snack raid I polished off half a chocolate cake that was sitting in the pantry untouched, to wake up in the morning, thinking “hmmmm, good stuff that cake, belly want more”, to find what I had seen in the dark the night before. was covered in mold, really spongy green stuff too, ya woulda thought it would have made the cake tase different.
then there was the time I was scoffing mulberries off the neighbours tree, when for some strange reason, I bit one in half (“in half?” you say, I know, I haven’t figured it out to this day, no self respectible child doesn’t stuff as many of the current food stuff into their mouth at once). straight away, an acidic aweful taste filled my mouth, nose, and it seemed, entire head. I looked down to the remaining half a berry, to see it’s accompanying half a stink-beetle.
believe me, they taste as bad as they smell.
I, too ate cat food. I think my brother and I had a deal: I would eat half a can - he would eat the other. Of course I went first…
In high school I would eat cup o’ soup w/out adding water. I used a single chopstick, tore off the bottom of the cup, and used the stick to break up the dried noodles. It didn’t taste very good, but I think I did it for a year or so simply because I didn’t want to wait in line for the microwave.
Chocolate pickle juice: Hershey’s powder added to the juice left over from a jar of pickles. A one-time-only experiment.
Chunks of feta, artichoke hearts, mayonaisse and stone ground mustard mixed together in a bowl. This was actually this past summer. When I’m not eating out and no one cooks for me I just put together what I can find.
I was an asshole in high school to my friend who had self-esteem problems. I would throw popcorn on the floor, he would pick it up with his tongue. For some reason our friendship has deteriorated over the years.
When I first learned one could cook bacon in the microwave I once made an entire plate of bacon (probably 20 stips) and ate it.
I like salads but I hate lettuce. I put croutons (or toast if I’m out) into a jar, add salad dressing to about 1/3 of the way, close the jar and shake. Eat with fork.
You will notice I often use the present tense. This is no mistake.
When I first got a car (and thus was able to shop for myself) I began spending all my money on whipped cream cannisters. I didn’t huff them or anything, but I would eat an entire can of whipped cream in one sitting. I think there are 33 servings in one of those.
Soda with lemonheads dropped in. This is entertainment as well as refreshment: the candy usually causes the soda to erupt.
I used to sit in front of the tv with a block of cheese and a knife. I used the knife to cut triangles in the cheese, eating the part I cut away. I would write words, draw crude pictures etc. until the cheese was gone entirely.
Not that weird, but my roommates and I last year spent a month or two in which we would eat a 5 lb. bag of oranges every day or two. It was too hard to dispose of all those rinds (we were lazy), so we chucked 'em out the window, claiming we were “composting.” I would probably eat 7-10 oranges in a matter of 90 minutes, and then do it again a few hours later. No threat of scurvy here!
I’ll stop now, though I’m sure there’s plenty from the more distant past.
Liverwurst.
Vienna Sausages.
Bolagna (sp?).
Cake mix powder, by itself.
I still have a can of spam, but that was a gift from a friend when I moved, and it has sentimental attachment so I could never eat it (at least that’s the story i’m going with!)
I also remember this salad dressing line they made especially for kids for awhile. Taco, Pizza, seems like there were a few others. Ewww…
Vienna sausages rolled up in strips of bread with lots of mayo.
We did balonga cups too, but ours were filled with eggs.
I gotta know this too! Once TT ate too much b-day cake (you know the kid kind with lots of bright frosting) and his poop came out bright green. Not poop green, kelly green.
Okay, so, I’m sitting here, 4:30 in the morn’, awaiting Daddy’s turn to feed our newborn. I’m reading some of the things you’ve all eaten, and my stomach is turning. Some of you people were sick, sick, sick little kids, I tells ya.
Little animals and bugs? :wretch:
Anyway, keep 'em coming.
The additions here jogged my memory. Add to my list:
Butter – once I was done with the potato, I enjoyed several more pats of butter. (Dad ended that, because it made him sick).
The ol’ sugar at the bottom of the cereal bowl – you had to drown cereal with sugar, so that a soggy sugar concoction remained.
You consider that odd? That’s one of the 5 elements of nirvana.
Sardine and mustard sandwiches
cheap 6 pack
NASCAR races
Barcalounger
remote control
Odd things to eat are coyote brains, lightly roasted cockroaches, fire ants in blue cheese and strawberry jam on pilot bread. Won’t kill ya, just odd.
Lessee… my husband thinks I am weird for how I’ve ALWAYS made macaroni and cheese.
I put in 1/2 stick of butter. About four teaspoons of milk, and add the powder(only Kraft) to the finished noodles.
He says it’s like lead. I think it tastes great.
I also love burgers with Lay’s Potato Chips crushed on top with extra pickles and Heinz Ketchup.
The Large BBQ Fritos with Sour Cream
And luckily he does agree with my assertion that Miracle Whip is the only way to go for potato salad and tuna fish sandwiches.
Ice cream sandwiches.
2 slices of Millbrook Bread (very firm bread, almost like Styrofoam; WonderBread was too porous)
Ice cream (French vanilla was the best)
Catsup sandwiches. Nothing but bread and catsup. For variety, sometimes I would try the fussier “ketchup” instead. 
Hastur -
I refuse to acknowledge any other macaroni and cheese. If it is not Kraft no-natural-substance-is-that-orange powder original, it is not mac and cheese. My only difference in preparation, and preparation IS vital to this somehow, is that I add the splash of milk last. Your husband is a silly man for not understanding these things.
Well, I have just spent the last hour or so laughing myself silly at some of the strange foods ya’ll ate as kids. Some of them totally grossed me out…but others sounded very familiar, and would probably like now!
Let’s see…I always liked:
Cottage cheese. Plain. No fruit. Large curd. Straight from the container. (Occasionally with Ruffles Chips)
Water with lemon juice and TONS of salt. I called them “martinis”…I have no idea why.
Popcorn dipped in Coca-Cola. Still do that at movies, and it has to be immediately followed by a bite of a Nestle’s Crunch bar. This is still a standard staple at the cinema for me. Made my kids freak totally out til they tried it.
Stale pumpernickel cheese toast. Had to have been left out at least 3 days by my Granddaddy, made in his toaster oven (or it wasn’t good) and hard as a damn brick. Could gnaw on that stuff for hours. Sometimes good when dipped in coffee, but that spoiled the cement effect. The heels were especially wonderful, and my cousin and I would fight over who would get them…they were tougher.
Steak fat. When I was little, I wouldn’t eat any part of the steak except the fat. And it had to be really, really huge pieces of it, so I could chew longer.
My sister used to reach in the fridge and eat butter off her hands til I about threw up one afternoon when I caught her doing it. My uncle used to eat paint chips off the wall…but I have since learned both are some kind of vitamin deficiency. No wonder I used to (and still do) eat weird foods.
Silky “Still love stale pumpernickel cheesetoast” Threat
Pammi-I remember the pizza ranch-it was pretty good!
Also, peanutbutter and cheese doesn’t sound weird-they make the cheese crackers with peanutbutter
Um, let’s see:
Toast dipped in italian dressing
baking soda
potatoes with ketchup and mustard (still do!)
Chocolate ice cream and pretzels-try it, it’s really really good!
basil right off my gramma’s plant
playdough
I also make sammishes 
that consist of Land O’ Lakes American cheese (the sliced deli stuff…none of that plastic shit) ketchup, mustard and onions. Like a cheeseburger without the meat.
raw hotdogs.
Monkey Man-I’ll have to try the lemonheads and soda thing!
Those little vienna sausage’s from Libby’s; I could eat can after can of that stuff. Now, I wouldn’t touch the things with a ten foot pole.
Ugh.
| | I am this close to puking after reading this thread? Ketchup sandwiches? Little red beetles!?!?! Ohhhhhhhh, man, I’m gonna be sick.
The most odd thing I ever ate as a kid (which I still eat now) is Sugar-Peanut-Butter-Weird-Toast; toast, peanut butter, sugar. Sounds gross, but I like it.
Raw potatoes have always been a favourite of mine. Peel, rinse and munch!
Also, whenever I bake a cake from scratch, I always take the beaters off the mixer and lick them clean. When I’m done, I then take a spoon and scrape out the bowl. Probably quite dangerous, as it contains raw eggs, but it hasn’t made me sick yet.
In the UK, we have chutney-like condiment called Branston pickle. It’s a mixture of gherkins, onions and spices in a sweet, tangy sauce, with a crunchy texture. Nice just to spoon out and eat, even better on white bread.
Sorry, but I’m going to have to plead Ronald Reagan on this one. I only remember eating the tablets, and not too much of the aftermath. I think, though, that the red-green-yellow combo may have cancelled itself out. Had I stuck to one color, there may have been, uh, “fireworks.”
Ham and Cheese Loaf !
You can’t even find it in the stores these days.
How do they get the ham to coagulate around the cheese like that?