# What are your food and eating oddities? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 20, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-food-and-eating-oddities/606881 "2011-12-20T20:40:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-food-and-eating-oddities/606881/41 "2011-12-21T16:31:11Z")
I eat my peas with honey; I’ve done it all my life. It makes the peas taste funny, But it keeps them on the knife. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-food-and-eating-oddities/606881/42 "2011-12-21T16:38:22Z")
I detest cheese and won’t eat anything that has even touched cheese EXCEPT pizza, which I could happily eat every day. I don’t like condiments except for some tomato based ones, like bbq or salsa, but definitely not kethcup. Nor sald dressing of any kind, though I do like salad. I must have potato chips(or fries) with my sandwich and I’ll eat them strategically so that I finish them at the same time, with the last bite being a chip or fry. I always eat my cereal dry though I love milk and will usually drink a glass with it(but not on it). I love butter on my popcorn but nothing else, including toast or pancakes. I could go on and on but those are the ones that seem to run counter to most peoples’ tastes. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-food-and-eating-oddities/606881/43 "2011-12-21T16:55:06Z")
I’m a very “plain” person. I only like pepperoni on pizza, no other toppings. I order all my cheeseburgers “plain and dry”, no toppings, no ketchup or mustard. Same with my hot dogs. Same with tacos, just meat in a shell. I don’t care for a lot of frippery on my food. I can’t eat cold meat, it gags me. No cold cut sandwiches for me, please. Make it a turkey and Swiss, and heat it up. My wife doesn’t put salt on anything, even foods that desperately need salt, like pasta and potatoes. She even used to leave it out of recipes that called for it until I pointed out that, for example, a bit of salt in bread is necessary for it to come out right. Edited to add one more thing about me: I tend to find a “favorite” at a restaurant, and then whenever I go to that restaurant, that’s what I order, and it’s just about unheard of for me to get anything else. So, if I go to Rosa’s Mexican Cantina, I’ll get the chicken fajita burritos. If I go to Carino’s, I’m getting the chicken parmesan. Chili’s, the chicken tenders. Shogun, hibachi chicken, extra fried rice. Subway, a six-inch meatball on Italian herb and cheese bread, with provolone. Every single time. ---
**Author:** ![diggerwam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-food-and-eating-oddities/606881/44 "2011-12-21T17:13:40Z")
Can’t drink Apple juice. Too many hospital flashbacks. Just recently stopped eating tortillas chips with my chili. I start and finish one box of cereal before I will start another. I like drinking cereal and milk out of a glass. I won’t drink unsweetened iced tea. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-food-and-eating-oddities/606881/45 "2011-12-21T17:15:00Z")
I’m pretty normal, I guess. I can only think of two: I like peanut butter and pickle sandiches. But the pickles have to be sweet, like bread and butter or gherkins. I like to eat my foods evenly. When I’m at the end of my meal, there will be one bite of steak, one hunk of potato, and one spear of asparagus left. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-food-and-eating-oddities/606881/46 "2011-12-21T17:38:33Z")
I don’t like hamburgers. I mean, I’ll eat them if that’s what we’re having, but if there’s another option I’ll take that. I like plenty of other sandwiches with meat. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-food-and-eating-oddities/606881/47 "2011-12-21T17:49:27Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I love butter on my popcorn but nothing else, including toast or pancakes. How odd: I absolutely\* love \*pancakes on my popcorn. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-food-and-eating-oddities/606881/48 "2011-12-21T18:02:01Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I’m pretty normal, I guess. I can only think of two: > > I like peanut butter and pickle sandiches. But the pickles have to be sweet, like bread and butter or gherkins. > > I like to eat my foods evenly. When I’m at the end of my meal, there will be one bite of steak, one hunk of potato, and one spear of asparagus left. I eat everything separately. First the salad, then the vegetables, then the main dish, then the bread, then the dessert. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-food-and-eating-oddities/606881/49 "2011-12-21T18:58:45Z")
> [@Cartoonacy](#): > > Something I liked as a kid, but haven’t eaten since I got married – until last week, when I made it for myself, and was surprised when my wife said it was weird: hot Shredded Wheat. > > I put two whole Shredded Wheat biscuits in a bowl, poured water on them, then poured the water off and zapped them in the microwave for two minutes. Then I added milk and maple syrup. Mmmmm! This sounds really good and now I wish I had bought those large shredded wheat biscuits yesterday instead of Cheerio’s. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-food-and-eating-oddities/606881/50 "2011-12-22T02:18:33Z")
I always await in great anticipation for all the pickles to be gone from the pickle jar. Then I down the juice in one motion. Heaven. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-food-and-eating-oddities/606881/51 "2011-12-22T02:52:47Z")
I love dill pickle juice, too, **mmm** and olive juice. I have to cook the shit out of any meat I eat. I no longer make my family eat this; I’ve learned to take their’s out when I think it’s “not quite done” but mine has to stay until at least the edges are curling, if not down-right black. That’s because my mother was a haphazard cook/housekeeper. I remember as a toddler getting sick (barfing) regularly from trying to eat what she fixed. I can’t eat cheese except on pizza. That’s because one time I took out a hunk of cheese from the refrigerator and took a big bite. I didn’t know that it wasn’t **supposed** to be covered with a green, furry mold… Here’s a drink recipe you might like, **mmm**. I haven’t tried it yet but I’m gonna go to that bar where it was concocted and get me one: The Dillinger (created at the 5 1/2 Bar in beautiful downtown mumblemuble FL panhandle) pickle juice cider vinegar Hendricks gin mashed cucumber a squeeze of lemon-lime Served with fresh cracked black pepprer on top. Licking my lips. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-food-and-eating-oddities/606881/52 "2011-12-22T04:33:50Z")
I like Hostess chocolate cupcakes, but almost the only time I eat them is when I have a cold, when I get a real craving for them. And for each cupcake I peel off the icing and eat it last to get the burst of flavor. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-food-and-eating-oddities/606881/53 "2011-12-22T06:34:00Z")
Pickle juice is also good for combating acid reflux and heartburn. Drink a bit and your stomach gets the message that it’s already produced enough acid and will slow down production. An ex-roommate swears by this. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-food-and-eating-oddities/606881/54 "2011-12-22T11:01:24Z")
> [@Cartoonacy](#): > > I love biting into a fresh apple. But I can’t stand applesauce, apple-flavored candy, or apples that have been cooked or processed in any way. I don’t like the flavor without the texture. Same goes for bananas. > > I love fresh tomatoes, and tomato sauce, but I don’t like ketchup. > > And I can’t stand jams or jellies, but give me a peanut butter and jalapeño PBJ any day. Similarly … I hate fresh tomatoes. I love tomato flavour. I love tomato based sauces. I even love sun dried tomatoes. Hell, I can happily eat tomato purée straight out of the tube. But I just cannot eat fresh tomatoes. It is all in the texture. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-food-and-eating-oddities/606881/55 "2011-12-22T11:23:45Z")
I have very little concept of food temperature, or why it’s supposedly gross to eat lukewarm/cool food that’s supposed to be hot. cold burgers, cold fries, cold pizza, cold lasagna, cold chinese food - it all tastes the same cold and hot, right? I rarely really heat up leftovers, or if I do, I might throw them in the microwave for 30 seconds and eat them luke warm. I’ve been told this is gross. ---
**Author:** ![Ratcatcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Ratcatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ratcatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-food-and-eating-oddities/606881/56 "2011-12-22T11:36:04Z")
I love soda (in fact until a few months ago I used to have the equivalent of a “small” fast food soda everyday, though not as a substitute for water, but coffee/tea due to laziness and habit). However, colas are the only type of soda I like, and its not like most people who prefer colas but may still be open to other types of soda. Pretty much everything else I’ve tried tasted disgusting to me. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-food-and-eating-oddities/606881/57 "2011-12-22T16:58:07Z")
> [@amanset](#): > > Similarly … > > I hate fresh tomatoes. I love tomato flavour. I love tomato based sauces. I even love sun dried tomatoes. Hell, I can happily eat tomato purée straight out of the tube. > > But I just cannot eat fresh tomatoes. > > It is all in the texture. I’m about the reverse. I can eat fresh tomatoes like an apple, as long its not mushy or mealy. But I don’t like cooked tomatoes. I like tomatoes sauce though. Besides not liking soda because its too sweet, I don’t like carbonation. If I drink a hard cider or hard lemonade that’s carbonated I’ll wait for it to go flat (mostly - I’m too impatient to wait). I’m sort of getting over that one. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-food-and-eating-oddities/606881/58 "2011-12-22T18:07:57Z")
> [@Small\_Hen](#): > > I have very little concept of food temperature, or why it’s supposedly gross to eat lukewarm/cool food that’s supposed to be hot. cold burgers, cold fries, cold pizza, cold lasagna, cold chinese food - it all tastes the same cold and hot, right? I rarely really heat up leftovers, or if I do, I might throw them in the microwave for 30 seconds and eat them luke warm. I’ve been told this is gross. I cannot stand food that’s the wrong temperature. I want hot food hot and cold food cold. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-food-and-eating-oddities/606881/59 "2011-12-22T21:22:01Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > I like to put about an inch of M&M’s in a short glass, fill the glass up with ice water, and let them steep until all the candy coating comes off in the water. M&M soup! Very tasty, but every friend who’s ever seen me do it thinks it’s gross. 😛 For me, Skittles in a glass of water. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-food-and-eating-oddities/606881/60 "2011-12-22T22:34:54Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > How is that weird? Doesn’t it tell you _on the box_ how to do that? Does it still? I know it did many years ago, but these days I put my cereal in a plastic container and throw out the cardboard box as soon as I get it home. Anyway, my wife’s not a big Shredded Wheat fan, but she’s the one who called me weird for eating it hot. It’s not a subject that comes up much in conversations outside the kitchen, so I began to wonder how many people really do eat it that way. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-food-and-eating-oddities/606881.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-food-and-eating-oddities/606881.md?page=4)