# Your Unusual Food Predilections **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 28, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-unusual-food-predilections/645398 "2012-12-28T17:24:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-unusual-food-predilections/645398/1 "2012-12-28T17:24:26Z")
What food preferences do you have that you don’t notice others sharing? I have two: Back when I was wearing a fatter man’s clothes, I enjoyed eating cereal with salad dressing. Creamy salad dressings preferred; no specific cereal preference, except I’ve always liked to eat granola-based cereals completely plain, and I never ate any especially sweet cereals. Bleu cheese on raisin bran is not something I’ve ever seen anyone else eating. (Now, I just eat cereal dry. I even eat oatmeal raw and dry, a kind of vegetal dandruff improved by the addition of salt.) My other great weirdness is the fact I prefer my coffee room temperature. I have never understood _hot_ coffee: Even if we stipulate that McDonald’s was doing it wrong with coffee that caused third-degree burns, the tissues of my mouth are sensitive and I have no desire to expose them to even moderately hot drinks. Neither do I want coffee that’s been burned by sitting on a space heater for hours on end. Room temperature coffee also tastes better, as the tongue is more able to cope with something that is neither trying to freeze nor cook it. Pre your postdilections here! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-unusual-food-predilections/645398/2 "2012-12-28T17:30:17Z")
One I learned growing up: if I am having beans and cornbread, I like spreading a layer of pickle relish on the cornbread before spooning on the beans. Learned that one from my father, who got it from _his_ father. This doesn’t apply if there are any other ingredients in the beans except maybe some meat. ---
**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-unusual-food-predilections/645398/3 "2012-12-28T18:30:36Z")
I don’t keep peanut butter in the house because I will sit down with a spoon and eat the whole jar. Nothing else, just a jar of peanut butter. Often don’t feel to well afterward. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-unusual-food-predilections/645398/4 "2012-12-28T18:36:24Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > One I learned growing up: if I am having beans and cornbread, I like spreading a layer of pickle relish on the cornbread before spooning on the beans. Learned that one from my father, who got it from _his_ father. > > This doesn’t apply if there are any other ingredients in the beans except maybe some meat. That sounds great! Green olives and orange juice. I chew the olive a few times, then hold it so I sip the orange juice over/through it. Learned it from a friend of a friend. It thought it sounded awful, so I had to try it…I was wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-unusual-food-predilections/645398/5 "2012-12-28T18:41:48Z")
> [@janeslogin](#): > > I don’t keep peanut butter in the house because I will sit down with a spoon and eat the whole jar. Nothing else, just a jar of peanut butter. Often don’t feel to well afterward. My god, I actually do something similar. My poison of choice is [candy corn](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_corn), which I only allow myself one bag of once a year, around Halloween. It is sweetened wax and I know, on a rational level, that there is no reason for me to love it as much as I do, but I do. It has no redeeming qualities but, every year, I get a bag of it at the grocery store (Albertson’s, usually) and I have to pace myself to make it last a few days. I’ve eaten steak tartare at… well, at a place in Kansas City nice enough I felt comfortable eating raw hamburger there. I have a taste for [preserved lemon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preserved_lemon) and I always eat my steaks rare. I know what good food is. And yet, next October, I’ll be happily munching away on the cheapest, nastiest confection Brach’s makes. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-unusual-food-predilections/645398/6 "2012-12-28T18:49:31Z")
Onion rings with vinegar and gravy. Preferred method is to add vinegar to the gravy and then dip the rings in just before eating to preserve the crunch. I also do this with french fries but I get less odd looks for that. ---
**Author:** ![Rubixcube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Rubixcube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubixcube)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-unusual-food-predilections/645398/7 "2012-12-28T19:21:48Z")
I love cold egg rolls. Every time I order Chinese I toss them in the fridge. Either to eat a few hours later or as a greasy and delicious breakfast treat. Sriracha on store bought ginger snaps, it just works. I like to mash up my meatloaf and mix it together with my mashed potatoes and corn. I then hollow out a dinner roll and fill it with said mixture. Pure heaven. Not a predilection, but I once dipped Funions in milk like cookies and drank the milk afterwards on a dare, tasted surprisingly decent even though I don’t particularly care for Funions. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-unusual-food-predilections/645398/8 "2012-12-28T19:41:26Z")
> [@janeslogin](#): > > I don’t keep peanut butter in the house because I will sit down with a spoon and eat the whole jar. Nothing else, just a jar of peanut butter. Often don’t feel to well afterward. I do the same thing, except I use a knife. A spoon seems a little self-indulgent, like you INTEND to eat the entire jar. And it’s better if you knife in some chunks of butter. But I don’t know anyone else who eats pizza backwards. Yup, crust first, and working toward the point. Or even eating ALL the crust first (you have to flip it onto another plate, so the crust is on top. Then you save all the good stuff for last. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-unusual-food-predilections/645398/9 "2012-12-28T20:43:55Z")
Haven’t eaten it for years, but saltines and butter. Not that uncommon a snack I understand. I also like musk candies and vegemite/marmite/promite. I also don’t like mixing foods unless they start out mixed. I am just fine with stir fry, but I won’t mix stuff together like the potatoes and corn and meatloaf. I tend to eat all of one food item before moving to the next. I have issues with texture. If something is supposed to be smooth then biting into something hard makes me have to spit out the entire mouthful - I believe it dates to getting a fishbone stuck in my throat when I was 4. So that bit of cartilage or bone in a mouthful of chewed up chicken, no dice. Can’t just scrumble around and ditch the foreign object, the whole mouthful goes. Same goes for that stealth blackberry pip in a mouth of pie - I normally seive out the seeds but now and again one may slip in and if I get it, it bothers me. If something is supposed to have hard bits in it, like grapes I can deal with it, it is just the unexpected that gets to me. ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-unusual-food-predilections/645398/10 "2012-12-28T22:37:48Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > But I don’t know anyone else who eats pizza backwards. Yup, crust first, and working toward the point. Or even eating ALL the crust first (you have to flip it onto another plate, so the crust is on top. Then you save all the good stuff for last. Hello, my name is Melondeca and I, too, eat my pizza backwards. When I’m eating my pizza alone, there will be a big glob of cheese and toppings waiting for the crust to be finished. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-unusual-food-predilections/645398/11 "2012-12-28T22:58:17Z")
Applesauce and saltines. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-unusual-food-predilections/645398/12 "2012-12-28T23:26:11Z")
Cottage cheese with yellow mustard and chopped dill pickles mixed in. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-unusual-food-predilections/645398/13 "2012-12-29T00:07:40Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > I also don’t like mixing foods unless they start out mixed. I am just fine with stir fry, but I won’t mix stuff together like the potatoes and corn and meatloaf. I tend to eat all of one food item before moving to the next. This. > [@](#): > > I have issues with texture. If something is supposed to be smooth then biting into something hard makes me have to spit out the entire mouthful - I believe it dates to getting a fishbone stuck in my throat when I was 4. So that bit of cartilage or bone in a mouthful of chewed up chicken, no dice. Can’t just scrumble around and ditch the foreign object, the whole mouthful goes. Same goes for that stealth blackberry pip in a mouth of pie - I normally seive out the seeds but now and again one may slip in and if I get it, it bothers me. If something is supposed to have hard bits in it, like grapes I can deal with it, it is just the unexpected that gets to me. Also this. It’s similar to why I don’t eat salad on my sandwiches. Lettuce is great, but it just doesn’t…go..with biting into a sandwich. -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-unusual-food-predilections/645398/14 "2012-12-29T00:54:27Z")
One time, I predilected that my vegetarian sister would love my homemade salsa. Unfortunately, I was wrong. Okay, but really. I normally hate burnt anything. Even the slightest hint of burntness on toast and/or cookies will cause me to toss my toast and/or cookies. But the only way I can eat marshmallows is burnt to a crisp over a campfire (the marshmallows, not me). ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-unusual-food-predilections/645398/15 "2012-12-29T01:04:42Z")
śledzie. pickled herring. aside from myself and my grandmother, I don’t know anyone else who likes it. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-unusual-food-predilections/645398/16 "2012-12-29T01:41:28Z")
Nothing beats a big puffy glazed doughnut…heated and topped with butter. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-unusual-food-predilections/645398/17 "2012-12-29T01:51:38Z")
When I was a kid, I used to eat sugary cake decorations on toast. I suspect I’m a supertaster, and sweet, sour, and bitter do not taste the same to me than they do to most others. I can tolerate weird taste combinations, and not tolerate regular ones. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-unusual-food-predilections/645398/18 "2012-12-29T02:04:00Z")
I like how a fraction of people are supertasters, but almost everbody online claims they are a supertaster. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-unusual-food-predilections/645398/19 "2012-12-29T02:18:28Z")
I haven’t been tested as one, and I’m not even sure if it’s officially a real thing or just some wacko food scientist’s wild idea, so I have no idea if I actually am one. I fit all the symptoms, though. And in my life I have encountered many people with similar dislikes for eating. Even if it’s only 1% of the population that’s millions of people. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-unusual-food-predilections/645398/20 "2012-12-29T02:21:27Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I haven’t been tested as one, and I’m not even sure if it’s officially a real thing or just some wacko food scientist’s wild idea, so I have no idea if I actually am one. I fit all the symptoms, though. And in my life I have encountered many people with similar dislikes for eating. Even if it’s only 1% of the population that’s millions of people. so basically you think you’re a supertaster because you want to be awesome. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-unusual-food-predilections/645398.md?page=2)