# You're enjoying food wrong. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 26, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-enjoying-food-wrong/747260 "2016-02-26T22:56:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-enjoying-food-wrong/747260/101 "2016-02-29T03:57:05Z")
I like cold Chinese stir fry. Leftovers for breakfast. ---
**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:** [February 29, 2016, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-enjoying-food-wrong/747260/102 "2016-02-29T08:06:56Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > I’ll also put ketchup, mustard and pickle relish on a 2nd hot dog as dessert after a dog with mustard. have to have a plane dog with mustard first. I like to fix two dogs in buns . . . one with mustard, the other with ketchup. Then take alternating bites of each. I’ll also add sauerkraut and/or grilled onions to one or the other. Sometimes I’ll put mayo on a dog. > [@carnut](#): > > I like cold Chinese stir fry. Leftovers for breakfast. Cold Chinese \*anything \*for breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-enjoying-food-wrong/747260/103 "2016-02-29T08:17:10Z")
> [@scootergirl](#): > > I like to eat a bite size piece of extra sharp cheddar with a dollop of jelly - any jelly - pepper, raspberry, strawberry…it doesn’t matter. I like the taste of the sharp and sweet. There’s nothing wrong with that combination. Fruit and cheese is lovely. Try adding bacon to the above and wrapping it in a warm croissant. Bacon, cheese and jam croissants were my Christmas Day breakfast. They are awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-enjoying-food-wrong/747260/104 "2016-02-29T08:19:50Z")
> [@smiling\_bandit](#): > > This is very good… but so very unhealthy. I sometimes indulge with just a taste of mayo per fry. If you like flavored or spiced mayo as well, there’s almost no bad options out there. I like ketchup and mayo on mine - I sort of dip half of the end in ketchup and the opposite half of the same end in mayo (so they arrive in my mouth unmixed). ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-enjoying-food-wrong/747260/105 "2016-02-29T15:56:18Z")
[Sukiyaki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukiyaki) is a kind of Japanese hot-pot dish. You pan-fry some thin-sliced beef and onions, pour in a bunch of savory broth, then add a bunch of other items like tofu, mushrooms, noodles, and veggies. Normally you would then pick items out of the pot and dip them in a bowl of raw egg before eating them, but my wife and I do it wrong: we crack the eggs and put them in the broth to poach instead. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-enjoying-food-wrong/747260/106 "2016-02-29T16:08:29Z")
I’m not sure I’m enjoying this _wrong_, but when we have burrito/taco buffets at work, I take _two_ empty soft tortillas and lie them flat on the plate and then pile chicken/steak/cheese etc on the top tortilla with abandon. Then, a lot of the stuff invariably falls off during consumption. I then make a second taco with the droppings from the first. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-enjoying-food-wrong/747260/107 "2016-02-29T16:19:04Z")
I hate to admit it, but I like Scotch with an ice cube. I’ve tried it with and without, and I can’t seem to make myself like it better without. (And I’m talking about pretty good scotch – like Lagavulin. Now I haven’t had limited-edition 37-year-old blessed-by-the-Pope Scotch, so maybe I’d feel different about that.) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-enjoying-food-wrong/747260/108 "2016-02-29T16:55:12Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > My beer is always refrigerated. Even the Belgians. Yeah, this reminds me. Unless I’m having a party, I don’t usually bother to put beer in the fridge. I don’t feel like making the space and I’m fine with true room temp beer (not “cellar temp”). And hash browns ARE supposed to be shredded. The cubed stuff is either home fries, breakfast potatoes, or country potatoes to me. ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-enjoying-food-wrong/747260/109 "2016-02-29T17:20:43Z")
[Ordering milk in a bar](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=5849422#post5849422) starting at post #495 As for me I like leftover salad. I prefer my lettuce less crispy. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-enjoying-food-wrong/747260/110 "2016-02-29T17:35:54Z")
Ketchup on hot dogs, apparently And on fries, fried rice, and mac and cheese ---
**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:** [February 29, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-enjoying-food-wrong/747260/111 "2016-02-29T18:41:48Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Nothing wrong with mayo with fries, but it is a bit overkill on the fat front. Well, I don’t do it Belgian style, which is to dump a pint of the stuff on top of your order. One of those small fast food packets is usually enough for my mayo jones. Man, I miss Belgian frites; it was one of the best things about living there. ---
**Author:** ![sachertorte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sachertorte/32/3727_2.png) [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-enjoying-food-wrong/747260/112 "2016-02-29T18:54:03Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > I like my red wine chilled. Red wine is supposed to be chilled (but not as much as white wine). > **[Wine Temperature Serving Guide | Red, White, Sparking | Wine 101](https://vinepair.com/wine-101/right-temperature-serve-every-type-wine/)** > > Our Wine Temperature Serving Guide shows why you serve different wines differently. Get perfect temperatures to serve red, white, rose and sparkling wine. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-enjoying-food-wrong/747260/113 "2016-02-29T19:06:54Z")
I don’t put butter on my popcorn. I put grated Parmesan cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-enjoying-food-wrong/747260/114 "2016-02-29T19:15:19Z")
> [@sachertorte](#): > > Red wine is supposed to be chilled (but not as much as white wine). Well, room temperature. But room temperature in a drafty French chateau is a couple dozen degrees less than in a typical British or American home. ---
**Author:** ![tullsterx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-enjoying-food-wrong/747260/115 "2016-02-29T20:25:33Z")
> [@scootergirl](#): > > I like to eat a bite size piece of extra sharp cheddar with a dollop of jelly - any jelly - pepper, raspberry, strawberry…it doesn’t matter. I like the taste of the sharp and sweet. Added to TO-DO list. . . ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-enjoying-food-wrong/747260/116 "2016-02-29T20:39:39Z")
I prefer room-temperature pop. (That’s “soda” for the Americans.) Cold pop gives me the hiccups. I will eat cold nachos the next day. (As long as they’re made with shredded cheese, not that nasty queso cheese. Ew.) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-enjoying-food-wrong/747260/117 "2016-02-29T20:47:49Z")
I haven’t read 3 pages in before posting, so my wrong food thing may have been mentioned already: V8 vegetable juice at room temperature. Not the big jug of it, I would refrigerate that to prevent spoiling, but I don’t buy it that way. I buy little cans which are always kept at room temperature. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-enjoying-food-wrong/747260/118 "2016-02-29T20:48:19Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Instant mashed potatoes made with soup. Ooooo Annie… This actually made me sit up straight. I am intrigued and must try this tonight. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-enjoying-food-wrong/747260/119 "2016-03-01T01:34:58Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I haven’t read 3 pages in before posting, so my wrong food thing may have been mentioned already: V8 vegetable juice at room temperature. Not the big jug of it, I would refrigerate that to prevent spoiling, but I don’t buy it that way. I buy little cans which are always kept at room temperature. I drink V8 Spicy Hot at room temp. I don’t like it cold ---
**Author:** ![Periwinkle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Periwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Periwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-enjoying-food-wrong/747260/120 "2016-03-01T02:30:16Z")
I put V8 Spicy Hot in the microwave, and eat it like tomato soup. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-enjoying-food-wrong/747260.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-enjoying-food-wrong/747260.md?page=7)