Getting to know us 11/19

[party of 3]

Oh, dear! We were just talking about this at lunch today. Be prepared--I'm even weirder than we knew!

I can't stand for my food to touch. Each year, Mom & DH get me new divided plates! The thing that gets me the most is runny food--baked beans, etc., food with liquid. . .I don't like it running into my other food! I also won't mix my food (same theory). Someone asked me how I ate casseroles or soup--it's something in my little crazy mind that says, "Ok, this comes this way." Like nachos, chili, beef stew or something like that. . .by virtue of it being that, it's stuff together, so I can eat it! But if you just said, here's some roast beef, gravy, and mashed potatoes all piled together, then nope!!

I also have to have my food even out at the end. Now, I may put more potatoes on my plate than anything else (and if you'd ever seen me, you'd know that's true!!), but I will balance it as I eat so that at the end, there's one to two bites of everything left. I can't just finish my sandwich and have 10 chips left!!

I hesitate to share any of my other bizarre food quirks!! You might decide I'm too weird for words!

SIOH- this is so my husband. NOTHING can touch!!!! american chop suey is one of my favorites and he has to have noodles on one side of the plate and the meat sauce on the other! really nothing touches. that is way too funny!
and i also have been know to have MORE posatoes on my plate then anyone else. because i LOVE potatoes!!!!! any way at all. i'm all about my potatoes!
that's all i eat when preg w/ds. no wonder why he hates them!!!

I eat M&Ms by color also, and I also have been known to arrange them into the shapes (mainly flowers - brown center, green stem, all other colors for petals). That fact earned me a tag fairy visit way back when.

OH NEE that's cute! i like that!

This is DD! I don't really have any food quirks. I don't think. The only thing I can think of that I am not sure is a quirk- when I eat Nutty Bars I take them apart layer by layer. That's about it.

Oh Ash- are you talking about Little Debbie Nutty Bars??? i LOVE those!!!! and i also eat them by layer! now i have got to have one of those today!

 

[DisneyIsTerrific]

I didn't think I had any food quirks, but DH corrected me on that this morning. He says my quirk is cheese. It's true. I do not like cheese and won't eat it on hamburgers, sandwiches, on tops of cooked foods, in salads, etc. But, I love grilled cheese sandwiches, pizza, and some lasagnas.

 

[party of 3]

I didn't think I had any food quirks, but DH corrected me on that this morning. He says my quirk is cheese. It's true. I do not like cheese and won't eat it on hamburgers, sandwiches, on tops of cooked foods, in salads, etc. But, I love grilled cheese sandwiches, pizza, and some lasagnas.

Stephanie you're funny! you won't eat it on sandwiches, but you'll eat a grilled cheese!!! i thought that was so funny! i don't know why, i just did!!!

i love my grilled cheese. do you know what they are called in my house???? i bet you don't!!!!!!!

we call them GORILLAS!!!!!!

i think that's another food quirk of ours. everything has a funny name for it!nothing is really what it's name is. i think that's dh's sense of humor there.

 

[YoYoAurora]

Must have m&ms or any other little coloured candies in pairs. Will give away the "odd" ones. And count me in the will arrange in patterns or flowers group!

Hate drinking coke or other soda out of plastic, but make an exception for the 16 or 20 oz bottles.

When dining at someone else's house, I eat the food I don't like first, then move on to my faves. DH finally figured this one out! Blast - I thought I hid that one well!

Must have an even number of shrimp, mussels, clams, etc. Have been known to trade with someone for an even number - I'll give you one shrimp if I can have one of your scallops.

-- Susan

PS: This is a fun thread!

 

[Queenie]

M&M's, skittles, etc - need to group them 1 of each color then regroup them when the first color runs out etc down the line. Then I eat them starting from the smallest incomplete group on up.
Or they have to be eaten in pairs, same color.

Thank heavens for that, I thought I was the only one!!!

If I have a slice of toast, I always eat around the edges first so all the crust is gone, then eat the centre. I still don't really like crust so it gets it out of the way first. If I have multiple slices, I'll often eat all the crusts, then all the centres.

 

[vanyel]

I do the m & m & skittles sort too but I eat the skittles by least favorite flavor, starting with green and ending with red. M & Ms - eat colors with fewest # then move up. People are always teasing me about this at work and now I feel so much better being in such good company. Is this still a quirk since so many of us do it?

Tomatoes - love tomato products but can't eat a tomato plain - I think it's the texture but I like salsa, go figure.

Yes, this is a fun question.

 

[disneynut14]

I'm not sure it's a quirk, but I have a strange way of eating cupcakes. I take off the paper cup, rip off the bottom, and turn the end over on top of the icing, ripped side down. Then I eat it like a sammie. Quirk I do get some strange looks when I do it...

I do the same thing with cupcakes. It makes it a little sandwich and you are sure to get some frosting with every bite

I also prefer all my beverages at room temperature. Particularly water. Can't stand ice water. It drives my DH nuts whenever he wants a sip out of my water bottle.

 

[aroyer]

Oh Ash- are you talking about Little Debbie Nutty Bars??? i LOVE those!!!! and i also eat them by layer! now i have got to have one of those today!

They are yummy!

 

[JandJ]

I have a couple . . .

When I eat potato chips I have to dump them all out to see which ones are broken or really small and I eat those first, saving the full chips for last.

I cannot drink orange juice threw a straw.

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Must have an even number of shrimp, mussels, clams, etc. Have been known to trade with someone for an even number - I'll give you one shrimp if I can have one of your scallops.

-- Susan

PS: This is a fun thread!

Me too!!!! I have to do everything in 2's or 4's. LOL I refuse to let DS12 take oysters off my plate because I have to have an even number.

 

[New England Eeyore]

Hate drinking coke or other soda out of plastic, but make an exception for the 16 or 20 oz bottles.

See I'm the opposite there - I can't stand soda in cans. Even if I then pour it out of the can into a glass, I can still "taste" the can.

 

[Raenstoirm]

I'm not sure it's a quirk, but I have a strange way of eating cupcakes. I take off the paper cup, rip off the bottom, and turn the end over on top of the icing, ripped side down. Then I eat it like a sammie. Quirk I do get some strange looks when I do it...

I am another cup cake sandwich gal.

My biggest thing is the baby spoon. All "soft" food (yogurt, ice cream, pudding, applesauce) must be eaten with a baby spoon. I stared this over 12 years ago when I heard that eating things with smaller spoons help you lose weight. (it doesn't incidentally) But now it feels weird to eat with a real size spoon. I have been known to carry baby spoons with me and if i go to an ice cream parlor I have to get a taste test of some flaver just so I can use that testing spoon for my dessert!

 

[Rora]

I don't have any food quirks in particular but I'm a very picky eater and eat my food in weird ways.. according to DFiance!

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

I don't have any food quirks in particular but I'm a very picky eater and eat my food in weird ways.. according to DFiance!

eating food in weird ways qualifies!

 

[MomOf2DisneyKids]

This is DD! I don't really have any food quirks. I don't think. The only thing I can think of that I am not sure is a quirk- when I eat Nutty Bars I take them apart layer by layer. That's about it.

I lovvvvvvvvvvvvvve Nutty Bars!! That was my big craving thing when I was preg with DD! That and pizza hut creamy italian dressing. LOL (wait, but not together!)

 

[ddavis860]

I lovvvvvvvvvvvvvve Nutty Bars!! That was my big craving thing when I was preg with DD! That and pizza hut creamy italian dressing. LOL (wait, but not together!)

Oh, that would be a good one...what did you crave when you were preggers

 

[party of 3]

Oh, that would be a good one...what did you crave when you were preggers

that would be a good one!!!!!!!

 

[pixiedustforever]

So glad to know others do the M&M thing!

I'm another M&M color gal! I separate them by color. Then I make color combos - my fav is blue/green (looks like water) or primary color combo. They're then eaten (by color) to to leave only 1 per color. I don't seem to do this if others are around, btw! Just in my own M&M world.

So who's bringing the M&M's to 2009 SDV for some M&M layouts?

Marylee