Odd eating habits / quirks
Discussion
bourbon biscuits - seperate two halves and lick away hardened cream. Takes many many licks.
mars bar - estimate depth of caramel and bite off caramel layer leaving nougat. nibble chocolate off all sides. Roll nougat into ball and eat in one.
maltesers. nibble chocolate off without damaging the malty centre. Collect malty centres and save til last.
all dinners - as mentioned above make sure to save a "good" bite to be the last one.
mars bar - estimate depth of caramel and bite off caramel layer leaving nougat. nibble chocolate off all sides. Roll nougat into ball and eat in one.
maltesers. nibble chocolate off without damaging the malty centre. Collect malty centres and save til last.
all dinners - as mentioned above make sure to save a "good" bite to be the last one.
sidekickdmr said:
Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah said:
Mum and dad once had a 3 year old foster boy who's favourite food was tomato. Not in stuff, not soup, not ketchup, but a fresh raw tomato. He'd sit eating it like an apple, and was in his favourite place.
I do this too, wasn't even aware it was classed as odd 
sidekickdmr said:
I do this too, same principle works even better on a ferrer rocher!
The rest are just plain odd though, esp the ball of soggy melted choc mars bar nougat
on the same theme as the maltesers - jaffa cakes. Nibble the tiniest amounf off the edge all the way round that you can manage. The with newly exposed chocolate edges you can pick off the chocolate. The goal is a perfectly undamaged orange jelly without the merest speck of chocolate on it. Eat jelly. Lastly of course eat sponge. Slightest amount of damage/imperfection along the way - down it one and start on the next.The rest are just plain odd though, esp the ball of soggy melted choc mars bar nougat
Likewise the maltsesers - if you damage the malty centre give up on the operation and start the next malteser.
sidekickdmr said:
FredAstaire said:
maltesers. nibble chocolate off without damaging the malty centre.
I do this too, same principle works even better on a ferrer rocher!The rest are just plain odd though, esp the ball of soggy melted choc mars bar nougat
I like my chocolate like I like my whisky - neat.
Out of preference it has to be dark strong chocolate....directly out of the freezer. (Try it - it's wonderful)
I remember as a kid being slightly taken aback when my father ate an apple normally, until the core was left, then ate the core in two bites!! Weirdo! 
Not really odd, but, again, my father, this time introduced me to one of his favourite late night snacks.
A slice of well done toast, buttered, and plastered with marmalade. Then toast cut up into 4*4 squares and thrown in to a large mug, to which was added a runny boiled egg, salt & pepper, and mixed for a few seconds and eaten with a spoon.
I've adapted the above . . . 2 pieces of marmalade toast, 3 eggs, S&P, and a splurge of mayo! Heaven in a (large) mug.
Not really odd, but, again, my father, this time introduced me to one of his favourite late night snacks.
A slice of well done toast, buttered, and plastered with marmalade. Then toast cut up into 4*4 squares and thrown in to a large mug, to which was added a runny boiled egg, salt & pepper, and mixed for a few seconds and eaten with a spoon.
I've adapted the above . . . 2 pieces of marmalade toast, 3 eggs, S&P, and a splurge of mayo! Heaven in a (large) mug.
I've just remembered a couple more of my O/H's eating quirks. She'll always cut the fat off fried bacon, so much so that often more than half rasher is cut away and she eats the tiny piece that remains. With eggs, she only eats the yolks so when she has a 'Full English' in a hotel, she has a side plate piled with bacon rind, egg white and toast crusts - she cuts those off too.
very similar to RB above, my misses loves a costa bacon and brie Panini.
However she won’t eat bacon fat, or brie rind, they use streaky bacon and lots of little bits of brie, so she sits there, peels it apart, removes about 8% of the bacon and half the cheese and puts it back together again to eat it.
However she won’t eat bacon fat, or brie rind, they use streaky bacon and lots of little bits of brie, so she sits there, peels it apart, removes about 8% of the bacon and half the cheese and puts it back together again to eat it.
Melman Giraffe said:
sidekickdmr said:
Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah said:
Mum and dad once had a 3 year old foster boy who's favourite food was tomato. Not in stuff, not soup, not ketchup, but a fresh raw tomato. He'd sit eating it like an apple, and was in his favourite place.
I do this too, wasn't even aware it was classed as odd sidekickdmr said:
very similar to RB above, my misses loves a costa bacon and brie Panini.
However she won’t eat bacon fat, or brie rind, they use streaky bacon and lots of little bits of brie, so she sits there, peels it apart, removes about 8% of the bacon and half the cheese and puts it back together again to eat it.
Watching Mrs Don eat is like watching open heart surgery.However she won’t eat bacon fat, or brie rind, they use streaky bacon and lots of little bits of brie, so she sits there, peels it apart, removes about 8% of the bacon and half the cheese and puts it back together again to eat it.
Everything needs to be opened, inspected, and any visible fat carefully removed, then reassembled and eaten. By now...cold.
Ugh.
AlexHat said:
I'm the same.
Someone mentioned mashed potato and having to mix gravy in...I have to have either ketchup or BBQ sauce mixed in or it just is way too dry for me.
Not quite as bad as a friend who as a kid had ketchup with everything, even roasts!
You need more milk and butter in your mash - then it's not dry.Someone mentioned mashed potato and having to mix gravy in...I have to have either ketchup or BBQ sauce mixed in or it just is way too dry for me.
Not quite as bad as a friend who as a kid had ketchup with everything, even roasts!
i do a weird thing whereby one day i will really fancy something. for example i might almost fantasise about a bacon butty , and will not be satisfied until i have onew. the following day , however, the very thought of one might make me physically sick.
the upside to this is that i will sometimes eat something that i used to dislike and really enjoy it. only to dislike the next time i eat it.
i blame the medication
the upside to this is that i will sometimes eat something that i used to dislike and really enjoy it. only to dislike the next time i eat it.
i blame the medication
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