For example:
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When you open a fresh jar of peanut butter do you only work through one side until it is completely empty then start on the other side?
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Or when you get those shallow tubs of hummus does it have to make it back home undisturbed? Then one of the baggers at the grocery store shoves it sideways into the bag completely ruining the symmetry.
My last bite should be of my favorite part of the meal. Finish my least favorite part first.
The greatest compliment I can pay a meal is that I couldn’t choose which part to make my last bite.
I do this too. It took a while for my wife to fully understand that if she wanted to try something on my plate, she better not wait til the last few bites
Yes!
I also save the last bit of candy or other snacks, sometimes for days, until I really want it (most recently, I left the last 2 pieces in a box of Buncha Crunch for over a week. Yeah, it’s weird. I know).
My partner used to finish things I’d leave, which upset me. Then he’d finish it but replace it with an unopened packet, which I appreciated but it still bugged me.
He doesn’t understand it at all, but he’s learned that saving the last bit for “the right time” is important to me. Seeing him leave my little crazy treats around for days at a time makes me feel so loved.
I used to do this but I have noticed one slight downside to this. My food goes cold by my last bite so the last bite does not have the optimal flavor.
My new thing is I try to eat my favorite part when I feel like the food is starting to go cold so I can still hit that peak.
I suppose that is one of the few upsides of being a fast eater.
I used to do this too, but then realized it was a big factor in my over eating. If there’s too much food on the plate then I don’t get to enjoy all of my favorite element unless I stuff myself.
Always eat the pizza crust. If you don’t, I will.
Food cannot touch on the plate. Each item must have a clearly defined DMZ between it and its neighbors.
I was this way as a kid. I’m not sure when I stopped caring.
Carry on with your DMZ, soldier.
Same. When I was young, I would RAGE if a pea so much as whispered to the mashed potatoes next to it. Now I reflect that I have bigger problems than this and don’t stress about it. Medication also helps. Somewhat.
A friend’s dad feels so strongly about this that he has cafeteria style trays so each food item can have its own little area walled off from everything else.
Man, I’m the complete opposite. I tend to mix everything. As a kid I would even shape some dishes into a smooth rectangle after first crushing the potatoes and mixing it with the rest.
A bite is not good unless it has a little of each thing on my plate. The flavors must all be in every bite.
You ever just take an entire plate’s worth of food and put it in the blender to see if there’s another level to this?
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Corn on the cob must be eaten from left to right. You must eat all the way around the cob so that section is clean before moving on to the next section. I suppose I’d accept right to left in the same fashion; it’s the people who take totally random bites with no rhyme or reason or uniformity that make me crazy.
Ooh, I’m more typewriter with mine. Left to right in horizontal lines.
Question, do you rotate up or down? I always hate the first row because there isn’t a kernel to bite through cleanly with my eye teeth so I always rotate up.
Up or down, doesn’t matter (although I may pick one unconsciously, I’ll have to pay more attention next time), as long as you get it all before moving to the next section.
This is the way.
What about row by row? Like a typewriter.
I thought this was universal corn law
I like taking a bite anywhere on the cob, turn it randomly, bite somewhere else leaving little corn “islands” along the way. Bite, turn, bite.
Savage
Just as long as you butter your bread first then roll the cob into the bread. Mmm, best spread.
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That sounds tough to deal with.
Holy shit, this would kill me. I’m a mess when it comes to food. One day almost nothing, the other day storm of sugars, next one mostly vegetables, etc. I’ve never counted any calories and it honestly scares me, because I know I’d be fucked.
What did you learn (in ED treatment)?
Measuring in grams to the tenth won’t get you kcals to the hundredth. More importantly, kcals per gram isn’t even close to that precision in labeling. I hear you though. I measure to the tenth but I recognize the precision for what it is and move on. I realize you’re dealing with tough struggles though. Sorry about that. I’m just talking precision.
Any time I buy chips and dip I have to always work from the top of the dip down, trying to keep it level all the way down. I have no idea why I do this, but it drives me crazy otherwise. If someone else takes a chip and digs straight down to the bottom of the tub I just don’t want it anymore lol
I do this with ice cream
I do exactly the opposite, at least for shallow containers: I start at a side and go across, leaving the remainder untouched
Absolutely no digging in to the tub of butter, and no other food bits (usually bread crumbs) must be left inside.
If dug in to, it must be smoothed out before putting back in to the fridge. As for the crumbs, take them out and put them back on to the bread they came from. Now the butter can be put back in to the fridge.
Yes, may I sign up to be a butter acolyte?
Absolutely. Butter acolytes unite!
We get cream cheese by the 40 ounce tub because it’s insanely cheaper and we cook with it relatively often.
My dad puts crumbs in it all the time.
How hard is it not to do that?
I’m not sure. My partner isn’t as pedantic as I am, so I end up scooping his day old crumbs on to my toast the next day.
I love that you buy in bulk because you’re right - it definitely is cheaper buying more if you can eat it all before it spoils. What kind of foods do you make with cream cheese? Genuinely curious. I love cream cheese but I can’t finish it fast enough.
I briefly microwave my ice cream before eating.
I don’t want it to be soupy. I’m going for soft. And I am too impatient to let it sit on the counter a bit to reach that sweet spot of consistency.
I do this too. I use defrost. Want a great treat? Get some vanilla and frozen OJ. They are awesome together.
Can I get a further explanation of what you are making? Sounds like a cremesicle ordeal.
Pretty much. Just take some vanilla ice cream and mix in some frozen OJ. Swirls or even chunks.
I some times add heavy or whippimg cream to it
I will eat all of the chocolatey edges of a Kit Kat before I start to eat the wafer bit that’s left with just two thin layers on top and bottom at that point.
Kitkat is from nestle . Just putting this information here its your choice to do what you want with it.
People who separate anything they eat are heathens. The proper way is to stuff bits of everything on your plate in your mouth at once for the correct taste and texture sensory overload.
Even Oreos?
Yep, also Oreos are overrated!
How good pickles are is inversely proportional to how whole they are.
- Whole pickles: blegh
- Pickle wedges: no thanks
- Pickle strips: on a sandwich, sure
- Pickle chips: yum, on a sandwich or alone
- Diced pickles: oh yeah, please
- Pickle relish: hell yeah!
Now all that’s left is to try a pickle smoothie to confirm your theory.
Pickle beer is a thing.
Thats gotta be amazing
It’s really good for one or two then it gets to be like drinking out of a pickle jar.
I wonder what pickel vodka tastes
Pickle backs are a thing. It’s just chasing a shot with a shot of pickle juice. First saw it with Jameson, but I think people do it with a lot of things these days
I have this but in reverse (and less extreme). I can eat a good pickle relish, but it doesn’t do much for me. Then, the delish goes up as we approach the whole pickle. The whole pickle is sour and crunchy. Perfection!
Haha, we must be arch nemeses.
Is relish basiclaly like the pickel equivalent to salsa?
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Are you counting pickles as fruit here? Cucumbers often get thrown in either or. (Seeds inside fruit discussion)
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I don’t hate crust but I prefer the texture of a sandwich without the crust, so I eat most of the crust before eating the rest of the sandwich… I usually only do this when eating alone lol
Haha, I always save the best for last. Same thing. Whatever I’m eating, I get the mediocre stuff out of the way first.
I eat burgers and sandwiches in a circular pattern for this exact reason. So many people eat it so that the last bite is mostly bread soggy with sauces. I make sure that the last bite is from the dead center, so it’s still warm and has the perfect ratio of ingredients.
Same, and with a burger as rare as I like it the last bite is always a perfect little lump of pink rawness.
I pity your lack of freshly baked bread (crust). Crunchy, even better with seeds…
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Personally, if bread crust doesn’t nearly break a tooth, it’s only OK.
Everything gets cut up before a pan gets turned on.
No plastic in the microwave. (Ceramics and glass only)
Range has to be clean before and after cooking.
Edit to add - can’t believe I forgot this. I’ll eat any leftovers cold and any fully cooked soup or chili cold too. I just don’t care.
Everything gets cut up before a pan gets turned on.
But… onions and mushrooms can easily cook as long as you might take to prep everything else, and they just keep getting better.
No plastic in the microwave. (Ceramics and glass only)
Absolutely. Unless I’m drunk, then a frozen burrito miiiight go in with its wrapper on. Fortunately, alcohol provides near perfect immunity to anything I’d be concerned about while sober.
Range has to be clean before and after cooking.
This is a good rule. Ten years from now when I’ve finally managed to adopt it, I am certain I will remember you fondly and hope you are doing well - how the time flies when you have a clean range, etc.
Edit to add - can’t believe I forgot this. I’ll eat any leftovers cold and any fully cooked soup or chili cold too. I just don’t care.
Also don’t care about reheating leftovers - except rice, I barely like it hot, so cold is a definite no.
I’ll add mine here, it’s pretty straightforward: TURN THE FUCKING MICROWAVE DOWN YOU NEANDERTHAL!
Oh I’m aware and if I have time I let them go for a bit first. But if I have to cut stuff while food is cooking then I have a panic attack. It’s just too much tracking things.
Yeah the amount of people unaware that letting the heat spread throughout the food is almost as important as getting the heat in there is crazy. 600W is the highest I’ll sett my microwave, ever. And that is for easily mixable things like soup. Things like casserole only get 300W.
As a line cook, cutting up everything before a pan gets turned on is just good mise en place. You shouldn’t start cooking until you know you’re ready and haven’t forgotten anything. The whole process is way easier and more relaxed when you’ve got all the components together in advance
Oh hey, turns out I’m in good company then! And yeah I do it that way specifically because of stress.
Everything gets cut up before a pan gets turned on.
What if your pan has a chopping fetish?
Sandwiches are eaten like a typewriter. It drives my partner bonkers, she says I’m nuts…jokes on her, she’s still hanging around 😂
It’s not a rule but sometimes I eat sandwiches around the perimeter first, to eat the crust first and then I eat the center.
