Mustard on the CHEESE?: Idiosyncracies!

[Medusa]

I was making lunch this morning and had a flash memory of something from way back when.

Back in my early 20's, I was dating someone who was just chock full of idiosyncracies and used to make me insane with her particular way of doing things.

I was busy making a sandwich for her one afternoon and she was hovering over me watching my every move. When I put the two pieces of bread down and spread a nice layer of mustard on one piece, she immediately stopped me and said, "Mayo has to be on the other piece - Mustard CAN NOT be on both pieces"

So I obliged and then got out some lunchmeat and laid a couple of pieces out. I then grabbed some sliced cheese and laid it out on the bread.

At that point, she SHRIEKED and proclaimed that she "COULD *NOT* EAT THAT SANDWICH BECAUSE I HAD PUT THE MUSTARD ON THE CHEESE!!!"

I remember whipping around at her and saying something like, "What the hell are you talking about???? It all goes in the same hole! Do you think your mouth knows the difference if whether the cheese was put on the mayo side or the mustard side??"

She insisted that it DID make a difference.

I later discovered at her Mother's house that her entire family were "No Mustard on the Cheese" people!!!

Anyway, I was making our sandwiches this morning and I couldnt help but bust out laughing about this. I know we all probably have certain ways that we like to do things, not just with food but with our everyday stuff.

Jack has a particular issue with the toilet being over the roll ("Like a waterfall" she says).

And I believe that ice cream must be eaten in a coffee cup.

What's yours?!

[always2late]

I cannot use ripped paper towels. :blink:

[vixenagogo]

i go further than no mustard on the cheese side... not on the mayo side either (total textural slick squick). i nestle the cheese between the meat. of course if there is a barrier of let's say lettuce on top of either condiment, then the cheese can go on top of that...

[Jess]

em.. ahem.. mashed potatoes must be purist... and side dishes go in tiny bowls... *whistles and wanders off*

[Medusa]

em.. ahem.. mashed potatoes must be purist... and side dishes go in tiny bowls... *whistles and wanders off*


Are you one of those "my food can't touch" people?! *snicker*

[Jess]

Are you one of those "my food can't touch" people?! *snicker*

Oh no, but I am so positive you will hear from someone who is very soon!

[christie]

Are you one of those "my food can't touch" people?! *snicker*

No. *I* am the no food touchy freak. :freak:

The ONLY arguement we have ever had was over mashed potatoes.

Here's the condensed version:

Me: Worst work day EVAH

Jess: Planning my fav comfy food - mashed taters and steak/gravy

Me: Get home, Jess says something about taters being ready to mash, but I like to use a mixer so Hy decided to let me do it.

I am digging around for the mixer and blades and turn around to see

Jess: "PLOP" A dollop of brown mustard sitting in my mashed taters

Me: ::explode:

Jess was lucky that Hy didnt wind up wearing those GD mustardy taters.

Mashed taters should be, at least in my world, made with unsalted butter, half&half and salt and pepper.

When Jess tells the story now there is something in there about me and my "drive by huffing" LMAO

I think its pretty great that in three years and all the change we have been through, to ONLY have fought over mashed potatoes is a neat thing.

But yes, I do have food touchy issues. And mustard should never ever touch the cheese.

[Jess]

HA! I lived.. and learned .. nevah evah again!!!

[pajama]

Yep, cheese goes with the dairy (mayo) and meat with the savory (mustard). The center of the onion slice is discarded and never used, eww. When having a salad in a bowl I make two cuts, turn the bowl a quarter, make two cuts, turn the bowl, etc until I've gone all the way around. I didn't even know I did it until the ex pointed it out. LOL

[Medusa]

Im beginning to think there has been a vast conspiracy to keep me from this whole "Mustard and Cheese Can't Touch" knowledge my entire life :P

[turasultana]

Im beginning to think there has been a vast conspiracy to keep me from this whole "Mustard and Cheese Can't Touch" knowledge my entire life :P


Me too, never heard of such a thing. I would say ketchup and mayo should go on different sides of the bun/ bread, only because when they mix together they slide and create a mega mess. :)

[always2late]

Funny....on a plate none of my food can be mixed...the different foods can't even touch each other or I get icked out. BUT on a sandwich...I don't care....mustard can touch cheese, mayo can touch meat...whatever. Odd, never really thought about that before.

[Toofrufru]

Mine is open cabinet doors make me crazy!!!

[Abigail Crabby]

Mustard most definitely ON the cheese - I in fact will chunk cheese and dip it into honey or hot mustard as a snack.

Food can not only touch on my plate, I often will make a mound of mashed taters and then spoon peas or corn or what have you veggies on top.

But ketchup must never be on the plate - it has to be in a side dish *g*

[Peach]

when assembling a hamburger, my honey has to put the ketchup on top of the burger, NOT on the bun that wil then rest, on top of the burger. It MUST go on the meat. For me, condiments have an order, mayo, mustard, ketchup, do not vary from this.
I agree about the mashed potatos, but I have to warm the half and half, melt the butter into it, I dont use plain salt, Lawry's season salt is what I like, and dont be trying to sneak anything else in them. You can put what you want in them when they are on YOUR plate! don't even ask me about my fruit phobia!

[Selenay]

I don't want my food to touch.

Yes, please put that pasta in a separate bowl. Thanks. Oh, no, I'll help myself and make sure that the green beans don't touch the turkey.

Yes, I know it all winds up in the same place.

No, it doesn't matter that it does, because it is not yet in that place.


And I don't want anything with the same texture as onions or mushrooms anywhere near my plate, either, thank you kindly.

[Rook]

Funny how things work, eh, Medusa?...

On my hot dogs, it's either sauerkraut OR chili, put both on and I wont even touch it, oh..and my weiners have to be Kosher Beef...i don't do that pork by-product oscar meyer stuff {yes, your bologna has a first name..and a 3rd, 4th, 5th etc}, don't care how broke we are...we're broke? fine, we shouldnt eat hot dogs anyways.
And where do people get off adding cheese and RAW onion to a hot dog???{if u order that stuff, u can hang up on kissing me for the day}

Beans can't go on my rice, let alone touch the plate, Sauce is ok, no Beans..especially kidney beans {to me they resemble cockroach eggs}

My ramen has to be al dente...It's a texture thing, if it's Soggy, I won't eat it...

My egg salad has to have cayenne pepper and horseradish mayo..
My tuna/chicken salad also...No onions !!! Not raw...

And yes, I've had a few clashes with some Dames I've dated, and one of 'em even said what you did Medusa, u sure we never dated??
She did point out a fact I still muse about...
"It goes down the same fuckin hole, u nitpicking bastard, if u barf it, the stuff's Mixed anyways, if u Poop it, you wont even know how to identify it"...

:blink: :brightbulb:

[pajama]

Oh I forgot one of my biggest quirks-I have to come out even. I take a bite of each thing in my meal each time. So as I get to the end of the meal, if I see I am going to run out of something I will go get a spoon or two, whatever it takes to be even. It's such common knowledge that my son will offer me his veges if he sees I'm not even and we're out. LOL Of course I'm sure it has nothing to do with him not liking some veges. :-)

[Jess]

The food not touching issue was a bit hard for me to wrap my head around. As a chef for close to 30 years, presentation and "building" a plate is first nature. It actually takes me work to NOT assemble a presentation but to serve things on separate platters/ bowls/ etc. to allow for her to place things the way she needs them.

I have a lot of my own delightful quirks. I am a laundry nazi. I have however learned to say thank you when someone helps out and just go off quietly somewhere and refold everything.. sick, ain't it?

I am also a neat freak and am pretty much constantly tidying things or vacuuming . I hate sweeping, as I think it just stirs up more dirt. So, I will come behind you after you sweep and vacuum. I can deal with a "lived in" clutter for a day ( maybe :twitch: ) I like things in their place and will move them around if they aren't where they belong. This is mostly because if I can't find stuff when I need it and go ballistic. Plus, order is very calming for me.

With all of my quirks I am actually fairly easy to live with. We ( the wife and I ) work most of our lil issues out in fairly creative and amicable ways.

Her: " MY plate. Do what you want to yours. THIS is mine ( insert waving hand over her plate)

Me: :twitch: Yes, dear.

[AtLast]

All sandwiches MUST be cut in half... diagonally... Just does not taste the same if it is cut straight across! Oh, and I don’t share from my plate. You can have some of my food, but, I will put some on another plate for you…

Yeah, I’m one of those people that won’t eat or drink anything in someone else’s house if it isn’t clean or has any bad smells…

[Passionaria]

I like potato chips in my sandwiches. There is something about the crunch that just tickles me.

[Jett]

Cheese and crackers... should have the exact same number of each. Something I do myself but would never demand anyone preparing it for me adhere to that particular quirk.

Oh and spicy hot mustard can touch my cheese and crackers anytime!

[WolfyOne]

I agree with Jack that toilet paper should come over the top. I'll go as far as saying that if I'm someplace and it doesn't I have to change it.

Growing up Jewish, one never mixes meat and dairy.....at least when living in mom's house. So, when I would go into the Jewish Deli my mom worked at, I'd always order a corned beef sandwich with mayo. My mom cringed the first time and told me I was embarrassing her and I had to mustard on it. I said, if you put mustard on it, I won't pay for it and you'll have to eat it. I went so far as to say, I'm an adult now with my own job, my own place and my own money and if that's how I want it that's my choice. My mom just stared at me and told me to go order the sandwich at the counter myself.

I could never drink milk with a meal.
For me, the only sandwich mustard should be on is a hot dog.
I can't eat rice with anything on top of it, it has to be beside it.
My tee shirts have to be folded a certain way or I will unfold them and do it my way....same goes for towels.

I'm thinking I could come back here with more after I sit and think about this more, lol.

[scootebaby]

definitely a food cant touch person..if my food touches i cut out around it and throw it away

i eat one thing at a time on my plate.

everything has to be centered-balanced..in someones house i will rearrange knick knacks to be centered..in a store i will front face whatever is in front of me

my socks cant be rolled together at the opening

im sure there are more,but cant think of them at the moment

great thread :)

[Random]

Mustard on cheese inhanse the sharpness of the cheese... (don't even talk about processed cheese and mustard.. that's just gross)

Some people like it, some people don't..

If I have a really nice cheddar, then sometimes I will put it on the mustard side.. It makes for a nice sharp bite..

But most of the time, the mustard has to go on the meat side... It brings out the flavor of turkey just lovely and makes for a nice contrast to the sweet of ham..

I actually love building a nice sandwich.. Getting the ratio's correct so nothing over welms anything, but builds flavors...

Now mayo.... It belongs in tuna and potato salads.. in minut quanities... Other than that it's something to be ran from...

I won't even kiss my butch if she has mayo breath... of course, she loves the stuff...

[Rook]

huh...
speaking of folding...

My laundry has to be done a certain way..
Frequently I find myself doing my own, not even my mother can do it the way I like {gasp!!}
There's pre-wash, hot water, certain detergents I loathe, certain ways to add and amounts {for Cleanliness, and Scent}, then of course there's the agents that actually Kill whatever Germ, Bug or Crud might be on my clothing [w/o destroying my environment in the process], water softener etc.
Oh, and the Dryer has to be Hot, 60 minutes, at least{3 dryer sheets*of my choice* each, kthnx}
Anything less, and oddly enough I'll be rather pissed off and unbearable most of the evening
:cracked:

[Hack]

I don't care how my sandwich is assembled. Just don't put horseradish on it.

I let my food touch. Sometimes, I even mix it up all together and eat it.

I don't care what way the toilet paper goes on the holder.

I squeeze my toothpaste from the middle sometimes. From the top sometimes. From the bottom sometimes.

I sometimes put dishes in the dishwasher immediately after I am done eating. Sometimes, the next morning.

I do tend to be more tidy when a girl is around, though.

[Mister Bent]

I knew you were Oscar.

[shadows papa]

No. *I* am the no food touchy freak. :freak:

The ONLY arguement we have ever had was over mashed potatoes.

Here's the condensed version:

Me: Worst work day EVAH

Jess: Planning my fav comfy food - mashed taters and steak/gravy

Me: Get home, Jess says something about taters being ready to mash, but I like to use a mixer so Hy decided to let me do it.

I am digging around for the mixer and blades and turn around to see

Jess: "PLOP" A dollop of brown mustard sitting in my mashed taters

Me: ::explode:

Jess was lucky that Hy didnt wind up wearing those GD mustardy taters.

Mashed taters should be, at least in my world, made with unsalted butter, half&half and salt and pepper.

When Jess tells the story now there is something in there about me and my "drive by huffing" LMAO

I think its pretty great that in three years and all the change we have been through, to ONLY have fought over mashed potatoes is a neat thing.

But yes, I do have food touchy issues. And mustard should never ever touch the cheese.

*sneaks in and touches the mustard to the cheese on sis' sammich so I can have it myself* :ninja:

[shadows papa]

One of my food idiosyncrasies is I HAVE to have one bite of everything on my plate for the last "clean the plate" part. Of course,with me,this is usually after the second or third plateful!:thumbsup:

[Hack]

I knew you were Oscar.

Felix. Free your soul. Squeeze from the middle. Just once.

[SuperFemme]

I go through food "phases" if you will.
Then I will wake up one morning as my Beloved brings me the current phase for breakfast and scream in horror and never eat the thing I've been eating for two month solid again.j

So far 2010 has brought the following phases:

Egg sandwiches (made in my peculiar way)
Yogurt from the yogurt store. With a certain combo of toppings.
Macaroni Salad
Hot dogs with just a bun
Chorizo burritos
Egg rolls
Chinese chicken salad
Thai food. Number 58
Blackberries (not the phone)

I will want only that one thing all day long. It's ridiculous.

I have to add here that I cannot taste or smell ANYthing. It is all about texture for me.

so i totally *get* the mustard on cheese conundrum. i even get it as a family issue, because no matter what the phase i am going through? the kids latch onto it and only ever want the same thing. it's maddening.

[JustJo]

my socks cant be rolled together at the opening


Or she unrolls them quickly... :winky:

I am also a "waterfall" style TP girl...and, yes, I will turn it over if it's coming from underneath.

My food can all touch...and I have no assembly order.

However I will completely unload and reload the dishwasher if you don't put everything in "right"....by which I mean MY way. Probably just easiest to leave me to do it. :)

I am only comfortable driving a manual transmission...and will shift from neutral to first gear repeatedly at each stop light (with the clutch in...don't worry). Yes, it's weird. No, I don't want to hear about it.

I state the obvious...all the time. "Oh look, the sun is shining." Mmm hmmm...really. And alot. Just roll with it. :rrose:

[DamonK]

I tolerate certain foods touching. But I eat one thing at a time.

You'd be better off just letting me do my own socks, but she's figured it out. Although, out of habit, I check while getting the next pair of socks.

I like my undershirts folded a certain way, but lately I haven't had time to do that, so as long as they're folded and put away, I can deal.

Hot dogs are disgusting. However, I will tolerate a chili dog with mustard and cheese.

I'm all for the equal number of crackers and cheese, but it needs to be cheddar, and preferably summer sausage. And saltines please. I don't like Ritz.

I do not like being sticky. I'm a LOT better about it. I used to... freak out... mild way to put it, ie: run for the bathroom or nearest sink to clean up, or stand frozen unable to move to clean it off. Shoulda been there a few wks ago when I got syrup on my scrubs. Not pretty.

Generally, if I don't like it, I won't cook it. However, for instance, if she wants mixed veggies, I have no problem fixing a veggie for me since I don't like the stuff she does.

When I could choose what scrubs to wear, I hang them a certain way. Pants then shirt. 1 hanger. In order that I want to wear them for that week.

I hate tying my sneakers until I get to work.

I had to learn to put my badge, gait belt, pen, batteries, keys....everything I need for work in ONE spot, otherwise I can't find them the next morning and I'm late.

Closed captioning has to be on the TV. If a movie is being watched that isn't captioned or subtitled, I probably won't even attempt to watch it. I end up getting too frustrated.

Apple juice is a necessity.

I clean in a certain order. And I have lists. And I follow them.

Ideally, I don't like clutter. I don't even like knick knacks. Clutter will be gone soon. Knick knacks, I will tolerate.

I refuse to help with the fish. I will feed the fish only. I refuse to change the water, due to an accident when I was a kid.

I am deathly afraid of mice. Certain people know why. For example, a nest was found in the garage. I refused to enter the house through the garage for over 2 months AFTER the nest and...inhabitants...were gone. Even now, it's hard. If one is seen or heard, I almost become paralyzed. For this reason, I am not the one to deal with this issue when it arises.

[Gemme]

I like potato chips in my sandwiches. There is something about the crunch that just tickles me.


Potato chips in a bologna and mustard sammich is the BEST!!! I haven't had one of those since I could inhale the calories with nary a concern to be found. I would sometimes put my tiny, crunchy (had to be McD's fries) fries in my hamburgers too.

Mayo/Miracle Whip (I prefer MW but won't go totally spastic on you if you mess it up....usually) and ketchup do NOT belong together on the same food item. It's sacrilegious.

Mayo should NEVER touch a lima bean. That's all I have to say about that. *puke*

I'm Italian and a 'good eater' so there's not much I won't at least try but the things that I don't like or even hate are solid, like steel or granite.

[WolfyOne]

Someone I once lived with did my laundry and although they grasped the concept on how I like my tee shirts folded couldn't get the....
I don't like my socks balled up because they get stretched out....so, I just made her stop doing my laundry.

I can only eat leftovers once

I do not like pizza reheated,
so someone else must eat leftovers

No pickles on my sandwiches,
put them on my plate and I'll eat them

When ordering a fast food burger, I'll ask to leave the pickles off
If I find pickles on it, I'll take it back
I found even if I pull the pickles off the taste stays

I can only eat kosher dill pickles
Those jarred ones on grocery store shelves suck

[Softhearted]

Hm, I see that I could gross out some of you with my fries with mayo or fries with mayo/ketchup sauce or fries with mayo/curry sauce... LOL

[Lillie]

ok so Im gonna post one of HER idios! lol..cause of course I don't have any!:cheer:

Imagine my surprise when I was told that I don't match up her left and right sock!..really? but according to her she has a sock that is shaped like her right foot and the same for her left one..I never heard of this b4 EVER:seeingstars:


lol

[SassyLeo]

Food on the plate, no touching please.

There used to be an AMAZING place in San Francisco named Bepples Pies (http://www.posthoc.com/bepples.htm). Let me tell you. THE BEST PIE YOU HAVE EVER HAD.

Anyway, one of the first times I had been there, in early 90's maybe...they had homemade chicken pot pie in the menu. Someone in front of me in line ordered it...

They gave you a big slice, filled with chicken and veggies... and they will also top it off with a thick slice of melted swiss cheese :drool:

So the employee puts the piece down on the counter and proceeds to put a giant dollop of MUSTARD on it.

I almost cried.

Who puts mustard on HOMEMADE chicken pot pie? Or pot pie in general?

:eek:

[Massive]

If I have a few too many beers then I automatically crave kebab. It's got to be mixed kebab, not just the meat carved off the big rotating thingy, it's got to have koftah and shish kebab meat in it, with lettuce, in pitta bread, with garlic sauce, NO chilli sauce, cos that stuff burns at both ends ...

I hate men leaving the toilet seat up, especially when they're the only man living in a household of women!

Collections of DVD's belong together, not randomly shoved onto a shelf, if they're all Star Wars movies, then they should be placed together!

Tea, for me, is a tea bag, in a cup, boiling water poured over it, with milk and two (fake) sugars (hence two n moo), I can't get iced tea, it's just not done in the UK, tea is hot ...

I have really bad knees, years of not taking care of myself mean that they crunch, loudly, to the point where anyone walking behind me up stairs can hear it, which means, cos I don't know when my knees may or may not give out, and cos of the noise, I always prefer people I know to walk ahead of me up stairs ...

I love cooking, but if I'm cooking in someone else's kitchen and they hover, I turn into a grumpy bastard, if I'm cooking for you, then I. am. cooking. for. you. I don't need help, I know how to cook, so you can sit or stand and talk to me, but if I do something in the way you don't, please, don't try to tell or show me how 'you' do it, cos that's not how 'I' do it, okay? lol

[Sachita]

I like potato chips in my sandwiches. There is something about the crunch that just tickles me.


My favorite sandwich is bread, mayo, pickles and lays potato chips.

[SuperFemme]

I like to mash up fritos on my turkey sammies.

[torchiegirl]

No veins.

No bones.

In meat, outa meat. Does not matter.

I am gagging now.

[turasultana]

one plain untoasted bagel. Spread both sides with real butter. Empty a small bag of Wise BarBQ potato chips onto one side of bagel, take the other side and SMASH. cut in half. eat.

that is all.

[Sachita]

OMG I'm hungry

I combine so many things- foods, herbs, spices, etc and most of the time I pile everything on top of each in a bowl and eat it together. I love mixing cold salad with warm food.

I like cheese with crackers or bread. no mustard.

It drive me fucking crazy when people use the last of the toilet paper and don't put another roll on.

If you open, borrow or move something put it back where it belongs. This drives me crazy. Major pet peeve.

I have a bad knee and going downstairs hurts worse then going up. I always have to ask someone to carry the simplest things in case it goes out and I fall.

I hate laundry. I don't care how it gets done. I hate housework but I do it because I have to.

Don't ever give me a bad cup of coffee or coffee made wrong in the morning. Bitchtilla will arrive and give you a coffee enema.

[Wryly]

Other than not liking raw onions - I don't think I have any food idiosyncrasies.

My idiosyncrasy is with laundry. I separate stuff into the following categories: towels, blue jeans and t-shirts (hoodies, socks, etc), black jeans (t-shirts, etc), whites (which includes pastel or pinks) and blankets.
Folding laundry has to be done a certain way too. Jeans - hold jeans by legs, match up seams, fold in half, fold in half again. T-shirts - hold so front of shirt is facing you, fold so back is touching (only front of the shirt is visible) and sleeves are to the left, fold sleeves over, fold shirt in half. I do it this way because I had so many t-shirts with logos on the front and got tired of looking thru blue/black/white t-shirts until I found the one I wanted. See??? - method to my madness. Of course - the process changes for polo shirts that have a logo on the left side. grrrrr.

[SuperFemme]

If I get a coffee enema then I pray I am not the person who didn't refill the tp roll.

sachita just skeered me. :rudreindeer:

[Dante]

Potato chips in a bologna and mustard sammich is the BEST!!! I haven't had one of those since I could inhale the calories with nary a concern to be found. I would sometimes put my tiny, crunchy (had to be McD's fries) fries in my hamburgers too.

Mayo/Miracle Whip (I prefer MW but won't go totally spastic on you if you mess it up....usually) and ketchup do NOT belong together on the same food item. It's sacrilegious.

Mayo should NEVER touch a lima bean. That's all I have to say about that. *puke*

I'm Italian and a 'good eater' so there's not much I won't at least try but the things that I don't like or even hate are solid, like steel or granite.

I like to mix my taters with LIMA beans or corn. And mayo goes with artichokes the next day when they have been chilled in the frig. catsup I like with mayo and mustard on My hot dog.

[SuperFemme]

Lima beans are God's second biggest mistake. The biggest is avocado.

[Dante]

Lima beans are God's second biggest mistake. The biggest is avocado.


Does this mean you wouldn't like it if I gave you an avocado from My tree? How about guacamole?

[SuperFemme]

Does this mean you wouldn't like it if I gave you an avocado from My tree? How about guacamole?

Ewwww. No. I would not like anything from your guacamole tree.
Nasty. You KNOW better.

[Wryly]

DVDs have to be grouped a certain way - by actor, writer (Jane Austen, Tom Clancey), drama, action or stuff I don't like/haven't gotten rid of yet but leave there for other people. And DVDs must be put back in the case when done watching and then put back on the shelf! None of that "Oh, I'll do it later" crap.
Same goes with my CDs.
And I don't like the way Apple has set up their categories for the iPod - I think it could have been done better.
Books are arranged by subject (fiction, knitting, history) and then by author

[Apocalipstic]

Cynthia eats certain foods seasonally. No macaroni and potato salad or hot dogs in winter. Ever. Under no condition can this be changed.

Soup, spaghetti, roast beef? Winter food.

Who knew food was seasonal? I assume it is from the seasons being more pronounced up North?

Certain foods must be eaten for a holiday to count. Easter is scalloped potatoes and ham. Period. It is a life or death thing.

Tune fish sandwiches must be eaten with tomato soup. No other way.

Me? I just like my chicken really well done and no cheese on my sandwiches or burgers. Especially melted cheese.

Chicken on the bone which is not really well done makes me recoil in nausea.

[Mister Bent]

Felix. Free your soul. Squeeze from the middle. Just once.

Grotesque!

And your glib attitude regarding the toilet paper. Outlandish.

It makes me want to pluck out my eyelashes.

[Hack]

Grotesque!

And your glib attitude regarding the toilet paper. Outlandish.

It makes me want to pluck out my eyelashes.


And none of my bath towels match.

Tell me...do you comb the fringe on your rugs too?

[Hack]

Cynthia eats certain foods seasonally. No macaroni and potato salad or hot dogs in winter. Ever. Under no condition can this be changed.

Soup, spaghetti, roast beef? Winter food.

Who knew food was seasonal? I assume it is from the seasons being more pronounced up North?

Certain foods must be eaten for a holiday to count. Easter is scalloped potatoes and ham. Period. It is a life or death thing.

Tune fish sandwiches must be eaten with tomato soup. No other way.

Me? I just like my chicken really well done and no cheese on my sandwiches or burgers. Especially melted cheese.

Chicken on the bone which is not really well done makes me recoil in nausea.

I grew up in a house where we ate the same things every night of the week. Every Tuesday was meatloaf. To this day, I won't eat meatloaf. Ever.

My mom describes me as "the child who pulled in the other direction." And she blames my father, who was a total hellraiser and rebel, and still is.

[StoneFinn]

Im beginning to think there has been a vast conspiracy to keep me from this whole "Mustard and Cheese Can't Touch" knowledge my entire life :P

I actually like mustard ON my cheese. I used to make just mustard and cheese sandwhiches... if they couldn't touch I would be screwed.



I will be back with my own "quirks" because... umm... I have a few

[DapperButch]

Actually, it is not about whether or not mustard touches cheese or meat or whatever. It is about how mustard should go between the meats/cheeses and never on the bread to begin with. It soaks into the bread and then you can't taste it.

P.S. So, Gemme, when did mayo vs. miracle whip become such a nonchalant thing? Wasn't it life or death just a few months ago? :eyebrow:

[Mister Bent]

And none of my bath towels match.

Tell me...do you comb the fringe on your rugs too?

Duh.

But, I do throw my dirty underwear on the bathroom floor and sometimes leave it for an hour or so.

[JustJo]

But, I do throw my dirty underwear on the bathroom floor and sometimes leave it for an hour or so.

This would never happen in my house..... :blink:

...mostly because the collie will pick it up, carry it around, and try to give it to everyone. Just sayin' :doghead:

[Hack]

Duh.

But, I do throw my dirty underwear on the bathroom floor and sometimes leave it for an hour or so.

We're even on that score. lol

I recently bought a real clothes hamper. I felt so...old.

[betenoire]

When fixing up a cup of coffee the sweetener MUST go in before the milk. The coffee must be at optimal heat to ensure proper sweetener melting and distribution.

Oh. And I can only eat shrimp if it is breaded. Because if I can SEE the shrimp I know that it is ugly and I gag if it gets near my mouth.

[ravfem]

If I have a few too many beers then I automatically crave kebab. It's got to be mixed kebab, not just the meat carved off the big rotating thingy, it's got to have koftah and shish kebab meat in it, with lettuce, in pitta bread, with garlic sauce, NO chilli sauce, cos that stuff burns at both ends ...

I hate men leaving the toilet seat up, especially when they're the only man living in a household of women!

Collections of DVD's belong together, not randomly shoved onto a shelf, if they're all Star Wars movies, then they should be placed together!

Tea, for me, is a tea bag, in a cup, boiling water poured over it, with milk and two (fake) sugars (hence two n moo), I can't get iced tea, it's just not done in the UK, tea is hot ...

I have really bad knees, years of not taking care of myself mean that they crunch, loudly, to the point where anyone walking behind me up stairs can hear it, which means, cos I don't know when my knees may or may not give out, and cos of the noise, I always prefer people I know to walk ahead of me up stairs ...

I love cooking, but if I'm cooking in someone else's kitchen and they hover, I turn into a grumpy bastard, if I'm cooking for you, then I. am. cooking. for. you. I don't need help, I know how to cook, so you can sit or stand and talk to me, but if I do something in the way you don't, please, don't try to tell or show me how 'you' do it, cos that's not how 'I' do it, okay? lol

making notes!! :deal::badcook::girleating:

[Medusa]

Jack's bar of Irish Spring taunts me in the shower.

I can't even look at it.

I can hear it though.

"Im full of geerrrmmmmmmsssssss!"

"I've been WEEETTTT and DRIIIIEEEDDD OUUUTTTT AGGGAAAAIIINNN!"

"Your loooooffaaaahhhh might have brushed up againsssttt meee and will now have to be scallllddeeedddd lest my soapy gooey fuckery leave a fillllmmmmm!"

[SuperFemme]

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[Liam]

Jack's bar of Irish Spring taunts me in the shower.

I can't even look at it.

I can hear it though.

"Im full of geerrrmmmmmmsssssss!"

"I've been WEEETTTT and DRIIIIEEEDDD OUUUTTTT AGGGAAAAIIINNN!"

"Your loooooffaaaahhhh might have brushed up againsssttt meee and will now have to be scallllddeeedddd lest my soapy gooey fuckery leave a fillllmmmmm!"

Irish Spring comes in a bottle now, perhaps you can gift Jack with some.

[Gemme]

Hm, I see that I could gross out some of you with my fries with mayo or fries with mayo/ketchup sauce or fries with mayo/curry sauce... LOL

I won't be grossed out but I might fear for your sanity. :blink:

ok so Im gonna post one of HER idios! lol..cause of course I don't have any!:cheer:

Imagine my surprise when I was told that I don't match up her left and right sock!..really? but according to her she has a sock that is shaped like her right foot and the same for her left one..I never heard of this b4 EVER:seeingstars:


lol


It's true. There is a left and right sock.

My favorite sandwich is bread, mayo, pickles and lays potato chips.

Not for me. Blech. Have you tried the potato chips that are dill pickle flavored? They are found easily in the Midwest, I know for sure. I only get a craving for them once in every, oh, two to three years since they are so strong but you might like them if you like this, I think.



It drive me fucking crazy when people use the last of the toilet paper and don't put another roll on.

If you open, borrow or move something put it back where it belongs. This drives me crazy. Major pet peeve.

Don't ever give me a bad cup of coffee or coffee made wrong in the morning. Bitchtilla will arrive and give you a coffee enema.

Yes to the first two! Coffee enema, huh?

If I get a coffee enema then I pray I am not the person who didn't refill the tp roll.

sachita just skeered me. :rudreindeer:

Caffeine is used in lotions and whatnot to tighten things up. If you had a coffee enema..............

I like to mix my taters with LIMA beans or corn. And mayo goes with artichokes the next day when they have been chilled in the frig. catsup I like with mayo and mustard on My hot dog.

No. Bad Dante. Mayo does NOT go with artichokes. Veggies plus mayo, in general, is not a good idea except in a salad (macaroni, ham, etc).

Lima beans are God's second biggest mistake. The biggest is avocado.

I can tolerate lima beans but the avocado...what has the poor lil green slimey thing done to you? :blink:

DVDs have to be grouped a certain way - by actor, writer (Jane Austen, Tom Clancey), drama, action or stuff I don't like/haven't gotten rid of yet but leave there for other people. And DVDs must be put back in the case when done watching and then put back on the shelf! None of that "Oh, I'll do it later" crap.
Same goes with my CDs.
And I don't like the way Apple has set up their categories for the iPod - I think it could have been done better.
Books are arranged by subject (fiction, knitting, history) and then by author

I grouped my DVDs and videos (before they got boxed up and put into storage) according to actor and then alphabetical order. I didn't have an order for the actor/actress groupings though. I pretty much put my faves on top and the rest below. Grouping by favoritism, I suppose.

Cynthia eats certain foods seasonally. No macaroni and potato salad or hot dogs in winter. Ever. Under no condition can this be changed.

Soup, spaghetti, roast beef? Winter food.

Who knew food was seasonal? I assume it is from the seasons being more pronounced up North?

Certain foods must be eaten for a holiday to count. Easter is scalloped potatoes and ham. Period. It is a life or death thing.

Tune fish sandwiches must be eaten with tomato soup. No other way.

Me? I just like my chicken really well done and no cheese on my sandwiches or burgers. Especially melted cheese.

Chicken on the bone which is not really well done makes me recoil in nausea.

I also do not like cheese...at least processed...on my burgers. When I do have cheese on a sandwich or burger, it's never cheddar (though I like cheddar).

Foods are definitely seasonal, but it's more of a temperature thing. Who wants to eat piping hot lasagna when it's 100 degrees with 90% humidity? Southerners know what I mean.

Actually, it is not about whether or not mustard touches cheese or meat or whatever. It is about how mustard should go between the meats/cheeses and never on the bread to begin with. It soaks into the bread and then you can't taste it.

P.S. So, Gemme, when did mayo vs. miracle whip become such a nonchalant thing? Wasn't it life or death just a few months ago? :eyebrow:

It changed according to my hormonal levels. *grin*

For two weeks, don't even THINK of substituting the white lard for MW and for two weeks, you can have it, and I can see and smell it without wanting to pull people's eyelashes out.

I still prefer MW though. Always.

When fixing up a cup of coffee the sweetener MUST go in before the milk. The coffee must be at optimal heat to ensure proper sweetener melting and distribution.

Oh. And I can only eat shrimp if it is breaded. Because if I can SEE the shrimp I know that it is ugly and I gag if it gets near my mouth.


I can't eat raw or steamed oysters. They resemble hard loogies too well. They MUST be fried and if they are too big to just pop in my mouth and I cut into it and the crap hasn't been cleaned out of it, I may retch.

[Bob]

My favorite sandwich is bread, mayo, pickles and lays potato chips.

I thought I was the only one!

[apretty]

i'm pretty sure my only weird thing is fries with a side of ketchup and mustard--the ketchup and mustard must only be slightly touching so that when i dip a fry it gets a portion of mustard and a portion of ketchup that barely touch. but, i bite the entire area at once.

oh and don't cut spaghetti. don't. even. allow me to see you cut it or break it when cooking it or eating it.

[apretty]

and never black pepper on mashed potatoes--it's white. only. ever. ever.

i don't want to look at mashed potatoes and see what looks like specks of ants in the white mashed potatoes.

and garlic powder annoys me, crush some goddamn fresh garlic. and garlic salt--what is that?

okay. that's all.

[Gemme]

and never black pepper on mashed potatoes--it's white. only. ever. ever.

i don't want to look at mashed potatoes and see what looks like specks of ants in the white mashed potatoes.

and garlic powder annoys me, crush some goddamn fresh garlic. and garlic salt--what is that?

okay. that's all.

How do you feel about celery salt?

[apretty]

How do you feel about celery salt?

use some celery and sea salt.

[Gemme]

use some celery and sea salt.


I can rock that.

If anyone dares put the dark stuff on your potatoes, send them my way. I don't mind the flecks as long as they don't move of their own accord.

*likes cracked fresh pepper better than the regular stuff anyway*

[SuperFemme]

I despise small dark morsels. Like raisins. Eww.

[dixie]

Wow... I am so picky about my food...and other things...lol

my food can NOT touch at all, and i do prefer seperate dishes/plates

i refuse to eat dessert with the same fork as the main course

the ONLY sandwich I eat consists of: plain white bread, lots of Dukes mayo (it has to be Dukes, I won't eat any other), thick cheese, and crushed up plain potato chips

hamburger: Dukes mayo and ketchup on BOTH sides of the bun, meat, cheese... pickles have to be on the side, NOT on the burger

on the rare occasion i eat hot dogs: it has to be the thin ones, i don't like the thicker ones... must be 2: one with Dukes mayo the other with mustard and ketchup

toilet paper has to be OVER not under, or i will change it

I have so many other quirks...way too many to list or I'll be here all night! lol

[Gemme]

Wow... I am so picky about my food...and other things...lol

my food can NOT touch at all, and i do prefer seperate dishes/plates

i refuse to eat dessert with the same fork as the main course

the ONLY sandwich I eat consists of: plain white bread, lots of Dukes mayo (it has to be Dukes, I won't eat any other), thick cheese, and crushed up plain potato chips

hamburger: Dukes mayo and ketchup on BOTH sides of the bun, meat, cheese... pickles have to be on the side, NOT on the burger

on the rare occasion i eat hot dogs: it has to be the thin ones, i don't like the thicker ones... must be 2: one with Dukes mayo the other with mustard and ketchup

toilet paper has to be OVER not under, or i will change it

I have so many other quirks...way too many to list or I'll be here all night! lol






We could *not* live together, but we *could* use one another's bathroom. :thumbsup:

[DapperButch]

We're even on that score. lol

I recently bought a real clothes hamper. I felt so...old.

I'm still holding out on that one!

[Write14u]

Damn, just damn. Those are a lot of food quirks, people! *grin*
Not much bothers me with food (discounting just general likes/dislikes, that is).

But I'm definitely an over person with the TP.

Superfemme, I get on kicks like that. But it's usually limited to whatever I eat for breakfast. I can eat the same kind of power bar/breakfast bar every day for months.

[Bob]

..it has to be the thin ones, i don't like the thicker ones...


Just imagine if this were taken out of context by some jackass.

[Dante]

Pizza ........... Got to have anchovies ! :drool:

[betenoire]

I can eat the same kind of power bar/breakfast bar every day for months.

Just so long as it's not someone else's powerbar, I see no problem with that.

[Gemme]

Pizza ........... Got to have anchovies ! :drool:

No, no, I'm pretty sure it doesn't. :|

[Kobi]

The top crust of a sandwich must be cut off or I will take it off. And it is cut horizontal not vertical or diagonal.

Toilet paper is under not over.

Take whatever you want from my plate but not off my fork and dont expect me to share your utensils either.

Coffee is put together this way....sugar first, then coffee, then cream....not half and half, not milk but cream.

Wild rice is bugs disguised as grain.

[Queerasfck]

i'm pretty sure my only weird thing is fries with a side of ketchup and mustard.

and I'm here to say that I'm sure it's not your ONLY WEIRD thing............

[Kobi]

I forgot...fries with mayo! Yum.

And anchovies on pizza....double yum....plus not too many people will steal a slice :)

[Andrea]

I will go thirsty for a long time before I will drink tap water.

I will avoid eating fish even though I really do like it. However, I will not eat fish leftovers except cold salmon or tuna on salad, but only the very next day.

I am unable to eat anything I even briefly considered might have gone bad. Wonder if the leftovers have been in the fridge too long. Ummm.....sorry, can no longer eat it. That freshly thawed ground beef has a funny smell. Ummmm.... sorry, can no longer eat it.

Andrea

[Cyclopea]

I would kill for a glass of Vermont tap water. And I've only been without for a few months....... :cluck:

[tantalizingfemme]

If I pull out the bag of grapes and notice one has started to "grow a fuzzy sweater", all surrounding grapes, even if they are absolutely fine, get tossed... just the thought that one may have touched the offending grape skeeves me out and no amount of rinsing off will get me to eat them.

And if I eat a sandwich, I always eat all the edges first before eating the middle....I have convinced myself that the edges are dry and tasteless and must suffer through it first to get to the best part...

[Lillie]

I only eat mustard on my nathans hot dogs and occasinally I like them on my fries..

HOWEVER

If I go anywhere and If I see them preparing my food without wearing gloves I can not eat that food..I know that in restaurants (back in the kitchen) they do not wear them..but I don't see that..

But I no longer can order/eat at Papa Murphy's for just that reason :(..and the jack in the box(es) out here have a 'we wash our hands every 30 minutes" so we dont need to wear gloves policy..

umm no
:yeahthat:
Not happening

:)
:dance2::dance2::dance2::dance2:
:dance1::dance1::dance1:

[Blade]

WOW I didn't think I had to many quirks I guess I thought most people were alike and that only some people have strange quirks. After reading the thread, man am I quirky.

Duke's mayo ONLY

onions should be chopped on a sandwich and on the mayo side so they don't fall off, some places like to put them sliced and on top of a burger NO WAY it's going back

Duke's mayo goes on EVERY sandwich

Love mayo, pickle and vidalia onion sandwich

FOOD SHOULD NOT TOUCH

TP goes over the roll

This house NEVER runs out of TP or mayo

I don't mind left overs but.......

If something is suppose to be eaten hot I won't eat it cold examples fried chicken, pizza

On the same track, I won't drink anything hot that is suppose to be cold

socks should be folded in half not rolled and stretch out the elastic

briefs should be rolled

Work shirts have a different drawer than weekend shirts

Don't use MY comb/brush, toothbrush wash cloth etc...
Don't drink or eat after me and I won't you, unless of course we are already swappin slobber.

Ice cream goes i a coffee cup.
Never drank milk with meals, I know it is good for me, it's good for you to you drink it.

Steak...cut off his horns and wipe his ass, if it is tender and to done I might still eat it but won't be happy about it.

If you are smoking in my house....you better be on fire.

Ummm Hack....what is a clothes hamper?

My biggest quirk....DO NOT LEAN ON MY TRUCK, if you are that tired go sit down.

[AzDesertRunner]

ok so Im gonna post one of HER idios! lol..cause of course I don't have any!:cheer:

Imagine my surprise when I was told that I don't match up her left and right sock!..really? but according to her she has a sock that is shaped like her right foot and the same for her left one..I never heard of this b4 EVER:seeingstars:


lol

Absolutely a right sock and a left sock my silly woman! :tease::tease:

[ravfem]

...

Duke's mayo ONLY

...


you're from the south too? Duke's ROCKS!! :hangloose:

i'm not too proud to brag that i live in the same city as Duke's, either! :cheesy:

[Blade]

you're from the south too? Duke's ROCKS!! :hangloose:

i'm not too proud to brag that i live in the same city as Duke's, either! :cheesy:

Yes Duke's mayo and iced tea, is certainly an indicator I'm from the south and never been out of it LOL

[Rook]

I'll admit...
I do like my Steaks juicy, slightly Pink, medium Rare....However...
Don't ever try to eat a steak with me around, and every slice U make there's a spurt of Blood....
I swear..
I will not hesitate to either say "Moo - Ouch !!" or "You sure u wouldn't rather visit the cow and bite a chunk off her ass?"
Terrible for a Date, but if u eat a raw cow....u brought it on yourself :cracked:

If I'm gonna do something, and you see me Prepare for it?
Be it Laundry, Washing Car, Walk the Dog, or cook Dinner..
If you criticize it in any way, or offer advise on "how to do it Better"...Believe me, you will wind up doing it yourself.
It's not that I can't handle criticism...it's the Fact u saw me starting it, and since u feel u can do better even before I begin...
Have at :mohawk:

[Gemme]

I only eat mustard on my nathans hot dogs and occasinally I like them on my fries..

HOWEVER

If I go anywhere and If I see them preparing my food without wearing gloves I can not eat that food..I know that in restaurants (back in the kitchen) they do not wear them..but I don't see that..

But I no longer can order/eat at Papa Murphy's for just that reason :(..and the jack in the box(es) out here have a 'we wash our hands every 30 minutes" so we dont need to wear gloves policy..

umm no
:yeahthat:
Not happening

:)
:dance2::dance2::dance2::dance2:
:dance1::dance1::dance1:

One good butt scratch or nose wipe and that whole 30 minute thing goes out the window. :blink:

[freyja]

This has got to be the cutest thread i have seen in ages.
i want to read each and every post....just cause...but that's 5 pages worth and requires a cuppa tea alongside me.

i'll be back :D

[skeeter_01]

this is a great thread! I have so many idiosyncracies it's not even funny!

-i LOVE mexican food but i CRINGE when i hear someone eating tortillia chips..

-the TP must go over the top...i've been known to change it around when i'm visiting someone..

-i HATE touching someone else's dirty silverware..*gag*..
speaking of dirty dishes, if someone gets dirty hands from eating (like maybe bbq sauce all over their fingers)...and leaves fingerprints on their milk glass, i will come pretty dang close to hurling...

-my pillow has to be jussssst right...cold side up, fluffed just so, no one else may use my pillow EVER!

thats all for now but i'll be back~!

skeet

[Boots13]

:readfineprint:

The end of the counter is MINE ! All others are liable to get keelhulled for placing items on MY COUNTER SPACE !

Paleeeez, dont roll my socks...one gets all stretchy and I hate bunches of socks around my toes, HATE THAT.

Laundry= HOT WATER...White load, Dark load, and then whatever is leftover gets stored until there's enough to do a like-color load...

Kitchen gets cleaned if its the last thing I do at night...always.

Sofa pillows go back to their assigned place at the end of the day.

Coffee has to be piping hot...I put hot water in my cup while I wait for my pot to brew.

After making a sandwhich I must have a bite in the kitchen (what if I forgot a necessary ingredient?)

Toothpaste? Walk away from the tube and no one gets hurt. Middle squeezers must run...

I better stop now before Ms. Fru has second thoughts about moving in...

[Arwen]

I just found this thread. Have read each post by each of you FREAKS. I'm now like you. At all.

grin

Okay maybe.



Metropolis? YES! You must have one piece of cheese for each cracker. If I don't have enough, I will reslice a piece of cheese or put a cracker back in the box.
There is only one kind of soy sauce. That is La Choy. I will take the unopened bottle of *blech* Kikkoman's to the food pantry place. No no and no.
Middle squeezers should also flee me. I made my son buy his OWN tube because he is a middle squeezer.
I will change the TP roll so it goes over the top.


Does anyone else wonder if the dairy/cheese and mustard/meat thing has a religious background? I mean that's a bit kosher, isn't it? In a loose sort of way? (I'm being serious here.)



Other quirks--red beans and rice need cornbread.
Cornbread should be sweet--like cake.
Silverware goes POINT UP in the dishwasher so all the icky rolls off the part you put in your mouth.
Chili is a savory not sweet dish.



OH...put your shoes on any surface other than the floor and prepare for the Arwen lecture on why shoes don't go on any surface other than the floor.

I once stopped dating someone because she got in the bed with her shoes on. (Okay, so it was her bed and it was made but still--that squicks me out!)

[Logicaly]

For the longest time, when it came to eating spaghetti, I couldn't have the sauce on the noodles, I had to have it separate, in its own little pile on my plate, away from noodles, this way I could eat it on my french bread.

Every once in awhile I go through a phase where when I go to a fast food restaurant, I get mayo in the packets and dip my fries in it, they have the best mayo in those little packets!

My sandwiches have to be made a certain way. If I am making it at home, when I put mustard on, it can only have 4 tiny drops of mustard on one side, and two tiny drops on the other, just enough to give it a little flavor with the mayo.

If I am ordering a sandwich from Togos (I wont eat subways cause of the way their meat is), then I take apart then sandwich when I get it, and rebuild it to my liking.

Stuff that isn't food related...

I cant stand it when someone moves something on my desk at work. If my monitor is moved slightly, my phone, or something, it completely freaks me out and throws me off balance the entire rest of the day. When we moved to our new building, I labeled everything on my desk to ensure I didn't get anyone elses stuff, and I spent a week trying to feel comfortable again, it was hell.

[Duchess]

OMG, this is right up my alley. I grew up in a house where my grandmother and the housekeeper were quirky FREAKS. Couldn't help but rub off..Ok, here goes......

:seeingstars:cup rings and crumbs on countertops
:seeingstars:overfilled trash cans
:seeingstars:feet on the coffee table
:seeingstars:messy cabinets..all like items should be together and facing forward
:seeingstars:must cut the crust from bread
:seeingstars:oil stains on the driveway
:seeingstars:someone other than myself opening my handbag

I'll stop now. This is starting to feel like Pandora's Box. :)


Duchess

[Pixie]

Hmmmm ya I have a few quirks!

Marinara sauce= NO....if someone makes spaghetti I will be polite and eat it but ONLY with ranch mixed in.

I like my sandwiches/wraps crunchy....preztels are the best for this.

No ketchup....last resort!

I don't like certain textures....Watermelon, cottage cheese, peas....and if noodles are cooked wrong...

I really don't like the check out part of grocery shopping, if the self service lines were better I would use them....I organize the groceries how I want them bagged....frozen, then fridge items, and then pantry....geez

I have to have a straw in my glass when eating out....but at home no straws...

I am a tp under girl...but alas I am over ruled at this house...

Jewelry once on....rarely come off...if ever.

I will fix the tooth paste if I see indentions....and those conditioner tubes when you dye your hair....(Soap, Conditioner, Shampoo...goes up side down when 1/4 is left)

Foamy soap please.....

ummmm....that's all for now!

[waxnrope]

No mustard on cheese. No. Not. Ever. urp

[Abigail Crabby]

mmmm is this where I order my Grilled Cheese and Mater sammich with mustard?

[Cowboi]

I just found this thread. Have read each post by each of you FREAKS. I'm now like you. At all.

grin

Okay maybe.



Metropolis? YES! You must have one piece of cheese for each cracker. If I don't have enough, I will reslice a piece of cheese or put a cracker back in the box.
There is only one kind of soy sauce. That is La Choy. I will take the unopened bottle of *blech* Kikkoman's to the food pantry place. No no and no.
Middle squeezers should also flee me. I made my son buy his OWN tube because he is a middle squeezer.
I will change the TP roll so it goes over the top.


Does anyone else wonder if the dairy/cheese and mustard/meat thing has a religious background? I mean that's a bit kosher, isn't it? In a loose sort of way? (I'm being serious here.)



Other quirks--red beans and rice need cornbread.
Cornbread should be sweet--like cake.
Silverware goes POINT UP in the dishwasher so all the icky rolls off the part you put in your mouth.
Chili is a savory not sweet dish.



OH...put your shoes on any surface other than the floor and prepare for the Arwen lecture on why shoes don't go on any surface other than the floor.

I once stopped dating someone because she got in the bed with her shoes on. (Okay, so it was her bed and it was made but still--that squicks me out!)




I thought all red beans and rice just naturally came with cornbread............ LoL

[Gayla]

Ketchup and mayo touch. Mustard on the cheese which is on the meat, not on the bread. This comes from 3 years of working at Wendy's in high school. That's how they do it and it stuck.

Some food can touch but some can't.

There is not enough room to list everything I won't eat but I'll start with mushrooms, onions, raw tomatoes and anything on a bone.

[Toofrufru]

Okay maybe one or two little things....

Absolutely no open closets or cabinet doors..

I can not and will not anything with a face still on it..

[AtLast]

Ugh... I admit to being a neat freak and a perfectionist... and please do not touch food on my plate! No, I do not share bites or sips of anything with anyone. Not friends, lovers, family... no one! I am always the one refusing to do the "Here, have a taste," or "I want to see what your entree tastes like." And the worse thing is that if someone is fast and sneaks a fork or spoon into something on my plate.... I won't eat the rest of my food. Always watching for double-dippers around chips, etc. at gatherings.

LOL... I think my germ-phobic Mom got to me loud & clear!

I have tried to change this.... but.....

[Rockinonahigh]

Let me think a min hear..

Tp..dont care how it rolls as long as we have it.
I like my steak at room temp before cooking it.
I like my steak rare and mooing.
I rarely use salt to cook with.
The tooth paste name side up then press the bottom to get it all even after I use it.
I get icked out if anyone uses my shower sponge..yuck.
My klitchen is MINE do not rearange it..please.
Please wash hands if u r fixing anything for me.
I will not eat raw oysters,cooked yes.
I am not a morning person..b aware of bears...coffee first.
Hot foods should b hot,cold should b cold.
Well this is a start..more later.

[Blade]

Mustard should not touch cheese
PB&J PB on one slice of bread J on the other slice
Do not eat the heel, well Maybe if it is the last piece and it is toasted

[Laerkin]

Some of these are absolutely cracking me up. Doubled-over laughing. I love it.

Here are a few mine:

- Most candy bars must first have the chocolate peeled (using only teeth) off and eaten before I start on the inside...example: Skor bar - nibble all of the chocolate off, lick the toffee clean, eat said toffee. If the bar breaks during this process, it's a very sad, sullen thing.

- Doritos - the flavoring must be sucked off the chip before the chip is eaten. A broken chip is also a very sad thing that ends in a pout of epic proportions.

- Mayonnaise makes me dry-heave, so if I'm eating something with mayonnaise in it, I can't think about it too hard or it goes in the trash. I do not know why and it makes me mad.

- Squeeze from the bottom, please.

- Outside the house, I adore shoes of all shapes, sizes, colors, textures, and functions. Inside the house, bare feet. I abhor socks unless I'm wear hiking boots or running shoes, or if I'm someplace supremely cold like Iceland. But then I'm more likely to turn up the heat and go barefoot anyway. Yay toes!

- Mixing foods creeps me out. My grandpa would pile everything from the buffet into one huge heap and then mix it as he ate. :| Um, no. Peas should taste like peas. BBQ sauce should be on my protein, not in my mashed potatoes. (There are a few exceptions to this rule - like a spoonful of mac n' cheese with a spoonful of tomato soup.)

- Chewing with your mouth open angers the beast that lives inside me. We don't need it to emerge, so close the trap please.

- TP over the top, too!

- I carry a purse, but I almost always have my wallet in my back pocket. Each time I slip my tiny girl wallet into said back pocket, I switch which side faces out so that it doesn't become curved or form to the shape of my butt.

- I will write in a book, bend the pages to mark certain passages, underline, highlight, and thoroughly love the inside. But if the outside gets damaged, I get upset. The cover should be clean, smooth, and as new looking as possible. Yes, I have taken a rag and Windex and tried to buff out imperfections.

[Gemme]

Some of these are absolutely cracking me up. Doubled-over laughing. I love it.

Here are a few mine:

- Most candy bars must first have the chocolate peeled (using only teeth) off and eaten before I start on the inside...example: Skor bar - nibble all of the chocolate off, lick the toffee clean, eat said toffee. If the bar breaks during this process, it's a very sad, sullen thing.

- Doritos - the flavoring must be sucked off the chip before the chip is eaten. A broken chip is also a very sad thing that ends in a pout of epic proportions.

- Mayonnaise makes me dry-heave, so if I'm eating something with mayonnaise in it, I can't think about it too hard or it goes in the trash. I do not know why and it makes me mad.

- Squeeze from the bottom, please.

- Outside the house, I adore shoes of all shapes, sizes, colors, textures, and functions. Inside the house, bare feet. I abhor socks unless I'm wear hiking boots or running shoes, or if I'm someplace supremely cold like Iceland. But then I'm more likely to turn up the heat and go barefoot anyway. Yay toes!

- Mixing foods creeps me out. My grandpa would pile everything from the buffet into one huge heap and then mix it as he ate. :| Um, no. Peas should taste like peas. BBQ sauce should be on my protein, not in my mashed potatoes. (There are a few exceptions to this rule - like a spoonful of mac n' cheese with a spoonful of tomato soup.)

- Chewing with your mouth open angers the beast that lives inside me. We don't need it to emerge, so close the trap please.

- TP over the top, too!

- I carry a purse, but I almost always have my wallet in my back pocket. Each time I slip my tiny girl wallet into said back pocket, I switch which side faces out so that it doesn't become curved or form to the shape of my butt.

- I will write in a book, bend the pages to mark certain passages, underline, highlight, and thoroughly love the inside. But if the outside gets damaged, I get upset. The cover should be clean, smooth, and as new looking as possible. Yes, I have taken a rag and Windex and tried to buff out imperfections.



Love these. I will, however, support the right to mix stuff in your masted potatoes. I enjoy steak sauce swirled in them. It adds a bit of tang that makes my taste buds do a lil dance....make a little love...get down tonight... :musicnote: :blink:

[Arwen]

Here's one that I found I shared with the guy I'm seeing.

A-1 sauce on baked potatoes :)

[Hollylane]

Don't get me started on the layering order of my BLT w/Cheese!

I do suffer from weird food issues, but not too many. I'm just really specific about sandwiches, the freshness of tomatoes, and having something sweet with most meats.

My main thing is what items I prefer mayo vs miracle whip on.

When I was younger, after a night at the bar, my favorite snack was:

Miracle Whip, Kraft cheese slices, Pringles and pepper in a flour tortilla :|

[Arwen]

Don't get me started on the layering order of my BLT w/Cheese!

I do suffer from weird food issues, but not too many. I'm just really specific about sandwiches, the freshness of tomatoes, and having something sweet with most meats.

My main thing is what items I prefer mayo vs miracle whip on.

When I was younger, after a night at the bar, my favorite snack was:

Miracle Whip, Kraft cheese slices, Pringles and pepper in a flour tortilla :|

I gotta know...tell me about your BLT w/ cheese?

I don't like cheese on my meat unless the meat is cold.

[imperfect_cupcake]

No mayo. Not a mayo person. no mayo on anything. she said, marrying a dutch person. and if you don't understand what that means, go look up some photos of dutch food. My wedding buffet was cooked by my mother in law and my auntie in law. They got up at 6am and cooked all day, dragged the food through the blizzard (we married on xmas solstice) and put out plate after plate, about 25 dishes in all, and I'd say 75% of them were *drenched* in mayo.

I tried to hide my West Coast Vancouverite healthfood back ground horror stricken Expression. they had worked SO hard. ugh. Then had to try and explain that some of *my* guests were vegan. which is rather difficult because in dutch vegetarian is "vega". Not the same thing. I asked them to put out the VEGAN food I spend 6 hours making the night before. "but this is Vega, here and here and here" pointing to cheese and mayo addled food. "no. veg-AN N EN. erm. can you please just put the food I made out?" "no no it's all right barbara, it's all right, we make!! see! *Proud hand swipe*"

Ugh. finally "inki. I know your auntie and mom have busted their balls all last night and been up since 6am this morning. But if they don't put the food I made out, I will kill them. Sweetly. With deep appreciation. My dutch isn't good enough. PLEASE."

What a sticky spot!

[Daktari]

Ugh! Tomatoes. Not with meat of any kind. Or cheese for that matter. Not cooked. Not tinned. Not out of season. Not with salad. Not ketchup. Not Heinz beans. No artificial tomato flavour at all. The only acceptable tomato is fresh, in season and grown by my Pops but even then I'll only have one or two.

Carrots, mashed only.

Veggies, soft. No al dente, no crudite. Soft....ta ever so in advance.

Home-made steak burgers. I will not eat a fast-food burger...never have, never will.

Bog roll over the top please.

Porridge with salt, black pepper and butter...yes I am a trifle odd. :sunglass:

Red wine in tumblers, like in Spain, not in stemmed glasses.

Free range, organic chicken and eggs only.

Only filo and puff pastry are acceptable to be bought in.

No peas.

Home-made roasted garlic mayo.

Not Daddies or HP but Marks and Sparks brown sauce only.

Butchers made haggis not factory made.

......I could go on!












ps. English mustard or hot sauce with *everything*...especially cheese. :cheesy:

[TxBelle]

I enjoy Peanut butter (smooth) and jam.
I enjoy peanut butter (smooth) and mayonaise.
So, I HAD to try peanut butter, jam, AND mayo.
On wheat bread, no tastless, gummy white bread, please.

My favorite sandwinch, with cold milk (1%).


Hey, don't knock it till you try it....

[Arwen]

Butchers made haggis not factory made.

......I could go on!




The very fact that there is FACTORY-MADE haggis. :|

[Kelt]

I have far too many general quirks to even think of listing them, but when it comes to food I am not very picky and have an interest in trying new and different things. That said:

Temperature.

Hot things need to stay hot until finished, preheat the plate please.

Cold needs to stay cold, a cold drink requires an ice cube.

Etc..

The exception to this (you knew there would be one) is ice cream. Room temp bowl then microwave 9-11 seconds depending on serving size to get the right consistency. Go figure.

Oh, and toothpaste; rolled from the bottom 1cm deep roll held that way with a black binder clip 3cm wide.

:|

[chefhottie25]

I once had a roommate who was insistant that the toilet paper had to roll from the top. His anxiety about it was so bad that I always put the roll on to his liking. It had become such a focus for me that I still do it. If I am using someone elses bathroom and the paper rolls from the bottom I actually change it to roll from the top. It is such a bizzarre behavior of mine.

[imperfect_cupcake]

everything of mine has a place. this is because I get really upset if I can't find something. baggage from childhood parenting flaw. so in order to find it, it really needs to go in it's home. And if I look for it and it not there.... I panic. cause I don't even know where to start looking. Except for my clothes. they go on the floor lol. That's just due to my extreme loathing of laundry. My wife is of the other end of the scale. things should be put away as they get around to eventually bug her. which takes days longer than me. Plus she "puts things away" in where, at the time, she thinks they should go. of course, everytime she comes up with a different answer of where that home is. Which is why she can never find anything and now neither can I.

I finally lose it and will do things to make my (and her) life easier by taking bags of "filing" (important papers, stuffed back into their envelopes so you can't even see what they are unless you re-open each one - makes me MENTAL), throwing out the ones over 5 years and filing by subject (bill, work related, health), sub-subject (telephone bill, electric bill, water bill etc) and date. Last time I did this it took me 6 hours. I've asked her to just put things in the filing cabinate. which translates to her as "take it into the spare room, put it back in the envelope it came in and drop it on the chair so that I'll find it in 3 days and file it myself."

*quiet scream*

[NJFemmie]

When I was younger, I was terrible with idiosyncrasies. But I've gotten better with age....

I have issues with meat on a bone. I'll eat it, but I struggle. Where some people can pick up a piece of meat and just eat it - I have to pick at it to death with my fork. Spare ribs for some reason, don't bother me so much. (I don't like veins, fat or anything that is not completely lean). Mare is a true carnivore, so it works out for us.

I absolutely hate organ meats. I will not eat them and the sight of them makes me queasy. In fact - when I buy a whole chicken, I have to buy the chicken that has the organs neatly packaged already - so all I have to do is grab the little bag and toss it. If I have to stick my hand in a chicken and start pulling out organ parts, I am completely unnerved.

I have a texture issue. If it's slimy, I will not eat it. If it's raw, I will not eat it. If a piece inadvertently gets in my mouth, I will spit it out and more than likely gag. If the texture is strange to me in any way - it's not going to happen. *spit*

I love lima beans. For me, it's a comfort food.

I prefer uncooked carrots although I have been known to tolerate them cooked. It's no surprise to see me pick most out though.

Brussel sprouts and okra is on my EWWWWW list.

I personally don't care how to toilet paper is put on the roll. I'm just grateful it's there. I have been with people who find anything other than "over the top" heresy and I have actually gotten into a few arguments about it.

I'll only drink hot tea when I am sick.

Although I like mayo on some things, I don't like it on my sandwiches. In fact, I prefer my sandwiches dry. (I like condiments, I just find them better served on other things...)

Cold pasta is weird to me but I've learned to like it.

... that's all I can think of right now .....

[Dominique]

I carry a purse and a wallet inside the purse. Yet, at least once a week....I have to dig through the purse and find the
library card, the ATM card, sam's club card, grocery store take advantage card, etc....and put them all back into the wallet, and scoop all of the change out of the bottom and put it either into change can or inside the wallet and same goes for the bills.

This almost always happens. Doing laundry, I find money in the washer, because it didn't make it back into the wallet, it was in a pocket. I don't know why I am so bad about this.

Due to the almost non stop reports of credit card/ATM debit cards being hacked, I have almost stopped using mine and have gone back to using cash. :seeingstars: Yeah, for sure. I open my purse and it looks like I'm some rich bitch, but the reality of it all is, it's mostly ones with an occasional five and an unorganised mess. I need to get this under control.

ETA: I just glanced at the diningroom table, there is cash and a reciept and two baseball ticket stubs from Wednesday's game, must have been in a pocket........

[Arwen]

Shoes on the bed. I don't care if they are on your feet or off your feet, they do not belong on the bed.

Or the couch.

I'm wishy-washy about footstools but prefer you with shoes off if you use the footstool.

Yes, I know. I am also barefoot in my house (and yours) most of the time.

[wimsiclegirl]

Pillowcases need to open out..not in...

Everything has a home or a place....I hate piles of stuff to rifle through to find stuff....and unusual stuff that you don't know whether to keep or not!?

When in doubt- throw it out. Yes this is dangerous and I lose stuff occasionally but most of the time it works out. Unfortunately, this applies to anyone's stuff in the house...If I can't find a home for it...it goes....away.... :blink:

Given my choice...dinner is only a means to dessert so dessert first whenever possible!

Pizza is eaten: crust first then toppings..... yes I separate them and then eat them.

Realizing that my quirks have become my normal so I can't wait until other people get to "point them out" to me .... :|

[Deborah]

I enjoy Peanut butter (smooth) and jam.
I enjoy peanut butter (smooth) and mayonaise.
So, I HAD to try peanut butter, jam, AND mayo.
On wheat bread, no tastless, gummy white bread, please.

My favorite sandwinch, with cold milk (1%).


Hey, don't knock it till you try it....


I was turned on to;
peanut butter
mayo
radish sandwiches
by an ex....so I cant say anything negative about mayo and peanut butter....I thought they were crazy but its an awesome combo, yummy :)

[homoe]

All sandwiches MUST be cut in half... diagonally... Just does not taste the same if it is cut straight across! Oh, and I don’t share from my plate. You can have some of my food, but, I will put some on another plate for you…

Yeah, I’m one of those people that won’t eat or drink anything in someone else’s house if it isn’t clean or has any bad smells…

Amen and as a sidebar.. I remember if my mom was having a bad day, I swear she'd cut my sandwiches straight across just to be mean!

[homoe]

I don't mind if food touches other food on my plate. but I'm anal about NOT piling foods on top of each other!

I always get grossed out when I see folks doing this like at weddings and potlucks:linecook:

[homoe]

I must rise off my ice cubes before placing them in a drinking glass....

[homoe]

The only thing I'll order at Five Guys is hot dogs with relish ONLY please:linecook:

[homoe]

Every article of clothing hung in my closet must be with the hanger hook facing left..

[Gayandgray]

Every article of clothing hung in my closet must be with the hanger hook facing left..

Me too!!!!

[kittygrrl]

in my mother's house we always-
had mustard with our spaghetti and
w/meatloaf we fixed both rice and potatos

my spouse feels these idios (of mine)
are rather curious....... to him, at least:readfineprint:

:tea:

[Gayandgray]

I have a certain way of folding my dish towels that I keep hanging on the oven door handle. If my spouse or anyone else hangs them wrong after using, I will go behind them and re-hang the way I like. I am obsessive-compulsive about certain things, especially cleaning. I cannot stand a messy house.

[Gayandgray]

We don't have carpet in the house and if baby powder gets on the floor, I just have to sweep it up with the little dust pan & broom I keep under the bathroom sink!

[homoe]

I can NOT stand bacon that is crisp! The 'wiggly' the better!

[Gayandgray]

My throw pillows on the couch have to be perfectly placed at either end of the couch countless times a day. We have 3 dogs so I keep the new couch covered up with a king sized bed comforter that matches the furniture. I feel the need to straighten and adjust the said comforter several times a day if dogs mess it up.

[homoe]

I am compulsive about the fringe on throw rugs always being straight......in fact it got so bad I no longer own any.............

[homoe]

Our household receives not only the daily Seattle Times newspaper, but at least a dozen or more magazine subscriptions (Mary retired from Hearst Publishing need I say more) I can't stand to let these reading materials pile up.

Regardless of what's on my agenda for the day I will make time to peruse these items as they arrive, cut out any articles I want to save for future reference, pass them over to Mary and her messy side of the room or toss them out!

[homoe]

Whenever I work Sudoku or word game puzzles I MUST use a red pen!

[MsTinkerbelly]

I don't like dips for chips, so I buy flavored chips and dip them in sour cream. Salt and vinegar chips are my favorite to eat like this, because the sour cream cools the "bite" of the vinegar.

[Gayandgray]

I can't stand washing greasy dishes!!! I will change the dish water and the dish rag/sponge multiple times to keep things clean.

[Gemme]

The only thing I'll order at Five Guys is hot dogs with relish ONLY please:linecook:

I don't understand this. They have the BEST fries.

[Chad]

I hate it when people put katchup on steak. Not at my house. Ha!

[MsTinkerbelly]

I hate it when people put katchup on steak. Not at my house. Ha!

I went out with a person to a nice steakhouse, and they put ketchup on their steak; I said no thank you to a second date.

[Chad]

I went out with a person to a nice steakhouse, and they put ketchup on their steak; I said no thank you to a second date.

Great job. No class equals no second date. Haha.

[homoe]

Great job. No class equals no second date. Haha.

I don't want to show my ignorance but are sauces like A1 or Henize 57 acceptable for steak?

[homoe]

I don't understand this. They have the BEST fries.

Some day I am agreeable to trying their fries.......

[TL1]

I don't want to show my ignorance but are sauces like A1 or Henize 57 acceptable for steak?

I sure hope so..... Cause it's a necessity IMO

[MsTinkerbelly]

I don't want to show my ignorance but are sauces like A1 or Henize 57 acceptable for steak?

I wouldn't use them myself, why ruin a beautiful cut of meat?

[Breathless]

I want to say.. nah I'm easy.. but really I am not.
I wash my hands constantly, and if I see or suspect you have not washed your hands and you are handling anything that I would be eating, I will pass with some polite excuse and not eat it. (I dont want to be insulting) I will probably never eat your cooking again.
Left overs are next day only, and only if they were cooled and packaged properly into the fridge. ie: open package of meat that is not in a sealed container with air getting at it, or open plates of food, I will throw it out no matter how long and be seriously bothered by the wasting.
Giving any animal a 'people only' dish to either eat the left overs or lick clean. Gag big time! If I can bleach it and save it, I will try, otherwise I will not use it again. (My dog licks her ass, I don't want to)
I keep a mental note of how much counter time my miracle whip (never mayo) and milk products have had out of the fridge, maximum 4 hours combined ever assuming that grocery store and shipping company have already wasted the first hour.
If in doubt, I throw it out. Defrosted meat, 1 day, in the fridge never ever refreeze foods.
Cross contamination drives me batty.. raw meats any where near foods that will be served raw. Crumbs in the butter or peanut butter.. eek!! Bread goes off in a week, peanut butter keeps for month or more, with little crumbs of mold mixed in.. YUCK
My laundry, I politely insist, Ill do my own, Id rather.
Tea, please dont squeeze the bag and cloud the tea.. lmao (sorry, not sorry)
TP, doesn't run out, and it is over the top.
oh my... my list is long.
Mustard or honey mustard yes please, bun or bread, buttered then mustard then meat then cheese then top buttered bun/ bread. (I dont like any condiment soaking into the bread, buttered prohibits this :) same with PB&J or honey.. PB on both sides and sweets in the middle.)
**I'm easy, because I can do it myself, and then no one has to bother with my quirks.. **

[Chad]

I don't want to show my ignorance but are sauces like A1 or Henize 57 acceptable for steak?

Hey buddy, I will grill you a steak that will melt like butter and needs no sauce.


:cowboy:

[Gemme]

I don't want to show my ignorance but are sauces like A1 or Henize 57 acceptable for steak?

Sauce is always acceptable in the South. Expected, even.

[girl_dee]

i have a *row* fetish.

if there are cookies like Oreos that come in rows, the row has to be cleared out.

i totally swoon at rows on farms

Corn row braids

When i vacuum i have to make rows

Cutting the grass.... rows in diagonal. not okay.

OH Girl Scout cookies,,, short rows, easy to wipe them clean

[homoe]

Speaking of rows....I will ONLY sit in the last row of seats in a movie theater!

People talking in front of me don't bother me as much as someone running their mouth behind me for some odd reason!

[Gemme]

Speaking of rows....I will ONLY sit in the last row of seats in a movie theater!

People talking in front of me don't bother me as much as someone running their mouth behind me for some odd reason!

I prefer the last row as well. There's no one putting their feet near my head that way and sometimes more leg room. Another bonus in winter is that the heat from the projection machine comes through the wall and it's a bit warmer.

[homoe]

As long as things are neat and tidy dust doesn't bother me a bit!

[jools66]

when assembling a hamburger, my honey has to put the ketchup on top of the burger, NOT on the bun that wil then rest, on top of the burger. It MUST go on the meat. For me, condiments have an order, mayo, mustard, ketchup, do not vary from this.
I agree about the mashed potatos, but I have to warm the half and half, melt the butter into it, I dont use plain salt, Lawry's season salt is what I like, and dont be trying to sneak anything else in them. You can put what you want in them when they are on YOUR plate! don't even ask me about my fruit phobia!


Agrees with you on the sauce on the meat, the bun soaks it up too much so you're left with nothing.
Mash Spuds, use a ricer, makes the mix smooth, melted butter in first then a touch of milk or cream, salt n pepper.,and if you want a treat a good english cheese grated in (this is however not an extra you want if you are having gravy with it)

[Soft*Silver]

my husband gets his hand slapped if he reaches for ketchup when I serve him meat...

he has to at least TASTE it first...then if he doesnt like the seasoning I have spent my efforts on, THEN he can add ketchup...


I hate it when people put katchup on steak. Not at my house. Ha!

[Soft*Silver]

it has to do with not being preyed upon...

we tune in clearer to whats behind us because it is a blind spot for us visually and we are therefore vulnerable to attack. Hearing becomes our strongest sense to protect us...

Speaking of rows....I will ONLY sit in the last row of seats in a movie theater!

People talking in front of me don't bother me as much as someone running their mouth behind me for some odd reason!

[Soft*Silver]

I have lived with people who have idiosyncrasies but I dont think I have any at the moment. I had a butch who had to make sure all the things on his plate did not touch...mashed potatoes could not touch the peas that could not touch the meat. He almost wailed when I scooped my peas up and smeared them into my mashed potatoes. I dont think he wanted to kiss me after I ate it! LOL.

If I buy ice cream with nuts in it, I dont mind digging out the nuts about half way thru the carton and throwing the rest of the ice cream away..or leaving it in the freezer for a desperate moment of needing comfort food.

I like a clean not messy house but like someone else said, dust can sit around for all I care.

I do tend to throw away things alot. Including things that shouldnt be thrown away...like checks that come in the mail or electric cords that dont seem to have any meaning or purpose to me.

[Chad]

I was born and raised in Texas.

My family rules/recipes include a light sauce on bbq ribs, just rub and smoke on brisket, gravy on chicken fried steak, and beef steaks get a kiss of S&P and are grilled to profection. I have a secret to finish the steaks but no sauce.

In my family sauce is added to a bad piece of meat followed by "bless your heart". :)

In my family katchup is only for fries or something yucky.

[homoe]

I prefer to enjoy chips and salsa outside of the home!

If there is salsa here, more than likely Mary has purchased it..

[homoe]

I'm inclined to eat off of paper plates and use plastic utensils rather than earth-ware and flatware!

[homoe]

When I sit down to eat at a table,whether at home or dining out, I like things as neat as possible! I like the salt & pepper shakers put back in their original location once used & same with condiments too!

Needless to say I don't dine out with a lot of people...

[homoe]

If it were up to me, I'd stand up eating over the kitchen sink while scanning a magazine resting on the counter top......

Yes, I don't mind a bit eating out of a carton or container. Unless it's a special meal I don't see all the need to make more work for myself by having a load of dishes afterwards to wash......I know this may sound crazy and almost "cave manish" BUT I'm all about less work NOT more!

[homoe]

I am very fussy about what chocolate I'll eat!

Besides See's, Amy's and Northwest Fudge and Confections (here locally) are the only other chocolate I'll eat oh and maybe a twix bar when desperate ..

[Gemme]

homoe is very particular.

:blink:

[homoe]

I have never and will never rent a movie from RedBox...........:movieguy:

[Chad]

If it were up to me, I'd stand up eating over the kitchen sink while scanning a magazine resting on the counter top......

Yes, I don't mind a bit eating out of a carton or container. Unless it's a special meal I don't see all the need to make more work for myself by having a load of dishes afterwards to wash......I know this may sound crazy and almost "cave manish" BUT I'm all about less work NOT more!


I do eat over the kitchen sink and on the kitchen counter while watching TV. I only eat at the table when I have guests. Less work is good!

[kittygrrl]

Serving my version of-Baked Spaghetti with Cheese Bread & Homemade Carrot Cake...and yes there will be mustard!

[homoe]

I LOVE yellow cake but I don't want any frosting on it! I prefer a scoop of ice creme on the side instead...

[NavyButch]

When I walk into my apartment I immediately have to straighten the area rug that is in front of my coffee table so that the edges line up with the edges of the coffee table. I do it every single time I walk in the door. Then it makes me wonder how it gets out of line during the day when I am at work.

[homoe]

I love green pepper BUT it must always be cut length wise and in thin strips

[Chad]

I have a garlic sensitivity. To my taste buds raw or under cooked garlic makes food taste burned and yucky.

[IrishAmazon]

I am horrified when I go to the effort to make something for someone and before tasting what I worked on it gets doused with salt or sauce.

I guarantee it's made from scratch, with you in mind and I have done research. I am a damn good cook, I can pan fry a steak in cast iron
better than most can grill it, all though if you can top me in this I may just be yours at that moment.

[Gemme]

When I walk into my apartment I immediately have to straighten the area rug that is in front of my coffee table so that the edges line up with the edges of the coffee table. I do it every single time I walk in the door. Then it makes me wonder how it gets out of line during the day when I am at work.

When you walk out the door, it's likely that your heel catches it and twists it to the side a bit from the push off of your foot.

[nycfem]

I don't like having naked people around the house, not even if they have mustard on them :).

[firegal]

I CANNOT eat or drink anything past the pull/sell date.....My mind will says its not good.

PS my sister buys a lot of sale/past date items....so I am at her house a lot [3 blocks from me] watching my dad....and I bring my own food because of it.

she over buys...example I grabbed a bad of fritos months ago when I was there and ate 1 chip...it tasted ...not good........looked at sell date april 2014.

[homoe]

I am anal retentive about the stamps I buy and about the stamps I attach to outgoing mail. I like to match the stamp to either the color of ink I've used to address the mail or to match the stickers I've attached or vice versa!

I pay attention and if I know someone likes a certain stamp, I'll go out of my way to use that stamp on their mail!

[firegal]

Yikes attention to detail or what! Homoe! lol

[homoe]

Yikes attention to detail or what! Homoe! lol

...........:giggle:...........

If I keep posting my weirdness you may change your mind about meeting me!

[firegal]

...........:giggle:...........

If I keep posting my weirdness you may change your mind about meeting me!
The only difference between you and I is that I don't tell on myself!

[Gemme]

...........:giggle:...........

If I keep posting my weirdness you may change your mind about meeting me!

Now, I'm not sure you're human. You could be a space traveler stuck here on Earth and forced to eat our food and live how and where we do and that's bound to be annoying for a space person.

:blink:

[Gemme]

I am anal retentive about the stamps I buy and about the stamps I attach to outgoing mail. I like to match the stamp to either the color of ink I've used to address the mail or to match the stickers I've attached or vice versa!

I pay attention and if I know someone likes a certain stamp, I'll go out of my way to use that stamp on their mail!

If I don't like a vendor or customer or they got nasty with me, I'll give them the crappiest stamps I have on hand.

:cigar2:

[Chained Daisy]

I like to add salad cream to cheese on toast...!

[Gemme]

I like to add salad cream to cheese on toast...!

I had to look this up.

[Chad]

I like to add salad cream to cheese on toast...!

I had to look that up as well. I am not sure if we have that in Texas.

[Chained Daisy]

I had to look this up.

I had to look that up as well. I am not sure if we have that in Texas.

I think its a bit like grilled cheese, not very healthy but on occasion its the perfect comfort food !

[Gemme]

I think its a bit like grilled cheese, not very healthy but on occasion its the perfect comfort food !

Well that makes more sense. I was thinking something open faced.

If you put Miracle Whip on the bread before adding cheese, it makes the grilled cheese sandwich super creamy when cooking.

[Chained Daisy]

Well that makes more sense. I was thinking something open faced.

If you put Miracle Whip on the bread before adding cheese, it makes the grilled cheese sandwich super creamy when cooking.

It is open faced Gemme, I was trying to think of something comparable across the pond to it. When I do cheese on toast I very lightly grill the bread either side, just so it has a little colour, then I butter one side and cover it with grated cheese, under the grill it goes til its bubbling and slightly brown, then when its cooled a little I drizzle salad cream over it. Ive no idea where that crazy idea came from but I love it ! Or sometimes I add Branston pickle instead.

I`m going to give US style grilled cheese a go, I`ll have to look up how to do it, its actually done in a pan on top of the stove isnt it ? I dont think we have miracle whip here.

[Gemme]

It is open faced Gemme, I was trying to think of something comparable across the pond to it. When I do cheese on toast I very lightly grill the bread either side, just so it has a little colour, then I butter one side and cover it with grated cheese, under the grill it goes til its bubbling and slightly brown, then when its cooled a little I drizzle salad cream over it. Ive no idea where that crazy idea came from but I love it ! Or sometimes I add Branston pickle instead.

I`m going to give US style grilled cheese a go, I`ll have to look up how to do it, its actually done in a pan on top of the stove isnt it ? I dont think we have miracle whip here.

I've known people to use mayonnaise as well but MW is better for that, imo. A grilled cheese is best in a cast iron skillet. You butter the outsides of the bread and the cheese and any other toppings/sauces go inside. Toast each side until cooked through.

I like to dip the edge of my grilled cheese into pickle juice, but I'm weird. :)

[Chained Daisy]

I've known people to use mayonnaise as well but MW is better for that, imo. A grilled cheese is best in a cast iron skillet. You butter the outsides of the bread and the cheese and any other toppings/sauces go inside. Toast each side until cooked through.

I like to dip the edge of my grilled cheese into pickle juice, but I'm weird. :)

Thanks for the tip, I shall give it a try...may pass on the pickle juice though !

[Gemme]

Thanks for the tip, I shall give it a try...may pass on the pickle juice though !

Well, you said sometimes you added a pickle. The pickle juice is not a requirement.

[homoe]

I can't stand drinking lukewarm water. I place a bottle of water in the freeze for 20 minutes to make sure it's good and cold before drinking.....

[*Anya*]

I can't stand drinking lukewarm water. I place a bottle of water in the freeze for 20 minutes to make sure it's good and cold before drinking.....

I agree. Water that is really not cold almost makes me gag.

I also prefer sparking water to plain water.

I really am not an H2O drinker but have to push myself.

[Bèsame*]

I can't stand drinking lukewarm water. I place a bottle of water in the freeze for 20 minutes to make sure it's good and cold before drinking.....

I'm strange...I'd rather drink room temperature water. Or..with very little ice to just cool it down a smidgen.

[Chained Daisy]

Gin and tonic has always been `my` drink, though I hardly ever drink at all these days...but if I do thats what I like, lots of tonic, ice and instead of just a slice of lemon or lime I`ve joined in the current trend of adding berries sometimes instead, 2 or 3 frozen blackberries make the drink almost neon in colour. A slice or too of blood orange or grapefruit work well too. I also love all the fancy bottles different Gin brands are doing at the moment.

[homoe]

I have a hard time with change and with that being said............

Even tho I moved away from West Seattle almost two years ago, I still retain the same hairstylists and dry cleaner! Yes, you read that right I said DRY CLEANER.............LOL

[homoe]

Unless I'm at home (then I put a bottle in the freeze for 30 minutes to make sure it's good and cold) I must always have ice in my water!

Being served a glass of piss warm water irritates me to no end!

[kittygrrl]

I think I've mentioned earlier loving mustard with spaghetti?..actually with lasagna and meatloaf too:blush::blush::blush::tea:

[homoe]

homoe is very particular.

:blink:

Sometimes I'm so particular I drive my own self nuts..........:seeingstars:

[Chad]

I think I've mentioned earlier loving mustard with spaghetti?..actually with lasagna and meatloaf too:blush::blush::blush::tea:

Umm. ...really? Can you explain that to me? Is that spaghetti with sauce and mustard?

[cathexis]

One food peculiarity I have which drives others batty is eating potato chips in my warmed baked beans. Sometimes I will use the chips as scoops, sometimes just crumbled into the bowl.

Became ecstatic when Bush came out with Bourbon and Maple flavors.

[homoe]

One food peculiarity I have which drives others batty is eating potato chips in my warmed baked beans. Sometimes I will use the chips as scoops, sometimes just crumbled into the bowl.

Became ecstatic when Bush came out with Bourbon and Maple flavors.

two entirely different textures plus salty of the chips and sweetness of the maple flavor, I can understand this...............

[~ocean]

i'm a dunker with snacks ~ toast , cookies , eng. muffins, biscotti's, if I can't dunk it ~ I won't eat it and that's the truth ~ blows a raspberry face lol

[Tuff Stuff]

Coffee(no matter what kind)must be freshly made and hot.

Food wise..if it looks delicious,well,then I'll eat it.

Actually,when I'm hungry I'll eat anything..yes, anything.

:eatinghersheybar:

[jools66]

So seeing has people were originally talking about mustard and such.
I have the ritual of never interlocking a mustard stripe and ketchup one on hotdogs.
Are you a freestyle/mixer kind of person on your hotdogs, or maybe one and not the other, or like me both but never touching.

[Ascot]

A quirk of mine that is more evident this time of year involves how, when pulling on a sweater, whether over a long sleeved t-shirt or an oxford, I have to have the sleeves/cuffs all set before I actually put the sweater over my head. I so do not like how it feels to have pulled one on and have the sleeves at all bunchy, twisted etc.


In keeping with the hotdog trend, it's mustard and onions for me.

[homoe]

In keeping with the hot dog trend, it's relish only for me AND the bun must be toasted.

[kittygrrl]

re: hotdogs give me mustard and i'm happy :heartbeat:

[homoe]

Getting off the hot dog theme............


I hate it when people talk up or rave about the site Rotten Tomatoes! I can't stand that site! Unless it's a new or fairly newer movie you will seldom see any feedback/reviews! FORGET about old classics, don't even waste your time looking there!

I picture the site being ran by and for millenniums who wouldn't watch a black and white movie or one with subtitles if their life depended on it...:popcorn:

[Deborah*]

When I was a little girl, I would have chicken noodle soup with crackers crumbled in it on top every morning for breakfast. I'd sit down with the rest of the family, who would have a proper, wholesome breakfast & I'd have my chicken noodle soup with lots of crackers I'd put on top of it.

Deborah

[homoe]

After each season, my dress shirts must be taken to the cleaners then left in the plastic bags until it's time to wear them again next year!

[imperfect_cupcake]

I've always done this.
Clothes, in the closet (when I've had enough clothes to do this, and thankfully I do again)
Go in this order, from Left to Right (I'm left handed):
short sleeve tops
long sleeve tops
sweaters
drapes/shrugs/boleros/cardigans (light over wear)
shapewear/corsets
skirts
trousers
dresses

then they must go from Left to Right
Dark colours to Light.

My books must be arranged by non-fiction education genera that flows into other subjects as naturally as possible
eg: biology> chem> physics> flowing into philosophy of science> epistemology> philosophy 101> philosophy of ethics> of politics> political history> history> archeology> anthropology> feminist anthropology> feminist theory> etc etc etc...

I shelve like I think: tangentially :D

Non-fiction? who keeps non-fiction?? ;)
I only have a small amount of it and so it all goes on one shelf together.

Hotdogs:
because of IBS - no mustard :( no onions :(
Not because I don't love them but because they hurt, a lot.

[imperfect_cupcake]

RMT school gave me this one*:
If my sheets and towels are folded WRONG I will refold them. Even at home.

At school, when you are doing clinic duty, if you are on Hydrotherapy duty you also are on Laundry Duty. Which means you wash literally hundreds of sheets/towels and you are taught the PROPER way to fold sheets and towels so that they all sit aligned, curved, and stackable, and viewable and without being messy. You can count them easy, take them without making a mess, and people see only neat, clean, even piles with NO FOLDS SHOWING.

So, if you fuck up, you are made to do the whooooooole shelves aaaaallll over again. All of them.

And if you are naughty, don't wear they right uniform trousers, are late for shift, or bugger about or whatever, you are put on laundry duty.

I didn't give a flying FUCK about folding sheets as laundry is my nemesis.

Guess who was made to refold hundreds of sheets at the age of 45 until I cared?

now I'm neurotic about it. Thanks, Rick.

edit to add further admission: also, at work, if I'm the one sorting sheets onto the shelves, I also make sure they are in stacks according to fabric. All are white and cotton. But they are bought at different times from different companies so the thickness and thread count can vary. It bugs me if the piles are mixed.

I'm the only one at work who does this :blush:

[introverted1]

Someone else posted an idiosyncrasy that I have...ketchup has to be on top of the burger, not the pickle or onion.

Also, I have a dishwasher but never use it...and I wash my dishes every evening and they have to be put away before I go to bed or it will make my brain hurt.

[introverted1]

I've always done this.
Clothes, in the closet (when I've had enough clothes to do this, and thankfully I do again)
Go in this order, from Left to Right (I'm left handed):
short sleeve tops
long sleeve tops
sweaters
drapes/shrugs/boleros/cardigans (light over wear)
shapewear/corsets
skirts
trousers
dresses

then they must go from Left to Right
Dark colours to Light.

My books must be arranged by non-fiction education genera that flows into other subjects as naturally as possible
eg: biology> chem> physics> flowing into philosophy of science> epistemology> philosophy 101> philosophy of ethics> of politics> political history> history> archeology> anthropology> feminist anthropology> feminist theory> etc etc etc...

I shelve like I think: tangentially :D

Non-fiction? who keeps non-fiction?? ;)
I only have a small amount of it and so it all goes on one shelf together.

Hotdogs:
because of IBS - no mustard :( no onions :(
Not because I don't love them but because they hurt, a lot.

Oh, my clothes are ordered similarly!

[homoe]

I love Beaver's Sweet Hot Mustard, but I only use it squirted on my plate never on an actual sandwich or burger.

[homoe]

I never read two books at a time!

I must finish one before going on to another....:reader:

[homoe]

After each season, my dress shirts must be taken to the cleaners then left in the plastic bags until it's time to wear them again next year!



It is now time for the unveiling of the summer shirts...:giggle:

[homoe]

I prefer to enjoy chips and salsa outside of the home!

If there is salsa here, more than likely Mary has purchased it..


Re-reading some of my previous posts I've laughed my head off, but as bizarre as this sounds it's true..

Sidebar: And yes, those shirts I just undone came from the West Seattle cleaners.......:giggle:

[homoe]

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BUMP BUMP


C'm on I know others have to have weirder and odder things stranger than mine right!?

[RebelDyke]

I do not think this is odd. But years ago i had told someone i do this. I mare it for them and now they it is this way too

Use cream of mushroom soup on your mashed potatoes. Instead of brown gravy or butter

There moe. I posted

[RebelDyke]

I never read two books at a time!

I must finish one before going on to another....:reader:

Unlike me who has a stack as high as me of unfinished books. If i get bored or satiated an interest (or the book was boring) i cannot finish it

[Gemme]

Re-reading some of my previous posts I've laughed my head off, but as bizarre as this sounds it's true..

Sidebar: And yes, those shirts I just undone came from the West Seattle cleaners.......:giggle:

Regarding chips and salsa inside versus outside the home. I prefer restaurant salsa as well. I don't have salsa inside the home. I do, however have fresh pico de gallo with my chips. That's good.

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BUMP BUMP


C'm on I know others have to have weirder and odder things stranger than mine right!?

Not even close.

:eyebrow:

Unlike me who has a stack as high as me of unfinished books. If i get bored or satiated an interest (or the book was boring) i cannot finish it

I'll flip to the last few pages and read them because I don't want to put the time into finishing it but I feel a need to know what happened.

[homoe]

Unlike me who has a stack as high as me of unfinished books. If i get bored or satiated an interest (or the book was boring) i cannot finish it


I'm curious why you still keep them?

Is it you're a pack rat or is it you can't bare to part with them regardless of how much they disinterested you..:glasses:

[homoe]

...
I love reading and books, but I seldom keep them!

I think books are meant to be shared and not sit on shelves collecting dust! Sometimes I'll sell back my books, but most times I try and think of somebody who might enjoy reading it and pass it along to them with a note that if it's not their cup of tea to pass it along to someone who they think it might be...

Sidebar: Should anyone want a book I post about reading feel free to send me a pvt if you should want it! Books are very inexpensive to ship as they qualify for media mail....:gotmail:

[homoe]

If I don't like a vendor or customer or they got nasty with me, I'll give them the crappiest stamps I have on hand.

:cigar2:


.....:giggle:....

[homoe]

Serving my version of-Baked Spaghetti with Cheese Bread & Homemade Carrot Cake...and yes there will be mustard!



So am I to understand that you'll ONLY serve Carrot Cake with your version of Baked Spaghetti?

...:eating:...

[homoe]

I don't like having naked people around the house, not even if they have mustard on them :).




...:giggle:

When I read this I instantly thought of the Seinfeld episode.. ..Good Naked Bad Naked

[girl_dee]

...
I love reading and books, but I seldom keep them!

I think books are meant to be shared and not sit on shelves collecting dust! Sometimes I'll sell back my books, but most times I try and think of somebody who might enjoy reading it and pass it along to them with a note that if it's not their cup of tea to pass it along to someone who they think it might be...

Sidebar: Should anyone want a book I post about reading feel free to send me a pvt if you should want it! Books are very inexpensive to ship as they qualify for media mail....:gotmail:

Me too! I used to keep my books but what is the point of that? I like to share.

[homoe]

~~~
When making a sloppy joe or pull pork sandwich on a bun, the meat MUST go on the top bun!

It's thicker and able to absorb the liquids better. If you put it on the bottom, the whole thing seems to fall apart after a few bites!

[Gemme]

~~~
When making a sloppy joe or pull pork sandwich on a bun, the meat MUST go on the top bun!

It's thicker and able to absorb the liquids better. If you put it on the bottom, the whole thing seems to fall apart after a few bites!

I agree. Meat on the top and pickles on the bottom.

[Stone-Butch]

I love vinegar on my chicken wings and also on my egg rolls. Doing this for years. I am not much into sweet so other than vinegar I like bbq sauce at times.

[homoe]

After each season, my dress shirts must be taken to the cleaners then left in the plastic bags until it's time to wear them again next year!

It's that time again!

Gathering all my lightweight shirts up for a run to the dry cleaners later in the week.....

[homoe]

~~~~

BUMP BUMP


C'm on I know others have to have weirder and odder things stranger than mine right!?

BUMP BUMP.........

[homoe]

``
I prefer to get news from newspapers not online!

[Chad]

``
I prefer to get news from newspapers not online!

Sunday morning laying in bed with your lady reading the paper is yummy.