bad eating habits....... OCD?....... i eat CRUSTS

i honestly dont see a problem with this, but it seems to annoy alot of people... and when it does, i get REALLY offended.....

like, i like to peel off the crust of everything (even if i dont like the taste)... dont know wy i do it, PROBABLY B/C I'M BORED orrrrr i like just PEELING OFF STUFF... (its not just food, its with like... wrapping paper, tape, etc... anything thats like crust).... but people seem to have a problem with me and food and it annoys them.... and now, ME.
(crusts, picking off certain toppings like kids do with lucky charms, etc)

for example, @ school, my friends HATE their crust... so they peel it off..
then when i ask to eat it, they give me a weird look. sometimes they would give it to me, sometimes not.... and when i ask why not, they say, "i'm sorry but its  BECAUSE ITS SO FRIKKIN ANNOYING "

how is it annoying?!?! THEY'RE NOT EVEN GOING TO EAT IT. hey, thyey're going to throw it out. and i just want it for the heck of it b/c i have this weird cristi peeling/eating habit......... and i dont like ppl throwing away food... i eat ppls left overs too and stuff... they dont mind taht as much as me eating the crust though...... urguhh

i coulddd understand this at home too... like my brother HATES pie crusts. he peels it off and throws it out...... so i just decided to get it over with sooner and just peel it off before he eats it (peel it form the whole pie)... and now, he says EW YOUR GROSE. I'M NOT GOING TO EAT IT ANY MORE..
happens with waffles, pizza, etc.... i dont know why i do it, but i don't get why pepole get mad

i dont get it..... and it kind of offends me too..... the way they say it makes me feel like a grose or disgusting person... an odd ball......

and urgggg they're not even going to eat it anyways.. but when I TOUCH IT, THEY WONT EAT IT.makes me feel like i'm some kind of cancer.

is there something wrong with me?... should i have a right to feel offended?...... are they right? do i have like major ocd or something?

I don't think this answers your question, but it may make you feel a little better, I also love crusts and always ask my friends can I have theirs, I dont think they get offended, they're my friends, they know Im a nut. But in saying that sometimes at my boyfriends house, when I snack on his moms cakes, he gets p'd when I pick off the edges and want the crunchie parts but thats more to do with messing up the cake or whatever. The way I see it is, the only part of a cake or pie or bread loaf or whatever I really enjoy is the crust, so why waste the calories on the doughy bits when I don't savour it, to be honest I;m such a nibbler I know it annoys people but most of the time I just want a taste and then move onto the next thing, its (from what I hear) how the French savour rich foods and stay slim, but as far as I can see Im in the minority here and it does seem to pee people off. Again not really an answer or solution for you, but you're not alone in it!!

oh, haha

crusts have the most calories than the "filling"... hehe didnt know that... but either way, i want to try to quit this habit before i get in trouble :(

My husband always remembers to leave the crusts of food to me. Just because no one in your life right now accepts and nurtures your crust-eating obsession doesn't mean you won't find the right person that will, some day.

For now, you might want to avoid taking the crusts from people that are uncomfortable with it. Food is an emotional topic, as people well know here, and the leftovers of a meal are as important to eaters as the meal itself.

While it's wasteful to throw away absolutely edible and nutritious parts of food: it should be recognized that the food, while considered garbage, isn't your garbage. I think by asking for the crusts you're eliciting guilt in the owners, over their wastefulness. How would you feel if you were recycling some bottles and a lady came over and asked for them, so she could make a really cool gift for her friend? Robbed, I bet. That's what crust foraging really is: it's malicious and unforgivable theft.

Ahh that's so weird!! I have OCD and I do the EXACT same thing... pisses my friends off. Not because it's 'gross' but because I'm always asking for their crusts... they don't want me to mess up their food, I guess. And if I'm eating a piece of bread, I always have to pick off the crust and eat if first, then work my way in to the middle of the slice. Because (duh) it always has to be perfectly preserved in its original shape, and so it is my duty as a loyal bread eater to nibble around the edges until I reach the middle of the piece of bread. Haha I guess we're just weird like that... :/

Original Post by todayyesterday:

oh, haha

 

crusts have the most calories than the "filling"... hehe didnt know that... but either way, i want to try to quit this habit before i get in trouble :(

Are you sure that the crust has more calories than the inner portion of the bread? After all, isn't the crust simply "filling" that has been exposed to a bit more heat?

lol I'm not exactly the same, but I sympathize. I LOVE eating pizza crust, to the point that I always eat it first whenever I get pizza. and I always ask "Do you like your crust?" sometimes before the other person even starts eating their slice, haha. Or I'll just wait and if they leave their crust, then I ask if I can have it. At first everybody thinks it's weird (even though I don't really get why it is...), but then they get used to it and start offering me their crust instead of me having to ask.

As for other crust, I don't really care. I did always save my grilled cheese crust until last when I was little 'cause it was the best part.

Not sure why people get so annoyed though, sorry. Everyone should just stop being so uptight! lol

I always eat the crust/skin/peel of everything (except for banana peels and citrus rinds).  My dad always told me that the most nutritious part of the fruit was the skin and the part of the meat of the fruit right next to it...that was where all the fiber was hiding.  Same thing with breads.

I don't know why your friends get so offended or annoyed with you.  Your post was written kind of haphazardly so I'm not quite sure what you do.  Do they take the crusts off their sandwiches, you ask for the crusts and if they give them to you do you peel and eat them?...or do you just eat them?  If you peel and eat, I can understand a little why they think you're strange and annoying.  It's one thing to take their left-overs, it's another to "play" with them.  They probably see it as messing or playing with your food which is a faux pas in most societies.

The only part of your post that I would be offended by is picking the crust of an entire pie before anyone got a piece.  That is just unsanitary and rude.  It's like touching every cookie on a platter and then taking one.  EW.  Now if you brother doesn't eat his crust and you ask him POLITELY for it and he says no, you have some options.  You can just take it, you can get your parents to make him give it to you, if he doesn't immediatly put it in the trash you can pick it up later.

So....don't pick crusts off of communal foods or foods that are not your own.  Try to be polite and not get offended.  It does sound like you could have some form of OCD or some sort of psychological fixation.  You might think about seeing a doctor...if for nothing else than to prevent it from getting worse or to just get answers.

not that weird. im with fallingupstairs, pizza crust is my fav. my family always gives me theirs, usually without me even asking now. i don't ask friends because i dont want them to think im trying to take their food or something, and i can live without eating their pizza crust haha. idk, people get kind of weird and defensive about their food. but your family shouldnt be i dont think, mine could care less if i touched their food, my dad and brother probably wouldnt think twice even if i spit on it! :) haha gross. maybe just ask the people who are really close to you, because it might make toher people feel awkward somehow? i think the people in your life are making too big of a deal about it, i mean everyone likes something weird. crusts arent even that weird.

If someone asked me for my crust, I'd only be annoyed because I don't like when strangers ask me for things or mooch off of me. But if they were a friend, and I was throwing it away anyways, what's the difference? That shouldn't bother anyone.

I always peel off the crust and eat it first, although I only really like it when it's soft. I think it's a bit different, but not really weird. I'm surprised your friends don't love you for taking their crust!

thank god i'm not the only one :)

i guess i'll just have to try not to pick off the crust
and yes, i admit i did something really rude picking off the hwole pie crust from my brother... but other times, its not like that.. that was a bit too extreme

yeah..... i just wish ppl wouldnt be so involved in other ppl's eating....... just let me eat my crusts alone and dont make me feel weird >: [.

but then again, i ammm a weird eater..... not like "weird""weird" but in a way i eat DIFFERENTLY than everyone else... like i LOVE spinach, but when i eat it, friends go ,"EW p;lease dont eat that." and they even turn away or look down!
**and i'm weird in a way that i can still have an appetite even IF i hear of grose throwup stories and etc....... and i'm not scared of like "food diseases".







overall, i guess i just feel too different from anyone else when eating and feel alone (lonely):(...... nice to see here ppl that do have same habits as me though :D so rare