weird food tendencies/rituals/compulsions

just wondering if anyone has any odd behaviors that they just can't break such as chewing a certain number of times. drinking a certain number of gulps of water between bites of food. the order you eat things. anything strange at all...i guess i heat up my food a lot...i can't stand lukewarm things...i think it has something to do with my mom forcing me to eat food that was sitting for hours...and it would be room temperature and gross so now i can't have my food cold at all. weird.

He he, me too. It's either cold, or hot.

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yeah me too! if it isn't super hot I don't feel like I even ate anything

I've always done this, but was just recently assured that it's not 'normal'.  I cannot stand for different foods to touch each other on a plate.  Even when we go out to eat, I have to seperate the different foods.  Like, my veggies aren't supposed to touch my rice.  Hey, if you want all your food to run together, fine, but don't get offended if I push mine around a little!

When I was younger i wouldn't even eat my food if it touched on my plate! I still move it around so it doesn't touch but i will eat it now if it touches. haha! i also usually put my fork down in between every bite i take

I cut apart my meat with surgical precision. Chicken, pork chops, steak, it doesn't matter...I always have a little mountain of things I've cut off that I won't eat. If it tastes/feels funny in my mouth, I won't eat it. This includes skin, fat and gristle, so I guess this isn't too bad of a habit. :P

My boyfriend can't stand to have anything already eaten/chewed on his plate, eg chicken bones if we have chicken drumsticks, or a corn cob if we have sweet corn on the cob.  He has to immediately stand up and put it in the bin, or take a separate empty plate with him when we sit down to eat, so he can transfer the eaten food onto it.  He's weird. LOL.

Original Post by elfkittie22:

I cut apart my meat with surgical precision. Chicken, pork chops, steak, it doesn't matter...I always have a little mountain of things I've cut off that I won't eat. If it tastes/feels funny in my mouth, I won't eat it. This includes skin, fat and gristle, so I guess this isn't too bad of a habit. :P

 Meeee too! My dad and DH think it's funny, but I'll gag if I bite fat/gristle/skin.

Original Post by lbh:

Original Post by elfkittie22:

I cut apart my meat with surgical precision. Chicken, pork chops, steak, it doesn't matter...I always have a little mountain of things I've cut off that I won't eat. If it tastes/feels funny in my mouth, I won't eat it. This includes skin, fat and gristle, so I guess this isn't too bad of a habit. :P

 Meeee too! My dad and DH think it's funny, but I'll gag if I bite fat/gristle/skin.

 Me three!  (also on the gagging thing - i have a big issue w/ food texture) My dad picks on me about it saying "oh just eat it" and my bf eats it all too - aack!

My weird food compulsion is to eat everything in sight. LOL

this is the question for me lol do you have all day? because i have a weird way of eating everything! such as, i eat sandwhiches in a circle. from the outside, around and around, until the last bite is the very center of the sandwhich. i plan every bite i take of everything. when i finishes a meal my last few bites have been planned the whole time! usually so that there is just a little bit of everything left for the last bite.

back when i ate candybarsi would basicly peel them first. eating all the chocolate on the outside first them the carmel of whatever, then the nuget.

but seriously, you name a food and i can tell you the freak way i have of eating it. i have ritual for ANY food!

Original Post by 08tstangeland:

When I was younger i wouldn't even eat my food if it touched on my plate! I still move it around so it doesn't touch but i will eat it now if it touches. haha! i also usually put my fork down in between every bite i take

 That's funny just like LL Cool J in the movie Toys!

i eat my chicken wings with a fork and my pizza with a knife and fork sometimes...

I tend to cut up all my food to pieces before eating, rather than cutting while eating.

Lots of people I know eat sandwiches with knife and fork. I do it too when I'm with them, if at a table.

- i have to pee right before eating - i don't like eating with even the slightest feeling of having to go! ha ha ah!!

- i always eat ground lamb and eggplant together 

- before dinner i always eat either a bell pepper or cherry tomatoes (or if i am really hungry, both)

- i always plate my food on top a bed of spinach (&/or green beans, button mushrooms, straw mushrooms or artichoke hearts) 

- eating while watching tv is the norm for me these days (when i am in my apartment - not at home with my parents) 

- eating lunch while it's cooking on the stove is something i do daily (standing in front of the stove, eating off a warm skillet - ha ha)

- i must drink coffee before or after eating, but not during 

- on the weekends i typically will have an egg white pancake with rice bran and always must have a cross word puzzle on hand to help me eat slower

- if i have to burp while i am chowing down... i have to wait until i burp to continue, or else i don't enjoy my food as much because all i think about is the burp pain! ha ha. 

- i have to make sure i eat 30 minutes - meaning i have to make sure i eat slowly so i can actually enjoy my foods - i tend to eat really quickly! 

Original Post by giasbash6260:

- i have to pee right before eating - i don't like eating with even the slightest feeling of having to go! ha ha ah!!

 

Aaahh me too! Well actually I hate the feeling of having anything in me while eating - I  feel hungrier and readier for a good meal when I go to the bathroom right before

Original Post by sk33ny:

Original Post by giasbash6260:

- i have to pee right before eating - i don't like eating with even the slightest feeling of having to go! ha ha ah!!

 

Aaahh me too! Well actually I hate the feeling of having anything in me while eating - I  feel hungrier and readier for a good meal when I go to the bathroom right before

 OMG Me too! lol...I thought I was alone with this one :)

if i have canned corn then i must have mashed potatoes but i can have mashed potatoes without the corn...weird. i also calculate my bites so that i don't have large amount of one thing left at the end. i'll even start taking extra small bites of something if i notice that it is getting gone faster than other things on my plate...lol

im really particular about the ratio of bread to fillings (esp meat) on my sandwiches. i need to really be able to taste the meat, so usually if i get a sandwich or wrap or whatever made for me, i end up taking it apart to double the meat on one half. or if im eating a salad or something with a variety of ingredients i have to make sure i have an equal distribution of all the different foods in each bite.

Original Post by chrissy1988:

if i have canned corn then i must have mashed potatoes but i can have mashed potatoes without the corn...weird. i also calculate my bites so that i don't have large amount of one thing left at the end. i'll even start taking extra small bites of something if i notice that it is getting gone faster than other things on my plate...lol

 Do you mix the mashed potatoes and the corn together?  I love that!  It's one of my favorite comfort foods!  I hardly ever have mashed potatoes anymore but if I do then there has to be corn available for mixing!

i sure do...i mix them together..or if i have mac and cheese i must have corn...same thing!! i don't know why.