Special rituals for special foods?

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Originally posted by Jennifer_4

My mother could never eat a candy bar without picking the chocolate off..and even more bizarre..she hated coconut, so she'd get an Almond Joy, pick off the chocolate and the nuts and throw the rest away.

This reminds me of a story that I might have shared before. My dad owned a doughnut store many years ago. One day, Col. Sanders (the real guy) walked in, decked out in his white suit and having just appeared at the grand opening of a new Kentucky Fried Chicken. This was when he was just beginning to become famous.

He ordered a glazed nut doughnut. He then proceeded to scrape off all of the nuts. After which he began to pick off all of the glaze. My dad said, "Coloniel, I'd be happy to give you a plain doughnut if you'd like." To which the response was, "It's my G-d
'darn' doughnut, I'll do with it what I like!" At least he didn't pull a General Patton and slap my dad.

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Originally posted by tiki


Hmmmm---tell me--this turning of the food as you eat around the edges---clockwise or counterclockwise

Clockwise, of course.

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Originally posted by CheeseWit

I always eat my corn on the cob left to right horizontally.

I do the same thing, and my wife just chomps around on the cob haphazardly. Drives me crazy!

the mashed potato and peas commment reminded me of what I do with my Banquet tv dinners... put everything in one bowl with a little ketchup and mix it all together..

Here in the Mid-West the sweet corn tends to come on L A R G E ears. I do as the others who describe the exercise do ...Eating Horizontally left to right...with the big-end being on the right (I'm right-handed). I can not stop the mental image (and sound) of the syncopated typing music while I enjoy a row, AND never stop in mid-row. Once started, even if it is a 12 inch row you go start to finish. Never set down an ear on a half chewed row...That would show a total lack of 'Corn-Couth'.

Regarding Peeps- Michael all that artsy-fartsy stuff in SFC has dulled your awareness of how the masses enjoy life! Never toast the little critters. In the Mojave we would put a package on the dashboard of the car for an hour or two, letting them absorb some great SoCal Ultraviolet Rays. That would tend to crisp the critters up a bit so that when you nibbled the little pink ears they would tend to "SNAP" off. The little Chicks were almost as good, but the pink Bunnies were far better than the yellow Chicks ! Santa was a distant third.

My identification with these little guys came as a brownie point gift from a student early in my tenure in the SoCal Desert. A pkg of Peeps came in with an essay test answer sheet (unsolicted)- The empty box sat on my desk the next day. Over the years I never commented on the graft, corruption, and kickbacks issue in the grading process. I did however share evaluations of the finer points of Peeps- color, specie, consumption, and style. In my last year there I even had a student teacher who had been in my class several years before, contribute to the collection of about 50 pkgs of Peeps that appeared shortly before my retirement party.

Peeps are a cultural icon with a spiritual value that refuses to be limited to calorie count.

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Originally posted by DinoS

When eating candy corn I always bite off the white tip first.


Dino

I forgot. Do any of you remember Ice Cream Rolls? A thin sheet of chocolate cake with another sheet of vanilla ice cream put on top and then rolled up into a log. With my slice, I would always eat the ice cream first and end up with a spiral of chocolate cake which I would then eat.


Dino

When making a sandwich, I have to make sure that the bread slices are turned the same way with top-to-top, bottom-to-bottom....NEVER top-to-bottom.

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Originally posted by Bushie

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Originally posted by CheeseWit

I always eat my corn on the cob left to right horizontally.

I do the same thing, and my wife just chomps around on the cob haphazardly. Drives me crazy!

Bushie: I believe that in certain states (could they be "Red" states??), that is grounds for divorce.

M&M's sorted by color, the green ones devoured first for obvious wish of the urban legend, as well as the candy shell nmibbled off first.

Chocolate Milkshakes require at least one Reese Cup crumbled in them

A cold glass of Milk with anything containing even a drop of chocolate

French Fries adorned with salt only

Tomato Soup with a dash of Worcestershire and a pat of BUTTER

One Tootsie Roll and one Caramel Nip in the same mouthful

Yorkshire Pudding with Prime Rib


Signed, Yours Truly, Redtressed: the financier of Bob the cardiologist's Christmas Vacation in Aruba

When it comes to peeps, I don't care what part I eat first, I adhere to the policy of letting them go stale first, When I buy a package I open it up & put it away for several days, they get nice & chewy.

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Originally posted by CheeseWit


Bushie: I believe that in certain states (could they be "Red" states??), that is grounds for divorce.

It IS CW, but I just love her too much. (No matter what the definition of "is" is.)

How does JaDo do it?

This is off subject but
Spudnut....................... a very long time ago I remember Colonel Sanders opening up a KFC on Niagara Falls Blvd. The old Colonel would stand close to the road having his cane at the traffic going by. and I do believe there was a doughnut shop close by ............ Funny how I remember that ............ My Mom would laugh and wonder why any one would buy fried chicken when you can fry it yourself at home.............. and the rest is history.
you think that was your dads shop???

Big bowl of Tomato Soup and a grilled cheese sandwich. Tear the sandwich up into bite size pieces and dump them all into the soup.

Mashed potatoes always last to eat. Mix them up with all the juices, gravy, pieces of vegetables, crumbs etc. Cleans the whole plate off!

Brings up another aspect, with a meal do you eat the best stuff first, or last? I always save the best for last!

With steaks or chops, do you chew the meat off the bones? I do! Except in a classy restaurant.

Don

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Originally posted by Bushie

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Originally posted by CheeseWit


Bushie: I believe that in certain states (could they be "Red" states??), that is grounds for divorce.

It IS CW, but I just love her too much. (No matter what the definition of "is" is.)

How does JaDo do it?

Bushie: She does it horizontally, but RIGHT to LEFT (just like reading Hebrew) OY!!!!!

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Originally posted by oldfrt

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Brings up another aspect, with a meal do you eat the best stuff first, or last? I always save the best for last!



Don

Yeah.....although a lot of times it's my downfall.....I'm full by the time I get to my favorite food! Interesting----with as many times as that's happened that I never change the order and still save the best for last too.....

I saw a comic in a book in the '70s called CATS. There was a cat playing a guitar singing "Love to eat them mousies, mousies what I love to eat. Bite they little heads off, nibble on they tiny feet." If that isn't a ritual, I'm sure I don't know what is.....

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Originally posted by zataar

I saw a comic in a book in the '70s called CATS. There was a cat playing a guitar singing "Love to eat them mousies, mousies what I love to eat. Bite they little heads off, nibble on they tiny feet." If that isn't a ritual, I'm sure I don't know what is.....

Kliban. My mom had that on a T-shirt. Fabulous. http://www.eatmousies.com/

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Originally posted by berndog
I can't wait for the IV pizza.

Or cappuchino.

Okay, how about Lucky Charms? I always used to eat them in the order they were listed on the commercial. "Pink hearts, yellow moons, orange stars, green clovers, and blue diamonds!" (Then they added purple horseshoes, and then red balloons, so you had to do those 6th and 7th.) However, they've changed them all now, and I don't watch kids' commercials enough to know (or really care) how they're listed any more. Kinda sad, isn't it? (Kinda sad that they changed, and kinda sad that I care. lol)


p.s. I always ate all the actual oat cereal out first, so I was left with the marshmallows. At the end, the milk was a kind of vaguely rainbowy gray morass. Delicious. lol

I would always get Peeps (yellow ones) in my Easter basket. Every year I would hide them in my drawer and let them get rock hard. I just couldn't eat those cute little guys! Oddly enough, I had no problem eating the Chocolate Bunny! When I moved out to head for college, I had to throw away a "heap of Peeps."

My partner, John, who is the "kittypoke" (well, sometimes it looks like he's herding them to their mum-mum, that is to say their dinner) says that cats eat mice as described, in that order.

Al, there are Christmas tree-shaped Peeps on sale at Target right now. You may have my share of the Peeps if I can have YOUR share of the See's chocolates.

We just had sweet corn last night, and I made note that I held the larger end in my right hand and did a "horizontal" row left to right and then went right to left for the next row. I never set down the corn until it's done. What was left on my plate, loose kernels and all, I wiped up with the inside of my hot dog bun. Yum!

We had just gotten home from seeing "The Polar Express" and I hope those of you who are sentimental to see it--IN 3D. Drive the distance to go to an Imax theatre to see it that way. You will not be disappointed. Bring kleenex.

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Originally posted by ocdreamr

When it comes to peeps, I don't care what part I eat first, I adhere to the policy of letting them go stale first, When I buy a package I open it up & put it away for several days, they get nice & chewy.

I just happen to have some Peeps that my wife bought for our grandson's Easter Basket when he was six. He's going to be 17 next Easter. I'm not a Peeps fan, so, if you'd like I can let you have them at a good price.

Michael,
I just ordered my Mother's Annual 3lb box of Sees Chocolates online. I love the "you select the make-up of the box" option. At 93 Mother doesn't handle the toffee and nuts too well, but the Buttercreams, Truffles, and Fruit Creams are her favorites. Sees has been a tradition in our home at the Holidays since I can remember...so Sorry you don't get 'My Share', peeps or not!

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Originally posted by CheeseWit


Bushie: She does it horizontally, but RIGHT to LEFT (just like reading Hebrew) OY!!!!!

WOW-- and i thought i was the only one with quirky eating habits.. glad to know i'm not.. that makes me feel soooooo much better.. ok -- here i go--
i can't have food touching on a plate - only exception here is mashed taters and peas.. they HAVE to touch, it's my rule. i generally eat one thing then move on to the next- this used to drive my father crazy- he would always say "eat around the clock" take a little of this then a little of that.. not one thing all at once.. sorry dad!
as for corn on the cob-- i'm a horizontal eater too- can't eat around an ear of corn, but i hold fat end in left hand..
don't like peeps so they aren't an issue for me.
have to have my bread the same way too-- can't stand it if the pieces on a sandwich don't match up..

boy--- someone mentioned that a shrink would have a field day with this thread-- after reading through it i totally agree with them, but also have to admit- i fit right in to this catagory too... i like this thread- keep the answers (and quirks) coming....
~~ jerseygirl~~

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Originally posted by Al-The Mayor-Bowen

Michael,
I just ordered my Mother's Annual 3lb box of Sees Chocolates online. I love the "you select the make-up of the box" option. At 93 Mother doesn't handle the toffee and nuts too well, but the Buttercreams, Truffles, and Fruit Creams are her favorites. Sees has been a tradition in our home at the Holidays since I can remember...so Sorry you don't get 'My Share', peeps or not!

YES--Sees at the holidays!!!---its the ONLY time of year that they carry the "mincemeat" chocalats !!!! I LOVE them--this talk reminds me to order it---21bs of them and 2 of the candied ginger with dark!!

my favorite ritual food trip is a holiday treat---i LOVE fruitcake--i know i know--believe me ive heard it all before---and my favorite is one made by a friend of mine who candies all her own ingrediants and makes them a yr ahead so she can "soak" properly!!--As some of you know, i am Santa Claus---dont laugh--any way-this jolly old elf has a tradition that after my last stop for the year--usually in the quiet of christmas eve--i put on my favorite carols---or turn on the VCR with "A Christmas Carol"--preferably Alistair Sims--grab some hot chocolat, turn off all the lights but the tree and candles, snuggle up with Janie and slice the fruit cake!!! A tradition i intent to continue for many many years---so if your not TOO busy--join us on Christmas eve!

PS---you can send those unwanted fruitcakes this way--i know just what to do with them!

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Originally posted by carlton pierre

Any psychologist would have a field day with this.

carl reitz

Some of our most respected posters seem to be a bit, um....obsessive? If this thread and the Roadfood Fantasy Survey were used in parallel, well, maybe we'd all be put on
"Roadfood Island". Where's Shanklesmew when we need her?
My grandmother was a one food at a time eater. It didn't matter what it was, she went in linear fashion, mowing down whatever it was one thing at a time. My daughter, who's 13, does the exact same thing. Heredity? hmmmm.....
And Mr. Mayor, I hope your quote about BBQing being akin to Mormons and Masons doesn't involve any secret underwear.
Bushie, why didn't you just state you're always moving to the right, rather than the deceptive "clockwise"?
ME, I'm Perfectly well adjusted. Well, except, for this thing about setting the silverware down between each bite, which puts me at the table still eating when the dishes have been done and everyone else has left for the next room. I just don't like good things to end, I guess.
....and that thing since childhood about eating hot dogs from the middle outwards towards each side.
....and making sure that the lettuce, onion, and ketchup are on the bottom bun of the burger while the tomato and mustard go on top.
...and the.....hmmm? I think I better book my own ticket to Roadfood Island .

I am with Bushie -- I am also a circle eater. Never liked bread crusts, so ate them first. Always ate hamburgers in a circle so the last little bit I have is the rarest.

Also like polish dill pickles and coke. Bite of pickle, mouthful of coke, crunch, crunch, swish it around.

And always eat the least-liked thing first, always save the best for last. Shows discipline, ya know.

I cut sandwiches in half before I eat them. Even hamburgers. Does this count?