Five Random Facts About Food and Me
June 26th, 2007 by Sallad
There’s been a meme going around asking people to post a list of random facts about themselves. That was way too vague for me, so I narrowed it to facts about food and me. Here they are:
- Thomas nearly dumped me when I told him, but I don’t like ice cream. I’ll occasionally eat it, but I usually just prefer the cone and toppings. I’m not much of a sweets fan, I don’t like extremely cold foods, and dairy and me don’t agree. Though I do love dairy in pasta sauces and cheese. Yum.
- I like to sort my food by color, size, and completeness. For example, if I’m eating M&Ms, I will sort them by color, then eat them in order of least favorite M&M colors to most favorite. Yellow, orange, and brown are my favorites. I also will eat my fries in size order (smallest to largest), or my chips in wholeness order (crushed to complete).
- I do try new foods and since I’ve met Thomas, I have become pretty adventurous in restaurants, but honestly, I would be perfectly content eating the same thing everyday. Thanks to those around me, I don’t get to do that too often, but eating the same thing two days in a row does not bother me.
- I often chew to a rhythm, crunching to some beat in my head. I knew that I did this, but I wasn’t aware that others knew until my Mom pointed out that I look like a squirrel when I do it. Oh well, I also tap my thumb to each of my fingers as I walk.
- Having been raised by Texans, in North Carolina, I have heard many sides to the barbecue debate. However, I have to side with my roots on this one - nothing beats beef ribs on the barbecue grill — with sweet sauce, that is. And a rib isn’t done until all the meat is gone.
Go ahead, feel free to share. Got any weird food idiosyncrasies? I’m sure they’re not as weird as mine.
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We lived in the same house and ate at the same table for over 18 years, but I never knew most of those food idiosyncracies. Where did they come from?
I’m not sure I had all of these growing up. I remember I used to eat ice cream, but it was more fun to have it melt into a soupy mess in the bowl. And as for things like fries, I just ate them fast before Dad stole them off my plate. I didn’t notice the chewing thing then. So I guess just the barbecue and eating the same thing were things I grew up with. I was a much pickier eater then - I remember that I refused to eat any Mexican food (now a favorite) and I would always eat my cheeseburgers with mayonnaise only (now just no onions).
Don’t care much for sweets, but if I eat them, I want something salty to go with them. I was aware that I was always the last to finish eating, but did not realize that it was because I chewed each bite so many times until grandchildren started counting. Not like you, I love my milk.
Ask Mama C about peach cobbler and onion rings!
1. I don’t like ice cream either, unless it’s chocolate or mocha flavored, in small quantities and thawed.
2. I sort M&M’s and start with the least favorite color also.
3. I too like to eat the same things out of menus.