I, myself, don't think it's so wierd.

But Mrs. Bucky mocks me when we are watching a Bronco game and I have potato chips and dip.

She doesn't think raspberry jam is a legitimate dip. I like the sweet/salty thing that goes on in my mouth.

Peanut butter and swiss cheese sandwich.

I hate coffee. I drink Diet Pepsi Max every morning at work.

I cut up donuts into at least 6 bite-sized pieces. I never just take a big bite out of it.

I am also mocked mercilessly for putting glasses with two inches of a liquid in the fridge, rather than just finishing it.

After my husband toasts a piece of bread, he immediately puts it in the freezer for a minute or two so the butter won't melt when it touches it.

I, on the other hand, am completely normal.

Banana sandwiches with mayonnaise. My mom made them all the time (must be a Southern thing). Grosses out my wife and son...

My husband, daughter, and son all methodically eat their eggs the same way. They eat all the white part first, then they 'oh so carefully' pierce the yolk so just a little comes out, put a piece of toast on their fork and dip it in there, then when all of the liquid part of the yolk is gone they cut up what is left, and eat each piece with a bite of toast. It creeps me out that they all do it exactly the same way, every single time!

Fun topic!

I went through a phase when I was a kid when I would eat pickles and Raspberry sherbet for dessert.

My roommate mixes and eats peanut butter and store bought icing. *Shudder*

I'm with you, Bucky! I always put raspberry jam (or whatever flavor my host may have) on sausage biscuits for much the same reason. And dip my french fries into my chocolate shake. (All you doubters out there need to try that one before you scoff. I've converted many a skeptic to the french fry dunk.)

i feel like i am the only person in the world who's #1 snack is pork rinds. people look at me like i just slaughtered a pig and ate it raw or something.

i dare you to try some...so good. And allegedly healthier for you than potato chips (so says mens health)

Well, it involves skyr...

Seriously, my oddest food habit would probably be breaking raw eggs into that lovely Korean mixed grain and bean porridge stuff one can get at H Mart. Stir it up, and it gets creamy and smooth and tasty.

(Yes, I'm very, very careful what eggs I do this with. Definitely not eggs that have been near a grocery store.)

Peanut butter and sweet gerkins. Definitely brings on the gacks with my SO

I have many normal food habits... What are you talking about?

Yes, banana, peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwiches. My mom made them and she was raised in the South too. The mayo cuts the thickness of the bananas and peanut butter. Everyone just says "gross" but doesn't have the nerve to try it and see that it just works together.

I use applesauce as a condiment. One of my favorite meals is beef stroganoff and green beans, mixed together with applesauce. Maybe I should make it as a casserole.

Peanut butter and jelly on pumpernickel with bacon bits.

And I eat pizza with knife and fork.

"Bucky" (not his real name) is making me admit that when I make pizza, I use Cheez Whiz instead of mozzerella or parmesan.

Suzie Q--who knew there was a gene for eating eggs in a particular way? I had trouble skipping when I was in kindergarten (and, to my sorrow, we were supposed to spend a LOT of time skipping). When my older son was the same age he could only skip on one side, just like his mother. I blame our genes. That may account for some of the odd food habits listed here.

NR- ooh, peanut butter and icing sounds good.

But, as the Osbourne's would say, "That's such a fat-kid thing to do".

I know it is weird but I am not the only one. None of the food or juices can touch on my plate.

I used to (and still occasionally) eat Ramen straight from the bag, uncooked. If I felt daring, sprinkle the seasoning over it in a bowl.

People think I am crazy, but it tastes great.

I like to dip carrots in peanut butter but don't think that's so odd...most people do that with celery don' they? same thing. My grandmother used to dip her carrots in vanilla pudding though....I couldn't get behind that one.

Also a fan of dipping pretzels and fritos in soft cream cheese....that's a rare treats though....

The eating eggs the same way story makes me think of a similar episode: I was at an O's game with my brother and two of my friends from college. My brother and I were eating ice cream (from one of those helmet bowls). All of the sudden I notice my two friends staring at me. My brother and I (and, I have subsequently discovered, the rest of my family) very methodically eat ice cream with a spoon the same exact way. My friends were incredulous.

I really like pasta with an alfredo sauce and sauted chicken livers. While this isn't too weird I love to drink a Premier Cru White Burgundy with the dish. $8.00 entree and a $70.00 bottle of wine. About the right ratio I would say.

peanut butter and sweet gerkins. Yum. SO gacks

When I'm eating M&Ms or Skittles, I separate them by color, then eat them in such an order that I have the same number of each color left.

For example, if I have six red, five blue and four yellow, I'll eat a red, then a blue, then another red. Now there are four of each left.

Once I've acheived "color balance" I eat them one-at-a-time in rotation from darkest to lightest. In the example above, I would eat the yellow one last.

Bob- that is the strangest thing ever. I do the exact same thing, but I eat them lightest to darkest. We must be distant cousins.

"Bucky" (not his real name) is making me admit that when I make pizza, I use Cheez Whiz instead of mozzerella or parmesan.

I did make him. And he does. It is the GACK!-est thing you've ever tasted. It is the main reason we never have poker at his house. He always serves Cheez Whiz pizza.

Growing up (albeit not in the South), I recall banana sandwiches made with butter, not mayonnaise. Also, the neighborhood barber swore by sprinkling lots of sugar on his banana sandwiches. He was an Italian native, so I don't know whether his sugar habit reflected his heritage or not.

Yes, banana, peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwiches. My mom made them and she was raised in the South too. The mayo cuts the thickness of the bananas and peanut butter. Everyone just says "gross" but doesn't have the nerve to try it and see that it just works together.

Barrie,
you actually eat that? And are you sober when you do?
Sounds like a 2am snack and something Midnight Sam might want to try.
Hey Sam! how 'bout it??

dcdiva, I, too, prefer my morning caffeine cold, carbonated, and sugar free.

Jimmy, my DW went through pickles and sherbet before our first child was born.

And I also sort my M&Ms by color, although I eat them so I have a red one last. They're the best.

I dunk Doritos in Coke. It leaves the Coke disgusting, but it's oh so good.

Pork rinds and raw ramen are delicious. Never sprinkled the MSG and salt packet over the raw ramen, though. Might have to try it.

I used to eat eggs very much like that. Forced myself to change.

I also used to eat M&Ms like that, evening out the colours. I ate them from ugliest colour to prettiest, though.

I find it interesting that nearly all of the odd food habits involve sweet stuff or salty/sour stuff, sometimes together. No one has come up with an eccentric way to eat halibut or broccoli, for example.

At work, I have to crunch. All day long. I'm sure it drives my cube mates insane. I can't hear myself because I have on my Sony sound reducing earphones and I'm happily lost in Radio Paradise but I'm sure (because my girlfriend has told me so) that I sound like a horse chewing old corn. My current crunch favorites are wasabe peas and or chinese rice mix. For a while I was on a whole wheat pretzel kick but that could restart at any time as I'm growing tired of my current snack foods. Other past loves included veggie chips and baked pita chips, but you get the idea, I'm a loud cube worker.

My son doesn't like his foods to touch either. He also has to eat one food at a time, eating his favorite first to least favorite last. His father does the opposite, saving his favorite for last and eating the veggies (sure to be least favorite) first. I try to eat a bite of everything together.

Ooooh yes, and I just remembered there were at least 3 or 4 kids in my elementary school class who ate bolgona on white bread with ketchup. And, my sister used to eat steak sauce (A1) sandwiches.

Joyce W, we should have adjoining cubicles, as I am hearing-impaired and wouldn't able to hear you crunch unless you stood right next to me! I hope you neighbors at work also wear headphones!

Scraping the toppings off of pizzas and only eating the toppings. Low carb dieting makes you very creative.

Yes, Dahlink. That would be the ideal setup! Actually, everyone pretty much wears phones because even when it's "quiet" here, it's still distracting. Cube farms are a ridiculous invention!

"When I'm eating M&Ms or Skittles, I separate them by color, then eat them in such an order that I have the same number of each color left. For example, if I have six red, five blue and four yellow, I'll eat a red, then a blue, then another red. Now there are four of each left. Once I've acheived "color balance" I eat them one-at-a-time in rotation from darkest to lightest. In the example above, I would eat the yellow one last."

Welcome to dining@large, Mr. Monk.

Retired in Elkridge: I do the same thing...a habit I got from the bread, pb, and cheese from welfare.

I like to pull the crust off of pizza first and eat it, liverwurst/raw onion/spicy mustard on pumpernickel, and I steal alot of ideas from the food network when making dinner for the wife.

My mother, who's family was from the South, used to make the PB, mayo and banana combo. But she'd put it on lettuce and make it a salad.

My dad, who's British, used to spread "old" bananas on french bread.

Posted by Bob:
"When I'm eating M&Ms or Skittles, I separate them by color, then eat them in such an order that I have the same number of each color left.

For example, if I have six red, five blue and four yellow, I'll eat a red, then a blue, then another red. Now there are four of each left.

Once I've acheived "color balance" I eat them one-at-a-time in rotation from darkest to lightest. In the example above, I would eat the yellow one last."

I do that too (also with Starburst) !!! If I wasn't already married I'd say we were soulmates.

My Mom will only eat a peach if someone peels it for her, she can't stand the fuzzy texture.

I have some moe peanut butter weird foods to add...in the sam'ich category.

Growing up, my dad always made us eat tomatoes when they were in season....thus i hated them ever since. So when my buddy told me he is going to make me the best sandwich ever: "peanut butter and tomato", i cringed. he toasted the bread so when you put the peanut butter on it melts, then some lightly salted fresh tomatoes. i couldn't beleive how good it was. i have raved about i ever since.

also, i grew up LOVING peanut butter and pickle (dill) sandwiches.

I make brownie batter just to eat it. No intention of ever baking them. And, since I rarely have eggs, I just use oil and water. And, since I only have olive oil in the house, I use that.

Doritos dipped in mustard.

Toasted pita bread dipped in Dom Pepino's pizza sauce (hot or cold).

Wow, I was just going to write in peanut butter and tomato sandwiches! This is a truly good combo.

What else is good is a schmear of peanut butter on one of those all-chocolate chocolate popsicles.

Braunschweiger/raw onion/mustard/pumpernickel isn't weird - these things belong together.

I of course have no particularly disgusting habits. My wife however would seem to fit right in with this thread.

American cheese pizza? Check
Fries in milkshakes? Check

Though I suppose if you asked her, some of the things I eat would easily qualify by themselves. Scrapple, raw oysters, and St. Mary's county stuffed ham.

pepperoncini on top of my spaghetti. Wait, pepperoncini on/in everything!

Along with fries in milkshakes, in college I loved to dip my plain bagel into fro-yo (frozen yogurt).

I was one of those weird kids who loved eating bologna + ketchup on white bread. It tasted just like a cold hot dog!

And I used to think I was weird that I liked to dip my pork sausage links into maple syrup, but then they came out with the McGriddle and maple-flavored pork links in the grocery store.

While I have to admit a fondness for cream cheese and (green) olive sandwiches, the best (and oddest according to my husband and son) is grilled cheese and olives. And that is wheat bread, american cheese and slice manzanilla olives with pimentos. Superb!

Pigtown, your mention of "old bananas" reminds me of my cousin, an only child, who married the eldest of 14. When her intended saw his future mother-in-law about to pitch some black bananas, he stopped her because food was never thrown out in a family of 16. After that she always saved him "bananas just the way you like them" and he never figured out how to tell her that he really preferred them yellow.

Scrapple--gack!

Oooo, oooo, oooo, now I get to chide my darling Dahlink: in this post there can be no attacks the 'interesting' eating habits of the Sandbox (while presenting almost any of them in a competency hearing would win a trip to the loony bin.) So, just for here, scrapple, well done with a bit of maple syrup on it is not a gack.

Ho-kay, dear Robert--I will take back my "gack"--just for the moment, though.

Suzie Q, I've eaten my eggs that way all my life. Nobody else I know eats em that way, but I've done it all my life. Occasionally I catch my husband watching me with a very bemused look on his face.

I eat M&M's from ugliest color (dark brown) to prettiest (red). See, we're okay...it's the rest of the world that's off-kilter!

I've always loved peanut butter and very crisp bacon on white bread, sometimes with a banana, too. Don't knock it...it's sweet-savory-crunchy-nutty WONDERFULness! What I find weird is that my dad did (RIP, Pop) and my husband does eat peanut butter on buttered bread. YICK!

Pigtown, that was one of my mom's two salads. Her other one was a canned peach half on a bed of lettuce with a knob of cream cheese in the hole, and "dressing" made by mixing Miracle Whip with a little maraschino cherry juice. Eeeeeesh....

LOVE brauschweiger/onion/mustard on rye, but a slice of dead-ripe tomato makes it sheer perfection. Best accompaniments are a Coke and a bag of Utz potato chips. Un-flippin-believably good!!

Th-th-th-that's all, Folks!

I like to eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches (on white bread, of course) with chili.

When eating Reese's peanut butter cups, I have to turn them over and eat them "upside down".

Wow! It's amazing to know that I'm soooooo not weird NOW! lol.....

-I used to drink the juice from a jar of pickles.

-A bag of Utz plain chips was a WASTE unless they had ketchup or hotsauce on them. In the bag. Yes, it felt nasty sticking my hand in a wet bag, but little boys did nasty things back then.

-I can't drink a glass of tea or a glass of lemonade separate. I must mix them(The ole B-More half-n-half)

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DavePM, I like peanut butter sandwiches with chili, too. They used to serve that in my elementary school cafeteria.

Since this thread is for any topic, I'm going to let you all know about a food I just heard about.

I'm not trying it!

M-m-m, peanut butter and bacon. I got turned on to this in the late 60s when an unremembered sandwich shop in D.C. had it on their menu. Still love it today.

Historical note: around 1967 Skippy test marketed "Skippy with Smokey Bits," creamy peanut butter with those fake bacon pieces. I was doing some Graduate work in upstate New York and the area was one of the test markets. Bought as many as I could but it never made it.

As Dennis the Menace once said "Peanut butter is good stick-to-your-ribs food. In fact, it sticks to anything."

Rosebud, that is really gross.

Ray Williams, they also call the half lemonade and half-iced tea an "Arnold Palmer".

Rosebud - that link begets the question...has anyone seen voodoopork lately?

"Ray Williams, they also call the half lemonade and half-iced tea an "Arnold Palmer".

And if you add vodka, it's called a "John Daly."

If you are going to dip peanut butter sandwichs in chili then you have to add honey to the sandwich.

Stacy, my high school cafeteria served the PBJ/chili combo.

Funny how many of the so-called weird food habits involve peanut butter.

I actually have the chili powder, cayenne pepper, crushed red peppers and paprika in my peanut butter. Its called "The Heat Is On™" from Peanut Butter & Co. in New York. They also make Peanut Butters with White Chocolate, Dark Chocolate, Maple Syrup, Cinnamon-Raisin, and Honey (besides Creamy and Crunchy).

As a child my favorite way of eating peanuts was after they had been added to my bottle of Pepsi Cola. I would buy a little bag of salted peanuts and a bottle of Pepsi on the way home from school. I wonder if I would enjoy that today? I don't think I will be trying it, though.

The Sun once ran a story about a Make A Wish kid who loved pickles ... loved them so much that he would even freeze the brine into pickle Popsicles.

For his wish, he asked to visit a pickle factory, where he got to work the line and fill some jars himself ... and you could tell which were the ones he had filled, because they were overstuffed.

Well, add me to the list of only eating color-coded, neatly organized rows of m&m's.

I also sort mixed vegetables into separate (read: correct) places on the plate.

The chef at a certain restaurant used to watch me eat because he thought it was hilarious. I didn't mind. It's just how I roll. Let's I have veal parmagiana with spaghetti. I eat one or the other in its entirety before starting the other. Also, I cut up the entire piece of meat before eating, which seem much more efficient to me. I call Pennsylvania Style. Let's say I get a dish a pasta that has muchrooms, zucchini, and say in a marinara sauce. Zucchini get eaten completely first, then the muchrooms, then the chicken and finally the pasta, which I rarely finish.

So do you still want to be with me Bourbon Girl? I've all kinds of other neuroses. You've already seen by fear of the suburbs.

Raw ramen

Suburbs are terrifying. Dangerous people out there. When I have to venture out that way, I can't wait to get back to the nice, safe city, where I know the rules.

I have tons-

~I put M+Ms on a plate and heat them for about 30 secs in the mircowave so they are all melty.

~Almond slivers or crushed walnuts or chocolate chips in my yoplait yogurts(any flavor).

~Toast with peanut butter and whole walnuts or peanut butter and bacon strips. or peanut butter and cream cheese, yum.

~Ice in my milk, always.

~Feta cheese in everything(tuna salad, sandwiches, scrambled eggs, salad, on veggies, on meats, on spagetti)

~Old bay shaker instead of salt and pepper.

~chocolate syrup on watermelon(my favorite dessert when I was a kid)

~American cheese rolled up with green beans inside.

it goes on and on...

Suburbs are terrifying. I also think trains are the only civilized way to travel since they can go to little or too far but can never leave the rails.

Lissa and Owl, you are right to be afraid. There are few things more bone chilling than a soccer mom in her land yacht (Yukon, Suburban, you get the picture) talking on the phone and trying to overtake all other traffic in her sight.

OMG wrote: I also think trains are the only civilized way to travel since they ... can never leave the rails.

I beg to differ.

I knew if I let someone else respond to that, he/she would do it better. :-) EL

Now you know what I mean hmpstd, don't try to work your Vulcan logic on me.I mean the driver of the train can only take you where the tracks are.