That thing that you do

I was eating ravioli last night, and suddenly realized that I would probably never eat it in my typical matter in the presence of another human being. I'll lay my soul bare and confess that I slice the ravioli open and scoop out and eat the contents. Occasionally I'll eat some of the pasta, but for various reasons I can't eat too much pasta. It ain't pretty, but that's how I roll with ravioli. So...does anyone else have a peculiar way of eating certain food?

What a fun idea for a topic!
When eating a slice of pizza, I will take alternating bites of crust (sometimes tearing it off by hand) and then eating the pizza-y part. I don't like getting stuck with all the crust at the end. So sometimes by the end, I'm holding onto a small sliver of crust with my thumb and forefinger. I didn't really realize I ate pizza this way until fairly recently. I think I've done it subconsciously for many many years!
And on another note, which is not about a specific food, but just is something I do. As uncouth as it may be, I LOVE eating off of my husband's plate. Maybe it's because I'm Korean and I just look at his plate as another big plate of banchan. But he and I, we're just used to it and don't think twice of it, but it was called to our attention a couple weekends ago when we were at a family party with his side of the family. His uncle said jokingly, "are you going to let her do that to your plate?" Haha.

This one may be fairly common--I don't know. Sometimes, whatever it is on my plate that I am most enjoying, I will save some of it for the very end, after I've finished the other components on the plate, because I can't bear to face that inevitable moment when the good thing is all gone.

Occasionally I'll get an egg mc muffin. I like to eat it alone. I take my fingers and remove the egg yolk part and throw it away. Its gross but that's the way I roll.

Hi,

For me, the yolk is the prize in any form. I usually order my eggs sunny side up. I will carve away the whites and eat them first .

If I have rye toast, I will butter it then carefully lift the yolk and eat it in one bite. I am always a little vexed when the yolk breaks in advance. I will use my bread to absorb the yolk.

I put up with whites to get a yolk.

Regards,

Cathy2 wrote:I put up with whites to get a yolk.

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Yolk Yolk Yolk Loving the responses so far. I'm not alone in my twisted eating practices!

I will always break off the stump of a muffin and eat that first.

Just don't think about not eating the stump and then donating it to the poor.

toria wrote:Occasionally I'll get an egg mc muffin. I like to eat it alone. I take my fingers and remove the egg yolk part and throw it away. Its gross but that's the way I roll.

Ask for your McMuffin with a "folded" egg -- it's what they use on some of the other sammys, it's omelet-style. Less evidence that it came from real eggs, odds are it's from a big tub of egg-stuff, but no dried-out yolk.

I guess I'm not very objective... it's hard to know if I do something different from others when they're alone. I also do the muffin thing, and saving the yolk or a bit of the best stuff for the last bite, and I unabashedly do them when other people are around.

One thing I sometimes do by myself that I wouldn't do around others is slice an avocado in two, remove the pit, sprinkle with a little salt, and just devour it with a spoon, scooping it right out of the shell.

mamagotcha wrote:saving...a bit of the best stuff for the last bite...I unabashedly do...when other people are around.

Yeah, I'm not ashamed of it or anything (nothing in it to be ashamed of), but I will say that I first knew it had graduated to the level of a ritual when mrs. riddlemay took note of it. "I can tell you like the mashed potatoes better than the pork chop." "Oh really, how can you tell?" "Because there's still some mashed potatoes on your plate." Busted.

have cup of dipping sauce --> drink when meal is finished

(especially Russell's barbecue sauce, pot sticker dipping sauce, hoisin, dashi, ginger salad dressing. Personal containers and not communal, of course).

I like to take a cupcake, split it in half and make a sandwich out of it, with the frosting in the middle.

Long ago when I liked to eat puffed rice, I would put sprinkle salt on it after I poured milk on it. Don't do that anymore.

I used to know a girl who would take a slice of pizza and eat it by removing each ingredient, one at a time and eat them all separately until she was left with sauce, which she would scrape off off with her finger and lick, and then roll up the crust and eat it one bite at a time.

mamagotcha wrote:One thing I sometimes do by myself that I wouldn't do around others is slice an avocado in two, remove the pit, sprinkle with a little salt, and just devour it with a spoon, scooping it right out of the shell.

Heck, I serve that to guests! half an avocado, spritz of lime, dash of flake sea salt and a splash of hot sauce.

riddlemay wrote:This one may be fairly common--I don't know. Sometimes, whatever it is on my plate that I am most enjoying, I will save some of it for the very end, after I've finished the other components on the plate, because I can't bear to face that inevitable moment when the good thing is all gone.

That's standard operating procedure for me.

Earthlydesire...I do that with my cupcakes, too!

I always sprinkle coarse salt on my watermelon and muskmelon. Really brings out the summery sweetness. Can't vouch for honeydew, though - not a fan.

I used to know a girl who would take a slice of pizza and eat it by removing each ingredient, one at a time and eat them all separately until she was left with sauce, which she would scrape off off with her finger and lick, and then roll up the crust and eat it one bite at a time.

Hey that's one way to slow down your eating! However David Hammond would hate to see her lick her fingers!

Seed phobia. I love tomatoes but have hated the seeds since I was a kid. Thus was born tomato surgery. I carefully cut out the seeds or the entire interior of the tomato if it's a particularly seedy variety, push them aside and consume the tomato "meat." For cherry and grape varieties, I smash with a fork to push out all the seeds (I wouldn't eat them at all until I discovered how well this works.) Cukes are even more complicated--I pretty much hate everything but the flavor--which, bizarrely, I love. So tzaziki, raita, cukes in sushi, cucumber water--all fine. Not much else though. I will eat the ends of a pickle spear and then give the remainder to my dining companion.

Toria, that's how I roll too.. I've been doing it so long, I was surprised when my husband asked one time what the heck I was doing. I just have always done it. The yolk is so overcooked, it pops right out, and doesn't change the taste or structure of the sandwich. I look at it as taking off 60 easy calories.

I dated a guy once that only ate one food group at a time on his plate. Meaning if had chicken, he would eat all of the chicken and then move on to the salad, or what ever was sitting next to the original food item, clockwise.

Seamus wrote:

riddlemay wrote:This one may be fairly common--I don't know. Sometimes, whatever it is on my plate that I am most enjoying, I will save some of it for the very end, after I've finished the other components on the plate, because I can't bear to face that inevitable moment when the good thing is all gone.

That's standard operating procedure for me.

Me too.

I am known for performing surgical procedures on my meat so I don't swallow any fat. God forbid I eat a piece of pork chop with gristle or fat running through it. Heaven help us. Yet I love bacon.

If I have a piece of cake with something around the edge like croquant or crushed nuts or whatever, I'll eat the slice being very careful not to take away forkfuls on a slant. This way I can leave about a full 1/2" inch of cake at the end, then tip it over so the crunchy end is up and have all the best parts of the cake in two bites. I also have a cupcake procedure: eat the cupcake about halfway up from the bottom first, then the top half and frosting together.

When we have cranberry sauce from the can, I tip the can-shaped mass on it's side and slice off a chunk. Then I carve four vertical lines and three horizontal so I have 12 somewhat equal portions. When Mr. Pie helped me get our first Thanksgiving together and smashed up the contents into an indiscernible mess, I think time stopped for me until I realized that it was just as tasty in uneven chunks.

If I order a hot roast beef sandwich in a diner I order it without the bread because I hate soggy bread. I also often eat all the croutons off a salad first.

With Breyer's Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream, I'm pretty diligent about picking out and eating all the chips first, then eating the partially melted ice cream separately.

Mr. Pie's favorite: I always cut my egg rolls in half crosswise and scoop out the innards, then alternate eating innards and crust. I never do this with spring rolls or those skinny little smooth egg rolls you get in cheapie places and fast food stands. It amuses him to no end.

I'll eat around the nut-covered raisins from Raisin Nut Bran and save them for last.

If I have a bag of candy that comes in multi-colors and flavors, like Skittles or gummy bears, when I get close to the end, I'll count out how many of each color I have, eat the extras until I have an even amount of each, then alternate equal amounts of each flavor.

I like to keep pound cake*, Junior Mints and Oreos around until they're stale. For some reason I like them better that way.
*Except in the case of first helpings of homemade cakes.

I love this thread, but I'm starting to realize that somewhere along the line, I've gone insane.

Pie Lady wrote:I love this thread, but I'm starting to realize that somewhere along the line, I've gone insane.

For some reason, I cant eat a Big Mac as a sandwich. I have to eat it, layer by layer.
Other McDonald sandwiches, I have to eat the pickles before eating the sandwich (i.e. McRib and the Southern Chicken sandwich.)

Funny thing is that I dont do that with a Whopper. LOL

I normally employ a "best for last" method as well.

Apple OR cherry pie;
I scrape the guts out, and eat the crusts only. When I find cheap pies on sale (recently, a few mkts have been advertising entire applie pies for 1.50,) I wil purchase said pie with the only interest being to scrape out all of the apple chunks, and eat about half of the pie with ice cream.

I normally scrape icing off of cake.

When at home or with family, my favorite way to eat cake is to wait for everyone to take their piece, and then scrape the cake remnants from the bottom of the pan or cake plate. That's the best part of the cake to me. I think I learned that from twinkies. The best part of the twinkie to me is always the cake part that sticks to the little cardboard packaging part.

seebee wrote:...scrape the cake remnants from the bottom of the pan or cake plate. That's the best part of the cake to me. I think I learned that from twinkies. The best part of the twinkie to me is always the cake part that sticks to the little cardboard packaging part.

I just did that with a Suzy Q and Swiss Rolls! I agree in the case of Suzy Qs.

I have the seed aversion too. I cut a tomato, hold it over the sink and squeeze the seeds out and only eat the meat. I also cut seeds out of cukes too or get the English ones. Since I have so many in my garden I will be performing a lot of cuke surgery.

Joel, that's a good idea to order the folded egg. I think I'd like it better.

Cathy, different strokes for different folks. I guess I really don't enjoy naked eggs that much.....and hate the yellow. I'd rather do an omelet with a bunch of bacon or ham and veggies or deviled eggs where the taste of the yolk is disguised.

What's up with NYorkers folding their pizza??? Way to ruin a good piece.....

toria wrote:Cathy, different strokes for different folks. I guess I really don't enjoy naked eggs that much.....and hate the yellow. I'd rather do an omelet with a bunch of bacon or ham and veggies or deviled eggs where the taste of the yolk is disguised.

We could be the Jack Sprat of dining companions: You eat the white and I'll eat the yolk!

Regards,

I'm better about this now, but I used to be a staunch advocate of keeping every dish on your plate separate. This made Thanksgiving a tricky wicket.

I also have a terrible habit of not drinking nearly all day, then guzzling it down like a camel. And I rarely drink much during meals. I would have made a great cat.

We have two friends in the same circle that make it very clear that there is to be no ice in their Coke. If there's ice, the day is officially ruined. We witnessed a Leona's incident that amuses Mr. Pie and I to this day. Besides the ice issue, one of these two explained in great detail to the waiter why he was sure his drink was not actually Coke and received a replacement. The replacement was also dismissed as an impostor. The look on the waiter's face was priceless. This was a few years ago now, but I always look forward to our Leona visits.