For example:

  • When you open a fresh jar of peanut butter do you only work through one side until it is completely empty then start on the other side?

  • Or when you get those shallow tubs of hummus does it have to make it back home undisturbed? Then one of the baggers at the grocery store shoves it sideways into the bag completely ruining the symmetry.

  • @hperrin@lemmy.world
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    261 year ago

    How good pickles are is inversely proportional to how whole they are.

    • Whole pickles: blegh
    • Pickle wedges: no thanks
    • Pickle strips: on a sandwich, sure
    • Pickle chips: yum, on a sandwich or alone
    • Diced pickles: oh yeah, please
    • Pickle relish: hell yeah!
  • @Jancornwell@lemm.ee
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    24 months ago

    I always eat fries in pairs, making sure they match in size, and I never take the first slice of bread from a loaf. Also, when I open a fresh jar of peanut butter, I smooth out the top after every use to keep it looking neat. As for hummus, I get annoyed if it gets messed up before I even open it! And don’t get me started on mixing foods, if my sauce touches something it shouldn’t, I feel like a sonic chicken trying to escape a messy plate!

  • @Jancornwell@lemm.ee
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    24 months ago

    I like my food to stay neat, so I scoop peanut butter evenly to keep the surface smooth. Hummus must stay untouched until I open it, and I get annoyed if someone tilts the tub and ruins the perfect top. When ever I want to try some spicy I try this source.

  • Sabata11792
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    21 year ago

    Sort by color, then eat in order of worse to best. Only really applies to things like M&Ms and Skittles. It’s basically edging for the blue ones.

  • Truffle
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    1 year ago

    Some foods should not be touching other foods but I can’t use one of those cafeteria trays because the texture makes me gag.

    My solution to it is using glass or ceramic plates and bowls for each item. There are exceptions of course.

    Silverware is another thing altogether.

  • @frickineh@lemmy.world
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    81 year ago

    I only like yellow onions in cooked things, I’ll tolerate cooked white ones but I won’t buy them myself. No raw onions ever. Red onions are only acceptable when pickled, but they can fuck right off otherwise.

  • 𞋴𝛂𝛋𝛆
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    151 year ago

    I must eat from a small plate to make my little food seem big. NO BIG PLATES ALLOWED!

  • @KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee
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    201 year ago

    I briefly microwave my ice cream before eating.

    I don’t want it to be soupy. I’m going for soft. And I am too impatient to let it sit on the counter a bit to reach that sweet spot of consistency.

  • soar160
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    191 year ago

    Sandwiches are eaten like a typewriter. It drives my partner bonkers, she says I’m nuts…jokes on her, she’s still hanging around 😂

    • @gazter@aussie.zone
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      201 year ago

      Sandwiches are eaten like a typewriter.

      I’m so confused. You pivot your elbows and smash the sandwich into your face like the letters hitting the page? You take lots of fast, noisy bites like the sound of typing? You nibble the top piece of bread from left to right, then the filling from left to right, then the bottom, going ‘ding!’ in between?

        • Simple Jack
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          31 year ago

          I mean…yeah? I also take my hand and swipe across my face, flinging the sandwich across the table and into the lap of whoever is sitting to my left but that is a “their problem” and not a “me problem”. To move the carriage to the next line.

    • hoxbug
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      81 year ago

      It’s not a rule but sometimes I eat sandwiches around the perimeter first, to eat the crust first and then I eat the center.

  • Corn on the cob must be eaten from left to right. You must eat all the way around the cob so that section is clean before moving on to the next section. I suppose I’d accept right to left in the same fashion; it’s the people who take totally random bites with no rhyme or reason or uniformity that make me crazy.

  • @Reyali@lemm.ee
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    1081 year ago

    My last bite should be of my favorite part of the meal. Finish my least favorite part first.

    The greatest compliment I can pay a meal is that I couldn’t choose which part to make my last bite.

    • @june@lemmy.world
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      41 year ago

      I used to do this too, but then realized it was a big factor in my over eating. If there’s too much food on the plate then I don’t get to enjoy all of my favorite element unless I stuff myself.

    • idunnololz
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      121 year ago

      I used to do this but I have noticed one slight downside to this. My food goes cold by my last bite so the last bite does not have the optimal flavor.

      My new thing is I try to eat my favorite part when I feel like the food is starting to go cold so I can still hit that peak.

    • @WanakaTree@lemm.ee
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      201 year ago

      I do this too. It took a while for my wife to fully understand that if she wanted to try something on my plate, she better not wait til the last few bites

      • @Reyali@lemm.ee
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        Yes!

        I also save the last bit of candy or other snacks, sometimes for days, until I really want it (most recently, I left the last 2 pieces in a box of Buncha Crunch for over a week. Yeah, it’s weird. I know).

        My partner used to finish things I’d leave, which upset me. Then he’d finish it but replace it with an unopened packet, which I appreciated but it still bugged me.

        He doesn’t understand it at all, but he’s learned that saving the last bit for “the right time” is important to me. Seeing him leave my little crazy treats around for days at a time makes me feel so loved.

  • cmat273
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    181 year ago

    I don’t hate crust but I prefer the texture of a sandwich without the crust, so I eat most of the crust before eating the rest of the sandwich… I usually only do this when eating alone lol

    • @theangryseal@lemmy.world
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      121 year ago

      Haha, I always save the best for last. Same thing. Whatever I’m eating, I get the mediocre stuff out of the way first.

      • @Tujio@lemmy.world
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        41 year ago

        I eat burgers and sandwiches in a circular pattern for this exact reason. So many people eat it so that the last bite is mostly bread soggy with sauces. I make sure that the last bite is from the dead center, so it’s still warm and has the perfect ratio of ingredients.

        • Rob T Firefly
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          21 year ago

          Same, and with a burger as rare as I like it the last bite is always a perfect little lump of pink rawness.