Quirky ways you eat/drink stuff

[Meestor Pickle]

When I drink, instead of swallowing it straight away, I often fill up my mouth until my cheeks are full. Then I swallow the mouthful instead. I don't really know why I do it. I just always have. I've always just had this feeling that doing it any other way leads to the danger of choking myself. Like I need to prepare my throat first.

I used to do that, especially with soda, but I stopped when I got some cavities. So yeah, don't do that with soda if you want to keep your teeth in better condition.

I do this too, drink lots of coke but thankfully haven't had that problem. My Father does this as well, annoys everyone else a fair bit.

When I eat toast (with Vegemite of course) I usually eat three sides of the crust then roll it up with the last crust being at the center, Yum.

 

[Tsun Tzu]

I'm not sure if this still applies, since I did it as a child, but I used to take a glass of milk, dump 5-10 spoonfuls of sugar into it, stir it, drink it, then eat the sugar remnant with a spoon...

I no longer do this. Too sweet.

Also, after finishing a jar of pickles, I freeze the juice either in ice trays with toothpicks or popsicle molds, and nom it later. o.o Sour-y goodness.

 

[Rellik San]

licking or otherwise disrespecting their food (picky eaters, people that never eat their crusts, messy eaters that seem to have issues, etc.), especially when they do it in public, as they then also disrespect the humans around them. I don't care if you bathe everything in spittle in your cave at home, I just appreciate it if your tongue stays well behind those teeth of yours.

Wait what? Ok picky eaters I can agree with, I grew up in a house hold where if you didn't eat your food, you went hungry and there are very few foods I dislike, which mainly amounts to the Devils Grapes (or Olives).

But having issues with people who lick their food? You have issues with people who have common survival instincts so like to taste something before putting it in their mouth and digestive tract, I'd rather people lick their food, than spit it out if it tastes sour or off.

As for "messy eaters that seem to have issues," this statement worries me, could you please elaborate?

 

[latiasracer]

Most of the time, when in crowded situations i will put the cup/glass to the side of my mouth to drink. So that my vision is not so obscured. My freinds all mock me for this, but i think it's an advantage. When they go to drink, a lion might come at them head on, and they wouldn't see.

But me, I'm ready.

 

[Headdrivehardscrew]

licking or otherwise disrespecting their food (picky eaters, people that never eat their crusts, messy eaters that seem to have issues, etc.), especially when they do it in public, as they then also disrespect the humans around them. I don't care if you bathe everything in spittle in your cave at home, I just appreciate it if your tongue stays well behind those teeth of yours.

Wait what? Ok picky eaters I can agree with, I grew up in a house hold where if you didn't eat your food, you went hungry and there are very few foods I dislike, which mainly amounts to the Devils Grapes (or Olives).

But having issues with people who lick their food? You have issues with people who have common survival instincts so like to taste something before putting it in their mouth and digestive tract, I'd rather people lick their food, than spit it out if it tastes sour or off.

As for "messy eaters that seem to have issues," this statement worries me, could you please elaborate?

This is bound to be off topic. I'll think of something.

Ah, olives.

See, I think it's fine to not like something because it's too doctored, too fake, too artificial to consider it proper food. With most food items people prepare themselves at home, it's normally a complete failure on behalf of the - cooking - mother or the - asshole - father that opts to beat the crap out of his son/child whenever said child starts developing issues and disorders involving food and/or eating habits.

I am aware of the fact that some parents (classical or anything-goes setup) don't know how to cook and plain don't care about preparing food properly. Brussels sprouts, spinach, meat, fish being the most totally botched food to my knowledge. But it goes far, far beyond what people that haven't gone through eating hell during their childhood would ever want to believe.

On the off-topic discussion of on-topic folks licking their food - no, that's no survival instinct at work. Animals lick salt because of the mineral lick kick. They do not need to intellectually comprehend their longings and their actions, for they are animals. If people - humans - start licking food, it's more often than not plain wrong, beyond being disgusting to look at, hear about or read. I've seen people licking food for the right reasons, which turned out to be either a medical or psychological thing. Those are, however, rare. Most people that do odd stuff like that just plain refuse to grow the melonfarm up or they plain don't know better.

It's usually people that also fit in the drawer of people that don't quite understand why relationships don't last or why other people seem to stay the hell away. Like the guy I dated that ate his boogers and the skin he peeled off his feet. Or the guy that cleaned his mouth with his bare wrists. Or the guy that absolutely refused to eat or even taste cheese, as cheese, according to him, was just 'milk gone off'. Or the guy that only ate potatoes. Potatoes don't make for good sperm. Can't have that in my gene pool. May they all wank happily ever after.

You don't respect my food, I pity you. You don't respect my food because it's your culture, well, you can keep that culture right for yourself.

OT: I do have some odd impulses. They come with being human and carrying around a large brain. The one I think is quite offensive is the only one I actually give in to. When eating perceibes, I absolutely insist on always having a full glass of beer in front of everybody at the table. No empty glasses allowed. No non-beer-drinkers allowed, sorry. Them's the rules. At least one waiter is tasked with keeping the beer flowing. If he messes up, it's free beer or some minor dose of ridicule.

Perceibes, to me, are Ctulhu's biggest gift to mankind. Little tentacle-headed aliens sitting in the cockpit of a sub-aquatic xenomorph vessel, tasting like... the sea. Tasting like freedom. Tasting like nature. Tasting like... something it's worth being human for. People risk their lives collecting these things, and they are amongst my absolute favourite food. You can't properly preserve the taste or spirit of perceibes in a can. That's not how it works.

I insist on putting the desecrated alien heads on the fingers of my off-hand, and arrange the dozens of others in a very neatly structured pile. You can do with yours as you please, but if you destroy my arrangement of little alien corpses, we're through.

 

[Tiamattt]

I like to drink coffee with a straw, at least when it's super hot after I bought it. That way I don't have to hold the hot cup as much(a table can do most of the work) I don't have worry about spilling and it's just a more comfortable way of drinking it.

I also like to finish off whatever part of the meal I like least first. Like if a steak came with veges, yeah those gotta go. I won't leave them on the plate but I rather not their rather bland taste mixed in with the meaty goodness. Oh and just because eating out costs so much these days I'll finish off as much of the plate as I can. There are exceptions to that rule(like if there's something I can't stand there) but yeah the general idea is if I paid for it I really should eat it.

Last thing that comes to mind is the microwave and cakes. As long as the cake/cupcake/muffin doesn't have frosting on it then I'll put it in the microwave so it's get that hot fresh from the oven taste back. Makes it so much yummier that way, surprised more people don't do it.

 

[Rellik San]

SNIP

Well thanks for clearing that up, I can certainly see your point, even if I disagree, from where I stand, nothing gets me through the work day like a bag of boiled sweets.

I have to say people not trying foods bothers me greatly, It's like dealing with a spoiled child who won't eat something because of the way it looks, I've tried all kinds of food stuff, fish eyes, pigs ears, tripe, all variety of offal, oxtails (in fact oxtail soup is my favourite), cows heart, fried crickets. I get theirs an "ick" factor involved in some of it, but it's also some of the best tasting food out there, although I will admit prawns and shrimps freak me out a little, it's the eyes I think, those black, soulless, blank eyes... But once I've cracked the shells and have that meat between my teeth I soon forget about that.

So I'm with you on that one, but never the less, I pride myself on my Pringle licking goodness, but you'd be pleased to hear it's typically reserved for in the privacy of my own home, squirrelled away at my course work.

And if Perciebes are the taste of your home town, I would recommend getting a taste of mine, in the form of Black Pudding, nothing quite has the feel of the north west of England like Black Pudding.

OT: Vanilla Ice Cream with Chocolate Sauce, ALWAYS has to have a sprinkle of salt on it.

 

[Strazdas]

if the candy is not monogamouse but consists of multiple parts (for example waffle ones) i MUST seperate all parts and eat them one by one.

i also can no longer eat apple as a whole. i must cut it to pieces before i can eat it. same for Pears. and i eat a lot of both. this is aprtly due to my dental problems though.

 

[Navvan]

When eating a burger and fries, I always eat the fries first. I don't bother with the burger until all the fries have been consumed. Strangely enough, I have a friend that does this, too. We both have been getting strange comments over the years from those that notice.

I do this as well unless the fries aren't of good quality.

I tend to eat saltines like a chipmunk, nibbling away at the corners. I can't eat saltines in polite society.

Screw society; that is the proper way to eat all cracker based food. Also chips.

Foods with fillings, like pizza rolls or hotpockets or something, I push out the filling first, eat that, and then eat the actual casing. As everyone else, I don't know why I do this. I just can't stand eating the whole thing in one bite like you're "supposed" to.

I tend to suck out the filling like some sort of pizza roll vampire.



In addition to the above I tend to wash my mouth with water a lot by holding a cup to my mouth and letting it wash in and out. I then poor out the water when it get to "dirty" and repeat until satisfied.

 

[Angie7F]

I like to drink coffee with a straw, at least when it's super hot after I bought it. That way I don't have to hold the hot cup as much(a table can do most of the work) I don't have worry about spilling and it's just a more comfortable way of drinking it.

My boyfriend totally does this.
He claims that it also prevents staining on his teeth.

 

[DasDestroyer]

There are some tastes that I simply cannot tolerate, such as that of raw onions, tomatos or milk (but I'lI'll readily consume any of those if I can't taste them, such as milk in hot chocolate, onion in homemade fried potatos etc.)
Everyone says I'll grow out of it, but idk.
Also, if there is nobody home, sometimes I'll eat my food holding the fork with my toes, because it makes for a challenge >->

 

[R4ptur3]

I eat yoghurt with the handle part of the spoon. It just lasts longer that way and I enjoy it more for some reason.

 

[zumbledum]

im also one of the sub culture that will flip a burger upside down to eat it. i think its because the top bun tends to stick better than the bottom and as our jaws bite upwards it makes the whole thing less slippy.

Also im ambidesxtrous with a knife and fork , but nothing else

 

[Headdrivehardscrew]

OT: Vanilla Ice Cream with Chocolate Sauce, ALWAYS has to have a sprinkle of salt on it.

Ah-HaH!

See, when you actually manage to do your weird stuff but at home, I have very little issues and I will never, ever object to you doing it your way. Your turf, your home, your rules. Just don't expect me to find it arousing or anything.

We don't have to agree on everything. In fact, mankind would be a well boring lot if we were to agree on everything. It would also be highly unnatural and creepy.

RE: Chips/crisps - see, I'd already object to Pringles qualifying as proper crisps. Pringles are dried potato mush, 'enhanced' with magic flavour dust. It's not that I never eat them. I am quite partial to the sour cream and onion ones. I totally understand your urge to want to lick them. I think Pringles are not quite of the same quality as, say, Burt's still rather well-made stuff (shame about the Bloody Mary! ones, I miss those!) or, hell, even Walker's.

So, licking... No... I just can't bring myself to give in to it or condone it. Plus, licking the taste off things reminds me of my late dog, and that one still stings quite a bit. I absolutely believe it's possible to enjoy doing it. I don't think it's something to be 'proud' of, though. It's... a guilty pleasure. A luxury. A personal freedom.

I have people that I *LOVE* that won't ever eat shrimps. They also struggle to stay away from pork, which somewhat clashes with their wishes to go to ethnic restaurants and be full members of society. You just don't go to the Chinese restaurant and demand a pork free fried rice, only to then freak out when you find a minuscule little square of pork in your food. That's plain wrong and full of boatloads of ignorance and disrespect. Here's looking at you, Derrick.

I love oxtail soup. I love melt-in-your mouth oxtail meat. In fact, I always keep at least two whole ox tails in my freezer, just in case. They can be cut apart with absolutely no forcing or chopping or sawing involved, once you go all medical on them. My favourite recipe is this: http://www.channel4.com/4food/recipes/chefs/heston-blumenthal/oxtail-and-kidney-pudding-recipe - You require a syringe for the full experience. It's absolutely worth it, though.

Life is too short to not enjoy, and be it only occasionally. So, lick away.

Yes, people not trying things that are 'forbidden' or sound icky to inner beast of ultimate ignorance is a big problem. But it's not just a so-called 'first-world' problem. No matter where I went, people made up the most amazing bullshit stories why eating that disgusting , foul-tasting animal is supposedly good for fertility or why eating that perfectly tasty little something is off limits. Life would be so sweet if we could cut out some of the more twisted crap.

Thank you, I am a big fan of black pudding, boudin noir, Blutwurst, whatever people call it. I have issues with and tend to take offense at the raw smell and somewhat offensive taste of, say, the Vietnamese or other far-eastern variants, but as long as it's not actually off and past its prime, there's nothing preparation and spices couldn't fix.

OT: When it's really cold outside, I enjoy my gin & tonic at room temperature. Depending on the gin used, I add a little twist of lemon, lime and/or some cucumber skin.

OT, TOO: When I eat apples, I also eat the whole thing. Sort of makes me anal about really getting the most natural ones, as I don't think my intestines need to be sprayed, de-loused or otherwise lined with chemicals that don't belong there. So far, handling the minuscule amounts of cyanide hasn't been an issue.

One last question before I fly, fly, fly away: What the melon fruitbag are 'boiled sweets'?

 

[kickyourass]

I'm one of those people who needs any foods on the same plate to be separate from eachother. Ok I don't NEED them to be separate, I just really prefer that none of my foods touch the other foods.

 

[Rellik San]

One last question before I fly, fly, fly away: What the melon fruitbag are 'boiled sweets'?

Ah, I guess stateside you'd know them as hard candies. Things like cough drops and aniseed twists.

 

[byte4554_v1legacy]

I've been reading this thread, and it seems like roughly half of the escapist is English...Hm...I feel like me, an American posting in this thread is just...wrong.

OT: A couple different things, some of which have been mentioned. French Fries (Chips) Need to be dipped in whatever ice cream, frosty, milkshake, or smoothie that's on hand at the time. You have not tasted Heaven until you've tasted a chick-fil-a waffle fry dipped in a cookies and cream milkshake.

If french fries are available when I'm eating a cheeseburger then I WILL cram as many as possible onto the cheesiest part possible.

I enjoy pizza folded up, especially pizza hut deep dish, or papa johns.

 

[thejackyl]

When I drink anything other than alcohol, I tend to swish it around in my mouth at least once. Other than that, I can't think of anything I eat weirdly.

I have a friend who when eating chicken wings, he'll stick the entire wing in his mouth and eat around the bone while it's still in his mouth. Whereas I'll take a bite, expose the bone and break it off, and repeat until the meat is gone.

 

[Exius Xavarus]

Instead of drinking normally, I'll fill my mouth and then slowly swallow it in segments until it's all down. Rinse and repeat until the drink's gone.

On sandwiches or burgers, if anything from the sandwich extends past the bun or bread, I'll bite it all off until the edges are perfectly straight(or circle), THEN actually eat the sandwich.