Ask Lemmy

Soup is not food.

I like to eat green beans like french fries. I'll even dip them and catch up and/or barbecue sauce.

Nothing on my plate can touch, especially if they are different textures. Textures are almost as important as flavor. This is the main reason why I don't eat zucchini.

When I really like something I want it the same way every time. Don't try to dress it up with new stuff, it was perfect before, I want it the same way.

I can't eat a sandwich if I don't have chips with it.

At school I always eat the salad first, drink water and then the main meal.

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.

I always scrape my ice cream and cheese. If I get a nice piece of Gouda or cheddar and I'm feeling snacky then I will take a sharp knife and scrape it. I swear it's so much creamier and smoother in your mouth, eating it normally makes it look like cardboard in comparison. Same thing with ice cream, scrape it with my spoon while serving.

What drives me insane is that my mom will literally take a bite out of the block. Even with Parmesan.

A green salad should never contain anything sweet.

This probably doesn't count, but I am also firmly of the opinion that water chestnuts are not food.

No seed oils. No ultra processed food or drink, or to an utter minimum. I mean, I will always eat a pizza or a bag of chips or something at some point. So, it balances out. Little sugar, since it is already everywhere.

Make everything at home, if possible.

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.

I cannot eat cheese unless it is melted. I just hate cheese's taste

If prepping uncooked meat of any kind, wear disposable gloves.

Cooked meat is fine to handle without gloves if needed but touching raw meat with bare skin is right the fuck out.

Leftover pizza needs to be heated up in a pan in medium heat. Its the only way for the pizza to not become soggy, to the crust have some crunch on it and to restore the cheese melt.

I will argue with anyone in my house that goes against this!

If you don't eat that chicken wing clean, we can't be friends.

You get one pass and that's if you only take 1 wing.

Once you grate a carrot, it's no longer food.

Sandwiches should have their contents rearranged so they each bite has exactly the same amount of filling. If that cannot be done, the bites with the least filling should be eaten first and those with the most should be saved for last.

I bristle on the inside when my kids want a slice of bread for breakfast. Toast is for breakfast, and bread is for other meals. I don't even actually care about this, but my dad did when I was a little kid and I clearly internalized that lesson.