Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Food Weirdness?

So today, I was reading blogs, and although Catherine55's (I'll link you to her, but really, I'm sure you already follow her, since she was my first...*blush*) post today was about much more than this, what I took from it was this: she has "Food Weirdness"!

When I look at Catherine (and I've met her in person...yes, you can touch me, I'm real), she seems so poised and so delightfully together...who could have guessed that she is afflicted with FOOD WEIRDNESS?? Not me, but I tell you, I did some mental cartwheels when I discovered that I'm not the only one! So I decided that I'd make a list of my food weirdnesses. Because, come on...if you spend as much time thinking about...fantasizing about...lusting over food as I do; well...somewhere along the line, it's gotta branch off into some sort of psychosis. However...for now, let's call it food weirdnesses! It would be super awesome if everyone chimed in with the ones they share (or shiny new ones!), so I don't feel lonely!

1) Leftovers. Generally, I don't eat them. It's not that I don't think they're going to be good...I just don't like to eat them. But I'll happily serve them to my family. Which probably highlights some different underlying psychosis, but screw those guys! Survival of the fittest...right?

2) The first slice of bread. I don't mean the heel, because obviously nobody would eat that (except my father, who has, for my entire life, been trying to convince me that he grew up surrounded by people who would fight over the heel of the bread because it was so delicious. Um WHAT?? Sorry, old man...I'm not buying what you're selling!) I mean the first slice after that. While I'd gladly make YOU a sammich made out of that slice, screw that...when it comes to ME, I'm going for the second and third slice. I have no idea why.

3) Cheese. I practically live on it. However, if the package of cheese has been opened, the first slice...yes, I know you've already gleaned that I'll pawn that off on some nearby, unsuspecting family member, but if there's no other suckers around, I'll throw that slice out. Because it tastes like bag or something! Come ON!

4) McChicken. I know, you're all looking down at me already because I typed those 2 letters. Mc. Good...be judgey...McDonalds is the devil. But fuck ME that McChicken sandwich is delicious! I'm completely aware that it's never seen a chicken. But whatever it it...processed Big Bird meat, or dragon, or baby...I don't care...it is heaven and I will never stop eating it! But I can't eat it as a sammich. Here's what I do: I take it apart. Then I take the top bun, and the bottom bun, all the lovely mayonnaise (or McChicken sauce or crack, or whatever the McDonald's corporation calls it these days) and "lettuce" and I smoosh those together and eat those. And then, and only then, do I eat the McChicken patty. Naked. Or if there's a little bit of "lettuce" left in the wrapper, I'll toss the shreds on there...like maybe on the last bite. For orgasmic bliss. I know. I'm shaking my own head in disgust right along with you.

5. Eggs. I can't eat them. It's not that I don't like how they taste...I find them to be unoffensive. It's more the IDEA of them that I have a problem with..but if I eat them (I'm talking scrambled or in an omelette with a bunch of other crap that disguises the actual egg), I feel like I'm going to barf. I WANT to like eggs. I would LOVE to like them! They're high in protein, and so easy to cook. But I can't do it, man. I can't.

6. Bananas. See above. They make feel like I'm going to puke. And this is all pre-band, by the way. Ironically, I love banana flavoured stuff. I'd eat the shit out of a banana cream pie! I'd trample my mother for a bite of banana gelato. I'm not proud of this.

That's all I can think of for now. I'm sure there are more; I'll do a "Food Weirdness 2.0" post, if it's warranted. But for now, I just can't wait to hear how many of you are freaks like me!

14 comments:

  1. my comment totally got eaten damn it!

    okay - I totally LOL'd at the ".processed Big Bird meat, or dragon, or baby...I don't care...it is heaven... I totally have tears!

    But... I can't eat small encapsulated food like grape tomatoes or beans. I'm afraid they'll be rotten on the inside and I wouldn't know it before I took a bite - so I can't take a bite. I can, however, cut them in half and eat them.

    My best friend from high school can't drink milk if it's within 4 days of the expiration date - and he can't drink the last inch in the carton even if the carton has just been opened and everyone got a glass of milk - he can't have the glass that included the last inch.

    I have no doubt that I have many others - but it's too late for my brain to get there right now - maybe I'll come back and do a comment 2.0.

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  2. My food weirdness is more procedural. At dinner, I eat my meal in this order: Vegetables, protein, starch. Always, I never deviate.

    I used to feel the same way you do about banana's, but now I'm ok with them. Makes life easier I guess :)

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  3. With you on tossing the slice of cheese that has absorbed the plastic ooze, not for me.

    Not with you on the bread heel, its mine, all mine I tell you! Which i know you are Ok with.

    Nice Blog!

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  4. I'm with Read!!! I totally LOL'd through this whole post. I've got to post my weirdness soon... but I'll never be as funny as you.

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  5. I've never heard of this Catherine...is she new?

    I don't like eggs...I can eat them scrambled but I cant stomach the idea of the runny yellow stuff that people sop up with bread and I don't like them hard boiled bc its like eating rubber...much like shrimp actually.

    I am sitting here to think of any other food weirdness I might have...

    I GOT NOTHING!

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  6. You are so funny! I don't eat left over meat, it just doesn't ever taste the same when re-heated unless I repurpose it in another dish. But, even knowing that, I have trouble throwing food away! Sometimes, I'll be eating and then suddenly, without warning, I'm grossed out, and then I can't eat that food any longer. I have lot's of food wierdness, just can't express with as much humor as you!

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  7. LOL!!!!! I totally cracked up when I saw this post!!! And you are right... I DO have food weirdness!! No ageing leftovers for me...

    And... if I have a bite of anything (generally only happens with chicken or shrimp) and it tastes like it might be a little off, I will NOT swallow it. Fortunately, this generally only comes up when I'm having lunch alone behind a closed door in my office....

    Totally made my day wiith this hilarious post! :) xoxoxo

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  8. I have some food weirdness too. First, I can't eat mayonnaise of any kind. I can't even eat salads that have it in it or casseroles that 'may' have mayonnaise (or Miracle Whip). I can't even keep it in my fridge. Its a bad thing.

    I love salads but I CANNOT put lettuce on a hamburger. The hot with the cold soggy lettuce? GROSS. I have other weird food issues too.

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  9. Got me thinking. I don't have much weirdness. Not a fan of leftovers either, but that's mostly because they are hard for me to eat now with the band. I think my biggest weirdness is that I'm fanatical about making sure chicken and pork are done. I always see pink where my husband says it's done. Even using a meat thermometer I have to get my husband's opinion if the food is done.

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  10. My biggest food weirdness is that I HATE anything bready and sweet. Eclairs, french toast, peanut butter and jelly sandwich (jelly on bread, period), cream puffs, bread pudding, raised yeast donuts...HATE them all. I love sweet and cakey things like birthday cake, cupcakes, cake donuts, but NOT bready sweet things. Yeeeeech. I am pretty sure I am the only person who feels that way. I get looked at like I am a freak when I say that I hate french toast.

    Also, I despise mushrooms. Don't even let a mushroom look at my food. The texture is like a wet nasty sponge. But mushroom gravy or mushroom broth? Pile it on. I don't mind the flavor but I hate the texture. I feel the same way about rice pudding and tapioca pudding.

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  11. Gilly, you never, never fail to bring a smile to my face. xoxo

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  12. 2nd and 3rd slice of bread...really???
    You're demented and by the way, my hero.
    I love and miss u and wish u lived next store to me here in NJ.

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  13. This is one of my most favorite posts ever written in blog land. EVER.

    Hilarious.

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  14. Heehee! You are not alone in your weirdness.

    I have a thing about eggs too. I love them, but somewhere deep inside, I feel guilty that my poor little egg never got to grow up and be a chicken who gets rejected by McDonalds.

    I also have that banana problem. Bananas themselves are texturally disgusting. Banana cream pies? Heaven.

    My biggest weird thing is that I refuse to eat any food that is the actual animal (i.e. shrimp, crabs). I also can't eat meat if there are pictures of the animal staring down at me (i.e. pig decor at a bbq place). I just feel like I'm being watched and I hate when people watch me eat.

    I'm not a zoo exhibit. Sheesh.

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