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.

  • @Reyali@lemm.ee
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    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.

    • @WanakaTree@lemm.ee
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      2010 months 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

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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.

    • idunnololz
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      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.

    • @june@lemmy.world
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      410 months 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.

  • Scrubbles
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    7310 months ago

    Food should be finished at the same time. You work gradually around all of your sides and main dish so you have exactly one bite of each left, and then you finish your plate.

    My SO drives me nuts because they can just eat the entirety of the main dish and then eat all of one side, and then all of another.

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      Eating one dish at a time ensures you’re getting the full, unadulterated experience of the dish.

      • @weeeeum@lemmy.world
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        2010 months ago

        But sides are made in consideration of the main course and are intended to be eaten/enjoyed together.

        • Dr. Wesker
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          410 months ago

          Why are side salads typically served before, and separate?

          • @snooggums@midwest.social
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            1210 months ago

            Because they are a separate course and not a side. They call it a side salad like Americans call the main dish an entree, we like to use words wrong.

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              Then the world is lawless chaos, and I can enjoy my meal one dish at a time.

    • @TexasDrunk@lemmy.world
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      I never want to eat in front of anyone who has replied to you so far. I’m a chaos eater. Nothing exists besides the current bite. I didn’t remember what the last one was and haven’t decided what the next one will be.

    • Clay_pidgin
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      910 months ago

      I’d like to introduce you to me - I eat the starch, then the veggies, then the protein. Order of preference, descending.

    • @frickineh@lemmy.world
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      I eat like your SO, though I do mix it up a little sometimes, but it’s because I’m saving my favorite thing for last. I don’t want to end up with my least favorite thing at the very end.

    • @EdibleFriend@lemmy.world
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      I’ve never wished I could eat in front of another human being more than I do right now. I just really want to trigger you with this and I don’t know why.

      • @smooth_tea@lemmy.world
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        That’s like ejaculating on someone’s face and then working your way to foreplay. If this isn’t against the Geneva convention it should be.

    • @safesyrup@feddit.ch
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      People who don‘t eat the crust shouldn‘t be allowed to eat pizza. Don‘t like the crust? Don‘t eat pizza. Aren‘t hungry enough? Eat it with the crust and pack the rest.

      • @waratchess@lemm.ee
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        I used to skip the pizza crust until I had a good pizza where the crust was just as good as the toppings.

        That’s why I think people who don’t eat the crust haven’t had good pizza.

        • @1984@lemmy.today
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          There is a huge difference in Italian pizza and whatever passes for pizza in some other countries. Anyone who doubts this needs to try an Italian / Sicilian pizza, it’s amazing.

          The bread is much tastier, the ingredients pop in flavour and there is very little greasyness on the plate after eating it.

          • rhsJack
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            410 months ago

            Also authentic Napelese (sp?) pizza doesn’t taste like you are eating an entire loaf of bread with tomato sauce on top. And none of that gooey cheese dripping grease all over.

      • @webhead@lemmy.world
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        Depends if the crust is good or not. Sometimes it’s just not worth it. There are some pizzas where the actual pizza is amazing and the crust is just boring as hell. Perplexing but I’m not going to force myself to eat something bland just because lol.

  • Naja Kaouthia
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    Food cannot touch on the plate. Each item must have a clearly defined DMZ between it and its neighbors.

      • rhsJack
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        610 months ago

        Same. When I was young, I would RAGE if a pea so much as whispered to the mashed potatoes next to it. Now I reflect that I have bigger problems than this and don’t stress about it. Medication also helps. Somewhat.

    • @Pringles@lemm.ee
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      Man, I’m the complete opposite. I tend to mix everything. As a kid I would even shape some dishes into a smooth rectangle after first crushing the potatoes and mixing it with the rest.

    • Beemo Dinosaurierfuß
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      I respect your opinion, but I am completely the other way.

      A meal wants to be a journey through your flavors.
      Each getting a small time to shine, before coming together in the end for that one last perfect bite.

      • rhsJack
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        You know what’s beautiful? I say one thing and do the other. I am a total hypocrite. (At home, I will literally put all of the entree I spend HOURS in the kitchen into a bowl, mix it up, and eat it in front of the TV like a toddler. )

  • @MrJameGumb@lemmy.world
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    Any time I buy chips and dip I have to always work from the top of the dip down, trying to keep it level all the way down. I have no idea why I do this, but it drives me crazy otherwise. If someone else takes a chip and digs straight down to the bottom of the tub I just don’t want it anymore lol

    • @snooggums@midwest.social
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      1810 months ago

      I am imagining the horrified look of the other people waiting to get some layered bean dip watch you take the top layer.

      • @MrJameGumb@lemmy.world
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        Well, a big shared dish of homemade dip is much different! I would never take the whole top layer off of a seven layer dip! My hangup is specifically about dips served straight out of the little tub from the grocery store lol

    • @Player2@lemm.ee
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      310 months ago

      I do exactly the opposite, at least for shallow containers: I start at a side and go across, leaving the remainder untouched

    • @kurcatovium@lemm.ee
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      410 months ago

      Holy shit, this would kill me. I’m a mess when it comes to food. One day almost nothing, the other day storm of sugars, next one mostly vegetables, etc. I’ve never counted any calories and it honestly scares me, because I know I’d be fucked.

    • @theherk@lemmy.world
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      Measuring in grams to the tenth won’t get you kcals to the hundredth. More importantly, kcals per gram isn’t even close to that precision in labeling. I hear you though. I measure to the tenth but I recognize the precision for what it is and move on. I realize you’re dealing with tough struggles though. Sorry about that. I’m just talking precision.

  • @StickyDango@lemmy.world
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    2610 months ago

    Absolutely no digging in to the tub of butter, and no other food bits (usually bread crumbs) must be left inside.

    If dug in to, it must be smoothed out before putting back in to the fridge. As for the crumbs, take them out and put them back on to the bread they came from. Now the butter can be put back in to the fridge.

    • We get cream cheese by the 40 ounce tub because it’s insanely cheaper and we cook with it relatively often.

      My dad puts crumbs in it all the time.

      How hard is it not to do that?

      • @StickyDango@lemmy.world
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        110 months ago

        I’m not sure. My partner isn’t as pedantic as I am, so I end up scooping his day old crumbs on to my toast the next day.

        I love that you buy in bulk because you’re right - it definitely is cheaper buying more if you can eat it all before it spoils. What kind of foods do you make with cream cheese? Genuinely curious. I love cream cheese but I can’t finish it fast enough.

    • fiat_lux
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      My rule is that if you intend to touch the butter/spread/sticky stuff with a utensil, that utensil cannot touch the bread. You just drop the portion on the bread from a height until you think there’s enough to cover it, and then you can spread it with that utensil, but if you need to revisit the jar, you need another fresh utensil.

      You can’t get crumbs in there if there’s no cross contamination from the equipment to begin with!

      You get better at estimating over time, but having one extra piece of cutlery to wash occasionally is less infuriating than unexpected stale crumbs and food that spoils more quickly from the contaminating yeasts and other organisms.

  • @hperrin@lemmy.world
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    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!
  • @grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world
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    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.

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    When I eat soft candies, I always have to bite them into pieces in a specific way. Like if I have a cola bottle gummy, I will bite off the “cap” first. If I have a gummy bear, I will bite the bottom legs off, separate the head from the arms and then split the legs and arms from each other. The gummy cherries, always bite the stem off first. Gummy bats, the wings separate from the body. Gummy coins I usually try to split down the circle, i.e. splitting in two thinner coins.

    Most of the time it’s just inside my mouth but sometimes I hold it in my hand and bite it off like that.

    Also chocolate bars has to be eaten in the squares the bar is divided into. No splitting it across squares!

    • DM ME UR RACOON PICS
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      Agreed unless the place is very clean and the food is solid and i really like tge food then i just eat it maybe done this one or two times in my life .

      • @MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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        -410 months ago

        No floor is clean enough to do this.

        I used to, and then I realized that “germs” exist and they’re called bacteria and viruses, so I stopped doing it. I only trust tables and surfaces because they’re (at least supposed to be) cleaned with sanitizer… Even then, it’s iffy.

        Eating anything from the floor, regardless of how much or how little time it’s been there, is not something I ever want to risk. Regardless of how clean a place appears to be.

        I have enough GI issues without getting some mystery stomach bug because the wing that fell on the floor for 2 seconds was really good and I didn’t want to lose it. I’d rather go hungry.

          • @MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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            -110 months ago

            I still don’t do that. No 5 second rule for me. No matter how clean my own floor is, I’m still not doing it.

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              I don’t have a 5 second thing tho its just take it as fast as i can and have only done it one or two times but yeah i understand

          • @MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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            210 months ago

            That’s fine. As long as you clean it properly before eating it.

            I would also claim exception for uncooked food, specifically food that needs to be cooked before it is consumed, if it hits the floor prior to cooking, as long as it’s properly cleaned and cooked, it should be fine… I’m thinking more along the line of meats and things here. If cooking only involves a short bath in boiling water, then no… 10+ minutes in 300+ F temps, sure.

            Exception to the exception: if any debris is on the food which cannot be easily removed.

      • @MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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        110 months ago

        Yeah, it will. It may be worse for “wet” food, but it’s still true nonetheless for “dry” food.

        I will say that most people’s experience with this is fairly positive, in that, those that eat off the floor, especially those that obey the “5 second rule” don’t usually get sick from the activity. The fact remains, 5 seconds or less (or not) carries much of the same risks of getting some kind of stomach bug. They may be mitigated by contact duration, and the gut is incredibly good at eliminating bacterial and viral infiltration into the body, but it’s still very much luck.

        Luck that it didn’t make contact with a bacteria or virus that will have a negative effect. Those bugs are everywhere, even on “clean” surfaces (whether visibly clean or otherwise). Unless you actively sterilize your floors continually, the microscopic organisms are there. Whether tracked in on your shoe or foot, or they’re transferred to the area by contact with something unclean or bacteria ridden…

        An extreme and obvious example of this is someone dropping raw chicken on the kitchen floor and not sanitizing the area where it landed. That bacteria from the uncooked chicken is on the floor. Since it was not properly cleaned and sanitized, it’s very very likely still there. Walking through the kitchen to a living space will contact transfer the bacteria to every location where you step; and imagine you walk around the couch. Later, enjoying some chips on the couch, you drop a chip right were a foot with the bacteria landed, and that bacteria is transferred to your chip.

        No 5 second rule will save you from the Salmonella poisoning from the chip on the floor.

        Salmonella is not the only risk either, the chaos of tracking in bacteria from outdoors and public spaces is very very real. Going to the shop and walking through a space where someone had previously walked, who works in a place with some other nasty bug that induces GI suffering… It’s all over their shoes and now all over the floor, and now that you’ve been there, it’s all over your shoes too. You go home and like a sensible person, take your shoes off at the door, but in doing so, you walk over where you’ve stood in your shoes, so now you’ve transferred that bug from your shoes to your socks/feet, and now you’re tracking it all over the house. Same deal, now that it’s on the floor, you drop something and then within 5 seconds, pick it up to eat it and bam, vomiting, diarrhea, the works. You miss work but the boss is tired of your shit, so he fires you and now you can’t pay rent. Next thing you know you’re homeless, turning tricks under the king st bridge to pay for your heroin addiction.

  • @KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee
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    2010 months 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.

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    1910 months 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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      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?

        • rhsJack
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          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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      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.