Harlepolis said:

- I cannot eat anything that feels like chewing on t-shirts, example? Calamari mind you, it tastes good but the chewing process makes me cringe, and when I'm done with my plate, my nerve system is in shambles Then again, its not really a quirk, I know many people who can't stand the sight of sea food, much less squids.

The trick is to find a place that will cook them JUST RIGHT.

Calamari is notoriously easy to overcook (and therefore get tough & chewy). Find a place that will cook them to perfection, and you will enjoy the experience.

The other day I went to a bar that serves incredible food. We ordered fried calamari and they were amazing. In fact, they even cooked/served the part with the tentacles!!! At first it grossed me out, but then I channeled my inner Andre Zimmern and got the courage to eat it ALL. The leftovers were heated up the next day at home, and were still delicious (surprisingly!)...so much so that I conned the kids into trying it (and they liked it!!!!).

Anyway...sorry for the sidetrack. Moral is; find a place that will cook them RIGHT!

Never had a cat, and the only reason the dog is in the house is because of the children, otherwise he would be tied to a chain outside int he back yard, like all my other ghetto fam does...

chocolate1 said:

XxAxX said:

when i was little i LOVED ketchup and white bread samiches. of course, now, i am far too sophisticated for that malarkey. but back in the day.....

My sister is 40. She still eats them.

Wow! I use to do that as a kid too! I always thought I was the only one!

MoniGram said:

chocolate1 said:

My sister is 40. She still eats them.

Wow! I use to do that as a kid too! I always thought I was the only one!

When I was a kid, I used to love making sandwiches out of white bread and Magnolia condensed milk (when mom made bread pudding she'd leave some in the can for me).

MoniGram said:

chocolate1 said:

My sister is 40. She still eats them.

Wow! I use to do that as a kid too! I always thought I was the only one!

good heavens! we should form a club.

PurpleJedi said:

jone70 said:

I like raw tomatoes, but hate cooked tomatoes; I like tomato sauce and tomato soup but only if there are no chunks of cooked tomatoes.

I like raw spinach but not cooked.

Crustaceans gross me the f*ck out. Lobsters are the worst. I was just on vacation and went to a restaurant where they have the live lobsters in a tank. Of all the tables in the place, we were seated right next to it. I thought I was going to be sick. And all night, the owner was coming over and grabbing the live lobsters out with his bare hands - everytime someone ordered the lobster. I'd see him walk by and then 10 minutes later I'd see a boiled lobster, cut open down the middle go by on a plate.

Sorry, don't mean to laugh, but that was damned funny!

You should've asked for another table.

BTW, I find the notion of boiling these critters alive mildly disturbing. Not to say I won't eat crab or lobster, but I def don't want to see or HEAR them being boiled alive.

There weren't really any other tables. I was also in a foreign country and didn't want to be perceived as a rude American. It was funny -- at one point the waitress brought a cooked lobster back to the chef's window and I see the waitress telling the chef something. The chef is rolling his eyes and looking very offended, and picks up a large meat fork and pries the lobster meat out of the shell and onto a new plate, then tosses some lemon wedges on it. The waitress then takes the plate with just the lobster meat back to some table. I can only surmise that a customer ordered lobster, but wasn't expecting the actual lobster and wanted the meat "Red Lobster/Olive Garden-ized" and the chef thought that was ridiculous. A little later some locals ordered the lobster and ate everything from the tail to the leg meat. :shudders:

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Genesia said:

PositivityNYC said:

yay, science!

Ice cream making is all about chemistry, baby!

I have fond memories of doing this as a child on the back porch with the old wooden ice cream bucket and you had to crank with the ice and salt.

Several years ago, I wanted to contine that reverie and make some peach ice cream. I don't know what I did wrong, but I ended up with the trots.

Hershe said:

[img:$uid]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3422/3186452921_ab849e119a.jpg[/img:$uid] Rather, gag me with a fork.

Notice how clean the counter is? A word to all y'all. Those cats' mouths and asses are probably cleaner than any of yours, and I'm talking about the entire org!

jone70 said:

PurpleJedi said:

Sorry, don't mean to laugh, but that was damned funny!

You should've asked for another table.

BTW, I find the notion of boiling these critters alive mildly disturbing. Not to say I won't eat crab or lobster, but I def don't want to see or HEAR them being boiled alive.

There weren't really any other tables. I was also in a foreign country and didn't want to be perceived as a rude American. It was funny -- at one point the waitress brought a cooked lobster back to the chef's window and I see the waitress telling the chef something. The chef is rolling his eyes and looking very offended, and picks up a large meat fork and pries the lobster meat out of the shell and onto a new plate, then tosses some lemon wedges on it. The waitress then takes the plate with just the lobster meat back to some table. I can only surmise that a customer ordered lobster, but wasn't expecting the actual lobster and wanted the meat "Red Lobster/Olive Garden-ized" and the chef thought that was ridiculous. A little later some locals ordered the lobster and ate everything from the tail to the leg meat. :shudders:

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Did you actually fly somewhere?

Why i use to not like chinese food.

Shyra said:

Hershe said:

Shyra said:

Notice how clean the counter is? A word to all y'all. Those cats' mouths and asses are probably cleaner than any of yours, and I'm talking about the entire org!

No.

Kitty hater!

sextonseven said:

jone70 said:

There weren't really any other tables. I was also in a foreign country and didn't want to be perceived as a rude American. It was funny -- at one point the waitress brought a cooked lobster back to the chef's window and I see the waitress telling the chef something. The chef is rolling his eyes and looking very offended, and picks up a large meat fork and pries the lobster meat out of the shell and onto a new plate, then tosses some lemon wedges on it. The waitress then takes the plate with just the lobster meat back to some table. I can only surmise that a customer ordered lobster, but wasn't expecting the actual lobster and wanted the meat "Red Lobster/Olive Garden-ized" and the chef thought that was ridiculous. A little later some locals ordered the lobster and ate everything from the tail to the leg meat. :shudders:

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Did you actually fly somewhere?

Yes, and I did not have to go through either a full-body x-ray machine, nor get an invasive pat down!

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jone70 said:

sextonseven said:

Did you actually fly somewhere?

Yes, and I did not have to go through either a full-body x-ray machine, nor get an invasive pat down!

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That's EXACTLY what I was thinking.

sextonseven said:

jone70 said:

Yes, and I did not have to go through either a full-body x-ray machine, nor get an invasive pat down!

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That's EXACTLY what I was thinking.

It took me a minute to figure out why you were asking; but then I remembered.

My wife thinks it's weird that I can eat half of a brick of cream cheese by itself. I could probably eat the entire brick, but I won't.....cream cheese is from the heavens.

...Now that I think about it, compared to some of the other things I've seen listed here, I really don't have any food quirks, other than not liking pears because the texture of them is weird to me...that, and I gave up on trying to eat french toast because I've never actually been able to keep them down in my entire life.

armpit said:

not liking pears because the texture of them is weird to me...

That's on my list of textures...

XxAxX said:

MoniGram said:

Wow! I use to do that as a kid too! I always thought I was the only one!

good heavens! we should form a club.

vainandy said:

When I fix a bowl of ice cream (that came from the grocery store), I put it in the microwave for a few seconds to get it slightly soft.

And soft ice cream is on my "textures" list. It feels "foamy" to me.

verb agreement edit

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Lisa10 said:

Genesia said:

Behold the Twinkie...

[img:$uid]http://www.esquire.com/cm/esquire/images/twinkies-0407-460x360.jpg[/img:$uid]

Mmmmmm. That would go nice with a cup of tea.

When I was a kid, I went on a field trip/picnic with my class. My Mom made me a brown bag lunch: a PBJ sandwich, a Twinkie, and one of those awful sugar-water juice drinks in the plastic container (it was the 70s ).

Everything was warm, and the sandwich and Twinkie were smashed.....

I can't even look at a Twinkie now without gagging.

Shyra said:

Genesia said:

Ice cream making is all about chemistry, baby!

I have fond memories of doing this as a child on the back porch with the old wooden ice cream bucket and you had to crank with the ice and salt.

Several years ago, I wanted to contine that reverie and make some peach ice cream. I don't know what I did wrong, but I ended up with the trots.

We still make ice cream like that in the summer but you won't get the trots I love raw celery but can't stand it cooked. I grew up on a farm with fresh eggs but I can't stand eggs now.

The one thing my sister does is dip her salad into her dressing. It drives me crazy because it takes her FOREVER to eat it, especially if we are in a restaurant.

i also like to have my steak well done....as in charcoal done

I don't care for pears

- most.. I had some in Puerto Rico once that were amazing, but other than that, I pass..

when I was a kid and we got fruit cocktail like with school lunch, I always picked out the pear bits.. gross....

Fact: The Devil created lima beans.

physco185 said:

i also like to have my steak well done....as in charcoal done

i'm the total opposite. wipe it's ass and slap it on my plate please.

I can't eat some things without kethup - rice,eggs,breakfast sandwiches...

everything has to be clean and fresh and away from chemical cleaners and stuff like that.

physco185 said:

Dewrede said:

i find the whole idea of eating unfertilized chicken egg cells disgusting

so i don't eat eggs

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i'm with u on the egg thing, i am not a fan of the egg

i also eat rice with ketchup and i even add ketchup to spag

i eat meat, but i hate touching it, when i have to cut it esp chicken i use tongs

never had just plain rice with ketchup , i'm gonna try that once

meat is gross no matter what imo

physco185 said:

i'm with u on the egg thing, i am not a fan of the egg

i also eat rice with ketchup and i even add ketchup to spag

i eat meat, but i hate touching it, when i have to cut it esp chicken i use tongs

ditto!!!

physco185 said:

i also like to have my steak well done....as in charcoal done

I don't like bloody meat.