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Kris61 · « **on:** April 23, 2018, 07:21:49 PM »

Thought this might be an interesting off season topic. Got any? Know anyone who does? For the most part I’m not a picky eater with a few notable exceptions (Brussel sprouts, pickled beets) but in a previous career I worked with a guy who had the most childlike appetite of anyone I’ve ever met.

This guy wouldn’t touch a green vegetable. Would only eat a “salad” (I use that term loosely) if it were strictly iceberg lettuce swimming in ranch dressing. Nothing else. No other kind of lettuce. If he got an entree at a restaurant that came with two sides he would commonly ask for French fries and mashed potatoes.

Most of the time if we went to a restaurant his first question was usually “Do you have cheeseburgers” regardless of how nice the place was or what they specialized in. He was also a big fan of chicken tenders, cheese sticks, and grilled cheese sandwiches. He would eat steak or grilled chicken but would only eat the steak if it were ridiculously well done. We were somewhere once and I ordered chilean sea bass and he proudly announced the only fish he ate was Long John Silver’s.

You ever know anyone like that?

TyphonInc · « **Reply #1 on:** April 23, 2018, 07:57:23 PM »

I almost always take a sample bite of each food placed before me. Then I eat my food starting from my least favorite and working my way up to what I like the most.
Whatever food it is that I liked the most I save till everyone else is eating their desert and treat that as my desert.

Brutus Buckeye · « **Reply #2 on:** April 23, 2018, 08:07:43 PM »

I used to know a fella that would eat at Taco Bell at least five times per week.

DevilFroggy · « **Reply #3 on:** April 23, 2018, 08:19:20 PM »

Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on April 23, 2018, 08:07:43 PM

I used to know a fella that would eat at Taco Bell at least five times per week.

I don't do it regularly by any stretch but I've definitely done that before.

Kris61 · « **Reply #4 on:** April 23, 2018, 08:51:06 PM »

Quote from: TyphonInc on April 23, 2018, 07:57:23 PM

I almost always take a sample bite of each food placed before me. Then I eat my food starting from my least favorite and working my way up to what I like the most.
Whatever food it is that I liked the most I save till everyone else is eating their desert and treat that as my desert.

See, stuff like that for some reason is interesting to me. I’ve always been a little intrigued by what makes people eat the way they do. I knew a girl who tore her food apart. She said the thought of taking a bite out of a full hamburger grossed her out. So she would tear bites off of it and eat it. She would do the same thing with pizza, breadsticks, etc.
She was always borderline chunky and I think that played a part in it. I think she thought if someone saw her pick up a hamburger that made her look hoggish, but picking bites off a hamburger was feminine, dainty, cute.

847badgerfan · « **Reply #5 on:** April 23, 2018, 08:52:43 PM »

Quote from: Kris61 on April 23, 2018, 07:21:49 PM

Thought this might be an interesting off season topic. Got any? Know anyone who does? For the most part I’m not a picky eater with a few notable exceptions (Brussel sprouts, pickled beets) but in a previous career I worked with a guy who had the most childlike appetite of anyone I’ve ever met.

This guy wouldn’t touch a green vegetable. Would only eat a “salad” (I use that term loosely) if it were strictly iceberg lettuce swimming in ranch dressing. Nothing else. No other kind of lettuce. If he got an entree at a restaurant that came with two sides he would commonly ask for French fries and mashed potatoes.

Most of the time if we went to a restaurant his first question was usually “Do you have cheeseburgers” regardless of how nice the place was or what they specialized in. He was also a big fan of chicken tenders, cheese sticks, and grilled cheese sandwiches. He would eat steak or grilled chicken but would only eat the steak if it were ridiculously well done. We were somewhere once and I ordered chilean sea bass and he proudly announced the only fish he ate was Long John Silver’s.

You ever know anyone like that?

You worked with my middle brother?

TyphonInc · « **Reply #6 on:** April 23, 2018, 09:08:19 PM »

Quote from: Kris61 on April 23, 2018, 08:51:06 PM

See, stuff like that for some reason is interesting to me. I’ve always been a little intrigued by what makes people eat the way they do. I knew a girl who tore her food apart. She said the thought of taking a bite out of a full hamburger grossed her out. So she would tear bites off of it and eat it. She would do the same thing with pizza, breadsticks, etc.
She was always borderline chunky and I think that played a part in it. I think she thought if someone saw her pick up a hamburger that made her look hoggish, but picking bites off a hamburger was feminine, dainty, cute.

I think I have 2 factors, first I got to sleep several nights at the kitchen table because of the "not allowed to leave until you clean your plate", so I learned to start at the bottom and work my way up.
2nd I drink 2 sugar drinks a day, I treat those as deserts, and I think eating another desert on top would be excessive.

MarqHusker · « **Reply #7 on:** April 23, 2018, 09:11:24 PM »

My older brother loved the KFC lunch buffet. We all know people who can just crush food. When he was of driving age, and we weren't, and if he was driving us around, and we ended up at KFC it was going to be awhile.

(After a round of several pieces of chicken) 'Sorry, we're out of extra crispy, it won't be ready for 20 minutes.'
(pause)......'I'll wait.' Sits quietly surrounded by crumpled napkins, spilled cole slaw and crumbs of biscuits. I think about that whenever I have fried chicken.

MarqHusker · « **Reply #8 on:** April 23, 2018, 09:12:27 PM »

Quote from: DevilFroggy on April 23, 2018, 08:19:20 PM

I don't do it regularly by any stretch but I've definitely done that before.

Yeah, that's a high probability occurrence for a boy between 14-20.

utee94 · « **Reply #9 on:** April 23, 2018, 09:22:24 PM »

I don't think I have any weird eating habits. There are some foods I'm not particularly fond of, like pickles and olives, but I don't think I eat in any unusual way.

I know a guy who has to eat all of one thing on his plate, before he'll go on to the next. Me, I just meander back and forth among all of the different foods.

I also know at least a couple of people that don't like the different foods on their plate to touch each other. I don't really have a problem with that, in fact eating Tex-Mex would be pretty much impossible if I made that rule for myself.

OrangeAfroMan · « **Reply #10 on:** April 23, 2018, 09:31:27 PM »

I'd rather have more meat n' sides than any dessert.

I'll order 2 starches for sides.

I love trying things I've never had before, or cultural foods I've never experienced.

I once went to Wendy's for dinner and while I was eating, realized it was my 2nd trip to Wendy's that day. I was not proud of myself at that moment.

847badgerfan · « **Reply #11 on:** April 23, 2018, 09:40:37 PM »

I like food.

Kris61 · « **Reply #12 on:** April 23, 2018, 10:20:27 PM »

Michael Kay, the radio host and Yankee broadcaster is pretty well known for his unusual eating habits. Among them are his claims that:

He’s never eaten a condiment
Never eaten a banana
Never eaten an egg
Never drank coffee
Never eaten fish
Never eaten a tomato
Doesn’t eat salad dressing

He says his wife is a foodie and likes to go to restaurants and he pretty much sticks to steak and chicken. I think last year he lost a bet and had to eat a Whopper on air so the condiment thing may no longer be true.

MarqHusker · « **Reply #13 on:** April 24, 2018, 12:36:34 AM »

I don't think I can go five days avoiding any of those items (maybe a tomato depending on the month). I tend to make my own dressings. The egg is a vital ingredient for so many different reasons.

I've never had a pop tart or an energy drink.

I think the one food I tend to avoid is tuna (though I'll eat sushi), especially tuna salad, or steaks. Ocean perch and Dover Sole isn't very good either. Sole tastes like nothing, bruises easily. Anything that seemingly has to be paired with a butter sauce (hey, I like butter) isn't very good.

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