Abnormal Culinary Meme
Posted on | June 23, 2008 at 9:03 pm | 3 Comments
I’m inventing a new Internet meme, though I know variations of this have been done before. It’s a simple one: Name ten food-related preferences you have that you deem to be abnormal or unusual compared to the rest of America (or whatever country you hail from). Avoid just mentioning popular foods you dislike. Here are mine, some of which I’ve previously mentioned:
- I always add a packet of Nutrasweet to a bowl of cereal, even if it’s already sweetened.
- I prefer un-ripe green bananas to ripe yellow ones.
- My favorite type of bagel is jalapeño.
- The only condiment I like on hot dogs is ketchup (and maybe jalapeños). Wait… is chili and cheese a condiment?
- I don’t like lettuce on hot food.
- I chop tomatoes into very small pieces when adding them to salads.
- I like fresh cherries, or things containing cherries (like cherry pie), but I don’t like cherry-flavored things. I think I got this one from my dad.
- I order sushi rolls without sesame seeds.
- I put hot sauce on almost everything I cook at home.
- I always have to drink a pop (diet, of course) when eating ice cream. I’ve been informed this is unusual, though I didn’t think it was.
That’s all I can think for now, though I’m sure there are hundreds more.
I’m not going to bother to tag anyone, since that’s gauche. Answer if, when, and where you choose.
Latre.
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3 Responses to “Abnormal Culinary Meme”
June 23rd, 2008 @ 9:39 pm
Hmmm… Not sure I can come up with ten. And not sure how odd they are.
1. I always put pepper on my fries – never salt. In fact I don’t put salt on anything.
2. Diet soda is a breakfast food.
3. When I was a kid, I liked peanut butter, jelly, and mayo sandwiches.
4. Also when I was a kid, one of my favorite vegetables was red cabbage. There was another odd one – and my mom just mentioned this the other night – but now I can’t remember it.
5. Pepperoni and green peppers do not belong on the same pizza. Either is fine with other ingredients, but I don’t like them together.
6. For most meals, I eat each item completely before starting the next one. In particular, french fries are eaten before sandwiches.
7. I am surprisingly not all that fond of ice cream.
8. I have long felt that bacon dipped in chocolate would be yummy; eventually, a chocolatier vindicated this perception. Shoulda been darker chocolate, though.
9. I used to confuse mushrooms and onions – not the foods, just their names.
10. I prefer my bagels sans shmear, not toasted, no butter…just as is.
June 23rd, 2008 @ 10:43 pm
Is “I always write dumb comments in response to blog postings about food” at all unusual?
June 24th, 2008 @ 1:25 pm
2fs: I’ll cop to #2 as well (but usually only when I’m eating out or at the office). #6 and #7 used to apply to me as well, though not so much any more.