Another lighten the day post.....I have always picked out that little white goober that is ever present when you crack open an egg to fry/scramble.
What is that thing? It looks like someone with a cold hawked up a goober into the pan. Hehehe.
What's your weird food preparation quirk?
Be successful today. You're all gifted and worthy of it.
Posted by Cam Bortz (Member # 55) on :
The white goober in an egg is the unfertilized embryo would turn into a chicken if it was fertilized and hatched.
My own habit? I'm a dunker. Over-easy eggs get the toast or meat dunked into the yolk. Coffee and donuts? The donut gets wet before I eat it. Another one is having been raised with relatives who butchered their own pigs and chickens, I've never had an aversion to things other people think of as inedible - kidneys or hearts or what have you. Bring on the haggis!
Things I don't like: Yams/sweet potatoes, beets, and stewed okra. Yecchh.
Posted by Kimberly Zanetti (Member # 2546) on :
Sorry Cam, it's not the embryo part... Chalazae: the cord looking thing hanging from the egg is the chalazae. The fresher the egg the stronger or pronounced the chalazae. That's a Greek word that means hailstone. What's important is that it's essentially a rope of egg white that twists itself into being as the egg travels from the ovary to the nest. Its sole purpose is to keep the yolk centered in the egg.
The things I ABSOLUTELY will not put in my mouth: beer (even the smell of it makes me gag), capers, curry, olives, bananas, yogurt and blue cheese or and of the really smelly, icky cheeses (brie, cambazolla, gorgonzolla, etc.)
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Posted by David Wright (Member # 111) on :
When I was a kid warm milk over graham crackers. Eat it quick or it looks disgusting. My kids loved it also. C,mon Kimberly give beer another try! My favorite, http://www.leinie.com/splashscreen.asp Posted by Todd Gill (Member # 2569) on :
Cool! I learned something new! I could eat an "eggwhite centering mechanism"....but a unfertilized fetus? Yech!
Then again, we're eating something that basically comes from a chickens "lower extremities"....hehehe.
Posted by Todd Gill (Member # 2569) on :
Oh, and when I was a kid:
I was eating breakfast one morning....scrambled eggs and some pancakes. I wouldn't use the real maple syrup (although I do now) and my dad asked why I wouldn't use it.
I said, "I'm not eating anything that came out of a tree!"
My dad laughed and said, "But you'll eat something that comes out of a chicken's butt?!"
Posted by Alan Ackerson (Member # 3224) on :
Cereal at midnight.
Posted by Jillbeans (Member # 1912) on :
This is my brother Kevin's quirk, and it is really weird. He eats a slice of pizza or a piece if pie from the biggest end inward, claiming that it is "backwards" to do it the other way around like most normal folks.
The only quirk that I can think of which I do is when I peel a banana, I make sure to remove all the "strings" and also pinch off that one end that goes down into the stem. And I will never eat a banana that has black speckles...I prefer em almost green.
As for preferences, they are not really quirks, but who among us enjoys these? A piece of American cheese wrapped around a banana A peanut butter and banana sandwich on white bread smashed flat Salt on cantaloupe Butter spread on those windmill-shaped cookies Grape jelly on a hard-fried egg Hominy with cheese melted on it Limburger cheese spread on saltines and washed down with beer
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmm! Love...Jill
Posted by Joe Endicott (Member # 628) on :
Peanut Butter and dill pickle sandwiches.
I'm also one of those people who usually eats all of one item on the plate before moving to the next...going from the one I like least to the one I like most.....I'm working on quiting this habit.
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Posted by TransLab (Member # 470) on :
HP sauce on Eggs
Lemon Juice no syrup on pancakes
Salt & pepper no syrup on French Toast
Posted by Kimberly Zanetti (Member # 2546) on :
quote:Lemon Juice no syrup on pancakes
Salt & pepper no syrup on French Toast
WHAT!??!?! Okay, that's just weird! Posted by Mike Pipes (Member # 1573) on :
I like my eggs "soft boiled", ie: firm eggwhite, runny yolk! My mom and dad like 'em the same way, maybe it's just how I grew up with 'em.
Peanut butter and banana sammich pancaked flat rules! Sprinkle a little sugar on there too. Unfortunately I don't eat much of that anymore on my new healthier lifestyle.
Jill, I my nanners the same way - no strings attached and that stem part ends up in the trash - 'cept I like 'em just when the speckles start popping up. If they last long enough to go completely brown they end up in a banana nut bread.. 'cept I havent had one of those in 6 months either.
Peanut butter or cream cheese on celery sticks and carrots.
My grandma told me that when my mom was a little girl, she used to take her bread and build "walls" on her plate to keep the different foods from mixing together. Mom doesn't know I know this... hehehe. Posted by John Lennig (Member # 2455) on :
slice bananas lengthwise, blob on crunchy peanut butter, top with mayonaise, real good! dress it up, arrange on a bed of chopped iceberg lettuce.
keep raw almonds in freezer, take some out, cut LENGTHWISE(very inmportant), then cut into 3 to 5 cross cuts, add to cereal, yog. etc.
Keep as many condiments as possible, homemade relishes, pickles, small company ones, BE the King of Kondiments!
John Lennig / charter member of the Slow Food Movement(eating, at least!) chew and enjoy, or be fated to "shovel it in, it's a job that's gotta be done, quick!"
Posted by Philip Steffen (Member # 2235) on :
Talk about processed foods...
I like to Dip Nacho-Doritoes in my Maccaroni & cheese
When eating hot-wings, I prefer the drumstick to the wing
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
100% expensive olive oil on warm italian bread....a little garlic powder, salt and pepper... WONDERFUL but fatnin! steamed califlower....diped into same olive oil with salt & pepper...AWESOME flavor! marinated TOFU fried in a wok.....then diped in a peanut sauce....once you eat this you will lov it!!! si's recipe for HUMUS.....on rice crackers!!!!!
Posted by KARYN BUSH (Member # 1948) on :
microwaved M&Ms...DON'T over cook them!!...just enough so the chocolate is melted but the candy coated shell barely cracks. yum!
Posted by Rovelle W. Gratz (Member # 4404) on :
Banana, Crunchy Peanut Butter, Mayonnaise Sandwiches.....One of my Favorites.
Also love the Banana, Crunchy Peanut Butter Sandwiches minus the mayonnaise, fried in butter, both sides. Makes me hungry thinking about it.
I always salt my Cantaloupe, Strawberries or Grits. Grits with Cheese and Butter.
I like OP's Italian Bread Thing.
When I was young, I used to toast bread on one side, pick all the soft bread out of the other side, eat that, then put butter on the toast and eat it.
When I eat a salad, I eat all the tomatoes first...they mess up the taste of the rest of the salad.
My 37 Y/O son loves Frozen Seedless Grapes.
Posted by Rovelle W. Gratz (Member # 4404) on :
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Posted by Lotti Prokott (Member # 2684) on :
Melted cheese with pepper and paprika sprinkled on top. Just pop a few slices in the microwave.
Or the orange and lemon peel pieces people use for baking; I eat them with a spoon. The only treat in our house that is exclusively mine, he he.
Posted by Rick Beisiegel (Member # 3723) on :
My wife calls those banana & peanut butter combos "Monkey sandwiches" She serves them on a hot dog bun to grandkids.
My quirk is fresh lime wedges in Diet Coke way before Coca Cola did it. Also, buttered crackers are a must with a bowl of chili!
Great Topic Todd
Posted by faye adele welsh (Member # 4164) on :
hominy and kielbasa,cooked together, potato chips on a chipped ham sandwich,butter on ginger snaps,barf-a roni. Posted by Jane Diaz (Member # 595) on :
Angel hair pasta with HOMEMADE tomatoe juice and a little parmesan sprinkled on top is my comfort food. When I am down and need "pampering". My Grandma used to make it for me. She also made me white bread with butter and sugar on it. At least I outgrew that! Speaking of the egg/chicken butt thing.... when you really think about it, there are a bunch of foods that you wonder who the first person was that said, "Hey, lets eat this!" Shrimp or Lobster or oysters (look at 'em!) mushrooms (FUNGUS, as my middle son calls them!) Blue cheese (I LOVE it, but it IS mold!) I'm sure there are LOTS more.
Posted by Mark Perkins (Member # 296) on :
Us cajuns will eat ANYTHING......as long as it smells good!!!! Posted by Robert Richards (Member # 3244) on :
I shouldn't, but here goes;
A bananna sandwich with bolonga, onion and mayo. The fresh bologna cut from a roll is better than the packaged kind.
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
HOMIENY...its like corn that mated with a garbonzo bean..YUK!!!! hehehehehhe faye when i ate meat, KILBASI AND SAURKRATE, BAKED!!! to die for. HAL-OP-KEE, PE-ROG-HE...filled with saurkrate and onion, and how many ever ate KISHKA???? the old homade stuff was awesome!!!!!
Posted by Ken Henry (Member # 598) on :
Hi folks. This may be a quirky "male" thing, but how many times have you guys ordered something in a restaurant, and suddenly your female companion gets the urge to "taste" something off your plate. Wife and daughter both have this habit, and I sometimes wonder why they didn't simply order whatever it was that I'm having. Last time this occurred, the wife had ordered a baked potato, while I opted for fries. As soon as the waitress had set the plates down, she reached over to "taste" a fry. Sometimes I've even considered ordering them a side dish of whatever they elect to "taste". Perhaps it's just another of those gender things, but it does bug me. Posted by Jane Diaz (Member # 595) on :
Ken, Have your wife order first and then order whatever she is having. I had a son who did the same thing so I just let him order and then followed his order. Problem solved! Posted by Mark Matyjakowski (Member # 294) on :
For dinner tonight ... wife made Burgers and potato salad ... dump baked beans over whole thing and cover in mustard.(garbage plate) Not unusual if your from around here.
My "quirk" ... I need something in my mashed potatos (corn, peas, meatloaf) to eat.
My kids look at me funny when I make tuna and Spaghetti-O's on toast.
Love the banana and peanut butter sandwiches ... on a hot dog bun, BRILLIANT, gonna try that!
Posted by Suelynn Sedor (Member # 442) on :
-a cheese slice on fresh apple pie, yummy.
My grandma used to diligently pick out that goober in the egg, and she'd make sure her egg didn't get mixed up with the other ones in the pan. She told me it was rooster sperm to fertilize the egg. Thanks for clearing that up for me Kimberly!
Suelynn
Posted by Kimberly Zanetti (Member # 2546) on :
You're welcome SueLynn, I'm just a wealth of fairly useless information. Posted by Kristi Percell (Member # 255) on :
I grew up eating the "Family" sandwich...
Peanut Butter, Sweet Pickles and Mayo.
Supposedly it is called a depression sandwich, all the major food groups are represented.
It sounds yuckie but is actually really good.
Kristi
Posted by Kissymatina (Member # 2028) on :
Karyn, were you baked when you figured out the M&M thing? That falls directly in with what Jane said.. what were people thinking when they decided to eat some of these things. I love lobster, but have always wondered what the thought process was of the first person to look at a lobster & say "hey, let's eat that"
I'm with Mark on having to have something in my mashed taters.
My things:
Mush cholocate ice cream up into a softserve version, then dip bar-b-que potato chips in it. Has to be bar-b-que. Pretzels work well in a pinch.
Saltines MUST be dipped into a cup of heavily-sugared hot tea.
Eggs must be eaten with salt, pepper & ketchup. Either for scrambled or over-hard. (I can't stand those runny eggs, cook mine please)
Posted by Todd Gill (Member # 2569) on :
I cannot believe I didn't think of the mashed potato's thing. I too mix my corn (and roast beef if that's accompanying the taters) with my mashed potato's. But strictly corn...no peas or carrots.
Posted by Mark Perkins (Member # 296) on :
Kissy, You sure aren't cajun
Tonite I had fried alligator for supper....Thursday night a bunch of my friends and I get together for a "supper" This week is pounce.....otherwise known as stuffed pork belly....the stuffing is basically smoked pork sausage....I don't know anyone who eats the belly Posted by Monte Jumper (Member # 1106) on :
SPAM...I love Spam...I will eat it out of the can...I don't like anything on it like mustard mayo or the like I will eat it on bread (preferably wheat) I also like it at breakfast fried with eggs...or alone.
It is especially good as a (ham) Spam Salad.
Besides that the can is perfect for holding Floppy discs. and great for mixing paint in.
If you want to keep me quiet at a meet...just put a spam sandwich in my hand. Posted by Rick Chavez (Member # 2146) on :
I love:
Menudo Cabeza Lengua Tripas and Buche All these are parts of an animal normally thrown away or end up on Fear Factor
I also love: Spam Musubi (from my time in Hawaii) Fried pork fat...or Chicharon con Carne (soft fried pork rinds) It might be all bad for me, but my grand father was raised on it and lived to 100 and my grandmother was 99
Posted by Kathy Joiner (Member # 1814) on :
Monte, you are right about the <A TITLE="Click for more information about spam" STYLE="text-decoration: none; border-bottom: medium solid green;" HREF="http://search.targetwords.com/u.search?x=5977|1||||spam|AA1VDw">spam</A> and the can!
Tell Patsy to try this trick my Mom taught me. Slice a can of spam(after opening it ) and flour each slace. Then dip in an eggwash (milk & egg) and flour it again. Fry it in a pan with oil and it it soooooo good. Even people who don't eat spam like it.
(Edited for my quirk) I just love to put diced onion in bleau cheese salad dressing and eat it with chips. Good, but not good breath.
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Posted by Frank Magoo (Member # 3950) on :
Large flour tortilla, heat it on grille, butter it up and shake a mixture of cinnamon and sugar over it, roll up and eat it. Mexican french toast.....
Really like kimchi and fish eyes, in a noc ma sauce, good, very good. Maybe on a bed of rice, if so desired. Posted by Gavin Chachere (Member # 1443) on :
in a blender--raw liver,ice cubes,a teaspoon of instant coffee with either banana or strawberries depending on the season
Posted by Michael Boone (Member # 308) on :
mmmm uummm hmmm franch fraad berdaters ....wih... mustereerrd own em... mmmm hhmmmm
Posted by Wayne Osborne (Member # 4569) on :
Fish fingers (cut open -put salad cream inside-close) Ginger cake and slice of cheese (or just buttered)
(getting cravings now....d'ya think I might be pregnant?)
Posted by Ian Stewart-Koster (Member # 3500) on :
Gavin- yuk! I can't stand liver, after having it as sole dietry meat for several years as a kid (it was all we could afford!)
What's really nice is peanut paste (crunchy) with red salad onion,& maybe some honey,cheese and lettuce, all in a sandwich. A bit of marmalade helps at times if the salad onions are lacking some 'zing'! (add a bit of real butter on one slice of bread too)
Our kids love barbecue sauce (like ketchup) with sprinkles (100s & 1000s) on bread, but I won't touch it.
Mashed potato- I'll always add mixed herbs and/or some rosemary to it (lawn clippings my brother in law calls it).
Cereal any time of the day in place of any meal.
As a kid I lived on porridge (rolled oats) cooked with molasses. My mother in law still occasionally makes me molasses 'anzac' biscuits- great dunked in coffee!
Posted by Rick Beisiegel (Member # 3723) on :
Ian
If there was a prize for grose, you'd win it! EEEWWW, That sandwich recepie is very different! But, I do agree on the whole liver thing. To each their own. Posted by Ian Stewart-Koster (Member # 3500) on :
Rick, you should try it! (It's wonderful for cleaning out the sinuses too!) Posted by Janette Balogh (Member # 192) on :
Hard Salami sliced very thin. Spread cream cheese, add a sliver of a dill pickle slice and roll up.
Raspberries or Blueberries frozen.
Cereal (wheat flakes or grapenuts) dates, walnuts, dried cherries, raisins, with soymilk and a dolop of vanilla yoghurt.
Slice of ham with cottage cheeze, ground pepper and diced scallops. Roll up.
Fritos scoops with onion dip.
Fries with salt and vinegar or with mayo.
Banana, and peanut butter on toast, with alittle honey drizzled on top.
Tuna spread on toast or on crackers with a slice of cheddar cheeze melted on top.
Those ultra thin pumpernickle crackers with cream cheeze, banana and drizzled honey.
Mix and heat great northern and/or navy beans with corn, onion, cayenne pepper, and grated cheddar cheeze.
Sliced apples with cheddar cheeze.
Apple wedges with peanut butter.
Dip Strawberries in sour cream, roll in toasted nuts, and toasted coconut.
Sour cream over sliced bananas.
Add grated cheddar cheeze and fresh chopped tomatoes to tomato soup.
Posted by Rovelle W. Gratz (Member # 4404) on :
Diced Vidalia Onions in my mashed potatoes. Put them in just before you are ready to eat.
A friend puts peanut butter in his mashed potatoes.
Posted by Mike Pulskamp (Member # 3475) on :
OK, Now you got'a have Oscar Meyer All Beef franks, and real peanut butter. Split the weiner (cold) and fill'er up with P.B. Great with a big glass of cold milk!
Posted by Jane Diaz (Member # 595) on :
We have YOYO's for supper alot.... that stands for "You're On Your Own" Posted by Stephen Faulkner (Member # 2511) on :
Boone's Farm Blueberries from Hell! on pork chops! Tabasco on draft beer!
Posted by Mike Pipes (Member # 1573) on :
Anyone else eat braunschweiger? Usually mix some celery in with it then spread on rye bread.
Posted by Donna in BC (Member # 130) on :
pretzels dipped in cream cheese
having to lick the tinfoil butter wrapper! LOL
meatless variation for spaghetti - first butter, then seasonings, grated cheddar cheese (lots), then meatless sauce on top to melt the cheese... ahhhhh!
cody - he has a super sandwhich every morning for breakfast. Cut open a bagel, butter, ham, cheddar cheese, topped with slice of summer sausage, melt in toaster oven. (It's called a grilled cheese without the meat on top; vital to get it right!)
Posted by Dusty Campbell (Member # 4601) on :
I eat bananas like Jill and a couple others. Whenever I eat or drink anything from a can, I have to wash the can. Cokes, canned corn, etc.
It comes from when I lived out in the country. There was a shop dog at the liquor store and one day I saw him lift his leg on a whole bunch of beers flats stacked up there. From that day on I've had this problem.
I also put mustard in most chili I eat.
Posted by AdrienneMorgan (Member # 1046) on :
Love most vegetables right outta the can....spinach and beets the best....
I like Vegemite or Marmite on toast....
Jim likes banana and mayo sandwiches yuck
Posted by Dawn Ellis (Member # 3529) on :
Vinegar, good old-fashioned Malt Vinegar on almost anything. Mostly on french fries, have to really soak those. Vinegar on tuna fish and avocado and beets. If something doesn't taste quite right I add vinegar -- it fixes everything. Also love Marmite (black yeast spread) on buttered toast. Marmite is similar to Aussies' Vegemite. In winter great to dunk marmite toast in a hot cup of Rooibos Tea.
Posted by Ian Stewart-Koster (Member # 3500) on :
I think it might be time to buy some shares in a peanut butter company, judging by its popularity here.....!
Posted by Jon Aston (Member # 1725) on :
I've been known to eat crow on occasion.
Posted by Rick Beisiegel (Member # 3723) on :
Peanut butter on cold hot dogs????? Mike, that's just sick. LOL
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Posted by Mike Pulskamp (Member # 3475) on :
But It's sooooo good!
Posted by Rovelle W. Gratz (Member # 4404) on :
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Unfortunately I don't eat much of that anymore on my new healthier lifestyle.![[Applause]](graemlins/clap.gif)
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But, I do agree on the whole liver thing. To each their own. ![[Dunno]](graemlins/dunno.gif)