I don't think I'm a picky eater. I like food. I do. I just have certain rules about food. I'm picky about what goes together or how it's prepared. I don't know where or how I picked up these rules. Edna does not have these rules...maybe they came up in response to her cooking....hmmm, I think that's what happened.
For instance:
I do NOT prepare meals from boxes. Potato flakes, hamburger helper, pasta salads, or pot pies - yes. No TV dinners. No prepacked meat shaped patties. No lasagna from a box. Blech! They taste like the box!
BBQ sauce has NO business on hamburgers. And never on a hot dog!
BBQ sauce is for chicken or pork. BBQ beef sandwiches (like pulled pork) are OK.
Sweet Baby Ray's is the only BBQ sauce that exists.
Ketchup is the perfect accompaniment for beef roast, meatloaf, and bologna.
Hot dogs MUST have buns. Hamburgers MUST have buns - not bread!
Relish is for hot dogs. Pickles are for hamburgers.
Eggs must have hard yolks when fried and scrambled eggs cannot be WET.
Bacon should never be hard or any color close to black.
Toast should be a crisp, light brown.
I prefer sandwiches not to be toasted.
Mayonnaise is for sandwiches. Miracle Whip is for salads. Except for tomato sandwiches!
Only milk in tomato soup!
Grilled cheese can only be cut on the diagonal. Every other sandwich has to be halved.
Bread butts are not to be consumed by humans!
Steak is medium rare to medium. Never, never, never, well done.
Cooked tuna fish (i.e. tuna casserole, tuna helper, creamed tuna on toast) is AWFUL!
Wavy chips are for dip - plain chips are not.
Salsa is NOT a substitute for ketchup nor is ketchup a sub for salsa!
Gravy does not belong on turkey. That's where the cranberry sauce goes.
Gravy is STRICTLY for potatoes.
Candy Corn is yellow, orange, and white. Anything else is NOT candy corn.
Nuts. Nuts have no business being in food. They belong in a can, not in my brownies, not in my cookies, and not in my bread either!
Chili is RED not WHITE - saltine crackers and cheddar cheese ARE required!
Most spaghetti sauce requires sugar. It's preferred WITHOUT meat.
Tacos belong in soft shells.
Ortega is the only taco seasoning in existence.
Yes, I do prefer for the food on my plate NOT to touch yet, I don't freak if it does.
Now Jeremy, Jeremy has one food rule - no cherries.
And Jacob - Jacob's rule is to just not eat anything anyone else does.
These made me laugh. Of course, I don't agree with all of them, but that's to be expected. Aren't we all weirdos when it comes down to it, with all our own little quirks? Here's some of my responses to your list:
ReplyDeleteTotally agree on the Sweet Baby Ray's. I don't use any other BBQ sauce anymore. Also, who the heck puts BBQ sauce on hamburgers and hot dogs? YUCK!
Hot dogs have relish and hamburgers have pickles = right on! :)
I love my eggs over-easy (soft, runny yolk), though I've had to learn to like the yolks hard during pregnancy.
Toast should be a DARK brown. ;) Drew completely disagrees with me on this one. :)
I grew up with Miracle Whip as mayo. Once I discovered mayo, I never went back to that tangy zip...icky!
I also prefer milk in tomato soup.
I like bread butts DARKLY toasted with butter and cinnamon-sugar.
Mmmm...tuna casserole... :)
When eating a turkey dinner, I like gravy on it. When eating left-over turkey in a sandwich, I like to use the cranberry sauce as a sandwich spread.
Sugar goes in spaghetti sauce, sloppy joe sauce, and chili. I like my tomato-based sauces on the sweeter side.
Ha! This, and Em's response, both had me giggling. I love it. So, of course, I have to pipe in:
ReplyDeleteI too hate hate meals from boxes. I've just recently allowed Collin to buy packaged veggies to use in stir-fry (adding my own chicken and teriyaki sauce)and even that makes me a little twitchy.
Agree with you both on Sweet Baby Ray's. But, have you ever tried Corky's? My mom swears by it. I think it gives SBR a run for it's money, but it is harder to find.
I have to have ketchup on chicken and macaroni. Collin HATES it when I do this. It totally disgusts him.
Since being pregnant I've totally changed my mind about eggs. I used to need them over-easy. Now I'm all about medium.
My BLT's have to be made with miracle whip and Lawry's Season Salt.
Agree that bread butts are not for humans. Though I've never tried this butter and cinnamon-sugar thing.
For me, steak is rare to medium rare. Agree, NEVER well done. I like to say, wipe it's ass and slap it on my plate.
Plain chips also need keptchup, except with paired with my mom's bbq.
Why do people put nuts in cookies? You WANT to ruin your masterpiece?
My mom ALWAYS puts sugar in her spaghetti sauce. I've just started doing this.
And speaking of food, I was just thinking about you over lunch and wondering if I could get that turkey soup recipe from you. I have this grand plan to make a turkey dinner on Sat. Nov. 7th (because it is the first weekend we are going to be home in over a month) with the intentions of making turkey soup with the leftovers on Sunday.