Made Up Food Rules

LittleMissEnraged · 2026-11-11T23:28:05+00:00

I don’t mean religious rules or cultural norms. I’m thinking about quirky individual rules you abide by that other people might not understand. I am not a vegetarian, but I can’t bear meat on a pizza. Any vegetable - even pineapple! My other strict rule is that you may have a condiment or butter on a sandwich but never both.

ILoveKits · Today 07:34

LoudPlumDog · Today 00:57

Who on earth eats a crisp sandwich?

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My recipe:
White bread
Salted butter
Four fish fingers
Layer of salt and vinegar crisps
Tommy K

Especially good mid/late Saturday morning after a heavy Friday night.

Theyreeatingthedogs · Today 04:23

HughManity · Yesterday 23:58

Polenta is horrible

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Not if made properly.

LoudPlumDog · Today 00:57

LaurieFairyCake · 12/11/2026 18:55

If you’re having a crisp sandwich it must have thick butter

Who on earth eats a crisp sandwich?

Sgtmajormummy · Today 00:47

Just one rule: NO CHICKEN IN TOMATO-BASED PASTA SAUCE.

ILoveKits · Today 00:05

Yorkshire puddings accompany beef and only beef.

HughManity · Yesterday 23:58

Theyreeatingthedogs · 13/11/2026 21:03

Not a typo. Horse and polenta is a beautiful Italian dish. An egg on top is heaven.

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Polenta is horrible

Shinyhappyapple · Yesterday 12:29

MyBigPony · 13/11/2026 22:19

Recent digestive problems mean I can't eat cheese. I don't much like it anyway. I never realised before just how many dishes have unnecessary cheese in. Our local pub menu has nothing that isn't contaminated with cheese.

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Does it not have any dishes suitable for vegans ?

Carathelara · Yesterday 10:11

IsThistheMiddleofNowhere · Yesterday 10:00

Yes!! I always remove breadcrumbs from fish fingers then eat the fish with salt and vinegar and then put salt and vinegar on the pile of breadcrumbs and eat that. The rest of the family think I'm such a weirdo for doing this. So excited to hear i am not the only one that does this! I also cant stand garlic on pizza, and lasagne must be served only with a salad.

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Wow...I am exactly the same with pizza and lasagne as you too! We are food doppelgangers!
I also love smothering the fish in salt and vinegar - it tastes so dull without!

IsThistheMiddleofNowhere · Yesterday 10:00

Carathelara · 12/11/2026 21:30

All chocolate must be eaten nice and cold from the fridge.

All batter/breadcrumbs to be removed before eating the chicken/fish inside first and then enjoying just the coating afterwards.

Vinegar first on chips, then salt so it sticks.

Vinegar goes in gravy but only with pie and chips.

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Yes!! I always remove breadcrumbs from fish fingers then eat the fish with salt and vinegar and then put salt and vinegar on the pile of breadcrumbs and eat that. The rest of the family think I'm such a weirdo for doing this. So excited to hear i am not the only one that does this! I also cant stand garlic on pizza, and lasagne must be served only with a salad.

Lomonald · Yesterday 09:36

DeeDeeSharpWhatKindOfLadyNSoul · 13/11/2026 21:02

We're a crinkle cut beetroot and thick oatcakes with our stovies household.

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Yum, my husband hates stovies I make them for myself with lots of beetroot, no oatcakes though .

Shodan · Yesterday 09:34

mathanxiety · Yesterday 03:26

Chicken does not belong on a pizza.
No barbecued items on a pizza either.
Pizza needs to be cut in wedges and the crust is used to hold it while you eat your way toward it. Crust is eaten last therefore.
Salty and sweet foods together are heavenly. Especially fab is caramel popcorn with cheese popcorn.
Blue cheese dressing is the only alternative to mayo or vinegar for chips.

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Blue cheese dressing is also good for dipping your pizza crusts in 😁

mathanxiety · Yesterday 03:26

Chicken does not belong on a pizza.
No barbecued items on a pizza either.
Pizza needs to be cut in wedges and the crust is used to hold it while you eat your way toward it. Crust is eaten last therefore.
Salty and sweet foods together are heavenly. Especially fab is caramel popcorn with cheese popcorn.
Blue cheese dressing is the only alternative to mayo or vinegar for chips.

ImogenBrocklehurst · Yesterday 02:06

TheSnappyBluePoster · 12/11/2026 20:48

People are imposing these rules because they don't like it... Therefore, they aren't even self imposed rules.They're just things you don't like.

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You seem fun 🙄

ImogenBrocklehurst · Yesterday 01:56

Allseeingallknowing · 12/11/2026 15:43

Homemade gravy is superior to that made with granules! Bet that most wouldn’t know the difference!

Wouldn’t touch granule-made gravy. It’s foul.

Soup and risotto needs to be made with meat stock, not a stock cube.

DeeDeeSharpWhatKindOfLadyNSoul · Yesterday 00:15

@Minidollop 1 & 2 yes
3 &:4= heathen behaviour..😁🙋

Minidollop · Yesterday 00:01

Sandwiches should always consist of two slices of bread, cut. (Not one slice folded x2 which my teen prefers.

No ketchup on gravy dinners.

Chip shop chips should always have salt, vinegar and mayo.

When dunking bread in soup, the bread should be buttered.

MirrorClocks · 13/11/2026 22:32

Brown sauce with a fried egg or omelette (definitely not tomato ketchup).

Can drink coffee or a fizzy drink with crisps - but not tea or milk.

Tea, coffee or milk with chocolate, but not squash or a fizzy drink.

No sweetcorn or pineapple on a pizza.

MyBigPony · 13/11/2026 22:19

girlygirly · 13/11/2026 12:03

A quiche Lorraine should never have cheese in it. Any other quiche is fair game but as a cheese hater it drives me nuts because all supermarket quiche Lorraine’s have bloody cheese.

Also, mayonnaise on every sandwich is also wrong (don’t like mayo either). Totally unnecessary.

Recent digestive problems mean I can't eat cheese. I don't much like it anyway. I never realised before just how many dishes have unnecessary cheese in. Our local pub menu has nothing that isn't contaminated with cheese.

Shinyhappyapple · 13/11/2026 21:16

I can only eat eggs if they are scrambled or as an omelette.
Scrambled eggs go with toast, possibly with smoked salmon and avocado but never with other cooked breakfast ingredients and definitely never with ketchup or beans .

Toast should be cold before buttering. No butter on baked potatoes or melted on veg but mashed potato needs it mixed in.

Peanut butter goes directly on toast (no butter) and something like a sausage sandwich should have brown sauce but no butter. OTOH cold sandwiches should have a thin layer of butter. Cheese sandwiches should have crisps inside, but no crisps in a prawn cocktail or smoked salmon sandwich.

Scones should be plain (no sultanas!) and have butter, jam and then whipped cream. Clotted cream is rank.

Icecream is the best accompaniment to a hot pudding, but salad doesn’t belong on a plate with a hot dinner.

You can never have too many carbs.

Like other posters, I normally save my favourite part of a dinner til last, but I do see the logic of eating it first.

Theyreeatingthedogs · 13/11/2026 21:03

Cookingdoesntgettougher · 13/11/2026 06:48

horse!? Trying to thing what typo it might be 🤣

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Not a typo. Horse and polenta is a beautiful Italian dish. An egg on top is heaven.

DeeDeeSharpWhatKindOfLadyNSoul · 13/11/2026 21:02

BebbanburgIsMine · 13/11/2026 05:07

Brown Sauce was made for Stovies!

I quite like some beetroot on the side, along with the oatcakes.

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We're a crinkle cut beetroot and thick oatcakes with our stovies household.

DeeDeeSharpWhatKindOfLadyNSoul · 13/11/2026 20:54

LydiaTheTattooedLardarse · 12/11/2026 22:55

🤮🤮🤮

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Oh agreed ,example three things on a plate I have to eat separately as with a stir fry I will fish out the separate components and eat individually
Yes I do accept
I'm a fucking weirdo.🤪

DrCoconut · 13/11/2026 20:50

Eggs have to be cooked solid. Runny yolks are nausea inducing.

namechange62 · 13/11/2026 20:17

I can't bare my egg yolks touching the beans and only add brown/red sauce to my plate after I've enjoyed the eggs with pepper and bread and butter/toast.
My family think I'm bonkers and will say 'look mum' and as I glance over will squirt the sauce directly on the yolk!! Boak !
I have no other food quirks..

Boreded · 13/11/2026 19:59

BinturongsSmellOfPopcorn · 13/11/2026 18:46

It's too small.

(I don't eat roasts, so don't have this rule myself, but if I did that's why I would. )

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Oooh you know I feel the same way about not having peas on a roast as I do about sweetcorn…it didn’t occur to me that it would be because of the size. Maybe it is though.