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Made Up Food Rules

185 replies

LittleMissEnraged · 11/11/2026 23:28

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.

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NineteenSeventyThree · 12/11/2026 21:42

Pizza must be eaten from the outside in.

Condiments must never be spread over food, only blobbed.

Any savoury food item is improved by the addition of black pepper and mustard.

Apple sauce can be enjoyed with any type of meat but mint sauce is only for lamb.

MrsJigsaw · 12/11/2026 21:37

If i have a few crisps on a plate, they have to be eaten in a specific order - firstly any broken crisps, in smallest to largest order, then whole crisps in smallest to largest order!

BashfulClam · 12/11/2026 21:33

EmmaB1309 · 12/11/2026 15:30

Meals a plate get eaten in order of the deliciousness of the food, with my favourite part being eaten last (eg on a roast dinner that would be pigs in blankets).

Regarding pizza, I’m the opposite! I prefer it to have some kind of meat on it, and am not keen on pineapple on it!

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Same! I also don’t mix food together it’s eaten separately.

Flannelfeet · 12/11/2026 21:31

gonoodleoodle · 12/11/2026 19:02

Baked bean juice may never ever touch eggs or bread.

Yes!! That is the worst thing in the world! 😱.

Barricade the egg in alone! 🤣

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.

Firesidechatter · 12/11/2026 21:28

EmmaB1309 · 12/11/2026 15:30

Meals a plate get eaten in order of the deliciousness of the food, with my favourite part being eaten last (eg on a roast dinner that would be pigs in blankets).

Regarding pizza, I’m the opposite! I prefer it to have some kind of meat on it, and am not keen on pineapple on it!

Edited

I do this but they say to do it the opposite way as you eat less,

DiggoryVenn · 12/11/2026 21:26

Hot treacle tart with ice cream. Cold treacle tart with warm custard.

Also Orangina from a glass bottle is far superior to the can.

BetterWithPockets · 12/11/2026 21:21

gonoodleoodle · 12/11/2026 19:02

Baked bean juice may never ever touch eggs or bread.

Are you my DD?

OverpricedCupcake · 12/11/2026 21:08

Isn't this just another dislikes thread?

MyGingerNinja · 12/11/2026 21:06

No Yorkshire puddings with chicken or turkey or any bird really .. only beef, lamb or pork.
No jacket potatoes on a cooked dinner and definitely no gravy on a jacket potato.
No mince pies until 1st Dec but I admit I have broken this one this year 🤣🤭

likelysuspect · 12/11/2026 20:58

Does anyone remember the thread where a poster (not sure if it was the OP) talked about having an omelette or an egg with.... wait for it.... sliced tomato. Or it might have been A slice of tomato

Many of us on the thread were deeply upset, horrified, baffled. I think one of us, and it could well have been me, felt 'disturbed' by the presence of this random item that was incongruent with the hot item

I cant remember what the thread was about now and I may have some details wrong but it definitely involved a disturbing tomato element.

Allseeingallknowing · 12/11/2026 20:53

Boreded · 12/11/2026 20:33

If you can’t tell the difference then you’re a savage and deserve the granules 🤣

We can keep the good stuff for ourselves.

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I don’t mind being called a savage-I’m one of many!

LindorDoubleChoc · 12/11/2026 20:51

I am already very tired (even though I spend comparatively little time on Mumsnet these days) of the contrary and aggressive responses by the poster with snappy and blue in their name on this thread. I'm not sure I'll get very far in reporting them as they stay just on the side of not posting personal attacks ... but will try.

Greatnessinessness · 12/11/2026 20:49

If I eat pizza it has to be cheese and mushrooms. I’m not vegetarian.

Dancingintherain09 · 12/11/2026 20:49

LittleMissEnraged · 11/11/2026 23:28

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.

I've found someone like me, I do not like meat on a pizza...at all.

WokeUpEarlyWalkedTheDog · 12/11/2026 20:48

Still water can only be drunk from a water bottle and never a glass.

Sparkling water can only be drunk from a glass and never a bottle.

Diet Coke must come in can form and I’ll not hear different.

TheSnappyBluePoster · 12/11/2026 20:48

Boreded · 12/11/2026 20:35

Did you miss where OP said they were individual rules…so ones you impose on yourself, not real rules for everyone else

The posters sharing their own rules are likely sticking to them as rules because why not 🤷‍♀️

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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.

NormasArse · 12/11/2026 20:43

Allseeingallknowing · 12/11/2026 19:50

No, butter jam then cream. There is no other way!

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There is, y’know!

MyBigPony · 12/11/2026 20:38

I'm a meat eater but soup must never contain meat.
Toast must be cold before it's buttered.
Any cafe that puts crisps on my plate with sandwiches will never see me again.

OneMoreProfiterole · 12/11/2026 20:35

maddiemookins16mum · 12/11/2026 20:04

Sweetcorn basically only goes with about 4 different meals and NEVER on a roast.

What kind of maniac has sweetcorn on a roast?

And beans DO go with eggs. When that yolk breaks and mixes in with the bb juice… mmmmmm

Boreded · 12/11/2026 20:35

TheSnappyBluePoster · 12/11/2026 20:32

None of these are rules, they are just things you don't like

Did you miss where OP said they were individual rules…so ones you impose on yourself, not real rules for everyone else

The posters sharing their own rules are likely sticking to them as rules because why not 🤷‍♀️

Boreded · 12/11/2026 20:33

Allseeingallknowing · 12/11/2026 15:43

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

If you can’t tell the difference then you’re a savage and deserve the granules 🤣

We can keep the good stuff for ourselves.

TheSnappyBluePoster · 12/11/2026 20:32

None of these are rules, they are just things you don't like

Boreded · 12/11/2026 20:31

XenoBitch · 11/11/2026 23:32

Well, as long as you only apply those rules to you only, then what is the issue?

There is no issue…OP just wants to know what other people have as their quirky little rules.

@LittleMissEnraged I’m also very much a sauce or butter never both on a sandwich kind of girl!

WokeUpEarlyWalkedTheDog · 12/11/2026 20:30

Mayo OR butter. Never both. Jacket potatoes with tuna mayo can, however, be buttered up.

Chicken and pasta are not to be tolerated together.

Cheese sandwiches should be on thick self sliced bread (white or brown is fine), with butter and should be accompanied by very sweet and sour gerkins.

The only correct flavour for a milkshake is strawberry.