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Made Up Food Rules

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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.

OP posts:
Butteredtoast55 · 12/11/2026 18:49

Walker1178 · 12/11/2026 16:00

Fries must be eaten with salt, proper chips with vinegar. Never both together

Weirdo!

Nochoiceofuser · 12/11/2026 18:42

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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I'm the opposite, favourite things get eaten first, that way if I get full before my plate is finished I'm not tempted to overeat

Walker1178 · 12/11/2026 16:00

Fries must be eaten with salt, proper chips with vinegar. Never both together

Allseeingallknowing · 12/11/2026 15:52

You do not put butter on scones first before the jam and cream- I do!

bardabunga · 12/11/2026 15:51

SockQueen · 12/11/2026 15:38

Ice cream with hot puddings is wrong and not to be tolerated.

Ice cream with jelly is also wrong and not to be tolerated. Jelly is enough of a wobbly bastard as it is without adding creamy melting slipperiness to the mix.

Allseeingallknowing · 12/11/2026 15:43

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

SockQueen · 12/11/2026 15:38

Ice cream with hot puddings is wrong and not to be tolerated.

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!

TheChosenTwo · 11/11/2026 23:36

I also am a meat eater but never on a pizza!
I have a lot of weird food rules, some of them seem completely contradictory but make perfect sense to me 😂 I won’t go into it, we’ll be here all day…

XenoBitch · 11/11/2026 23:32

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

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