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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.

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XenoBitch · 11/11/2026 23:32

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

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…

EmmaB1309 · Yesterday 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!

SockQueen · Yesterday 15:38

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

Allseeingallknowing · Yesterday 15:43

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

bardabunga · Yesterday 15:51

SockQueen · Yesterday 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 · Yesterday 15:52

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

Walker1178 · Yesterday 16:00

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

Nochoiceofuser · Yesterday 18:42

EmmaB1309 · Yesterday 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

Butteredtoast55 · Yesterday 18:49

Walker1178 · Yesterday 16:00

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

Weirdo!

LaurieFairyCake · Yesterday 18:55

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

Liverpoolxxx · Yesterday 18:58

No butter or margarine in meat sandwiches but mayo is acceptable. Cheese and egg both need butter.

Sirzy · Yesterday 19:00

I can’t est a sandwich without crisps! Not on the sandwich itself but alongside it. I think it stems back to school packed lunches!

gonoodleoodle · Yesterday 19:02

Baked bean juice may never ever touch eggs or bread.

emuloc · Yesterday 19:04

SockQueen · Yesterday 15:38

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

Hear Hear!

JLMA · Yesterday 19:07

you can only double carb on a Friday.

so no pasta and garlic bread together. Only on a Friday

SatanicMechanic · Yesterday 19:10

JLMA · Yesterday 19:07

you can only double carb on a Friday.

so no pasta and garlic bread together. Only on a Friday

You’ve reminded me of when we had French guests to stay and we went out for a pub meal. They were horrified that the lasagne came with garlic bread and chips! Three lots of carbs 😱😂

wishingonastar101 · Yesterday 19:12

Mayonnaise must never be warm.

ilovepixie · Yesterday 19:14

Cannot eat egg and chicken together. It’s like eating a mother and its baby.

TimeToGoSaidZebadee · Yesterday 19:15

Fruit with meat dishes is so wrong.
I spend a ridiculous amount of time removing the little umbilical cord thing from eggs before I can cook them.
Toast rules - with jam, the toast should be left to go cold before spreading with jam.
with marmite, the toast should be hot.
I have many more weird food quirks. My dh has the patience of a saint because he does most of the cooking.

likelysuspect · Yesterday 19:19

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.

All rules are made up by the way....

Yes people are incredibly rigid about food. If Im bored for example, I might start a thread about lasagne or bolognese and watch the bun fight kick off if I mention an ingredient in it that throws down the gauntlet of 'NOT TRADITIONAL'.

Perhaps I'll mention cheddar instead of the bechemel. Perhaps I'll throw capers in my bolognese sauce. Perhaps I'll say Im serving bread and rice with it as well.

People will go wild.

I'll tick off me little bingo card of

  • ragu
  • they dont eat it like that Italy
  • you mustnt double carb
  • you've done the layers all wrong
  • it needs 70 hours cooking down
  • my Italian nonna would say ....
  • its not served with spaghetti anyway
  • random insert of 'theres no such thing as English food' (this gets me bonus points by the way)
likelysuspect · Yesterday 19:19

And then I'll move on to scones.... cream or jam first....

GameOfJones · Yesterday 19:20

Toast can be spread with either butter or jam but never butter and jam.

This rule goes out of the window for marmalade as both butter and marmalade on toast is acceptable.

CrowsInMyGarden · Yesterday 19:21

@SirzyI agree with the crisps with a sandwich, unless it is a sausage sandwich then I don’t have crisps

sprigatito · Yesterday 19:24

I think people who don’t put butter in sandwiches are missing a bit of their soul (unless they’re allergic to dairy, I will grudgingly concede).

Asparagus tastes and smells like wee, so it isn’t allowed in my house.

Mince pies must have an open top with a pastry heart, star or Christmas tree. Fully enclosed pies are terminally out of balance.

Sliced cheese in a sandwich is a completely different foodstuff from grated. It’s gross.

A cooked sausage is partially blackened and crispy on the ends. If there’s pink on it, it’s raw.

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