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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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MyGingerNinja · Yesterday 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 🤣🤭

OverpricedCupcake · Yesterday 21:08

Isn't this just another dislikes thread?

BetterWithPockets · Yesterday 21:21

gonoodleoodle · Yesterday 19:02

Baked bean juice may never ever touch eggs or bread.

Are you my DD?

DiggoryVenn · Yesterday 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.

Firesidechatter · Yesterday 21:28

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

Carathelara · Yesterday 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.

Flannelfeet · Yesterday 21:31

gonoodleoodle · Yesterday 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! 🤣

BashfulClam · Yesterday 21:33

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

MrsJigsaw · Yesterday 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!

NineteenSeventyThree · Yesterday 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.

AppleCrumbleBubbleBath · Yesterday 21:46

A tuna steak is a lovely part of a hot meal, but tinned tuna must never be served hot. Also, fish and cheese must never be consumed together, or fish and tomato. The idea of a seafood pizza or tuna pasta bake turns my stomach.

HughManity · Yesterday 21:52

Salad first. If a plate has the food separately then it is eaten separately.

No gravy on any veg other than mashed potato.

BebbanburgIsMine · Yesterday 21:59

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.

I hate butter, milk, cream, yogurt and most dairy produce so the idea of a sandwich made with butter is disgusting to me, I wish shops would provide even a small selection of ready made sandwiches for us butter haters, and they mustn’t have mayo on them either.

I have a long list of food do nots, I’d be here all day if I was to list them all! 😂

feliciabirthgiver · Yesterday 22:01

WBAveeno · Yesterday 19:32

Ketchup with eggs is wrong.

ham sandwiches have to have mustard and butter and proper ham.

salad with roast chicken is ok….just not with a roast dinner…

Absolutely on ketchup, in fact tomatoes must never be on a plate with eggs….beans with breakfast 🤮

sprigatito · Yesterday 22:02

Firesidechatter · Yesterday 21:28

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

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Not everybody wants to eat less!

HughManity · Yesterday 22:09

Nothing labelled 'reduced fat'. Why take the joy out of food?

WinterGold · Yesterday 22:09

likelysuspect · Yesterday 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.

Talking of disturbing tomato elements; I love sliced tomato in a salad or in a sandwich but bizarrely, the thought of and even seeing someone eat one like an apple makes me feel a little bit queasy!

BCBird · Yesterday 22:13

SockQueen · Yesterday 15:38

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

In total agreement. Hot pudding needs custard.

Shodan · Yesterday 22:14

If eating, say, a roast, each forkful should contain at least two or three elements of that meal. Not one individual item per forkful.

Also, scones : if it's clotted cream, it goes scone, cream, jam. If it's whipped cream, it goes scone, jam, cream. It's all about the density.

And I actually prefer a hot pudding with ice cream (or cream. Or both.) Something about the contrast of temperature just makes everything better.

Cookingdoesntgettougher · Yesterday 22:15

I love Yorkshire puddings but still crispy so on a side plate and away from the gravy.

HughManity · Yesterday 22:21

If eating, say, a roast, each forkful should contain at least two or three elements of that meal. Not one individual item per forkful.
Sacrilege!

petitpasta · Yesterday 22:27

White toast has to be buttered straight from the toaster so the butter melts. Wholemeal toast must go in a toast rack to cool down completely and must be buttered when cold.

Butter is the only acceptable thing to go on toast. No jam, marmalade, Nutella etc.

Also raw tomatoes are amazing, cooked tomatoes are a complete abomination.

petitpasta · Yesterday 22:28

Also, mugs must not have dark colour glaze inside. Outside is fine but inside they must be pale coloured.

I have no idea why but it is the law.

Missey85 · Yesterday 22:30

OneMoreProfiterole · Yesterday 20:35

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

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It's me 🤣 I have corn on the cob with roast chicken ❤️

GintyMcGinty · Yesterday 22:35

any kind of sauce ruins a bacon or sausage roll

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