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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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Loudnesses · Today 15:58

I never order meat on a pizza either, but that's because of the nasty processed meat most pizza places use. If I was making my own and had left over roast chicken, I'd be happy to use that on the pizza.

Dinosaurhearmeroar · Today 18:04

Cannot have chips with any pasta. It’s carbs on carbs. Can’t have a side of bread with baked potato. It’s just wrong pal.

Lomonald · Today 18:06

Dinosaurhearmeroar · Today 18:04

Cannot have chips with any pasta. It’s carbs on carbs. Can’t have a side of bread with baked potato. It’s just wrong pal.

Chips and lasagne with a side of garlic bread though you are missing out.

ilovepixie · Today 18:32

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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What’s wrong with sweetcorn on a roast??

ilovepixie · Today 18:33

MyBigPony · Yesterday 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.

Scotch broth?
chickeh soup?
beef broth?
all gorgeous.

ilovepixie · Today 18:38

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.

So you eat the crust first you savage!

neverhadnooneever · Today 18:41

ilovepixie · Yesterday 19:14

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

Yes this - eating a mother and it’s baby is disgusting 🤮

NineteenSeventyThree · Today 18:42

ilovepixie · Today 18:38

So you eat the crust first you savage!

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Oh, yes siree!

Always get the boring bit over with first is my motto!

BinturongsSmellOfPopcorn · Today 18:46

ilovepixie · Today 18:32

What’s wrong with sweetcorn on a roast??

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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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