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ND 'quirky' 'food rules'

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TyneTeas · 10/04/2023 02:35

What are yours?

Are any of these ones you aren't bothered by? And are any of these at odds with yours?

(We are all different!)

Thought this might be potentially an interesting thread both for ND MNers to compare their 'food rules' and also may even be helpful to parents of ND kids to have some insight if their kids can't articulate why

And also when does a preference become a food rule… why is it okay to specify how you want your steak cooked but not other things…? (I remember being quite confused and actually distressed as a child that I was thought to be unreasonably fussy by expressing a preference for how toasted my toast was or about how cooked or soft for scrambled eggs in comparison to preferences steak)

As the person in our house who does most of the food prep and cooking, I just automatically do things to my preferences without thinking about that they may be 'quirky' so interested to see any that I maybe do but haven't noticed or are different to mine…

Sliced tomatoes (wrong) taste different to wedged tomatoes (right). They do. (And if tomatoes are too ripe they are inedible as the texture is wrong.)

Hot and cold things don't go together until the last minute. So eg a cold filling for a baked potato can't sit in a hot baked potato getting hot, you just take a scoop of the separate filling and the baked potato when you eat it. So I will have eg tuna mayonnaise or prawn cocktail on the side of a baked potato but ideally not in it.

Also. Don't put salad in a burger. Lettuce and tomato is best eaten cold, not burger-wilted!

Sauces and juices should not usually soak into carbs. So rice at one side of the bowl, curry/chilli/whatever at the other. Then eat down the border if rice. Or maybe deploy a few sacrificial chips as a barrier to stop the rest of the chips getting sogged.

Chips (British chips) should be rectangular. DH and the DC have never noticed that the ratio of curved chips they have is disproportionate.) I don't know why curved chips are wrong. They just are.

Custard, cream and ice cream should be served separately to cake, pudding cheesecake etc. It cools it down and changes the texture and makes it soggy. No.

Gravy is brilliant (I could eat gravy like soup) but not over everything. Roast potatoes and Yorkshire puddings and stuffing need to take shelter on the rim of the plate or on top of the meat and veg like they are playing tiggy on high until you are ready to dip them in the gravy (or even have a side bowl for the gravy)

I am sure I have loads more but can't think of any more off hand...

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KnickerlessParsons · 10/04/2023 02:51

I'm not sure much/any of that is due to you being ND as I do a lot of those things.
I've never seen a curved chip though so not sure about those ?unless you mean curly fries?)

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TyneTeas · 10/04/2023 02:58

No not curly fries, the chips cut from the outside of the potato whereas ones from the middle have straight lines

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Nat6999 · 10/04/2023 03:01

Everything separate on a plate unless it is with rice or pasta. Ketchup or sauce in a blob for dipping unless it is meat & potato pie.

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RosesAndHellebores · 10/04/2023 03:04

I don't get the gravy rule.

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TyneTeas · 10/04/2023 03:07

RosesAndHellebores · 10/04/2023 03:04

I don't get the gravy rule.

Lots of gravy but not touching things

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TyneTeas · 10/04/2023 03:09

Yeah just generally things not touching. Why should they!?

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TyneTeas · 10/04/2023 03:15

But eg salad being served in a burger is the norm? If it was not it wouldn't be. Which of my examples do you think are NT normal but ND questionable?

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PuttingDownRoots · 10/04/2023 03:20

DD won't eat the same dinner twice in a row, or more than twice a week. With being dubious over unknown foods, holidays can get rather tricky. With convincing we can get her to eat chicken nuggets and chips three times in one week on holiday... (at home there is a variety of meals she will eat)

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TyneTeas · 10/04/2023 03:33

Ooh that's hard!

Me and my DC would probably happily eat the same liked thing every day for about 3 months before deciding to take a bit of a break though!

I remember a 7 day canal boat holiday as a child where we had pub lunches each day and I chose sausage and chips every day except pizza and chips one day. I just didn't want to order something that I didn't know I would like and that was the safe option each day

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Nepmarthiturn · 10/04/2023 03:53

Lots of gravy but not touching things

This. What on Earth is the point of making perfectly crisp roast potatoes and roast chicken with a delicious crispy skin and then pouring gravy over the top and making it all soggy? 😧🤔

Horrifying. 🤣

Nepmarthiturn · 10/04/2023 04:01

Eggs are fine to be eaten as an ingredient in a cake or in pancakes etc. Or the chocolate variety, of course. 🐰🐥🥚🌸

But all supposed ways of cooking an egg on its own are disgusting. Fried, boiled, scrambled, poached, all equally vile and completely unacceptable. The smell, the texture... just no.

It's clear people have been very persistent with attempting to try find a cooking method that will make it edible as a lone ingredient, and the persistence is admirable but it's time to give up now.

Nepmarthiturn · 10/04/2023 04:16

Also, porridge and custard and such sloppy substances are not fit for human consumption.

TomatoSandwiches · 10/04/2023 05:20

Texture is more of an issue, either soft or crunchy and if mixing these I need my preferred ratio.

I dislike large soft fillings in foods as in too much chicken mayo in a sandwich, I need 1cm of filling evenly spread and one crisp per bite.

Anything gelatinous is a no go.

newstart1234 · 10/04/2023 05:51

These all sound like perfectly ordinary preferences to me. Almost everyone I know wouldn't like the same dinner more than twice a week etc. Sloppy foods, wilted salad, mixing textures - same.

olderthanyouthink · 10/04/2023 05:59

Nepmarthiturn · 10/04/2023 04:01

Eggs are fine to be eaten as an ingredient in a cake or in pancakes etc. Or the chocolate variety, of course. 🐰🐥🥚🌸

But all supposed ways of cooking an egg on its own are disgusting. Fried, boiled, scrambled, poached, all equally vile and completely unacceptable. The smell, the texture... just no.

It's clear people have been very persistent with attempting to try find a cooking method that will make it edible as a lone ingredient, and the persistence is admirable but it's time to give up now.

My twin!

I had to force myself to do scrambled eggs the other day because one of my DC likes it but bleurgh 😖

Daisychainsandglitter · 10/04/2023 07:34

My ND DD eats the same food every single day if she's at home. Nearly all dry beige foods.
On occasion she will also eat chicken nuggets and chips especially from mc Donald's, a vanilla ice cream or a milky bar.
She never gets bored of it.

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TyneTeas · 10/04/2023 10:02

newstart1234 · 10/04/2023 05:51

These all sound like perfectly ordinary preferences to me. Almost everyone I know wouldn't like the same dinner more than twice a week etc. Sloppy foods, wilted salad, mixing textures - same.

If they are ordinary preferences though, why do so many things get served otherwise? This is why I assume they aren't ordinary preferences.

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PuttingDownRoots · 10/04/2023 10:05

When I said preferred not to eat the same dinner more than twice a week... she would actually not eat rather than have the same meal too many times.

With lunches its the opposite...she takes an identical packed lunch to school daily.

gogohmm · 10/04/2023 10:07

Absolutely bizarre. My dd is autistic and does none of those. Eating vegetables however ... only when swamped in sauce

hattie43 · 10/04/2023 10:08

Hot and cold on the same plate

Kool4kats · 10/04/2023 10:11

Crinkle cut fries 🤮 texturally just so so wrong

Food must be eaten in order, one thing at a time. So bemused by these people who eat a roast dinner and put a bit of everything on their fork all at once

bellac11 · 10/04/2023 10:12

TyneTeas · 10/04/2023 10:02

If they are ordinary preferences though, why do so many things get served otherwise? This is why I assume they aren't ordinary preferences.

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Because other people have other preferences. They're just preferences over how people like to eat/serve food.

sittingonacornflake · 10/04/2023 10:17

@Kool4kats ooh do share your order of eating! I'm one of those who puts a bit of everything on my fork which gets tricky with a roast when there can be 5 or 6 different veggies on my plate 😆 in which case sometimes I have to deploy a strategy of eating in order (although still mixing 3/4 foods). Would love to know yours as I'm curious!

Singleandproud · 10/04/2023 10:51

@bellac11 I think the difference between a normal preference is that if you are NT you will eat food that is not of your preference although you might not enjoy it as much whereas quite often if you are ND you just won't eat it.

Bananasinpjamas4567 · 10/04/2023 10:54

KnickerlessParsons · 10/04/2023 02:51

I'm not sure much/any of that is due to you being ND as I do a lot of those things.
I've never seen a curved chip though so not sure about those ?unless you mean curly fries?)

@KnickerlessParsons I agree. I also do a lot of these things and not ND.