Strange habits you have

[webny99]

You know it's a good thread when the current discussion is the least interesting part. That's not to say there's anything wrong with the current discussion, but I just finished reading this whole thread from end to end and it was very entertaining. Maybe even one of my favorites all-time.

[NE2]

I poop.

[US 89]

I poop.

Cool.

[index]

I chew on plastic bottle caps after I finish the bottle until it's ground up to a pulpy, plasticy mess. I've had this habit for probably like, 12 years. Somewhere around that. I wonder how much plastic I've inadvertently swallowed over the years.

[JoePCool14]

I chew on plastic bottle caps after I finish the bottle until it's ground up to a pulpy, plasticy mess. I've had this habit for probably like, 12 years. Somewhere around that. I wonder how much plastic I've inadvertently swallowed over the years.

18 minus 12 is 6, so you've been doing this since you were a 6 year-old?

[kphoger]

I poop.

That's more of a hobby for you, though, isn't it?  Or a passion?  A calling?

[kphoger]

Is this strange?

I eat the same thing for lunch every workday:  a BBJ, a hard-boiled egg, and three duplex sandwich cookies.  I've eaten sandwiches for lunch for more than 15 years–either lunchmeat and cheese or PBJ, and it's been PBJ for probably at least four years now.  The only thing I change up is which kind of jam it is;  when one jar runs out, I buy a different kind.

I also eat the same thing for breakfast every morning:  a bowl of granola with milk, and a small glass of grapefruit juice.

(For suppers, though, I have a balanced diet of home-cooked meals.)

[J N Winkler]

Is this strange?

I eat the same thing for lunch every workday:  a BBJ, a hard-boiled egg, and three duplex sandwich cookies.  I've eaten sandwiches for lunch for more than 15 years–either lunchmeat and cheese or PBJ, and it's been PBJ for probably at least four years now.  The only thing I change up is which kind of jam it is;  when one jar runs out, I buy a different kind.

I also eat the same thing for breakfast every morning:  a bowl of granola with milk, and a small glass of grapefruit juice.

I wouldn't say it's strange.  My breakfast and lunch menus typically don't vary from day to day.  For the former I eat hot oatmeal.  For the latter I eat soup in the winter or salad in the summer, followed by washed unpeeled whole carrots.  The soup is fifteen-bean soup six days out of every week, with a gap-filler soup (turnip, spinach, or split pea) on the seventh day.  The salad includes, at minimum, green leaf lettuce, spring onions, and radishes, with cooked diced chicken as available.

I rely on this menu structure to clear two-thirds of the fiber RDA every day with two-thirds of the meals, while adhering to a five out of three rule for vegetables (five servings out of at least three different vegetables, none of which is potato).  For fifteen-bean soup the vegetables are onion, tomato, and garlic, while for the gap-filler soups they are onion, celery, carrot, and whatever the headliner vegetable is.

[webny99]

Is this strange?

I eat the same thing for lunch every workday ...

Not exactly strange, but I couldn't do that, myself. Back when I was in high school I used to eat individual deep dish pizzas a lot (but not even every day, maybe 2-3 times per week) and now I'm so sick of them I can hardly stand them.

I'm not a big sandwich guy or a fan of cold lunches in general. A sub or salad is about the only thing I'd eat cold for lunch.

[hbelkins]

I'm not a big sandwich guy or a fan of cold lunches in general. A sub or salad is about the only thing I'd eat cold for lunch.

A sub IS a sandwich.

[kenarmy]

Do y'all have foods that change from being good to nasty more than once, and you don't know when it'll change? I used to religiously eat pb&j, but I randomly got tired of the jelly so I just started fixing peanut butter, and recently I've starting eating it with jelly again. Same with moon pies, I loved those so much but one day I just thought they were the nastiest thing ever.... until I started liking them again and recently I've begin to dislike them.

[Scott5114]

Is this strange?

I eat the same thing for lunch every workday:

Supreme court justice David Souter famously had the same lunch every day for his entire time on the court: a single apple and plain yogurt. (Justice Ginsberg seemed to think this was really gross.) After learning of that fact, I've actually tried it a few times (although I had flavored yogurt, usually vanilla or blueberry) and found it to be a surprisingly filling lunch.

Do y'all have foods that change from being good to nasty more than once, and you don't know when it'll change?

A few foods that I used to love have been ruined for me after I recovered from covid. Peanut butter was once delicious, now it tastes wretched. Although I think I'm slowly starting to recover my sense of taste four months on, fortunately.

[webny99]

I'm not a big sandwich guy or a fan of cold lunches in general. A sub or salad is about the only thing I'd eat cold for lunch.

A sub IS a sandwich.

Yes, it is a type of sandwich. I guess buns, including sub buns, are usually OK. It's mostly cold sandwiches with plain bread that I take issue with. 

[Scott5114]

plain bread

Isn't most bread made from wheat grown on a plain?

[webny99]

plain bread

Isn't most bread made from wheat grown on a plain?

And plains are flat, so I think this means buns should be called mountain bread.

(Also, some types of non-plain-grown bread are good. Pumpkin, for example.)

[Rothman]

plain bread

Isn't most bread made from wheat grown on a plain?

And plains are flat, so I think this means buns should be called mountain bread.

(Also, some types of non-plain-grown bread are good. Pumpkin, for example.)

Buns come from mountains?

[kevinb1994]

plain bread

Isn't most bread made from wheat grown on a plain?

And plains are flat, so I think this means buns should be called mountain bread.

(Also, some types of non-plain-grown bread are good. Pumpkin, for example.)

But what pumpkin?

[kevinb1994]

plain bread

Isn't most bread made from wheat grown on a plain?

And plains are flat, so I think this means buns should be called mountain bread.

(Also, some types of non-plain-grown bread are good. Pumpkin, for example.)

Buns come from mountains?

Not sure if he meant to refer to Buncombe County...nice Asheville, NC.

[kphoger]

A few foods that I used to love have been ruined for me after I recovered from covid. Peanut butter was once delicious, now it tastes wretched. Although I think I'm slowly starting to recover my sense of taste four months on, fortunately.

A good friend of ours still has wacky taste COVID side-effect fun.  For her, it's only certain types of flavor.  For example, she can never tell how salty something is.  Other types of taste are back to normal.

Is it similar for you?

[JoePCool14]

Do y'all have foods that change from being good to nasty more than once, and you don't know when it'll change?

A few foods that I used to love have been ruined for me after I recovered from covid. Peanut butter was once delicious, now it tastes wretched. Although I think I'm slowly starting to recover my sense of taste four months on, fortunately.

I'm sorry to hear that. I had the virus back in the beginning of November (right around the election). I lost my sense of smell, though thankfully my taste was completely unaffected. Four months later now, and my smell is still practically non-existent. Really annoying when I'm trying to figure out when clothes need to be washed. Glad to hear I'm not alone with these long-term side effects. There's still hope!

[jmacswimmer]

Do y'all have foods that change from being good to nasty more than once, and you don't know when it'll change?

A few foods that I used to love have been ruined for me after I recovered from covid. Peanut butter was once delicious, now it tastes wretched. Although I think I'm slowly starting to recover my sense of taste four months on, fortunately.

I'm sorry to hear that. I had the virus back in the beginning of November (right around the election). I lost my sense of smell, though thankfully my taste was completely unaffected. Four months later now, and my smell is still practically non-existent. Really annoying when I'm trying to figure out when clothes need to be washed. Glad to hear I'm not alone with these long-term side effects. There's still hope!

Same here - I too had COVID in early November, and also lost my sense of smell while retaining taste (unlike my fiancée, who lost both smell & taste).  While it has since returned for the most part, there are certain things that smell & taste different than they used to.  For instance, honey-nut cheerios now taste slightly metallic to me, and my fiancée finds that scrambled eggs always taste burnt to her now.
But the big one is that my farts smell way different to me now than they ever did before

[kphoger]

psssssst . . . .  Unless you're specifically going for gender-neutral language, fiancé is masculine and fiancée is feminine.  Not sure how your fiancée feels about being called a man.

[jmacswimmer]

psssssst . . . .  Unless you're specifically going for gender-neutral language, fiancé is masculine and fiancée is feminine.  Not sure how your fiancée feels about being called a man.

Oops...I didn't even realize there was a difference, goes to show how much of an uncultured swine I am

[jemacedo9]

Do y'all have foods that change from being good to nasty more than once, and you don't know when it'll change? I used to religiously eat pb&j, but I randomly got tired of the jelly so I just started fixing peanut butter, and recently I've starting eating it with jelly again. Same with moon pies, I loved those so much but one day I just thought they were the nastiest thing ever.... until I started liking them again and recently I've begin to dislike them.

YES...and mine specifically was the opposite...I used to eat PB&J all the time and then I randomly got tired of the peanut butter.  I haven't had a PB&J in at least 15 years now.  I used to go heavy with spaghetti sauce but about 10 years it was too much and now I go very light with it.

[Scott5114]

A few foods that I used to love have been ruined for me after I recovered from covid. Peanut butter was once delicious, now it tastes wretched. Although I think I'm slowly starting to recover my sense of taste four months on, fortunately.

A good friend of ours still has wacky taste COVID side-effect fun.  For her, it's only certain types of flavor.  For example, she can never tell how salty something is.  Other types of taste are back to normal.

Is it similar for you?

I've noticed that, in my case, fat is more highly affected than other macronutrients. I notice the most difference in peanut butter and fried foods, to the point that for a while there I stopped eating fried foods altogether. Fortunately, that seems to be slowly returning to normal, though in general everything still tastes blander than it used to.