Even though this thread is a few years old, it's been interesting reading. I think people are allowed a lot more leeway to be OCD about food, with a minimum of ridicule.

Exactly. Who invented that rule anyway?

1. Don't put celery in my tuna salad, egg salad, or potato salad. In fact, celery has no redeeming value that I can see.

2. Life was a lot easier before they discovered cholesterol, trans-fat, and all that other bad stuff.