Oh, oh, oh...Me too. Forgot about that one. Call it cilantro or coriander, it's just nasty. Tastes like soap. Tolerable in small, watered down quantities in some salsas, but it tastes so bad. I like strong flavors and love most herbs and spices (rosemary is a favorite, as is basil), but cilantro is just plain wrong.

Here here. And I heard once that in a pinch, taking a pressurized fire extinguisher to a can of beer will chill it instantly. (But never tried it).

Friends visited me last year. In France. They put ice in their white wine. Some of them added ginger ale.

I still have nightmares.

Got tired of studying for my econ test, just thought of more.

What's this, rule...21?

21. Never eat anything bigger than your hand.

I read several pages and I certainly think lots of you are plenty nuts, but i'll add my own quirks.

No salmon, ever, for any reason. I can't even touch it without gagging.

No critters in pasta that I need to "prep" before eating. This includes shrimp with tails and various shelled critters.

If dining out, then a straw is required unless it's an alcoholic beverage.

No ice in tomato juice but it is best served icy cold. Tomato juice is a one-time/one-shot thing. Once it's opened it must be consumed. It cannot be resealed or put in a fridge and used the next day. It's dead and ruined. (Am I the only person who sees the crusty film that forms on the sides of containers when it is exposed to air?)

Orange juice goes bad/flat/something very shortly after being opened. People who don't live in Florida have no clue what orange juice should taste like.

Tomatos: Florida=Good, Midwest/New England=Bad, California=Bearable, UK=Nausea Inducing

Rye bread is an abomination and the world should stop trying to force it on me.

Poppy seeds are an appropriate pizza crust topping, sesame seeds are not.

Meat in a salad can be good but it should not be hot/warm and introduced to an otherwise cold salad. Warm lettuce is gross. Salads should be chilled, if not cold and crisp.

Side note: Paper napkins do not belong in your lap.

I rarely eat anything with an exoskeleton. Lobster is supremely over rated.

Oh, I just thought up another one:

22. Real french toast (what the French call "pain perdu") shall only be made with STALE bread that has been air-dried for no less than 8 hours. And the finished product shall be consumed only with a sprinkling of sugar and unsalted butter.
23. NEVER, under any circumstances, shall salted butter EVER be allowed in my kitchen. Always use unsalted.
24. Sandwiches shall ALWAYS be built in the following order (soft spread sandwiches, such as tuna salad or PB/J excepted): bread, moisture barrier spread, meat, veg (repeat as desired), dijon mustard, cheese, moisture barrier spread, bread. Under no circumstances shall two consecutive layers of meat be allowed on a sandwich. However, multiple layers of meat alternating with veg is permissible. Exceptions: tomatoes. Always either on top or the bottom, before the moisture barrier spread. In the case of a soft spread sandwich: soft bread, spread, veg (optional), moisture barrier spread, soft bread.
25. A sandwich's height, shall never under any circumstances exceed one and a half inches or 4 centimeters at the thickest point and shall feature a good balance of ingredients. Meat shall compose of no more than 35% of the height of the sandwich.
26. Margerine is henceforth permanently banned from my kitchen.

Pres, totally agree on many of your points (except 1,2 & 5). 1) because pizza is a personal thing IMO. 2) Would agree except when I can grow my own tomatoes in the summer (though I have yet to be successful with the San Marazano) 5) I didn't grow up in the tri-state area so while I have heard people wax poetically about Arthur Ave bakeries, I've never experienced the bread from them.

Some points of my own:

1) also a member of the no ketchup on a hot dog ever club
2) please don't try disguising substandard hamburger meat with a ton of Lawry's season salt
3) no Bud Light, Coors Light or any beer that looks like diluted pee may cross the threshold of my home
4) I like my beef pink, if you don't... the grill is out on the deck and likely still warm. Though I have found many of the people that would rather their beef be grey also don't mind the off taste it gets if they bring it to color in the microwave. Which brings me to rule 5...
5) Never reheat leftover beef in the microwave. It always gets reheated under the broiler or just sliced cold into a salad. This rule only applies to leftover roasts and steaks (stews and stuff can be put in the nuker).
6) No canned veg ever (except for sliced beets and garbanzo beans for my salads - though I would prefer fresh beets). This rule does not apply to marinated, pickled, brined or home canned items however. I'm talking canned carrots, green/wax beans, peas, asparagus.... I'm sure my garbage disposal would like a break from me prepping so many fresh vegetable dishes for dinners but, just, no. And frankly I get a little insulted if someone can't even go the extra mile at the holidays and prepare fresh (or even frozen!!) veggies instead of canned ones.

Oh and one quirk that is my only exception to the Boar's Head rule.

Bologna sandwiches: must be Wunderbar bologna, French's yellow mustard and Lays potato chips between two slices of "Italian" bread (the kind you get with the other sandwich breads).

re: Cilantro
I too think it tastes like soap. I read a few months back its some genetic thing that causes some of us to get the soap taste and others don't.

If I were allowed only one food quirk, this would be it.
(Additionally, I reheat sliced rare flank steak by quickly stirring in a teflon frying pan - no oil.)

My number one rule is, when travelling, none of the following rules apply; my number two rule is don�t be an assbite about it, and at parties/dinners, or whatever, eat what is served:

No caffeine, only crappy decaffeinated coffee;
No soft drinks;
No milk products, yogurt and goat cheese excepted;
No wheat, as far as humanly possible;
No potatoes.

When I stick to this I feel better, when I fall off I feel worse.

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3) Eggs to be cooked sunny-side up, hard and fast so the bottom of the white is crispy and the top of the white not runny, but the yolk must be fully runny and gooey. If you break it in the cooking process it must be abandoned and another one made.

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This is exactly my way with eggs. If it breaks, it goes in the disposer. My wife thinks I am NUTS !!


My only other thing with food is -- TASTE. It better taste good, otherwise I am not eating it.

Very simple !!

No mayo on anything. Barf. Things made with mayo like potato salad are OK.

No smoked salmon, or other smoked fish products.

No natto. Made that mistake once.

That's about it. I'm open to anything once.

The best tomatoes in the world are New Jersey beefsteaks. Yep, New Jersey!

+1 ^

LOL. Some of you are crazy! Now go back and clean up your toys.

OK, I haven't read every reply in this thread, but this one may be an important one that was previously missed.

Whenever I go to a certain grocery store in town here, I pick up a random cheese from the cheese counter that I haven't tried before. My most recent acquisition was a cheddar from The Netherlands called Mimolette. I found it quite enjoyable.

Then I made the mistake of reading the Wikipedia article on it, which states that some of the flavor from the cheese is generated by cheese mites, which are INTENTIONALLY INTRODUCED while the cheese is curing! Worse, the rind of the cheese is partially made from their dander and excrement!

Now that I know that, the rest of the cheese is likely to end up in the toxic waste disposal section of the local dump, along with my refrigerator. You can't be too sure about these things.

So, in conclusion, an additional food rule for me: No foods that have bugs as one of their standard ingredients.

No "flavored" potato chips. Ever. Period.

If God had wanted us to eat barbecue/sour cream 'n' onion/vinegar/trout/whatever potato chips, then He would have created flavored potatoes.

A simple, thin-sliced crispy chip is a thing of beauty. No adulterants needed.

Thank you.