Food Quirks

The babies are beginning their first solid food this week (rice cereal), and it got me thinking about some quirky food fetishes we Garmans have!  I have more than either Brody or Kris :)

Me:
1.  My sister Tracy and I are both this way...milk is the best when it's poured over several ice cubes.  Mmmm, so darn refreshing.
2.  If a food or drink is supposed to be served hot...it better BE hot, not warm.  I am constantly warming my food or drinks up in the microwave to get it to that perfect temperature.
3.  In the same way, if a food or drink is supposed to be cold...it better be FREEZING cold!  There is no in-between for me.
4.  I hate whole torilla chips.  I always break them in half before placing them in my mouth so that they do not touch my lips.  I hate the feeling of salt on my lips.
5.  I usually eat the side dish(es) before even touching the main dish.
6.  This is going to make me sound mean, but I am often very leary of eating food brought in by my students.  You just never know how it was prepared.
7.  I often eat cupcakes with a fork...and sometimes I only eat the top half.  You knooooow...the half with all the frosting?!?!
8.  Before choosing a cookie, I quickly (or not-so-quickly) scan (or, um get out my magnifying glass and study) the plate for the cookie with the most chocolate chips, or the most frosting, or the most M&M's, etc.  :o)
9.  I hardly ever eat pizza crust.
10.  Not really a quirk, but I will forever think that my MOM is the best cook in the whole wide world.

**I am limiting my list to ten, ha ha!

Kris:
1.  If we are eating some type of casserole that is layered, he always stirs everything all together so that it doesn't look nearly as pretty.  He says he needs to mix everything together.
2.  He does not feel the same way about hot/cold as I do.  He often grabs something leftover from the fridge and eats it cold, and he lets his coffee sit for-ev-er because it's too hot for him.
3.  This is just annoying...he eats whatever the heck he wants and is still skinny.
4.  Takes forever to make a sandwich because everything must be spread evenly on the bread.  For example, if spreading peanut butter on a slice of bread he is careful that every square inch is covered with no bread showing around the edges of the peanut butter.

*So I can't think of many for him, but I could be adding more later.

Brody:
1.  Every once in awhile, Brody won't eat banana slices.  He insists that he wants a "big one," i.e. not cut up.  So I usually slice half the banana and reserve the other half in case he wants a "big one."  If so, I can just give him that other half.
2.  Yogurt, oatmeal, applesauce, soups, and the like must be stirred...at least 100 times.
3.  Depending on the day, everything round or soft (blueberries, grapes, bananas, etc.) must be squeeze-tested before consumption.
4.  I often catch him picking off and eating cucumber seeds before eating the actual slice.
5.  Now that he's talking, he loves to touch each food before we eat and report to us whether it's hot or cold.  Same goes with colors.  Adorable!
6.  He almost always gobbles his fruit up first.

Speaking of food, this also has me reminiscing about a little game my siblings and I (mainly sister and I) used to play when we were young.  We called it "Taste Test," I believe, and I'm not sure how or why we were allowed to do it...Mom must've been at work, LOL.  So anyway, the rules were pretty simple...one of us sat in a chair blindfolded, and the other got to shove spoonfuls of ANY food item we could find from the fridge or cupboards into the the taste-tester's mouth. The taster, of course, then had to guess what was just lovingly placed into his/her mouth.  Horseradish, anyone?  Barbeque sauce, mustard, cinnamon, coffee grounds.  As you can see, nothing was off limits!  Ahh, memories...