Things you eat [Archive] - Okinawa Japan Forum

Tempestuous

07-29-2007, 04:37 AM

Boost

07-29-2007, 05:05 AM

Hmmm, I do eat cold pizza from time to time. Right off the bat, I cannot think of anything I eat that others find weird or unusual.

Boost

07-29-2007, 05:15 AM

Actually now that I think about it, while serving over in Iraq I did eat some ribs that where from unknown origins. They wanted to do a special dinner for everyone, and as we were eating I noticed the bone was square. Now what animal has square rib bones?

Bones

07-29-2007, 06:47 AM

Well, let's see. I love octopus and cucumber salad, so that always earns me some strange looks.

Dried squid, sea grapes, kimchi.......

Also, when I heat up my Kinchan Noodles and dig into them with my chop sticks will draw some attention. It seems that there are a lot of people in this world who have not been able to master the use of these simple dining utensils.:rolleyes:

As far as cold pizza goes, if God did not want you to eat cold pizza, he never would have invented it. :D

NBTP

Tempestuous

07-29-2007, 08:17 AM

I can see the octopus & cucumber gettin ya some strange looks!! LoL

I think it is terrible that when you go to a Chinese restaurant here you actually have to ASK for chopsticks. Freaking ridiculous!!

I like mustard with my soft pretzels (some times regular ones too), get looked at odd for that one.

I actually LIKE my leftover pizza cold. But some out there think it is an oddity NOT to heat it up.

I prefer my pizza with extra sauce too. MMMM BEST part of the pizza! :D

P_chan

07-29-2007, 11:36 AM

Cold pizza is awesome!

I usually don't eat things that most people think are weird. I know I've had it happen before but I can't remember what it was.

Asshat

07-29-2007, 12:08 PM

I like mustard with my soft pretzels

Word! Even better with a cold lager!

I can eat anything. The only thing I have ever tried that I did not like was natto. The taste is wrong, the texture is wrong...usually served as part of a breakfast of wild goat soup, rice and a hardboiled egg on the smaller islands within the Okinawa rhetto.

07-29-2007, 12:10 PM

Tempestuous

07-29-2007, 12:16 PM

TP gives me weird looks when I eat steak. Does that count? :P

I don't know. I don't really eat weird food I don't think. I loooooooove pickles though. I'll even drink the pickle juice after I finish all the pickles if my wife isn't looking. I know, I know, NOT healthy, but mmmmmmmmmmmm yummy.

I love cookie dough too, but who doesn't?

Pickle juice drinking is indeed a little odd. *smile* I mean the fact you said you did it when your wife wasn't looking should have given that one away.

:)

BTW, Pickles and cheddar cheese are good together

P_chan

07-29-2007, 12:37 PM

oh soggy life cereal! People think I'm weird because I like my life cereal soggy.

Tempestuous

07-29-2007, 12:40 PM

oh soggy life cereal! People think I'm weird because I like my life cereal soggy.

I gotta agree! I cannot handle my cereal soggy. I eat it pretty fast to avoid it going soggy. Drives me crazy, I even make an extra effort to make sure other things are done before I eat, so I don't get interrupted and it go soggy.

Boost

07-29-2007, 12:41 PM

oh soggy life cereal! People think I'm weird because I like my life cereal soggy.

I would agree with those people as well! Soggy cereal is pretty gross to me.

It's probably not that weird but I like to let my ice cream get a little melted and then stir it until it is soft serve consistency.

Tempestuous

07-29-2007, 01:07 PM

French fries are yummy with a shake

chips inside a sandwich

grilled cheese with Catalina or French dressing

Tempestuous

07-29-2007, 01:24 PM

My neighbor eats wavy lays with salsa.

SIL eats doritos with avocado/salsa mix

ness4k

07-29-2007, 01:45 PM

I think it's weird when people ketchup or something like that on there eggs or mac&cheese. I love ketchup....ask my wife...but I only put it on things like fries and burgers and stuff

Tempestuous

07-29-2007, 01:55 PM

I think it taste decent mixed in with some mac & cheese, though I haven't done that in.....YEARS so maybe my taste buds have changed.

07-29-2007, 01:59 PM

I think it's weird when people ketchup or something like that on there eggs or mac&cheese. I love ketchup....ask my wife...but I only put it on things like fries and burgers and stuff
I'm with you on that. The only thing that needs to be on my eggs is cheese.

Boost

07-29-2007, 01:59 PM

I think it's weird when people ketchup or something like that on there eggs or mac&cheese. I love ketchup....ask my wife...but I only put it on things like fries and burgers and stuff

I agree. Leave the ketchup for normal things like burger, hot dogs, and fries!

chobi

07-29-2007, 02:12 PM

My friend likes to drink beer with ice cream... It's so wired for me.

Tempestuous

07-29-2007, 02:15 PM

My friend likes to drink beer with ice cream... It's so wired for me.

I agree! That sounds very strange!!!

Boost

07-29-2007, 02:15 PM

My friend likes to drink beer with ice cream... It's so wired for me.

Hmm, a Budweiser float? Could be good! I have had champaign over sherbet ice cream before but don't care for champaign so didn't like it very much.

chobi

07-29-2007, 04:06 PM

Hmm, a Budweiser float? Could be good! I have had champaign over sherbet ice cream before but don't care for champaign so didn't like it very much.

Champaign over sharbet ice cream sounds good:D
I kind of like ice beer too.

07-29-2007, 04:37 PM

That actually does sound really good. I don't think I've ever had that before.

P_chan

07-29-2007, 05:44 PM

Damn I didn't think soggy cereal was that bad, I think it's delicious.

Speaking of floats I've got a good one. Try a 7-up float! Just add some lime sherbet to some 7up, it's delicious!

chobi

07-29-2007, 05:47 PM

I like raw octopus, their suckers are still sucky when you eat!!

chobi

07-29-2007, 05:49 PM

Damn I didn't think soggy cereal was that bad, I think it's delicious.

I like it too :D

Boost

07-30-2007, 07:02 AM

their suckers are still sucky when you eat!!

That sounds kind of creepy! I dunno, I think I am going to be a wuss and skip out on trying it. :)

Boost

07-30-2007, 07:11 AM

Speaking of floats I've got a good one. Try a 7-up float! Just add some lime sherbet to some 7up, it's delicious!

That does sound good. The most adventurous I have gotten was trying different sodas over vanilla such as Dr. Pepper and such. I know, I'm a real wild one! :)

zeldan

08-01-2007, 04:57 AM

Cold pizza is my weakness. I also douse my slices in extra sauce =)

Hm, I hardly ever heat up my Chef Boyardee when I eat it, either.

I like fries and honey mustard, but catsup is okay, too.

Syrup and eggs is also another one that people seem to think is disgusting.

Ooh, and I love onions. I can eat them by themselves. Same with tomatoes, and with lemons, also.

Oh, and here's one that no one will agree with me one: diced tomatoes on your baked potato. I used to have that like every day at lunch back in 10th grade, haha.

zeldan

08-01-2007, 05:01 AM

I gotta agree! I cannot handle my cereal soggy. I eat it pretty fast to avoid it going soggy. Drives me crazy, I even make an extra effort to make sure other things are done before I eat, so I don't get interrupted and it go soggy.

Same here! I pour my milk first, then put it away, make sure I have a spoon handy, and pour the cereal in last so that it doesn't have as much time to get soggy. If only they made a version of Grape Nuts that doesn't taste like kitty litter....

Tempestuous

08-01-2007, 05:08 AM

Same here! I pour my milk first, then put it away, make sure I have a spoon handy, and pour the cereal in last so that it doesn't have as much time to get soggy. If only they made a version of Grape Nuts that doesn't taste like kitty litter....

LoL!!!
That's funny! I don't mind the taste of it but I eat it mixed in with yogurt, not with milk.

DoctorP

08-01-2007, 10:18 AM

I can pick a tomato off the vine and eat it right there...that always catches peoples eyes!

Tempestuous

08-01-2007, 11:22 AM

I thought of another thing- asides from cereal bein crisp- I like my pasta al dente.
Cannot handle mushy noodles. Grosses me out.

Tempestuous

08-01-2007, 11:24 AM

I can pick a tomato off the vine and eat it right there...that always catches peoples eyes!

Is it not washing it (perhaps you do??) or because you eat it in a similar manner to an apple? Seems fine to me, just wonderin why it catches people.

DoctorP

08-01-2007, 12:13 PM

I grow them myself without chemicals...I see no need to wash it. I do the same with apples, oranges, plums, grapes, peaches and figs.

Tempestuous

08-01-2007, 12:25 PM

Yum!!!
FIL has 2 or 3 plum trees, they never get all the way ripe. Kids have had a hey-day with apricots this yr though.

Never had a fig...what do they taste like?

DoctorP

08-01-2007, 12:31 PM

Figs are awesome...naturally sweet...take a bunch of them home and preserve them for use on morning toast! Nothing better!

Tempestuous

08-01-2007, 12:33 PM

hmmm, wonder where I can find some around here to try?
I don't recall ever seeing them with the produce.

DoctorP

08-01-2007, 01:01 PM

Probably not big in your area...go to the local market and ask if they have fig preserves.

Tempestuous

08-01-2007, 01:24 PM

hmmm, don't recall seeing them, but they could be in one of the sections of "ethnic foods" and I have just missed them, I will have to ask.

coldnoodles

08-01-2007, 01:43 PM

What are things you eat that you think are yummy that others look at you strange when the see or hear about it?

Have a friend that eats ketchup on almost everything- pizza, tacos, mashed potatoes, cold sandwiches, that seems kinda strange to me.

My 3yr old daughter does the same thing with ketchup and soy sauce, she has to have dip on or with everything she eats. We had to start bringing ketchup packets with us, cuz she won't eat anything w/o dip! Yesterday we ate at Joyfull, she put ketchup in her soup, she had 3 cups of soup w/ketchup. She licks ketchp or any kind of dip from the plate. I have to hide the ketchup in house or it will be empty! :eek:

Tempestuous

08-01-2007, 01:57 PM

Soup with ketchup is interesting :)
It went from liking to dip to just enjoying the taste (or possibly the sugar) :D

coldnoodles

08-02-2007, 08:01 AM

Last night my 3 girls wanted to eat at CoCo's for curry. My 3 yrs old got the kids hamburger curry she put her ketchup on top of the curry and also wanted both salad dressing on top of it! Looking at it made me sick and lose appetite! People around us looking at us. Here she kept saying how yummy it was, she finished her plate and wanted more!! I gave her my curry she put the same stuff on, but I had to ask for more ketchup. Here the Japanese guy watched her put the salad dressing on the curry, he was saying NO NO, she put the ketchup on. The Japanese people next to us where telling him everything in Japanese. She ate the whole thing, kept saying how yummy and delicious it was..

Tempestuous

08-03-2007, 05:44 AM

too funny! Dressing & ketchup.....I think that would only fit a kids pallet! :)

My kids like to mix sodas...:barf: in my opinion. I like one flavor at a time if I actually drink a soda.
But too them, it tastes AWESOME!! My middle SWEARS it is yummy. Not interested in tasting to find out for sure. :)

08-03-2007, 10:45 AM

Tempestuous

08-03-2007, 11:30 AM

All kids like to mix sodas! Even I used to do that when I was a kid. I can't remember for sure, but I think we called them "suicides" or something weird like that.

Coke and sprite isn't so bad together.

I must have been a weird-o, cause I never did! I used to think it was disgusting that my brother did it.

08-03-2007, 11:38 AM

I must have been a weird-o, cause I never did! I used to think it was disgusting that my brother did it.
Maybe it's a boy thing, but I think my sister did it too!

And mixing soda is better for the environment and is more moral than drinking juice! Think of all those poor fruits that are killed every day! :dead:

Tempestuous

08-03-2007, 11:41 AM

Maybe it's a boy thing, but I think my sister did it too!

And mixing soda is better for the environment and is more moral than drinking juice! Think of all those poor fruits that are killed every day! :dead:

:7: come here you little fruit!!!

I only care for cranberry and/or orange juice

08-03-2007, 11:43 AM

:7: come here you little fruit!!!

I only care for cranberry and/or orange juice
Orange juice manufacturing is so brutal. And apple juice manufacturing is just.... :barf: Poor things! They basically throw them in a wood chipper! And grape juice! Geez! That's like stomping on babies!

Boost

08-03-2007, 11:55 AM

Orange juice manufacturing is so brutal. And apple juice manufacturing is just.... :barf: Poor things! They basically throw them in a wood chipper! And grape juice! Geez! That's like stomping on babies!

ROTFL! I see a movement developing!

Boost

08-03-2007, 12:10 PM

All kids like to mix sodas! Even I used to do that when I was a kid.

I remember doing that as well. A little of everything they had! Though I don't know that they had quite the variety of sodas back then as they do now. The Burger Kings here now have a drink mix menu by the soda fountains. Kinda cool except they normally have terrible fountain drinks anyways so it's hard to tell if their mixes are any good.

Tempestuous

10-02-2007, 05:39 AM

I had a snack of pickles and cheese the other day and Boost was givin me a hard time.....it isn't THAT weird is it?

Muku

10-02-2007, 06:12 AM

I had a snack of pickles and cheese the other day and Boost was givin me a hard time.....it isn't THAT weird is it?

Depends on what the "hard time" was about :w00t: :ohmy: <3 :D

I hope eveything came to a fruitful fruition.\:-)

a_bjyrd

10-02-2007, 07:39 AM

I love cold pizza....but I also like scrambled eggs with ketchup....mmmm.. yummy!

P_chan

10-02-2007, 07:41 AM

pizza is probably one of the best foods ever!

Tempestuous

10-02-2007, 11:45 AM

Depends on what the "hard time" was about :w00t: :ohmy: <3 :D

I hope eveything came to a fruitful fruition.:-)

:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

I mean...I have no comment on that subject.

I just didn't think pickles and cheese was all that weird. He seemed to think so, then again he doesn't like pickles to begin with, so may be that is part of it.

Tempestuous

10-02-2007, 11:46 AM

I love cold pizza....but I also like scrambled eggs with ketchup....mmmm.. yummy!

That's a pretty typical one I think. I know several people that eat their eggs that way.
I can't stand to eat breakfast potatoes without ketchup, it is just NOT allowed! They don't taste right without it.

ryukyuboi

10-02-2007, 05:02 PM

I think chunky peanut butter and banana sandwiches are really good. It is the food that has generated comments from others for me.

Tempestuous

10-13-2007, 06:28 AM

I have heard others eat that as well.....does sound odd though. I am too grossed out by the consistency factor to try it.
(I am not a huge fan of banana's)

Muku

10-13-2007, 08:43 AM

(I am not a huge fan of banana's)

They make me :barf: :barf: :barf: :barf:

Banana's are not meant for human consumption but should only be eaten by
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DocTurtle

10-13-2007, 11:28 AM

I think chunky peanut butter and banana sandwiches are really good. It is the food that has generated comments from others for me.

That's my fav!! Have to use the chunky peanut butter too. My wife thinks I'm weird for putting salt on watermelon.

Tempestuous

10-14-2007, 12:22 AM

My Dad has always salted his watermelon.
I can eat a good watermelon with nothing added but if it doesn't have much taste I add a sprinkle of salt and it really seems to bring out the flavor.

htran804

10-14-2007, 02:25 AM

okay i must be weird...

i put salt on my watermelon
ketchup on my eggs (i call that my American way)
soy sauce on my sunny side up eggs
fish sauce on my eggs (i call that my vietnamese way)
i drink the pickle juice at times too
i like the honey mustard pretzel too
and these are just my normally everyday food.

i also like to try new things all the time...i ate a fried scorpion in China among other things!

but my husband is as square as can be!

DougP

10-14-2007, 02:44 AM

Pot pie
fried chicken
steak
mashed potatoes
grits
biscuits and gravy
sushi
oden
soba
mac and cheese

swindland

10-21-2007, 07:31 AM

What are things you eat that you think are yummy that others look at you strange when the see or hear about it?

A couple I can think of right off that get me strange looks are:

Peanut butter and pickle sandwiches

Cold pizza

Peanut butter on waffles

Have a friend that eats ketchup on almost everything- pizza, tacos, mashed potatoes, cold sandwiches, that seems kinda strange to me.

peanut butter and pickle sandwhiches..that sounds like a pregnant womean eating that. when i was pregnant with my first child i had a gross combo. i eat doritos and cereal mixed togther..haahahahahhaah that was sick but at the time it tasted good to me. and just for curiosity i decided what would it taste like if i wasn't pregnant..oh boy..thta sh*t was f-cking nasty!!! :scared:

i can't stand cold pizza but my hubby can. he said cold pizza and some beer lol.

P_chan

10-21-2007, 09:32 AM

I eat potato chips in ice cream. I don't know why, I just always liked it. My friends thought I was weird for eating it.

Fonze

10-21-2007, 09:52 AM

I like drenching my flaming hot cheetos in lime and then drenching them with Tapatio hot sauce and then dipping them in cheese sauce. Messy stuff.

P_chan

10-21-2007, 09:55 AM

cheese makes everything awesome!

DocTurtle

10-21-2007, 01:23 PM

my wife loves vegemite :P

Tempestuous

10-21-2007, 01:28 PM

peanut butter and pickle sandwhiches..that sounds like a pregnant womean eating that. .

LoL.....my Mom used to eat them and one day I decided to try it. I like the crunch added by the pickle. Granted I used to eat them more often when I was younger than I do now. All my brothers eat them too. My Dad finds them disgusting.

As for pregnant....yeah I never had any weird cravings.....except drinking milk, which I am NOT a big fan of.