Food: So I Have Some Quirks

As the title suggests, I have some food quirks. I know for a fact that I'm not alone though. I mean, look at how many vegans, vegetarians, gluten and dairy-free people there are these days. My quirks are really quite simple in comparison. I eat what I like and I don't eat what I don't like. Let me explain.

I suppose the thing that confuses everyone the most is that I don't like melted cheese. That's right. I don't like melted cheese. I only like mild or medium orange cheddar fresh out of the fridge: the colder and harder, the better. This creates a lot of problems for people because they just don't understand how I could possibly not like melted cheese. This little quirk of mine means that I don't eat pizza or lasagna or grilled cheese or anything else that has melted cheese; which in turn, means that I don't have to cut those things out of my diet for health reasons. It makes eating really simple and not to mention cheap. Cheese can be very expensive. Oh, I also don't like cheese-flavoured things (cheesies, doritos, etc). Definitely no cream cheese either and I will never understand why people make icing using cream cheese.

Still with me here? Here's something else that will most likely confuse you. When I have a burger the only things I like on it are pickles. I'll take onions if they're around, but no condiments at all. I like a dry bun. I've lost count of how many times I used to have send my order back to the kitchen because the cook made a mistake with my burger. It has gotten better over the years though. I think with all of these new "healthy" food trends, my plain burger is not quite so strange anymore.

I also don't like creamy sauces or soups. They just taste wrong to me. I like clear brothy soups like chicken noodle or beef barley; those are some good soups.

I'm grateful that I'm not celiac and I can eat all the gluten I want. I had a gluten-free, dairy-free brownie the other night when some friends came over and all I will say is that I only had 1. I love brownies and I only had 1. Enough said.

I am fortunate in that I don't have to watch what I eat or count calories (thanks for the great genes, Mum and Dad), so I pretty much eat what I want. The bottom line is that I think we all have food quirks to some extent and that's okay. The world would be pretty boring if everyone liked everything. Besides, I like being one of the rare people that loves Brussel Sprouts, but don't you dare ruin them with a creamy cheese sauce :)