gramma nancy

I love Pepperidge Farm bread. The loaves are actually, I think, half loaves (they probably cook huge loaves and bag each half for sale.) Because I am no fan of bread heels, I take the bread out of the bag (in its inner cellophane wrapping,) flip it over and put it back in the bag with the cut end uppermost and the heel at the bottom.

My husband chuckles every time he sees me do this. I am convinced I am not the only one who has some foibles about food. Anyone else??

Tartan

The bread crusts are my favourite slice. One of my things is I like my food separate on my plate. I don't freak out if anything touches but I don't mix my food. Yes I know it all gets mixed up in my stomach but I like each separate flavor when I eat.

Peckish

I used to use the heels of bread to make bread crumbs until I saw my grandmother make a sandwich and turn the heel side of the bread to the inside of the sandwich. Once the sandwich was assembled, you couldn't tell it was a heel. I smacked myself upside the head for not thinking of that!

Here's a funny story... a few years ago, I was making sandwiches for my younger son and myself. My older son walked in and asked me to make him a sandwich, also. When he saw how little bread was left, he insisted that I not give him the "hoof" of the bread, because he doesn't like the hoof. My younger son and I laughed and laughed and laughed!!!

lynnie

I'm with Tarten I can't stand my food toughing, for the same reasons.
i have to eat savory to sweet. like if we go to ihop, the eggs and bacon first the French toast or pancakes last.
Sometimes, ill eat all of one food first, beans first, potato next meat last. (My stomach is paralyzed, have to take food to digest, and meat takes about 2 days, so i eat in easily digestible order)

Doggramma

I thought you meant food handling like in being sanitary! I have a lot of quirks about that. But I don't care if my food touches each other, unless it's the main course touching the dessert. That's icky.

Lisa_wanna_b_quilter

I turn the end slices of bread "inside out", too, when I make sandwiches.

TexasSunshine

The heel is my favorite part of the bread, espicially fresh hot bread.

AngeliaNR

I hate the inner cellophane wrapper-it always bunches up and gets in the way. I take it out--once I FINALLY get it open.

I remember reading a story about a young woman who wanted to do the big family Easter dinner. She planned to cook a ham, and asked her mother for instructions. Mom said to cut the end of the ham off, place it in the roaster, cover it , and cook for so many minutes per pound. When the dinner time came, she arranged it on a platter, garnished it, and served it to the family. It was a hit, and she received many compliments. After the meal, she, her mother, and her grandmother were cleaning up the kitchen. The young woman thanked her mom for the help. She also had a question: "Why do you cut the end off the ham?" Her mom said, "I don't know; my mom always did." She asked her grandmother why, and her grandmother said, "Because I didn't have a roaster big enough--I cut it off so it would fit in my pan."

Sometimes we do things just because we always have.

Chasing Hawk

I don't like Cole slaw, it is one of the few things my Mom made that I won't eat.
But my husband says my Cole slaw is the best he has ever tasted.

I make it, then let it set for about 2 hours, he tastes it. And if it needs something he tells me.

I won't eat Macaroni salad, ham salad or chicken salad. From what I understand she makes the best.

BTW, my Cole slaw recipe is from my Mom.

quiltingcandy

I don't like fruit salads because I don't like the various fruits touching. They alter each other's flavors and not in a goog way in my opinion. So I totally understand the folks that do not like their food to touch.

When i was first married - like 2 weeks married, my MIL told me that my husband's favorite piece of toast were the ones made from the ends of the loaf. So I very carefully took the new loaf out of the bag and and toasted them for my husband. He asked me why he got the crusts when he knew we must bought bread the day before. When I told him that his mother told me this was his favorite toast, he let me know that it wasn't and she used to give him the ends because she didn't like them. 41 years later we still laugh over it. Now we save the ends up in the freezer and use them for dressing when I bake a turkey or chicken. Actually I do love the ends toasted when I am making soft boiled eggs.