Do you have any weird or unusual food habits or likes?

I like baked beans on toast with an over easy egg between the beans and the toast. Not weird but not something that I see others eating.
I also like to take peas and mashed potatoes and mix them together with lots of salt and eat that. Sometimes I will make patties out of the mix and lightly fry them in butter.

I probably shouldn’t admit this being south of the Mason-Dixon line but I don’t care for grits, tried them twice as a young adult, went blah and never tried again

I used to like putting A-1 sauce on mashed potatoes.

@rojo They are an acquired taste. I have had them since childhood. My husband on first trying them said “It’s like eating wall paper paste.”

Beans on toast is very British. Not sure about the egg though. Jan?

I agree with your first husband. Even using a tub of butter with them did not improve them enough for my liking.

@marinelife Yes, beans on toast is a common cheap meal in the UK. In the North “chip butties” which is French fries as a sandwich was also common. Carbs are cheap and filling.

I like durian. Many people in my country like durian. I don’t understand why other people hate it or call it smelly. It might be acquired taste. Or some people just can’t stand strong taste/smell.

I also like century egg, something not many people will find palatable (their loss, I think).

@janbb I haven’t had a chip butty in ages! Although, sometimes I will load my burger up with fries if they are the side which makes my wifes eyes roll back in her head.

I do semi-regularly make sandwiches with potato chips and butter on bread. It has to be just the plain potato chip, no fancy flavors. Ridged chips are also acceptable. There is something just plain enjoyable about crushing the sandwich after it is assembled and listening to the potato chips crunch.

And, last week I had a banana and butter sandwich as a snack (you have to cut the banana pieces thin and at an angle so you can overlap the pieces and cover the entire slice of buttered bread from edge to edge in multiple, overlapping layers before putting on the buttered upper slice).

@Unofficial_Member I believe that you are right about durian fruit and century eggs being acquired tastes. I am not sure that I could ever acquire a taste for either of them because of their strong odors. But whatever floats you boat!

^ Go pinch your nose and give it a try. The taste might just change your opinion, or perhaps it will stimulate your journey to earn acquired taste for it lol.

@Unofficial_Member A friend of ours loves the taste of kiwi but has to peel them to eat them. She cannot stand the texture of the skin in her mouth. Me? Wash ‘em and eat ‘em.

^ Peel the kiwi? That’s so yesterday. You can simply use a spoon to cut it in half and scrape the flesh out with spoon (at least that’s how I eat them). Wait… you wash them and eat them right away? My applause to you. I’m more worried about the pesticide residue than how spiky it feels like on the tongue/throat.

I really like having kimchi along with Mexican food. It’s spicy, so it kind of makes sense. It has a very nice, different texture and temperature, that I think pairs really nicely with rice, beans, and burritos or enchiladas or tacos.

When I was a teen, I ate balogna sandwiches, but it was too slimey to me, so I put chips in the sandwich.
I think my only weird food habits involve omission. Little or no condiments on sandwiches, no stuffing (PLEASE!), no salt or lemon with my tequila.
I just prefer to taste the main ingredient without distractions.
Gravy is my most beloved condoment.