POLL: What are your Quirks/Phobias?!!

[Lynn B]

Hi!

Just this morning, DH (affectionately) pointed out 2 of my, um... quirks! And it got me wondering... what are YOURS?! (cooking-wise or otherwise) Come on, 'FESS UP! We all have 'em! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

My Number #1 Quirk is... egg "snots". (Or WHATEVER that creepy looking little white wiggly goober is that's in all eggs!) It totally grosses me out!!! Whenever I am cooking or baking ANYTHING w/ eggs, I METICULOUSLY pick out every bit of it. If I didn't, I just KNOW that it would cook up hard and gross and gristly and I would be the one to get THAT VERY BITE!!! And when I am out and see some wonderful, tempting gotta-have-it chocolate dessert, I can even talk myself OUT of it(sometimes!) by thinking, "Ewwww, it's probably IN there!!!"

Quirk #2. I MUST have FRESH AIR in my bedroom at night! I am absolutely PHOBIC about this! If it is even reasonably warm out, then my window MUST be at least cracked (fully open is best!) And if it is positively TOO COLD out for that, then my bedroom door MUST be OPEN! I just cannot stand the thoughts of NO FRESH AIR in my bedroom... all night long... the same air... in and out... http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/eek.gif

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[erinyyc]

I have to completely agree with the egg "snots"...the thought of eating an umbilical(sp?) cord just grosses me out!!ewww!
#2 touching raw ground beef...I don't eat it myself, but DH loves burgers, so when I make a big batch of them for the freezer he has to do the hands on squishing of all the ingredients (egg,("snot and all") bread crumbs, onions etc.) and form the patties.
#3 crumbs on the floor or counter! My entire house can be a mess but if there's a single speck on the tiles or counter tops I loose it!!
#4 windows and blinds...DH closes, I open, he closes, I open, he closes, I............
Actually I probably have enough to fill 2 pages so I'll stop now http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/eek.gif
Erin

[BlueMoose]

It really BUGS me when I make something for dinner and my dh augments it with something I think is inappropriate for the flavoring of the dish, especially before he even tastes it! Ex: soy sauce on some kind mexican or Italian food, hot sauce or salsa on Italian, etc. Grrrrrrrrrrrr.......... http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/frown.gif

[Mamasue]

#1...I hate touching, cutting, skinning chicken or cleaning it and turkey. I try to buy my chicken pieces (that recipes calls for) cutup, skinned or boned or however I need it. Grrrrrross!

#2....I'm with you Lynn, I have to have my window open in the bedroom. Especially, in the cold months...just open a crack. In the summer we have the air conditioner in so that compensates. When we stay at a hotel, I have to sleep near the window or slidding glass doors to catch the air. This may sound crazy, but my biggest fear is when I die I will be sealed shut in a casket and won't be able to breathe! Hehe http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/biggrin.gif I know...I'll be dead but still bothers me. I hope that I never have to have a MRI also....NO WAY!

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[Natasha]

Hmmm...never thought of eggs in quite that way before. I like food - no, that s so understated as to be misleading. I love and thoroughly enjoy food. But sometimes I understand Marian in The Edible Woman just perfectly. And unfortunately, this is one of those times...

Psst! I ve got a dozen fresh eggs in my fridge, just waiting to be used in fluffy baked goods and pancakes, or just fried or scrambled up homestyle. Any bids?

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[SueK]

Lynn and MamaSue--I'm with you guys! I always go to bed before my DH, open the window (even just a crack). He comes to bed and shuts it. I get up during the night and open it, etc., etc.!

Well, regarding my cleaning fetishes, I have many more "quirks", so I'll stop here!

[daner94]

This is weird. I HATE to touch the stuff in, or should I say on, the sink after I wash the pots and pans, bits of food, etc, especially if they stick. I have to use the sponge or a utensil to push it down the disposal. It totally skeeves me out. I don't know why. <shrug>

[LGBurns]

Okay, it's time for me to admit my phobia. I can't stand being around when someone is opening a champagne bottle. All I can picture is the cork flying right into my eyeball. At New Years, my friend was opening a bottle in our livingroom, so I pretended to have something to tend to in the kitchen to get away from it. Then she decided she needed something in the kitchen and came in with the bottle still unopened and preceded to open it there. So then I went back into the livingroom. I swear I'm like a cat with the vacuum cleaner. The only explanation I can think of is that I once saw someone shoot a champagne cork out a kitchen window and halfway across a parking lot. Scary.

[Lynn B]

This is interesting!!! Thanks for all your replies! (Love the fear of the flying cork!) http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/wink.gif

Hmmmm... so far no elevators, snakes, mice, heights, or spiders mentioned... !

We must be a pretty fearless group, I'd say!!! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

Lynn

[sneezles]

Well, I do sort of have a fear of heights. Didn't know it til we took the kids to the Grand Canyon. Stood next to it and became very nauseous so I moved back to a tree with the stroller but I was still feeling bad so I made my DH and two older DS's to move back too. Then I felt all right!

This thing about the egg has me wondering...

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[SueK]

Well Lynn, I wasn't going to go there, but I guess I will. I have a morbid fear of bees. When I was in 9th grade, I was in a class (that had the windows open) and a bee flew in and went down the back of my shirt and proceeded to sting me and I freaked out, because I couldn't get it to fly out. I ended up at the nurses office with welts all over my back.

So, I'm afraid of bees, including the bumblebees who apparently are harmless. We have a ton of the big, fat bumblebees around my house, and despite my husband's assurances that "Those aren't the kind who sting"!, I run when I see them. I'm sure my neighbors think I'm nuts.

[Missi]

I have received LOTS of ribbing from DH for this strange quirk/phobia: I absolutely hate opening the cans (like Pilsbury) of biscuits, pizza crust, cinnamon rolls, etc. I never know when they are going to pop and I jump every time. My DH swears that I learned to make homemade biscuits and pizza crust just so I would never have to open those cans again!

[AndreaU]

As for food-related quirks, I will pick every last mushroom and/or olive out of any dish before I even begin to eat it (unless, of course, I can have the dish made without). I made a Thanksgiving turkey only once & it just grossed me out- the headless body laying there on my counter... then having to reach inside the cavity to stuff it. Eeeewww!

Non-food related- Until I was about 25 I had the most immense fear of crossing bridges. It had to do with a recurring nightmare I had for quite a number of years. Finally, I got a job that required a lot of driving. Where I live (near the Hudson River in NY), there are several bridges- the only option for getting across. That pretty much conquered that fear. Now, if I could only do something about my airplane phobia. I get terrible anxiety even before I get on the plane. Sleeping isn't an option as I'm too nervous. Our best friends are moving to Europe this summer & we'd love to go visit, but there's that whole 6-8 hour flight! Any advice??

[crlykat]

Phobia:
I'm with SueK and the bees. I break out in a sweat when bees, wasps, hornets, or other stinging winged insects are flying near me. I just must get away, far away.
Quirk:
I have no idea why, but I can't walk up or down any stairs without looking at my feet. I have never fallen down any stairs, so I have no explanation why I feel this way. I always feel like I will trip and fall if I dont. I try not to make it obvious that Im looking because I feel silly that I feel compelled to do this! All other motor skills are fine! My husband just laughs about it now.

[emilycat]

Oh, wow, where do I start? http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

Food-wise, I'm really picky about choosing bananas -- they have to meet my preferences perfectly, short of having my name on them. Same thing with bagels. And I never pick anything off the shelf that's in the front.

Non-food wise, my bed must be made every day. If the rest of my apartment looks like a bomb hit it, the bed will still be made -- even if it's not made until 6:00 at night, only to be torn apart again at 10:00.

Hm. Can't think of anything else right now, so maybe I'm not as weird as I thought http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/wink.gif

[erinyyc]

O.K. Lynn B ....Here's another...
Suspension bridges!! As a little kid I loved them. Then when I was in my early 20's my DH and me(I?) and 2 other couples snuck into the park at the Capilano Suspension Bridge (N. Vancouver BC.). It was about 3:00am and we were "feeling no pain" to say the least! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/eek.gif Well 2 of the guys crossed the bridge and I was the 1st girl. I got half the way across and the guys tought it would be funny (NOT) to start swinging the bridge. It was completely dark and very high up over a rocky stream. This is (or at least was) a very narrow walking bridge and I've never been so afraid in my whole life. I was screaming and crying and it seemed like they went on swinging the bridge for ages!! When they finally stopped I crawled off the bridge, slugged one of them in the gut, the other in the jaw and didn't speak to (or other wifely duties!!) my DH for 6 1/2 weeks!!!! Not a single word.. He was so afraid I was going to leave him that he kept the house spotless, did the laundry, bought me flowers and gifts, and much more, but I didn't speak a single word. Not until he brought home some god awful paint samples did I finally HAVE to speak up, before he started painting my living room orange! Hmmmm, do you think he did that on purpose?!?
Erin http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

[woodsl]

Well, this isn't a phobia, but it is really weird. I have been known to eat in my sleep - at least I guess I am asleep because I don't remember it the next day. I will just go in the kitchen the next morning and, for example, the bread and peanut butter will be open and out on the counter along with a knife with peanut butter on it.

Sharon

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[Lynn B]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by emilycat:

Food-wise, I'm really picky about choosing bananas -- they have to meet my preferences perfectly, short of having my name on them. Same thing with bagels. And I never pick anything off the shelf that's in the front.

Emily,
I am wondering, what are your strict banana and bagel criteria?!! (Obviously I am being much too casual in my bagel and banana selection!) http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

Erin,
Wow, whatta scary story! I'd have been mad enough to kill or maim, too! I even hate it when people swing the ferris wheel seats!
But I can't believe you went 6 1/2 weeks w/o speaking a WORD to DH!!! Wasn't it soooo hard?!!! I don't think I could keep quiet that long if my life depended on it!!!
Lynn


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[Hoosier65]

Speaking of eggs, my grandmother always referred it to taking out the rooster. She taught me how to make noodles when I was very young and that was one of the first things she taught me, "be sure and take out the rooster", yes Grammy. http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/biggrin.gif I'm sure my DH could think of some quirks of mine but for the life of me I can't think of a one, imagine that!

[erinyyc]

woodsl...there was a news show on tv about this last week. They said it is a form of sleep Apnea (sp? ap-knee-ah ) and to see your Dr. or a sleep disorder clinic. Some people use thier stove or oven and others eat raw meat or non-food related items. It can get dangerous and you may need to lock your fridge and cupboards at night.
Erin

[Susann]

Flying pennies. No, really, I am serious. When I was a senior in high school, some friends of mine were pitching pennies (hey-I grew up in Savannah;entertainment was hard to come by!!) and, due to some weird freak of nature thing, the penny gained more and more momentum and went the length of the gym (we were outside). It ended up splitting my lip. To this day, I freak out if anyone throws anything around me.

My Mom actually found a web site that reported something like 200 flying penny related incidents a year!

OK, stop laughing... http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

[woodsl]

Originally posted by erinyyc:
woodsl...there was a news show on tv about this last week. They said it is a form of sleep Apnea (sp? ap-knee-ah ) and to see your Dr. or a sleep disorder clinic. Some people use thier stove or oven and others eat raw meat or non-food related items. It can get dangerous and you may need to lock your fridge and cupboards at night.
Erin

Thanks for the info. I had no idea it might be a sleep related problem. I have never gotten up and found the stove or oven on, and I don't think I have every eaten raw meat or non-food related items, but I will check with my doctor.

Sharon

[funnybone]

Except for Cafe Lattes at Starbucks, I have to put my own cream in the coffee. It has to be coffee first, then cream. Not cream in the cup, then coffee. And at restauants, NEVER refill my cup when there is coffee still in it. This really disturbs me. We've been on a couple of cruises, and they are this is the #1 offender of refilling coffee cups with coffee still in there. I refuse to drink the rest.

We all have our quirks, that's mine.

[cdm]

I have alot of quirks-just call me quirky. Foodwise, I have had okra once and yuk, cant stand the texture. In short of saying what it reminds me of, I have a cold and am coughing. I love gucamole and I hate it when people say it reminds them of green sn--. I have to agree with the stinging insects, and they do come out starting in spring. I think I'll stop here

[aggie94]

Oooh, I could go on and on forever on this topic! (DH says I have serious OCD and anal-ness issues).

I absolutely CANNOT watch someone in a movie/TV show shave. As soon as the razor touches the skin, my eyes are covered. It freaks me out.

Another one that drives DH nuts: we separate our clothes for laundry into 3 general categories (whites, darks/colors, and middle stuff, like off-whites and greys). Once something has been categorized, it stays there forever. For example, an off-white pair of socks will always get washed with the middle stuff, even if they get so faded and worn that they eventually turn white. They'll never get washed with the whites, even though they appear white, because they were ONCE off-white. http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

And the toilet paper and paper towel rolls MUST hang with the top sheet coming over the top of the roll.

I know, I have issues.

[judyf]

I know that this sounds wierd, but my fod quirk is cottage cheese. I hate to look at it and I have a very hard time using it (or pot cheese) in recipies. You know that I must really love my brother when I am willing to make blintzes with pot cheese(it is like a dry cottage cheese)in them for his birthday. I make them but I will not eat them.
My non-food phobia is WORMS. I will not garden because I am afraid that I will dig one up. I once saw a move (the 7% solution I think) where a bowl of spaggehti turned into a bowl of WORMS. Evan today, I have a hard time eating spaghetti without thinking of that scene(so maybe this is also food related!)

[KarenW]

So many food quirks to choose from...The white thing in the egg is definitely an issue for me. I too will talk myself out of eating other people's baked goods because I just know they left it in. Also, when cooking chicken I buy the boneless/skinless chicken breast. Then, I have to cut off every single bit of visible fat. Totally grosses me out (and the little vein-y things too). I pretty much won't eat any kind of meat with skin on it or bones. Yuck. I'm also not a mushroom fan. Hate them. Mostly I pick them out. But for some reason if they have been on pizza I simply cannot eat the pizza. I have visions of mushroom "juice" baking into the cheese. I also hate mayonnaise. Spinach dip used to be one of my favorite things, until I found out it had mayonnaise in it. Not I can't eat it. Same dip that I used to love, just a mental thing about it now.

[Chef Cindy]

Flying pennies. Who would have thought it was such a problem. My phobia is the coffee pot. When I leave the house I always have to check to make sure it is off. I also have a thing about runny egg whites. All of you were talking about this egg thing you have while I was eating a bowl of soup and I almost had to put it down...Gross!! Fresh air is one of my things too. I think it is from all the years of working in stuffy buildings with recycled air. Now I think I'll open a window and check the coffee pot. LOL

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[Marcie]

Well, if you're going to have a phobia about it and all, at least we should all know the actual name of that white snotty egg thing:


CHALAZA (kuh-LAY-zuh)

Ropey strands of egg white which anchor the yolk in place in the center of the thick white. They are neither imperfections nor beginning embryos.


The more prominent the chalazae, the fresher the egg. Chalazae do not interfere with the cooking or beating of the white and need not be removed, although some cooks like to strain them from stirred custard.

(Got this from ask.com)

[Jewel]

I also have issues that DH laughs at me about, but I'm used to him shaking his head quite often around me. I totally agree with Missi about the popping Pillbury cans. I have to actually prepare myself for it, start to gently peel off that paper corner, then BAM! Even though I know its coming it still gets me.

I hate driving in tunnels. For some reason all of the overhead lights rushing towards me as I'm driving freaks me out and makes it seem like I'm going way too fast. I actually have to keep my eyes directly on the road itself and not look around at all or I could lose it... and with the Seattle road rage/traffic problem we don't want me to lose it!

I startle VERY easily. If someone comes up behind me and scares me, whether its intentional or accidental, I jump like I've been given an electric shock and I've been known to burst into tears. That's one of the reasons I simply hate Halloween. I've always hated it, even as a kid! I do not understand the 'fun' in being scared! Hubby and I went to Universal Studio's in Florida for our honeymoon while they were doing the 'Haunted House' thing all over the park at night. DH begged, and I went. After the first 'haunted house' I was crying and sitting on the benches outside. I made him go through the entire park without me. Park employees dressed up and running after people with chainsaws (no chain just loud motor!) just had me ready to pee my pants. DH couldn't understand the reason for my fright, but he sympathized with me, and we left early. Even if I know that chainsaw isn't real and the guy's only wearing a mask, he's not REALLY a mass murderer, I cannot handle being scared.

My food related quirk? Hot food. I HAVE to have hot food. If it's not steaming and you don't burn your mouth on it, it ain't hot enough. I usually get up and nuke my plate at least twice during dinner. Problem is, I seem to think that everyone else needs hot food also, and I've been known to pick my husband's plate up off the table and nuke it while his fork is in his hand. If he's trying to dig into the last of the green beans at the table and they've been sitting there for 20 minutes, it grosses me out and I have to pick up the bowl and nuke it before he digs in.

Please, don't send me away! I don't want to live in one of those big buildings with the soothing lavender walls where everybody talks really quietly and smiles all the time...please?

[aggie94]

Jewel -

I have the SAME issues with HOT food. If you can't see the steam coming off, it's not hot enough! It's a real problem when we go out to eat.

[kwormann]

Sharks.....I refuse to get in the ocean. I enjoy walking along it. I have been known to get paranoid in the deep end of a swimming pool with the theme music to Jaws popping in my head. It didnt help this lifelong problem that last year I had a student how had been attacked by a shark in waist deep water!

Another became a problem last night. I have no problem eating seafood, but when it was time to cut the soft shell off the lobster tail before grilling, I couldnt do it, DH had to come to the rescue!

Kim

[SusanL]

Food Thing- hot and cold foods on a plate cannot be eated together!! Either it is hot or cold. If I am eating hot soup, I can't eat anything else unless it is hot. Hot taco salads just don't work for me. Or the fried ice cream...
Fear of heights, which include ladders to the roof or ceiling!
This was really funny to read!

[AD]

My only problem with eggs is cracking them and cracking the eggshell in lots of little pieces that get in the mixture. I also hate recipes that use a mix. When it calls for one, in my opinion, it's not a recipe, it's an idea. I also don't like baked goods with added chunks of nuts or fruit. I only like plain foods with one even texture. Luckily, I can omit them from my own recipes. Another problem I have is using fat replacements in baking. I refuse to use light butter, fruit puree (if its only purpose is replacing fat).

Probably my biggest cooking problem is over-risen baked goods. I measure ingredietns and temperatures very accurately and always end up with a fluffy, airy, bubbly product. Perhaps it could be my personal love of the taste of flour and mouth feel of soft, dense foods. I've even had to cut yeast in breads to 1/4 tsp. per 3 cups of flour!

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[valeriek]

This is fun! My greatest fear is not fun though. I hate to fly. I hate to get on airplanes, which makes life real difficult for me because I work for the airline industry. I have nightmares about plane crashes - I mean all the time. I can't sleep when I'm on a plane because my heart is racing so fast! I also have to sit in a window seat because if the plane is going to go down, I want to see what is happening (how irrational is that?). I have to get on an airplane tomorrow (St. Louis, here I come!) and already my heart is beating faster and I know I won't sleep tonight becuase of the nightmares. You can quote all the statistics in the world to me about flying being safer than driving, but my mind just can't get over the fact that if God wanted us to fly, he would have given us wings.

[foodiedelite]

Marcie-Thanks for posting the explanation of Chalaza. I was always wondering what they were called and also understood it meant an extremely fresh egg.

[gertdog]

I'm a big weenie about the Pillsbury cans too. I hold the can as far away from my body as I can, turn my head away and close my eyes, every time!

And I'm with all those who can't deal with raw chicken, turkey, beef, etc. My mom says the reason I became a vegetarian is because I gross out so easily, not because I have moral or health issues with eating meat. "She's always been squeamish" she says, when someone asks why I don't eat meat. And you know, I think she's at least halfway right, because I stopped cooking meat at home YEARS before I stopped eating it entirely!

I'm anal... er, quirky, about grocery shopping. I love to grocery shop. I love to get my coupons together, make an aisle-by-aisle grocery list, and go. There is hell to pay if anyone else adds an item to the list and they put it in the wrong place! And I don't trust anyone else to pick out produce... I have to select it all myself. My SO won't shop with me. http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif But I'm not nearly so rigid about other things, which is why being so weird about grocery shopping is so, well, weird!

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[ebobbitt]

I do not want to eat mashed potatoes unless they have a "hole" in them--that's where the gravy goes! I also do not like ice cream sitting on top of pie or cake. I like them in two different containers.
As for non-food, it's got to be snakes. Many mornings when I feed my horses it's still dark and I'm always afraid I'll step on a snake. They just freak me out.
Elizabeth

[maizeyoats]

When I was really young I would not eat jello because I would always say "it shakes" and to this day I will not eat jello.
I totally agree about the Pillsbury can oh how I hate popping that thing!!!!

[makedah]

That Pillsbury can stuff is something else. I didn't know it was a phobia, much less a widespread one.

I'm a nut case, so these are just the highlights.

FOOD RELATED
I don't like different kinds of food touching each other on the plate, unless it's something that I fully intend to mix together. I definitely can't have wet food/vegetable juices weeping into other food. I also don't like ala mode anything; put my ice cream on the side. Otherwise, cake turns into wet bread. GROSS!

The smell of saffron threads makes me nauseous. Which is a shame because I have some Penzey's saffron here that I have only used once -- and that stuff's expensive!

Mixing bowls or pitchers made out of that 'soft' plastic, not the 'slick' kind Rubbermaid uses. I just KNOW past food products have seeped into the pores.

NON-FOOD
The sound of styrofoam squeaking drives me up the wall! All jokes, aside, my idea of hell would be styrofoam squeaking and Crunch Fitness (from ESPN) on a constant loop. No lie.

When I grew up, it was a big time sin to do household chores like yardwork or laundry on Sunday. (In fact, I have heard that there are stores in my home state that won't sell people laundry detergent on Sunday.) Don't ask me why, but cooking was okay. I don't go to church anymore, but to this DAY I cannot wash clothes on Sunday. I think I've done it like once, in an emergency.

This last one blows my cover if anyone I know is reading this. But I am afraid of big letters (like on the side of a building) and tall signs. I feel like they're shouting at me. Pretty much anything that is oversized is frightening to me. My absolute nightmare would be visiting Mount Rushmore or the Hollywood sign.

I have also gotten afraid of driving in unfamiliar terrain. I don't know the city where I live very well, so if there is a bend in the road or I'm going over a hill, I start to freak out because I can't see what's around the corner/on the other side. I've actually had a mild panic attack once because of this.

[BlueMoose]

It's nice to know there are so many other wierdos out there! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif I used to be really anal but I've loosened up since I had kids. I still hate it when I'm in bed and the covers aren't straight. I want all of the layers of blankets to be covering me equally. This is difficult because my dh is a messy sleeper. I know I have a bunch of quirks but I can't think of many now.
I have food texture issues. I only like to eat eggs scrambled, and there can't be any runny parts left in them. --hack, hack, cough, gag--- The drier the better. I also CANNOT eat eggplant. It seems so slimy to me. ugh. I don't eat any red meat, and I hate making chicken because of the CONTAMINATION FACTOR. I also cannot eat chicken with bones or the dark meat. Don't get me started...
By the way, does anyone remember the Anal Retentive Chef from Saturday Night Live?

[Kelli Kerrigan]

Since reading this post I have to add something........A person sent me a newpaper article from California. It stated that a man going into a grocery store saw a woman in her car sleeping with her hands behind her head. After he had finished his shopping he came out and saw the lady, now awake but still with her hands behind her head. She also had a frightened look on her face. He decided to ask her if she was all right. She answered that she had been shot in her head would he please call 911. When authorities arrived they had to break into the car because it was locked. She would not remove her hands from the back of her head because she said she was holding her brains in.
Come to find out that it was a PILLSBURY can that had exploded due to the heat in the car. The 'pop' sound was what she thought was a shot, and her 'brains' were actually the dough that had hit her. She had fainted but regained herself and sat there until help could find her.
Now lets see how many of you buy canned pillsbury products during those hot days!
Too funny!

[Missi]

Oh, my gosh. You guys have no idea how much better I feel that others have issues with the Pillsbury cans!!!!!! I am printing out this post to show my DH so he can stop making fun of me.
Kelli-- that story about the Pillsbury can popping CRACKED me up. I was laughing out loud!

[funnybone]

Oh, one more thing about my coffee quirks; I refuse to drink it from a styrofoam cup. Even if I am desperate for a coffee, it the coffee shop is known to serve it in one of those cups, then I will not buy it. I have noticed that some places try to disguise the styrofoam by giving the thinner, and colored ones, as opposed to the white ones, but they don't fool me. I can spot them in a second. My DH thinks I am insane, until he once again drinks coffee from styrofoam and does not drink it to the last drop.

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[Lynn B]

OHMYGOSH! Thanks, everyone, for sharing your quirks and phobias!!!

Marcie,
Your post was so interesting! Now I actually have a name for my malady! ("Hello. My name is Lynn and I have chalaza-phobia."!!!) http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

Kelli,
Your post cracked me up! I am STILL LOL!!! Honest!!! Thanks!!!

Lynn

[Cookie_Mom]

I cannot eat a tomato unless its very fresh. Either I grew it myself or its from the farmstand and looks perfectly ripe. I've had too many times of biting into a bad, mealy tomato that I will only eat them if they're REALLY good.

Also, I hate clutter! I have to have everything in its place or I feel all flustered. Having 2 children at home this happens often of course!

Amy http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

[Leanne]

[KathrynY]

Lynn B - LOL! Your description of the egg snot (er, chalaza, now that I know what to call it http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif) was priceless! That's also one of my quirks - I must remove it before using the egg in anything. Also my cooked eggs must always be well scrambled, with no distinct white spots visible in the scrambled part.

My non-food related phobia would have to be TICKS. The thought of those tiny things attaching themselves to my flesh and burrowing in to suck my blood just makes me ill! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/eek.gif

[Jewel]

You want Phobias?? For the first time in my LIFE I opened 4 eggs for a cheesecake on Friday night and ALL FOUR were double-yolks. I fished one out of each one since I didn't know if that would affect the finished product or the fat content, but all I could think of was that I was murdering twins! EEEWWW!!! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/tongue.gif

[Beth H]

I am phobic about bats -- I hate to see them on nature programs, and especially hate to see them flying around our neighborhood at night. I know, they are beneficial to our ecosystem, but they still creep me out. I also am afraid to drive across bridges -- my palms sweat, and if I'm actually driving, I clench the wheel really, really tight.

No real food phobias or quirks, though.

[SueK]

Makedah--I'm with you on the styrofoam thing! When I get packages with those peanuts in it, I just cringe the whole time I am sorting through them to get to the item in the box. It is worse than fingernails down a chalkboard, no doubt about it!

[Katie-pie]

What a hilarious topic! I love reading everyone's quirks--it has a way of making you feel normal!

A food quirk...

I love lobster. But I haven't steamed one in about 3 years. There is a reason for the directions...plunge lobster into pot HEADFIRST. I didn't do that and the poor, tasty thing fanned out and I couldn't get him in the pot. Then he explored my apartment...behind my fridge, toward the bedroom. I was insane with fear. How tramatic it was!

Non-food quirks:

I'm with makedah on the styrofoam thing--I totally know what you're talking about. Styrofoam coolers...ahhh! It hurts me! My teeth are now clenched...

I also have trouble with cheap paper towels...ugh. I loathe their texture in my hand. It's the same awful feeling that styrofoam gives me...it's maddening!

I also hate the word...I can't even type it...F**T. This word is a synonym to flatulence. Oh, it's terrible. It makes me squirm when people say it. I also have reservations about the name Art. It's just too close to the forbidden word...

One more thing. I can't stand spitters. It gives me a gag reflex. That's all I can say about that...

[SandyM]

Originally posted by Beth H:
I am phobic about bats -- I hate to see them on nature programs, and especially hate to see them flying around our neighborhood at night. I know, they are beneficial to our ecosystem, but they still creep me out.


Oh Beth - you'd freak out if you lived in our house then. We had our house painted last year, and the painter was on the ladder finishing up the top of the garage, which has a "window" with louvres on it - sort of a ventilation thing, I guess. It's supposed to have a screen over it, but apparently it doesn't, because it was dusk as he was finishing, and he said he stopped counting at 30 bats flying out of the attic above the garage. Fortunately he didn't fall off the ladder. He talked to his dad, who's a conservationist (because of course I flipped out over this situation). Apparently it's against the law to exterminate them (which wasn't an option for me anyway). They aren't destructive (except for the poop, which isn't an issue because the attic isn't used at all, and it isn't stinky) and they don't decay when they die. So, we've learned to co-exist with these ugly but (so far) friendly and peaceful creatures.

[BarbaraL]

What a fascinating topic! Glad to see I'm not the only weirdo. Thanks, Marcie, for the info on chalaza -- doesn't weird me out, but I did wonder what it was! Woodsl, I don't think your problem is sleep apnea -- sleep apnea is when you actually stop breathing momentarily as you sleep. It sounds like you sleepwalk (somnambulism).
By the way, my phobia is checking that appliances (curling wand, coffee pot, iron, etc) are off and all the doors are locked before leaving the house. Sometimes I'll check, and then go back and check again -- sometimes it seems like I'm losing my mind. I've heard that this type of behavior is a way of making yourself feel like you're in control when things in your life are out of control -- who knows? I know my doorchecking has a basis in fact -- Absent-minded DH has been known to leave doors open.

[emilycat]

Katie, you're cracking me up!
That lobster story is hilarious -- I'm just picturing it, thinking, gosh, wouldn't it be neat to have a pet lobster! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/tongue.gif

Oh, and another thing -- whenever my father says "passes gas," I have to correct him: "Dad, the word is fa*t." (I put in the asterisk for your sanity http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/wink.gif

[BlueMoose]

How could I forget to mention earlier my worst food issue...raisins in baked and cooked things. OK, I can handle them in cookies if they are still chewy, but if they are in muffins or bread, or oatmeal or something I think they are just disgusting! It's like having little fly bodies in my food. Sorry, I hope that wasn't over the line.
By the way, I don't like styrofoam cups, either. http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

[mamacox]

I am the apostrophe policeman. It drives me nuts to see an apostrophe in the wrong place, as in a thank you note I received yesterday for a gift to twins, from the "baby's". Also, if I see a tag sticking out at the back of someone's dress or shirt, I WANT to tuck in back in, even if I don't know them.

My mother always told me that if you sew on Sunday, the devil would make you pick out every stich with your nose. I cannot sew on Sunday now for anything.

[SandyM]

To funny mamacox - I'm the same as you, accept not with apostrophe's, but with all spelling and proofreading issues!

Their you have it, I hope your happy now!! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/biggrin.gif

[dearamy]

My food phobia is an unnatural fear of anything fried. It doesn't have to do with the food being high in fat--it's about the oil being used again & again. I always wonder for how long the oil has been sitting there. I am one of the rare few who can easily resist french fries! I also cannot open a bottle of champagne or even be in the same room if someone is opening one.

Amy

[Leanne]

Originally posted by Leanne:


OK - board quirks - I just saw that my post didn't post - so I'm editing it!!

My biggest quirk in the kitchen is raw chicken. I cring just thinking about it. I was my hands at least 3-6 times when cooking raw chicken & go through about 6 stirring spoons - I'm just too afraid that samonila will stay on the spoon, so I have to change it.

[Lynn B]

You all are cracking me up! But I have to say, I think we are all surprisingly normal (in spite of ourselves!) and that all of our neuroses are pretty well-channeled!!! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

Well, I realized today I have another major quirk. Anytime I leave the house, I ALWAYS take a water bottle with me. And if I am going to be away from home for any longer than an hour, then I MUST also take FOOD!!! It might be a Luna bar, or a piece of fruit... but there WILL be something tucked into my purse! I guess this is some irrational fear that I might get thirsty or worse... get a <gasp!> HUNGER PANG!!! (Never mind that food abounds everywhere I go and I always have at least a little bit of cash in my wallet... nosirreee, doesn't matter! I better TAKE SOMETHING, just in case and because you NEVER KNOW!!!!)

And ohmyword, you should see when we go on vacation... I pack 2 COOLERS for the car trip!

[This message has been edited by Lynn B (edited 05-01-2001).]

[AndreaU]

I just thought of a phobia from way back... we're talking nursery school. BUT, it wasn't mine, it was a boy in my class. I will never forget poor little David- he was deathly afraid of Twinkies because they had 'hair' on them! (you know, the little cakey fuzz on the outside) I just remember him screaming that he wouldn't eat them. I've never looked at a Twinkie without thinking of the story! So, if you're out there, David, I hope you've conquered your fear of Twinkie hair.

[Lynn B]

How funny! "Twinkie hair"?!!!

My mom tells a story of when I was in first grade, and all of a sudden I developed a total aversion to school! Cried and carried on and didn't want to go. Finally she got the reason out of me -- I had a banana in my desk that had gotten black and over-ripe and I was deathly afraid of it! I remember just wanting to quit school because I could not bear the thoughts of living w/ that banana in my desk, haunting me, every day!!!! I can remember being nearly hysterical about that!!! Finally a VERY BRAVE http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif classmate named Melinda just reached right in and pulled it out and tossed it in the trash! Talk about R-E-L-I-E-F!!!! I felt like I had been given a million dollars! I went back to liking school right away!!!!

[aggie94]

Okay, here's a few more for me. Like makedah, I also have serious issues with foods touching each other on my plate, especially foods with sauces. Preferably, each separate food item is on its own little plate or dish. http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

Also, there was a favorite eatery of ours in College Station (where DH and I went to college) called Freebird's World Famous Burrito. They had AWESOME burritos - huge, and wrapped in aluminum foil. I was meticulous about unwrapping my burrito, because the thought of biting down onto a piece of foil just sends shivers up and down my spine. http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/eek.gif

[elnant]

Bluemoose -- I feel the same way about raisins in food...esp. bagels!

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[elnant]

Bluemoose -- I feel the same way about raisins in food...esp. bagels!!!
Every time I pick one out, in the back of my mind, I'm thinking it's like a little fly in my food. Yuck!
But, for some reason, I don't have a problem with plain raisins -- just when they're baked into bread, cookies, bagels, etc.

[elnant]

Originally posted by BlueMoose:
[B]How could I forget to mention earlier my worst food issue...raisins in baked and cooked things. OK, I can handle them in cookies if they are still chewy, but if they are in muffins or bread, or oatmeal or something I think they are just disgusting! It's like having little fly bodies in my food. Sorry, I hope that wasn't over the line.
B]
BlueMoose -- I totally agree! Everytime I pick a raisin out of a bagel, I always think they look like little squished up flies!
But, for some reason, I don't have a problem eating plain raisins. Just when they're baked into bread, cookies, bagels, etc.

[elnant]

Sorry about the multiple posts .... http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

[cchhbb]

I'm deathly afraid of scuba diving. Well, actually I'm afraid of putting my head under water. I have this fear that I will die because I can't breathe.

On the day after our wedding in Maui, my husband and I tried to go scuba diving. I took a little class and thought I'd be okay. Well, I wasn't. I thought I was going to die in a 3 foot wading pool during the test. I had to surface several times hyperventilating.

[AvrilH]

My biggest quirk is that when I play cards, the discard pile must be neat. This applies to Monopoly and Sorry and any other game that has a stack of cards on them.

My biggest phobia has to be SNAKES. I can't believe that more people have posted about eggs than snakes. I can't even watch one for too long on T.V. My Dad is the same way too - we were watching the scene in Indiana Jones and the Temple of DOom where they cut open the big snake for the "delicacy" of baby snakes to crawl out and have them for dinner and I thought we would both HURL. I am also afraid of swarms of flies and any form of dragon fly. I try not to flinch at these things now, bc I don't want my little ones to be freaked out.


Food quirks? Tomatoes look like they aren't DONE. Doesn't the seed area look like incubating larvae to anyone but me?

Exploding pillsbury cans are the best though. My kids and I love them!

We should start a thread about our SO's quirks. That would get a big response!

[mb]

first of all, i love the exploding pillsbury cans! i hate when you tear the paper off only to find that you have to press a spoon against the seam to get it to burst. i like when it just spontaneously pops!

so now for my weird quirks/phobias:
i will NOT eat any meat that has bone/skin/fat on it. if the meat has already been taken off the bone for me, then i may eat it. and even when there is a 'perfect' steak, i always manage to find something in it that isn't quite right to me that i have to trim off. for this reason, i have been dubbed 'the surgeon'.

no problems with raisins or dried fruit in baked goods. HOWEVER, i can't eat fig newtons - it's like eating little crunchy ants inside a yummy cookie. luckily, this problem doesn't exist with the other fruit newton varieties.

as for non-food things, i will not touch or use BANDAIDS. they completely gross me out. even after i give blood or whatever, i will not let anyone put a bandaid on me. i have hated them since i was a baby (ask anyone in my family). i never even liked the kid-bandaids that have cartoon characters on them. if my DH has a bandaid on his finger, for example, i won't even let him touch me with that hand!

another thing: my belly button. i can't touch it - it just skeeves me too much. i can't let anyone else touch it either... i don't know why this is. now that i am pregnant and my stomach is huge, my belly button has pretty much flattened out and it has become a prime target. thank goodness it isn't sticking out - it's just flat. if my stomach even just rubs against the counter while i'm doing dishes or whatever, i just get really creeped out. my DH teases me for this (hey, can you blame him?).

my last main phobia is birds. i'm always afraid they're going to fly at me and poke my eyes out or something. and i never even saw the movie "the birds". i think that would just be way awful. actually, i fear most animals (mostly dogs though). i like them all from afar - i just don't like to get too close. and no, i was never bitten as a child.

no one else mentioned these types of phobias, so maybe i am crazy! let's just keep in mind, though, that i have no problem with the chalaza!!! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/wink.gif

[emilycat]

I've seen countless quirks on here that have made me want to say,' hey, me too!,' but there's just one that I feel like I have to post, because it's so me. I am a grammar freak. I constantly correct people, either in my head or out loud -- you can't get one past me in writing or in speech without my making some sort of internal comment. Bad grammar and spelling drive me absolutely up the wall. (Which is probably why most of my posts are edited; I can't stand to leave a mistake uncorrected.) I recently read an Adidas ad in which 'peddle' was used in place of 'pedal.' Ack! What were they thinking! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/eek.gif

[This message has been edited by emilycat (edited 05-02-2001).]

[mb]

i'm with you, emilycat (although i must say i've relaxed a bit recently)! i am a former spelling bee champion, so i'm also a freak about spelling. when it comes to grammar, i'm a little more likely to let things slide (although i would never let 'grammer' slide, if you know what i mean!) growing up, i had a best friend who always spelled the word 'favorite' without the 'e' on the end! it made me so crazy that i would get mad at her!!!!!! (and for those of you wondering: no, that isn't why we're not friends anymore!) http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

[Grace]

Oh Emily, I'm with you all the way (except for maybe the grammar thing - I'm pretty good, but only really demand perfection with spelling!) But you reminded me of one of the funniest things ever. My boss and I were driving downtown (I was driving), and we were at a stoplight. There was a sign that read "No Peddling", and just beneath the sign was a guy on his bicycle (also stopped, waiting for the light to change). My boss exclaimed, "Look at this guy - and he's right underneath the sign!" I nearly peed my pants. What a dork. Fortunately, he's good natured (we're like work husband/work wife!), and can totally laugh at himself, so I made no attempt to stifle my uproarious laughter! He only felt a little dopey when I explained the difference!

But it does make me especially mad when advertisers use improper grammar and spelling - they only perpetuate people's ignorance. Oh well, it could be worse, I guess!

[dearamy]

MB,

You reminded me about my bird phobia! I am so afraid of being hit by one. The worst for me is when people have them as pets & let them fly around their house. I was on a first date once in college & the guy & I went over to the home of a friend of his. She had a pet bird (named Kevin--I will never forget!) who she let out of his cage. Well, he started flying around & dive bonbing & I seriously went into the duck & cover position. By the time she put him back I was in tears. It was rather humiliating, but phobias bring out strange behavior in the best of us!

[AndreaU]

Another grammar freak... as a teacher, I guess it's second nature. My husband is a college professor and we always go back and forth with various blunders we encounter on papers. Scary thing- some of my 5th graders are better writers than his college students! We always have a ball with their/there/they're and your/you're. DH's biggest peeves are the confusion between accept & except and affect & effect.

As I'm sitting here, I realized another one of my peeves... when eating M&Ms, I will not eat the broken (or even chipped)ones! How weird is that?

[heidibowman]

This is a HUGE pet peeve for me. Did they stop teaching people in school when to use apostrophes? I will throw out a mailing or avoid a store if I see this. It's maddening!

While I'm already typing, I might as well throw in my two cents (quirks). I can't STAND to see someone's hands getting cut on TV or in movies. You could hack the living daylights out of any other body part and I'll watch gleefully (is that wrong? http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/redface.gif) but I turn into a bowl of goo and squeel in horror if I see someone's hands get cut.

Someone earlier mentioned a form of another quirk of mine. You could be standing right in front of my face, I know you're there, and you can STILL startle me to the point where I'd shriek. Hmmm. Originally posted by mamacox:
I am the apostrophe policeman. It drives me nuts to see an apostrophe in the wrong place, as in a thank you note I received yesterday for a gift to twins, from the "baby's". Also, if I see a tag sticking out at the back of someone's dress or shirt, I WANT to tuck in back in, even if I don't know them.

My mother always told me that if you sew on Sunday, the devil would make you pick out every stich with your nose. I cannot sew on Sunday now for anything.

[heidibowman]

I just thought of another one that I know drives my SO crazy because I'm so annoyed by it...

I can't STAND it when my dog is licking, including, but not limited to, "herself", her toes, my other dog's ears, my SO's face, etc. It's not that it grosses me out. I don't have any problem with her giving ME "kisses", even. I just can't stand the sound! And then, what's worse, in the middle of the night, after I've already been roused from sleep by the sound of licking and have scolded her to stop, she'll continue to do it *quietly* but I still know she's doing it because I can FEEL the bed moving. This drives me even crazier! (Yes, the pups do sleep in bed with us. I can't bear to kick them out now that they're used to it. They're my babies! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/rolleyes.gif )

[leightx]

These posts have me LOL! I was actually crying I was laughing so hard about the lady who had been "shot" by her biscuit can! Anyway, my biggest quirk is that I absolutely can not STAND the sound of metal utensils scraping against china or other metal. If my DH would let me, I would actually prefer to eat with plastic utensils and plates. I have to leave the room when we eat with his grandmother, because she has a very bad habit of scraping the dish with her knife when she cuts her food - every single bite! Argh! Also, DH has an annoying habit of scraping the food off his fork with his teeth - this really sends me over the edge. And I have seriously thought about ripping up all of our tile because I can't stand the sound that the utensils make when they fall on the floor. Ok, I'm certifiable.
Leigh in Austin

[SandyM]

Originally posted by SandyM:
To funny mamacox - I'm the same as you, accept not with apostrophe's, but with all spelling and proofreading issues!

Their you have it, I hope your happy now!! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/biggrin.gif

ummm.......I hope all you grammar and spelling guru types (like me) know that this post of mine was TOTALLY tongue in cheek - I'm the same way!!!! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/biggrin.gif

[mb]

leigh,
my mom is the same way: she can't stand when someone scrapes their teeth on a fork. i do it just to make her crazy http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/biggrin.gif
mb

[Susann]

Hey Emily, how about disrespect as a verb? My skin crawls when my students use it as such. One of my kids actually looked it up in the dictionary, and now it actually *is* listed as a verb!

Spelling is another story. I am a *horrible* speller!

[emilycat]

Oh, gosh, Susann, don't get me started! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/biggrin.gif I don't want to turn this into a grammar thread, but...

The most heinous in my book:

Misspelling portobello -- drives me insane with all the different variations I see.
Using 'that' in place of 'who' -- as in "people that like oranges'
Using 'where' in place of 'in which'
Putting the apostrophe in y'all in the wrong place.
And of course the whole good/well thing is enough to give me a fit!

Seriously, I could go on and on and on, but I'll stop now http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

Oh, and this is just funny, but a girl in my magazine writing class last year included the word, 'phopa' in her story, as in faux pas -- we all about died! (I think she did, too http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif )

[Grace]

OK, Em, how about the misuse of "less" and "fewer"? Almost NO ONE gets that one right, and it makes my hair stand on end! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/biggrin.gif

[SandyM]

Nucular.

[Jewel]

One of those 'little' things that drive me nuts grammar-wise is the mispronunciation of the word 'height'. 9 out of 10 people will say 'heighth' with the 'th' on the end. I've been a champion speller since 4th grade, and I almost 'see' words as they're being spoken, so I notice right off there's no 'th' on the end of that word!!

I also grit my teeth at 'real-a-tor' instead of the correct 'realtor'. Maybe I should just lighten up, huh? http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/biggrin.gif

[aggie94]

Jewel, I was also a spelling bee kid, and I often find myself spelling words aloud in my head as I hear or read them. And always in groups of three letter: ori-ent.

And may I just take this opportunity to point out, once again, that "orientate" is NOT a word.

[BlueMoose]

aggie94...

Thank you! I was trying to think of "orientate". That drives me nuts!

My uncle used to scrape his fork on his teeth and laugh at my reaction. It's making me cringe just to think of it! ----shudder---

[nmody]

My food-related quirk is really strange and my husband to be (one week to go!) calls me on it everytime! I systematically exclude one ingredient out of whatever we're having to eat...could be the poor tomatoes in the chili one day, next day the tomatoes are good in the pasta sauce, but the onions get nixed...no idea why I do it.

[Gail]

I think your giving a bum rap to all those people out their that cant spell, youse bad grammer, oar dont get apostrophe's. We cant all be brain's.

...kind of like fingernails across a blackboard, isn't it? http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/tongue.gif

[SoCal]

Is there anyone else feeling a little paranoid about posting for fear of misspelling a word or using improper grammar?? http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/wink.gif

(I actually copied this post into Word and ran the spell check - how paranoid is that?? Maybe that is my new phobia?? http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/eek.gif http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/biggrin.gif !!!)

[SusieO]

This whole thread is too funny.

The grammatical error that makes me most crazy is the agreement error. This is bad because it is very common. Once, at a friend's house I saw a note from her child's second-grade teacher that said, "please have each child bring their lunch..." If it had been my child I would have wanted to pull him out of that school!

[LaraW]

This thread is too funny!

I'm rather surprised with all of the grammar and spelling champions out there that this has not yet come up. I cannot stand it when someone says EXPRESSO. How annoying! I can be the spelling and grammar police as well.

I am afraid of a lot of animals, I do not like to be licked by dogs or walked on by cats. I am deathly afraid of bats and mice. When my husband and I first got married, we moved into a new house. I told him that if I ever saw a mouse in the house that I would call him from a hotel and he could call me back with our new address!

As far as food quirks, I don't think I have many, but I don't like it when people add salt to something I have made without even trying it! I also can't stand it when people put butter on my homemade bread! I don't care for anything a la mode either, and it seems every dessert my in-laws eat is "under ice cream".

[Kelli Kerrigan]

I think that the people who have posted regarding grammer etc. should consider themselves as very fortunate that they have had the educational opportunities offered to them so that they could become experts of grammer.
It's a positive quirk, as long as you use it to better your own grammer.
It's also wonderful that many people are computer savvy enough to use spell check, grammer check, edit, and be able to add great graphics.
It takes all walks of people to make this world go 'round. Some people are better at somethings than others.
SoCal, keep on posting without induced grammer guilt. I'm sure while all this was being fired around, no one meant to make anyone feel grammatically inferior.
Right?

[emilycat]

Kelli,

I don't mean to get into a debate about this, but while education certainly teaches us good grammar, many of the things we've been referring to were elementary lessons almost every child has learned at some point. I also have some brilliant friends who are simply wretched spellers, and countless people just don't "get" grammar. It's like being good at math, or writing or science. But sometimes it's just laziness or carelessness.
And you're certainly right, we were just posting our quirks/pet peeves -- I (and I'm certain I can speak for everyone else, as well) did not intend to direct my criticism to anyone in such a way as to make them feel grammatically inept. http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

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[SandyM]

According to Websters, a quirk is "a peculiar trait".

No one needs to be paranoid or nervous about misspells or grammatical errors in postings on here. We're proven to be a kind group. No one will go off on anyone for a perceived error in a post. I think this was just a fun exercise in pointing out how really weird we can be. Ok, how really weird I can be. I won't speak for anyone else in the weirdness department. Except maybe for Gail. http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/biggrin.gif



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[Kerri]

Ok, ok, I just feel like I need to apologize for my bad grammer and spelling. I know it is bad and I know I should care, but I just don't. Most of the times I post when the radio is on or I don't have a lot of time and I hardly ever proof read. I am not saying this to pick a fight or to be funny, I really feel bad! I have a friend who is also an English type so I know what bad grammer can do to people. Double negatives render her helpless, which is kind of funny sometimes.

I also would like to say, that the "popping can" for refrigerated dough also scares the bejeezes out of me. Don't know why.