Am I strange when it comes to chicken, bananas, and eggs?
@1creekgirl (44560)
United States
August 21, 2016 3:31pm CST
I'm fairly "normal" I think, but I do have a few little weird things about me. Well, maybe not weird so much as eccentricities.
I never eat chicken salad made by someone I do not know. Even then, it's iffy. My chicken salad has no skin, gristle, dark pieces, fat, or anything other than perfectly white pieces of chicken.
My banana pudding is actually banana-less banana pudding. I love the flavor, but cannot abide dark pieces of banana after it's cooked. And if I do actually put bananas in the pudding, there are no strings, bruised spots or anything other than perfectly white pieces of banana.
Don't even get me started about eggs. Yes, I know they don't do this in restaurants, but at home I have to take out the little white string that's attached to the yolk. 
Are you peculiar about stuff like that?
Are you peculiar about stuff like that?17 people like this
19 responses
@ElizabethWallace (12069)
• United States
22 Aug 16
I think we all have our food issues. Most of mine have to do with allergies. I don't have the luxury of being picky, or I wouldn't be able to eat at all. 
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
22 Aug 16
I'm not the world's best housekeeper, but there are just some things that bug me. I think I might have a little OCD going on.
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@ElizabethWallace (12069)
• United States
22 Aug 16
@1creekgirl A little OCD is good for one, helps keep the filth away. I think hoarders have whatever is the opposite of OCD.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
22 Aug 16
@1creekgirl Oh don't wish for that , or else you will always get very tired wanting to clean every time .
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
22 Aug 16
@SIMPLYD At my age, I don't think there's much danger of that!
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
22 Aug 16
Thanks, I wish I were a perfectionist when it comes to housework!
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@silvermist (19701)
• India
22 Aug 16
@1creekgirl I too do not like that string when eating egg.Actually I do not eat chicken salad.About bananas I am not very particular.
When at home it is okay.But if you go for lunch to a friend's home,it will be difficult.
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@silvermist (19701)
• India
25 Aug 16
@1creekgirl But do your friends know about this?
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
25 Aug 16
@silvermist Probably not! I try to be inconspicuous about it!
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
22 Aug 16
That's true. I have to be vigilant where I'm eating!
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
22 Aug 16
Not really, although I do fry my bacon in even strips, I could never just stir up a bunch of it all together.
I think I'm fairly normal about other things.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
22 Aug 16
@sallypup I haven't seen that movie, but I'll rent it at Red Box...thanks!
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@sallypup (69194)
• Centralia, Washington
22 Aug 16
@1creekgirl Have you seen the movie As Good As It Gets? You might find it fascinating.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
22 Aug 16
@sol_cee I guess they really don't taste different, it's just that I know what's there and what's not!
@sol_cee (38669)
• Philippines
21 Aug 16
@1creekgirl all of the things you mentioned.
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@Rohvannyn (3098)
• United States
22 Aug 16
I think maybe you should visit Japan, because there are very high food standards there.
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@waflay (2737)
• Nairobi, Kenya
21 Aug 16
You are the first person I know who take that effort to take out anything dark in color from white colored food stuff. I know someone who can cook but will not even taste chicken soup or anything related to chickens, but this habit only developed outer an ancient taboo..
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@waflay (2737)
• Nairobi, Kenya
22 Aug 16
@1creekgirl Okay, greedy men decided to impose a taboo on chicken against girls and women because in those days the kitchen area was the only room that men were not allowed into. To make sure that they get the whole delicious chicken by themselves--- and their boys--, they forged a way to keep women away from cooked chicken. They said that 'chicken and its soup could make a woman barren and she will never keep her marriage'. Well, it worked for some women but in other families, girls were allowed to feast on chicken.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
22 Aug 16
@waflay That is fascinating. I hope it's changed for women there now.
@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
25 Aug 16
I wouldn't say that's weird or eccentric. I'm particular about stuff like that too (and not just food!). I'd like to call it being prim and proper rather than weird.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
22 Aug 16
Ok, we're pretty much opposite on these culinary issues.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
22 Aug 16
You sound like my husband when it comes to chicken. Although he likes his bananas almost green.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
4 Jan 18
I guess one person's weird can be another person's normal.
@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
4 Jan 18
@1creekgirl
Vicki, I wonder how many people really are normal. I would say everyone has their own things that others would think are weird.
@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
21 Aug 16
I am the same way when it comes to chicken, only perfect white pieces for me. Theven same goes for potatoes. When I peel them every little piece of peel and spot has to be removed. I won'the eat bruised fruit and I am sure there are others that I just can't think of now.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
21 Aug 16
I'm the same about potatoes unless I am cooking them with the peelings on. I think we're kindred culinary spirits.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
3 Nov 23
Jim, I think the world of you, but if I ever come to visit, please don't make chicken salad for me.
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@porwest (112864)
• United States
4 Nov 23
@1creekgirl lol. Consider it done, and you and Dale are welcome ANY TIME.
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@GardenGerty (169489)
• United States
21 Aug 16
I am certain I have some eccentricities, but cannot think of what they are. We all do.
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@marsha32 (6631)
• United States
6 Sep 16
I tend to take those stringy white things off the eggs too.
I don't blame you on the chicken. Chicken is a meat that spoils easily and quickly.
No, bananas that are turning color are not appetizing. If I make a pudding, I wait to put them in at the last minute before serving.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
21 Aug 16
I would much rather have my own chicken salad also because I know what's in it!
@Drosophila (16568)
• Ireland
21 Aug 16
I guess there are somethings I make better for sure
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@Marilynda1225 (91126)
• United States
23 Aug 16
I am particular about what I eat when not making it myself but the one thing that drives me crazy is when my grandkids eat out of a bag of chips rather than putting a portion in a bowl. I hate when they lick their fingers and keep sticking their hands in the bag.
