Farmer Jon
Sous Chef
I will not eat a cookie or cake without a tall cold glass of milk.
I will not eat a cookie or cake without a tall cold glass of milk.
I dont know that I'm OCD about it, but I prefer my food not touch unless it's something that's eaten together, like shrimp and grits, spaghetti and meatballs, mashies and gravy, etc. Last night, Craig wanted his burrito served over his refried beans, so I made his plate and took a pic of that. Mine were separate.
This thread reminds me of a couple of my adult daughters' OCD things. Younger daughter doesn't like food 'touching' each other on the plate and will only eat one thing at a time. Older daughter will not gnaw meat off of bones - it has to be cut off. Yep, this includes fried chicken and ribs.
I can't stand it when people put milk in their cereal. Ick.
I used to suffer from serious OCD tendencies as well. Itwould take me 45 minutes to leave the house. Every switch had to be tested 4 or 5, no 6 times because I had an even number thing. Then right after that I had to test them an odd number to make sure I didn't have an even number thing. See the circle you can get into.
Then the stove had to be checked, each switch checked an even amount if times, since the odd on might turn it on, then the circle thing again. Then if my wife said she locked the door, I would have to check it or I would stress until we got home. If it wasn't locked, then it would be months before I would trust her that it was, but still had to check.
Then there were door and window latches at night and before bed, etc. etc.
So in all reality, I probably didn't have any room in my life for food OCD. :^ )
Oh, how did I conquer it? I finally just started thinking about what the worst thing could happen if I left the door unlocked, or the stove on. Then figured the percentages and chances that it would happen. And also, I just got tired of all the futzing around.
Oh, I do have an issue with people smacking thier food, or scraping thier teeth on thier fork. Those still bother me, but I deal with it by becoming amused that it isn't bothering me.
Ah, the circle again.
I can relate, but should I.I have OCD issues, but they are very mild now. When I was a kid, they were horrible. I totally get the "even/odd" thing. I pretty much outgrew it, but if I'm stressed, it revisits me a little. My main issue now is door locks, both on my home and my car. Once the "Did I lock the door?" thoughts start, I just turn around and go check, because I know it won't shut up until I go and check. [emoji38]
I thought about this food OCD thing, and can not think of a single thing that applies to me. I hope that doesn't cause me to develop one.
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Getting back to the spoon thing, not only do I eat just about everything with a spoon, but I have a specific style, size and brand spoon that I have almost gotten to the point that I bring it with me. Sadly, over the years I some got lost ( I'm thinking that on days my wife got really pissed at me she hid and or made them ' disappear '. So, I scoured the internet, in search of this spoon to build up my fleet of spoons. Found the site "replacements.com". Can search via brand, style , type, material .... of utensil. Luckily, I have found several over the years (think I have 4 now). My daughter actually is the one who found the site, and as a surprise, got me a spoon for fathers day. So although not an OCD specific for food, definitely one for eating. ***As a note, when I go to a restaurant or a friends house to eat, I don't freak out. I just deal with what I got. But, in my head, Im definitely thinking how I would enjoy the meal more if I had my spoon with me***.