Lifespan of a Chennette

I was tagged.

So, without further ado…and with no knowledge of the consequences…here are 6 Weird Food Facts About Me:

1. I can’t stand poultry and cheese. Love chicken, sometimes turkey, and love cheese, but cannot eat them together. I think it’s grounded in a dish Lilandra and I made many many years ago, when we were browsing the cookbook that came with our microwave. It involved turkey and cheese. And while I ate it then, with a fair modicum of enjoyment, the aftermath of the fowly-ness and the cheesiness and the greasiness may have had this immutable consequence of changing my tastes.

2. I have a freakish sensitivity to vanilla essence. And while I have curbed my utter dislike and rejection of it, I can still sniff it out and taste it. This is also from a prior cooking episode gone awry, where I “estimated” the amount of vanilla essence to put into the brownies and was horribly wrong. Horribly. I could taste it all over and smell it. And still can.

3. I love popcorn and icecream, or salty chips and ice cream. I don’t think it’s so weird, but some people may. It’s not something I devised on my own, however. There was an episode of a certain teen melodrama I used to watch (I was still a teenager, so that’s my excuse), where the girls have a slumber party and one of them says she eats popcorn with icecream. I was curious enough to try it. Such is the power of the media.

4. I have to struggle to follow a recipe to the letter. Or even to repeat something exactly the same way. It’s a pet peeve of the brother, since he thinks I experiment with good things and can’t make the perfect brownie, for example each time. But each time I cook I think of new things and I want to see what they’re like. And I can’t wait till NEXT time…why not add cinammon to the stew chicken now? then I’ll know how it comes out and my curiosity will be satisfied!

5. I am picky about how I eat chocolate. Chocolate and cheesecake gives me an instant headache. Could be linked to my sinus allergies, but there it is. Mocha used to do the same. Coffee is mmm. Chocolate is yummmy. But together? Chocolate and fruit – I pass.

6. I eat my food separately, item by item, whenever I can. It doesn’t mean I don’t like mixing or having gravy on top of things, but just that when faced with a plate of multiple items, I like to eat each thing separately. Salad first, then veggies. Rice or potatoes next. Meat/fish last. Although I may alternate the last 2 items. I just appreciate the food better that way, and don’t confuse my tastebuds as to what’s coming next. I am definitely NOT one of those “perfect bite” people (Barbra Streisand in The Mirror has Two Faces) who need tohave a bit of everything on the fork.

And as for tagging…I think it’s time we heard from Hmmm, before the baby comes. Why not include all my waiting-for-a-baby friends? Ewe are Here, you’re up! And since Mani is a closet foodie, he can comment here