I don’t know what’s wrong with me when it comes to my eating and drinking habits. For some reason, I am one of those “I’ve got to have this right away” type of people when it comes to my food and beverages. If it’s something cooked, I usually try to take a bite the minute it’s on my plate, without giving it sufficient time to properly cool off. The results of this bad habit usually make me look like a jackass, since I end up opening my mouth and breathing on the borderline nuclear-hot food in it to cool it off. If it’s a frozen drink, I get so caught up in simultaneously quenching my thirst and enjoying the flavor, that I encounter a foe that I’ve done battle with ever since my elementary school days: Brain Freeze!
I know in today’s internet age, I could do a search and look up the reason for brain freeze wreaking havoc on my slurpee experience, but I really don’t care what it is. All I know is that the best gift my Aunt Angela ever gave me was telling me how to put a swift end to brain freeze: Suck in air through your lips as if you’re taking another pull from that slurpee straw.
As you can probably tell from the fact that this topic even came up, I haven’t learned anything over all these years as far as slowing down my frozen beverage excitement and drinking them like normal people. I guess this is one more quirk to add to the list. I can’t be the only person out there with strange eating habits/quirks. If you have any unusual food-related habits, please share them so that I won’t feel I am the only “eccentric” eater out there. Thanks in advance!
*UPDATE* I wrote this entry over the weekend and stored it for future use, but I’m posting it right now, because at this very moment I am typing with one hand, and holding my forehead with the other thanks to this tasty mango smoothie I am in the process of ravishing. I’ll never learn…
Well, hello there, my brother in instant gratification! I can relate: Sunday while I was making donuts (why I’m not fat, only God and science know), I licked hot sugar off the spoon…I’m still talking with a lisp. I’m surprised I still have taste buds. My poor tongue has to bear the brunt of my inner Luther V. tendencies. Lol, I’d take brain freeze any day over that. I also eat really fast because I grew up in a house full of older brothers who’d snatch the food off of your plate without blinking an eye. People (friends) are often bewildered because when I’m starving, it can get really bad. I can eat like I just got out of Rikers. So not attractive. Lmao, I try to look cooler (read: cuter) in mixed company, though.
i feel u on the brain freeze thing with the slurpee and ice cream i still do it to this day.
like i should research on brain freeze. cause i wanna kno if it can turn deadly since i never do that technique my mom tells me to do.
another habit is eating real fast been doin this since i was about 7. i get it from mr. huntley
LOL @ E.Jay…”I’m still talking with a lisp”…too much!
Leon, another way to ease brain freeze is to warm up the roof of your mouth with your tongue. It’s the sinuses right above that area that are causing all the problems; if you can warm them back up, they’ll leave you alone. At least that’s what I hear.
Food weirdnesses?
Yeah, I can’t handle wet bread. If my cornbread/biscuit/slice of bread gets contaminated with anything else on the plate, it’s OVER. I’m not eating it. Of course, this also means no sopping ANYTHING up with a biscuit. It also means no pie ala mode. Or anything else that will wet the dry stuff.
Matter of fact, I don’t like my food to touch. At all. I work on one food at a time until it’s all gone. That way the flavors don’t mingle too much. I also have to meticulously plan how I’m going to eat a meal; prioritize the order of consumption.
Lastly, I don’t drink anything until the plate is empty. No matter how parched I may be, I have to be near death to take a drink. But this can be blamed on my mom.
Those are just the few that come to mind but it’s only the beginning.
Feel better about yourself now? :-D
Beats gout.
I gotta chew every last ice cube in the glass. I know this is bad for my teeth but, I can’t help it. I’ve tried walking away and just saying no but, those frozen morsels keep calling my name. Sad, but true, now my dog (Barkus Garvey) is hooked like a crack hound. I can’t enjoy any iced, tasty, beverages around him.
LMAO!!! You never listen to me!!!
I was suggested this website by way of my cousin. I’m now not sure whether or not this post is written by way of him as no one else understand such designated about my problem. You are wonderful! Thanks!