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Dipping grilled cheese in syrup, buttering pop-tarts, or devouring strawberries with stems still attached to them may sound utterly asinine, but for some people, it’s a perfectly fine mode of consuming food.

You see, no one is immune to bizarre eating quirks, but most of us are totally unaware that we have them. So when Twitter user @kyry5 asked people “What's a strange food habit you didn't realize was bizarre until way later than you should have?” the thread blew up with 11.7K likes, and the answers, each more baffling than the previous one, came flooding in.

So let's see some of the most entertaining and stomach-turning revelations about food shared in the thread. Do you have a quirky eating habit to share? Hit us in the comment section below!

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Chaotic-Pansexual-Gemini
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Does anyone else eat the muffin/cupcake and then chew on the wrapper cause it still has some on it? Just me?

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Bored Panda reached out to the thread’s author Kyle who goes by the Twitter handle @kyry5. Kyle said he got the idea for a tweet while he was talking to friends about how insane his diet was when I was younger. “I used to be on the chunkier side and was talking about how much junk I would eat (hot pockets for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, toaster strudels for dessert) and how even the junk food was made junkier (enter, the buttered pop tarts!)”

“That got us talking about other weird things we all used to eat, and I figured I’d take to Twitter and hear some others,” Kyle recounted and added that he was totally surprised that his thread blew up so much.

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Peppermallow
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is known as a cheese taco. If you do it right, you can add toppings and roll it up before it hardens. Requires practice with your microwave, as it changes depending on wattage, type of cheese etc.

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H Edwards
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In India (and probably other places too) it's quite common to put salt on various fruits and in fruit juice.

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When asked about his own food habit which is the buttered Pop-Tarts, Kyle assured us that they’re totally delicious. “You toast the brown sugar cinnamon ones, take a knife and make a delicate slit down the middle (not enough to break it in half) so that the butter can soak in, and let a fat slab of butter melt on it,” he said. “I think I did it once in college and my friends thought it was wild and that’s when I realized the buttered pop tart was not a universal household staple,” Kyle added.

When it comes to odd food habits, Kyle said he loves these quirky little things. “I feel like they always arise so organically. Like I had no idea my food habit was bizarre, nor did my friend who dips hint of lime Tostitos into minced garlic in the jar”

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“Once you share it with other folks and realize it’s a little odd, that’s when it gets fun! I think we should all be open to trying each other’s little food combos.”

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Sam Kunz
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why not? Cottage Cheese and Apple Butter is popular in PA.

gloria benado
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I us d to eat it like this when I was little. It's actually really good

Pheebs
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don’t think it’s the mix people hate. A lot of people just don’t like cottage cheese. It awesome with apple sauce. And fruit.

Kristy White
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

you can buy cottage cheese with pineapple here in the UK, i don't see a problem with it having apple pieces in too

Eglė Bukauskaitė
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We (as in, in my country) always eat curd (cottage cheese) with something sweet. Or cottage cheese un sweetened. Cottage cheese is awesome!

Lisa Whipp Myhre
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mom used to blend cottage cheese with jello, make it all frothy, and serve it in parfait glasses. I thought we were soooooo fancy. lollolllolll..

Unaffected
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like sardines with bread and a glass of yoghurt. It's delicious!

John Augsburger
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Cheese and fruit, it's a course at traditional banquet. A cheese plate usually has fruit on it, no weirdness here!

Jackie Porter
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Our supermarkets in the UK sell cottage cheese with pineapple chunks in it. So this isn't too far removed.

TJay
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Cottage cheese is a neutral flavor so you can eat it with something sweet or something salty

ShareMusic
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Cottage cheese and apple butter is really good! In Pennsylvania Dutch (deutsch - German), it's called "smearcase."

Jo Choto
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like cottage cheese and tuna, but I'm sure it's good with apple sauce too.

June
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's absolutely normal in France, a lot of people do that. Or with jam.

Computernaut
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's nasty, but my dad likes apple sauce on potatoes, so no judgement.

Honu
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Cottage cheese and fruit is a pretty common thing. I have gotten odd looks for my savory cottage cheese snacks, though. Salt, pepper, maybe some vinegar, something crunchy like nuts. I'll usually put that on a rice cake. I know it sounds weird, but it's really tasty.

Brian Bennett
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Fellow used to come in the dairy bar every day for lunch cottage cheese and ketchup!

Vicky Zar
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is normal to eat cottage cheese with marmalade on bread where I come from

The only Plueschopossum
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, that's a great mix :) An even better one is cottage cheese and some rosehip jam. I LOVE this!

LeilaOdinis
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OMG I do the same with just plain greek yogurt. Cottage cheese is good with any fruit.

RoseTheMad
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Look up a recipe for a Yorkshire curd tart using cottage cheese and thank me later because curd tarts are so damn good

Allan Breum
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Those flavors Should work well with each other; The sweetness, and acidity from the applesauce should compliment the Umami and fatty flavors from the cottage cheese... Maybe I should try this, but with Feta cheese instead.

MCathenaE
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I almost tried this the other day, just because the cottage cheese & apple sauce were next to each other in the fridge...

Auntriarch
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Probably the best thing to do with cottage cheese, apart from binning it

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Eating weird food combos is nothing new. After all, who said you can’t have fish sticks with peanut butter? But unusual eating habits often get much weirder than that. For example, brumotactillophoba is an impressive term that refers to fear of different foods touching each other, and surprisingly, many people have it. Interestingly, this food habit is viewed by food psychologists as a holdover from childhood fussy eating.

There are also people who can be called delayed gratifiers as they tend to separate everything on their plate and put pieces in their mouth in some sequence. Usually, the ones that taste the best are left for the very end. Another very common eating habit is known as fork stacking, which is essentially packing each mouthful with a bit of everything on it. As they eat, people prioritize a perfect final forkful.

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AnnaBanana
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In my family, crusts either gave you curly hair (girls) or put hair on your chest (boys)...

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Andi
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

rice pudding - not weird! i was the only one who liked the skin -- still not weird ...

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Ahsoka Tano
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm confused as to how this tastes good. Too much salt and it tastes bitter and burns.

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MagicalUnicorn
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

me too! i always thought crunchy cereal like americans do in tv shows and movies are hella weird

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KatHat
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ehhh, "supposed" is all about custom. There's nothing wrong with a few strawberry stems. I know people who eat the skin of kiwi fruit. Not my thing but people can do what they want; it's not dangerous.

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Evil Little Thing
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Salted lemons are good, and I've been known to eat the peel occasionally. My grandmother used to eat whole lemons while telling me to never, ever do it because it's terrible for your teeth. But sometimes I succumb.

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JP
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My husband loves Miracle Whip and peanut butter sandwiches. I can't watch him make them or eat them.

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Bettie-Jean Neal
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is such a thing as worm salt - salt, ground dried worms and ground dried chilis and you put it on orange slices. It's a Mexican delicacy.

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Kathy Smith
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One of my all-time favorite sandwiches! And try Doritos in cottage cheese sometime instead of Lays - also delicious!

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Von Klaus
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I eat hot dogs with bbq sauce between the bun and dog topped with pineapple cottage cheese...insanely good

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