I have a strange way of eating potato chips, pretzels, tortilla chips, any of that stuff. I go through a bag by eating the broken ones first, saving the whole ones for last. I do it in a somewhat obsessive way, often eating way more than I wanted to because I’m still on my mission to eat out all the broken ones. I didn’t even realize I was doing this until I had to explain myself to Lon, who was watching me rummage through a bag of chips, as if I was digging for treasure. Any psych people out there? Do I have a problem?
I recently found out that my friend Sarah does the same thing and our other friend Monica, does the opposite, eating whole pieces first. What does this all mean?
How do you eat your chips?
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I must be bi-polar then, haha! It depends on my mood, but I definitely eat methodically as well – either I attack the whole pieces first or I attack the broken ones first. Another thing is if we’re eating family style, I will pick the broken piece for myself and leave the nicer piece for my friends/family.
Yes, I’d be interested to see what this all means. Probably simply shows whether you’ve got an anal personality or not. =P
I do a similar thing with potatoe chips I actually have to find just the right sized chip be it broke or whole to be dipped in ranch dip. And I won’t eat chips without dip.
I also noticed myself eating salad methodically. Eating it from left to right until it is completely gone. I will work on the portion I was working on until you can see the barel plate (I wont pick at other parts) then i will move on to the next section.
Hello OCD. =]
Hmmm. I don;t go finatic over my chips, but I do eat one item on my plate until it’s gone before moving on to the text. Maybe we’re not all that odd afterall?
I go straight for the whole ones, then finish off with the cracked ones.
But, if the bag has a mix of different items like Frito-Lay’s Munchies (Doritos, Sunchips, pretzels, cheetos), then I eat the ones i like the least first. I start with eating all the pretzels. Then, the cheetos. Followed by the SunChips and ending with the Doritos.
Hi everyone, thanks for the meaningful posting and thanks for making me feel less strange. haha
Pamela, I do especially like eating out the broken pieces so I can give the whole pieces to Lon.
Ilma, wow, I think you’re worse than me.
Troyboy, do you also try to not let the different foods touch each other?
JP, I’m also into saving the best for last.
hmmm… i’m with monica on this one. i definitely eat the nice big ones first and then depending on my mood, i might not even get to the broken bits… but who am i kidding?! i usually do get around to the little pieces and wish there was more! 😛
Hey Jess, I also like saving the best for last! And I just mentioned that to Monica and asked her if she did the same, and she said that if she was eating a bag by herself she would eat the less desirable first, but if she was sharing with someone else, she’d eat the most desirable first.
Hmm…I think we can draw some conclusions here, dontcha think?
if you’re going to ask questions like this, you should integrate a polling feature into the blog to allow meaningful data analysis. Oh, went to Sushi Yasuda last night. Very good but not transcendental. Got exotic and tried the shirako, I have to say, kinda weird.
Hmm, my evaluation is that Monica is an only child, haha
Sarah and I both have one brother, and Lily wavers because she has two siblings.
Delectabill doesn’t want to tell us how he eats his chips but good idea about the poll…we’ll try one soon.
I don’t have a particular order I eat chips, but when it comes to Twix bars you bet I do. First, I like to slowly eat off all the caramel on top. Then I work my way around the cookie and eat off the chocolate and then once the chocolate is cleaned off I eat the shortbread part.I know, weird right? Not sure where I got the habit, but that’s just my twix eating routine and I don’t think I could eat it any other way.
OK boys, stop imagining Angie eating that Twix bar.
i must eat the broken chips on my plate before the whole ones but if i reach into a bag it doesn’t matter as long as i come out with something.