Quirky Food Habits

[Zander]

The "no ice" request isn't that uncommon. When I was a waitress, I got that request alot. Of course, the restaraunt specifically told us to fill up the ice to the top because the soda machine was warm. I don't understand why people ask for no ice when they get free refills.

Some people don't want ice in their soda because it reduces the fizz. But that's not the reason I prefer it without ice: I don't like the feeling of the ice cubes bumping into my upper lip, teeth etc.

 

[Rel]

I don't like the feeling of the ice cubes bumping into my upper lip, teeth etc.

A valid concern. After all, look what ice did to the Titanic, a ship doubtlessly made of tougher stuff than my lips and teeth!

 

[Xath]

A valid concern. After all, look what ice did to the Titanic, a ship doubtlessly made of tougher stuff than my lips and teeth!

I want to buy your book.

 

[Zander]

That is very strange... but - I suppose - it's similar to the way I feel about fish served with the heads on. I won't eat it... but, if I cut the head off and put it on a different plate - it's fine.

My sister was in Tokyo once with some Japanese friends. They ordered sashimi (raw fish) for her which she thought would be OK. When it arrived, the fish was mostly uncut and still had its head and tail. Only its mid-section was cut up. That too was fine. But as my sister reached over to take a piece of it with her chopsticks, the fish started moving. That did freak her out.

The chef must have gone to the Gollum School of Cooking.

 

[Rel]

I want to buy your book.

Well that pretty much seals the deal then. I'll get typing right after I finish installing this new laminate floor. And after I play a bunch of Civ IV (my reward to myself for finishing the floor).

 

[Desdichado]

I like octopus-on-a-stick much better. Nothing like having the suction cups stick to your throat on the way down.

 

[Kahuna Burger]

Right, but even when I would explain the free refill policy, some people still wanted no ice "because they got more soda for their money that way."

well, each individual sip of soda does actually contain more soda in the no ice view.

I love places that bring me my root beer in a frosted mug. All the chill with no dilution!

 

[Desdichado]

My local movie theater has a free refill policy on the Large drinks and I still ask for very little ice because I get more soda and won't have to get up as often. But in a resturant, that's just stupid.

My wife doesn't like to get lots of ice, because she drinks her drink very slowly--one refill will usually last her the entire meal.

If there's tons of ice, the drink gets watered down real quick, and then it tastes like watered down Diet Coke, which is not anywhere near the same as Diet Coke.

I don't like so much ice for the opposite reason. I drink my drinks really fast, and if it's 80% ice, I need a refill every three minutes.

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

I prefer my sodas (Mt. Dew, baybeeee) at room temperature. I don't like ice in my drinks, either.

 

[sniffles]

I like ketchup, tomato sauce and tomato soup but HATE tomatoes.

Me, too! Except that I also hate ketchup.

When I was poor and in college and I had a sweet tooth attack, I used to put butter on a slice of white bread and then sprinkle sugar on it. My ex-husband taught me that one.

As a kid I loved to get leftover pancakes and smear apple butter all over them, then fold them in half and eat like a sandwich. I think that would make me nauseous now.