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Overheard: strange things you've heard people say about food.

Just this week, as I was grabbing a quick lunch from a fast food joint...

I was standing behind a "little old lady" at the self-serve soda fountain. She wasn't moving very quickly, which I didn't mind since I had plenty of time for lunch that day. She said Hello and apologized for taking so long when she turned around.

"That's okay, I'm trying to pick something. I don't like all the sugar in these drinks. I think I'll just get some iced tea." I replied, trying to be polite.

In her little old lady voice and with a straight face she said "Iced tea is good for you. It helps you poop."

I have been telling people about that all week long.

maxx_mci at 8:48AM on 03/29/08

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Overheard: strange things you've heard people say about food.

A friend and I had been sharing vegetarian recipes online and one day a lurker asked if we could post something for people who eat meat. I replied that one reason we posted vegetarian is that anyone can eat plant-based meals. Something seemed to click for her because about a month after that she was talking about how she'd been discussing with her doctor about limiting the meat in her diet and eating meatless meals more often. Apparently she ended up losing 40 pounds.

I know the author of "Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone" mentioned something about being at a talk highlighting meatless meals, before she came out with that book, and a guy came up to her after to tell her it all sounded so delicious and how sad he couldn't eat any of it since it wasn't a vegetarian.

Certainly my daughter had no problems among her friends when she went vegetarian but the parents were a different story. Almost everyone looked at her stunned and asked, "What do you eat then?" Days later a parent will proudly serve her a meal when she's visiting, pointing out they'd remembered she was a vegetarian. However the meals are often chicken, fish or shrimp based. One was sprinkled heavily with bacon.

Sieseye at 10:06PM on 04/13/08

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Overheard: strange things you've heard people say about food.

My best friend in high school was making dinner for her family (probably for the first time). She called to ask "is the meat supposed to be green?"

lovetoeat at 6:20PM on 04/13/08

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Overheard: strange things you've heard people say about food.

As a kid my mom told us we didn't like dark chocolate or coconut. As a adult, years before she passed, I said, "Mom why did you tell us we didn't like dark chocolate or coconut? I do to like them." Typical mom response, "It's the only way I ever had to get a piece away from you kids." I still have not told my sister she probably does like...

My mom would have loved the "warm cookies will make you sick" and I use to hear that Mayo was dairy!

My mom was from Galveston, Texas and I grew up in New Jersey....fresh fish everywhere in the 60's. So I do appreciate the comments on Red Lobster. I was asked to go to one in Fresno, California. Saved my money.

AnnieNDM at 1:15AM on 04/13/08

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Overheard: strange things you've heard people say about food.

The checker at the grocery store as she's ringing up my purchases: "You must have very happy bunnies or very happy horses."

Huh? Bunnies? Horses?

It took me a moment, but I realized she was referring to my purchase of a 5-lb bag of carrots.

dbcurrie at 11:59PM on 04/12/08

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Overheard: strange things you've heard people say about food.

Overheard in a supermarket:

You get the flea dip, I'll get the chips.

(Yum!!!)

PerkyMac at 11:27PM on 04/12/08

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Overheard: strange things you've heard people say about food.

Someone told me once that St Agur cheese turned poisonous after it had reached it's best before date......I guess they thought that there must have been a tiny timed-release poison pellet in there or something. Who knows?

Oh, and once when I was waitressing many years ago, a customer claimed to be allergic to bones, so could only eat meat off the bone. It was apparently OK to be cooked on the bone...still trying to figure that one out.

vegemite at 10:41PM on 04/12/08

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Overheard: strange things you've heard people say about food.

my bf's mom swears she is allergic to tomato skins. so she will peel them and eat them. i find this weird as i have never heard of it before. seems ridiculous, as does the apple skin thing.

my little sister claims she is allergic to every food she doenst like

listener at 10:19PM on 04/12/08

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Overheard: strange things you've heard people say about food.

My grandmother always insisted that her beef be cooked well done. When it was a rib roast, she always had to have the end cut, grilled if it was at all pink inside. It was kind of dirty pool, but her last Christmas I made rib roast, medium rare. She had macular degeneration and was almost totally blind by this time. So, I cut the end cut (probably medium) for her and cut it into bite sized pieces when I made her plate. She said it was the best tasting, juiciest, and tenderest rib roast she'd ever eaten. Sorry, but... DUH.

Oh, and she was allergic to apple skins, but not the flesh.

Calichef at 9:48PM on 04/12/08

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Overheard: strange things you've heard people say about food.

we grew up kosher, so when my sister was little and went to a friend's house for dinner and was offered cheeseburgers, she explained she couldn't eat them because she was "allergic" - guess it was easier for her than trying to explain jewish dietary laws :-)

billyburgwife at 9:36PM on 04/12/08

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Overheard: strange things you've heard people say about food.

@Stufsocker- My father has allergies to certain fruits when raw but not when cooked. He's also allergic to untoasted almonds, but toasted is fine. There's something about breaking down enzymes during cooking that prevents the reaction, which is quite severe.

sarahj at 8:59PM on 04/12/08