Unusual cooking habits

[holehogg]

Mine may be more related to prep than cooking.
I peel and cut plenty potatoes everyday and when the task begins my tongue somehow automatically exits my mouth and moves up and down touching my upper and lower lip.

Anybody else have any uncontrollable unusual habits?

[ComfortablyNumb]

None that I'm aware of, but ask my wife, she'd say she could write a book!

One of the most amusing I have observed was from my tournament chess playing days. There was a fellow in the Bay Area (San Francisco, CA USA) who, when he was in deep concentration, would begin mouthing his forearm. He would put his lips on his arm, then beging pulling up his arm hairs until they released. Then he would repeat. Not even sure he was aware of what he was doing.

[HawkerXP]

I have a bad habit of pulling my stray mustache and or beard hairs. When reading through maintenance manuals, chasing electrons through wiring prints or even reading Recent Posts on the Pit I'll find a light coating of white hairs around my keyboard.

[HawkerXP]

Ooops, kind of forgot we were talking "cooking habits" No. Not at the grill. Hands busy holding cold beverage. ComfortablyNumb

[Mr. Bones]

Yup, me too; it's kinda like th ritual daily whisker roomba lol!

[ComfortablyNumb]

Well I guess it's my fault taking the subject off topic! Good plan on keeping your hands busy over the grill!

[klflowers]

I use so many paper towels that it drives my wife nuts. I can go through a whole roll prepping a butt, and I really can’t tell you what I do with all of them.

[holehogg]

I tend to use them conservatively but my help doesn't share the same sentiment. You'd do well on their side.

[Dan Deter]

My mother was aghast when she watched me go through most of a roll while cooking bacon on the gasser...

[fzxdoc]

I'm with klflowers in the paper towel department. My husband is always after me to cut back on their use.

And don't get me started on disposable non-latex exam gloves. I use them every time I handle raw meat. Interestingly enough, I don't use them when slicing jalapeno or other hot peppers. The hot peppers never bother me, but the idea meat contamination sure does!

As far as tics and twitches while concentrating or cooking, I'm not sure I have any, except the common one when feeding baby food to a baby.

Kathryn

[Troutman]

+1 on paper towels and nitrile gloves. I'm almost ashamed to admit how many I go through. I often find myself using paper towels to wipe my nasty gloves so I don't throw them away after one quick use. Then I feel guilty about the paper towels.

[Steve R.]

The wasting of nitrile gloves bothers me so much, I just wash my hands pretty frequently with the gloves on. I have to hide the box on the top shelf of the pantry to keep the kids out of them, or they would be gone in no time. They always "need" some gloves when they know they're around, but get along fine otherwise.

[klflowers]

I forgot about the gloves. Yesterday I used 3 pair to make some chicken wings.

[smokin fool]

Dish towels, I go thru 8 or 9 per cook and then there's the patio door apparently I let every insect in the house for a 15 mile radius.

[Henrik]

Whenever I use a pair of scissors I move my jaw up and down (kind of like chewing air) in the same pace as I’m cutting. Very weird. Didn’t know about it until my little sis told me. She thinks it’s hilarious:-)

[klflowers]

She is right lol