One of the weird things about me is that I hate beef. This means that I don’t eat hamburgers, steaks, corned beef, anything with beef. No matter how you prepare it (bake, boil, or grill, or any other type of healthy cooking), or even if you grind/chop it too fine and hide it somewhere, I will surely taste and find it! I don’t exactly know why, but for some reason, my appetite goes away when I smell beef.
One time, a friend had a car accident and smashed his face on the steering wheel. Together with a couple of friends, we visited him in a hospital in Olongapo a few days after going under the knife for ten hours. His face was still really swollen and covered with bandages. He could barely talk but was able to eat some solid food. That particular day, they were having beef. When his parents told him we were there, his face lit up and said to his mom “Please get some extra food because Rico doesn’t eat beef.”
On another time, before my wife and I got married and were at my in-laws for dinner, imagine my surprise when my MIL served beef sinigang. Being the civil person that I truly am (yeah right!), I swallowed that beef without much protest. I was near tears and at the brink of throwing up at the dinner table. I thought I was about to pass out! Whew! Good thing I was able to hold it!
seryus? you don’t like beef? beef-eater naman ako. i think it was very nice of you to eat your MIL’s sinigang. hehehe. my hubby loathes veggies naman, i had my mom make him chopsuey. (evil laugh)
Posted by caryn at September 29, 2008, 11:19 pmOdette: Each person has his/her own quirks! 
Caryn: I hate beef. I was too polite to run out of there. When my wife and I argue, she threatens to only cook beef. Women! Hah!
Hahaha, that’s funny, ako naman I don’t eat talong, serious, I never did like it in the beginning. My best friends loves talong but hates okra, I love okra but never love talong (and sitaw!)
Posted by sheng at September 30, 2008, 8:53 amhaha! you are (so far) the only guy i know who doesn’t eat beef because of a personal dislike. most people i know don’t eat beef due to health reasons. you’re one of a kind hehehe.
Posted by glenville at September 30, 2008, 12:04 pmSheng: Eggplants (and sayote) would kill me. Ok, not really. But I have this allergic reaction where I get big red spots all over (including the face) and I feel very hot. And by hot I don't mean the good kind.
Glenville: I'm weird that way!
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oh poor you! but you’re not missing out a lot either.
i can’t stand cinnamon either. i can smell it from 5 feet away. that means i don’t eat carrot cake and other so-called cinnamon goodies. yeck!
Posted by odette at September 29, 2008, 5:48 pm