I don't do soggy.

I don't do soggy wet food. I can't stand wet slimy textured food. I nearly have a heart attack if someone pours gravy over my food without me instructing them as to where exactly it should go. Gravy does not go on the top of any pastry product.....no no no....soggy pastry is very bad indeed. Gravy does not go on top of lovely crispy roast potatoes. Why spend ages par boiling, tossing in the pan and then throwing them into really hot fat which spits everywhere, to get roasties nice and crispy, just to smother them in gravy to make them all soggy. It's beyond me!

Yorkshire puddings definately do not need to be smothered. No please don't murder them with gravy. I was at a work Christmas do once, and my Crimbo dinner arrived smothered, sorry drowned in gravy. I was almost sick on the spot, but had the courage to send it back to the kitchen, despite feeling embarrassed when the waiter scowled at me!

I cannot stand custard poured over things either. You will be surprised at this given my love of the stuff. I like it poured round the edge, and if so much as a dollop slips out and falls onto the pie or crumble, I get very stressed. In several restaurants in the past, I have requested my custard to be bought to me in a seperate dish. Mostly they do this for me, but I always get the feeling that the kitchen staff are have a good giggle about the fussy old bird ordering it.

I can't stand vegetables or fruit with slimy wet textures either. You know the sort of thing, cucumber, marrow, aubergine, melon of any type. Not for me. Not for me ever, I would have to be desperate to eat them. And the smell of cucumber, oh dear it's as bad as it tastes.

The very weird thing about this dislike of all things soggy, is that I dunk my biscuits! Honest! I love a decent strong cup of PG, with a dash of skimmed milk, preferably in a big cup and saucer. Actually my other half makes me fabulous tea, and he usually gets up in the morning to make it for me. He's so great. Anyway as usual, I digress. Back to the dunking. Rich Tea, Digestive, Shortbread, Custard Creams, anything really. I don't discriminate between biscuits, I love 'em all and dunk the lot of them. And for some very weird unknown reason, I absolutely love the sogginess of them and can easily munch my way through half a dozen, no sweat!!