Confessions of a Picky Eater

[Dan in Pasadena]

DELETE, duplicate thread. Sorry!

[masraum]

so I guess that since both of these threads are duplicates of each other, then neither deserves to exist.

Wow, I hope you never have twins!!

[Dan in Pasadena]

Man, I wrote a lengthy thing about being picky, what I don't eat and that people seem to think they can comment freely on what you eat/don't eat. These comments usually fall into the categories of, "...you don't know what you're missing" (yes, I do), "...your sense of smell must be off" (it's not, I can smell you!) or "...your parents should have made you sit there until you ate it 'cause we ain't running a restaurant" (they did, and I still didn't eat it)

Even the mental giants of the fastfood industry feel free to make rude comments like, "...you're gonna eat it like that?" They make it sound like you're eating something with dog poop on it because it is a plain hamburger!

I'm 52 now and I need no one's permission to eat or not eat what I don't want. Even though I am a meat and potatoes kind of guy I like and eat chicken and pork but don't like fish. I don't like vegetables but I eat most of them because I should...but it is not required that I say I "like" them no matter how much others insist I must. And last I eat no condiments - mustard, mayo, catsup, no salad dressings and almost no gravies.

I am wondering how many more "weirdo's" like me there are in the Pelican world and fully expect the smarta$$e$ to come out and tell me their 5 year old is just like me...or that this "character flaw" of mine is because I am a Democrat or a Republican!

[craigster59]

I'll eat a lot of things, but this makes me gag on the spot. Liver and onions (or w/ anything else)

[Jim Garfield]

Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

or that this "character flaw" of mine is because I am a Democrat or a Republican!

YOU DON"T KNOW WHETHER YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT OR A REPUBLICAN?????? YOU SUCK!!!!!


Oh sorry, I was compelled to post that because this is off topic. Sorry, sorry.

[rammstein]

Yeah, organ meat is not very good IMO.

Things that I don't eat that people seem to have an issue with:

1) Mayo- makes me vomit. I don't like it. Never have, never will. Guess what? Its terrible for you anyhow, fatty.

2) Anything mayonaise-ish- includes sour cream, cottage cheese, ranch dressing, blue-cheese dressing. BLECH! And again, all bad for you anyhow.

3) Hard-boiled eggs (or egg salad)- smells like farts. I don't like farts.

4) Butternut Squash- VOMIT.

EDIT- my dog seems to think that I DO like farts. She's always providing them, free of charge.

[Dan in Pasadena]

An interesting "advantage" of being picky as you get into middle age is that you dont have to quit eating a lot of the stuff other middle aged people have to quit...like the fatty, cholesterol-laden creams and sauces. Yes, organ meats are kinda repugnant but.........

I'm hispanic so I eat menudo! Makes NO SENSE WHATSOEVER, I agree. Learned to eat it as a child and when I eat it now occasionally I think, "I can't believe I like this stuff". If it gags you to think of it, I don't blame you. It's "tripe" for those of my white Eastern or Worldwide brethren that don't know what the hell "menudo" is.

By the way, why is it people who would never say, "you're ugly" or "youve got a big nose" don't hesitate a second to say, "you DON'T like it? or "...you eat it LIKE THAT?" with their faces all screwed up as though the way you eat is just awful. Its plain, not disgusting.

[craigster59]

What gets me is when I tell people I hate liver they say "But you haven't had it the way I fix it." In Germany, I went with my girlfriend and her parents to her Aunt's house for dinner. Her Aunt was well known for her "liver ball soup". I tried to be polite and ate a spoonful and yakked in her sink.

As far as menudo goes, I like pazole much better, just can't get past the tripe.

[rammstein]

Tripe doesn't taste bad to me, its the texture- just doesn't agree with me.

[Dan in Pasadena]

I completely understand both of your objections to menudo. Tripe has a chewy texture and it also looks weird. Not to mention knowing what it is.

Pozole isn't just menudo without the tripe, though some people make it that way. I like it too, but if made right it tends to be too spicy for me.

Craig, You cracked me up when I got the image of you "yakking" in the sink. I was laughing out loud. Not too much you can do to get out of THAT gracefully! Apparently that contributed to your not staying with that girl?

[masraum]

Meat and potatoes but not gravy. That's unusual, but whatever. It's probably because you've never had MY gravy.

I don't like mayo or gravy either. I'm actually pretty adventurous when it comes to food, but whatever makes you happy. My boss is a meat and potatoes guy. He also likes to say that he doesn't eat the "ese"'s, you know, Vietnamese, Japanese, Chinese, Philippinese (part of the joke).

[Cornpanzer]

Everyone has likes and dislikes. I for example hate anything peach. I love salsa's and tomato pastes, but I will not eat whole tomato's....its a consistency thing. The smell of boiling cabbage makes my stomach turn, but I love sauerkraut.

On the other hand, if you have the same eating habits as you did as a child then yes you probably are a picky eater. The picky eaters I know make arbitrary decisions about entire groups of food. "I don't eat seafood" or "I don't eat Chinese food". Typically, these type of people have made the decision that they aren't going to like something, so they never give it a chance. In that case, yes they are missing out on something good. It is an immature trait which can be irritating for their friends and families because usually where or what the family eats always revolves around the picky eater. It is also rude when you are a guest.

Having said this, I was an extremely picky eater as a child. Eventually I matured and some of the things I now love the most were things I wouldn't touch as a kid.

My standard now is that I will try just about anything (with the exception of eyeballs, genitalia or anything with a natural slime). If enough people think it is good, then it is probably good. I haven't tried a single bite of food that has killed me yet........

[syncroid]

I can't stand white onions! I don't really like ANY onions. I think the only onions I can say that I liked were some sweet Maui onion rings. (In Maui)
Another "gag me" food is brussel sprouts. I'd rather eat a dirty sweat sock.
One of my sisters tried a little experiment on me when I was younger. She made me a burrito. It had onions in it (which she failed to tell me about) I took a bite of it and crunched into a chunk of white onion. I think I hurled in record time. She never tried that again.
Menudo....yum!

[onlycafe]

funny that todays new york times dining section has a front page article on picky eaters.
i have said it before and will repeat, there are no coincidences.

[tabs]

This only means one thing...MOREFORME!

[johndglynn]

Originally Posted by syncroid

Another "gag me" food is brussel sprouts. I'd rather eat a dirty sweat sock.

Poison and should all be destroyed, rotten bloody things.

Liver is definitely not required dining for my kids like it was for me. As for pigs trotters, and frickin' kidneys, oh ye gods

[john walker's workshop]

mmmm, those bacon wrapped meat thingies at the reception looked tasty! not! it was a flippin" chunk of liver for crissakes. barfed it into a plant pot. yag! angels on horseback they called them. mushrooms of any sort, the texture mostly, olives, the nasty aftertaste/gag factor. pretty much everything else is ok, american food-wise. oh yeah, tripe.....

[Cornpanzer]

Originally Posted by john walker's workshop

mmmm, those bacon wrapped meat thingies at the reception looked tasty! not! it was a flippin" chunk of liver for crissakes. barfed it into a plant pot. yag! .

Hmm, I dont especially like liver, but I like the ones wrapped in bacon. Another great treat is candied apricots in bacon! mmmm Actually, now that I think about it, I would probably eat dog turds if they were wrapped in bacon! LOL

[Rot 911]

Cottage cheese. Never tried it in my life, but just one look and I knew I never would.

[BertBeagle]

Don't worry - its a California thing. I know, my wife if from there also and my kids were raised there.

They are here now and are about cured.

The fact that you are finally fessing up really means a lot. Lets all give him a big hand. We are proud of you.

You might want to think about a trip to NC latter this fall, after a frost, to attend one of the collard festivals associated with a hog killing. We got some good eats.

You really don't know what you are missing and you asked for it.

Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

Man, I wrote a lengthy thing about being picky, what I don't eat and that people seem to think they can comment freely on what you eat/don't eat. These comments usually fall into the categories of, "...you don't know what you're missing" (yes, I do), "...your sense of smell must be off" (it's not, I can smell you!) or "...your parents should have made you sit there until you ate it 'cause we ain't running a restaurant" (they did, and I still didn't eat it)

Even the mental giants of the fastfood industry feel free to make rude comments like, "...you're gonna eat it like that?" They make it sound like you're eating something with dog poop on it because it is a plain hamburger!

I'm 52 now and I need no one's permission to eat or not eat what I don't want. Even though I am a meat and potatoes kind of guy I like and eat chicken and pork but don't like fish. I don't like vegetables but I eat most of them because I should...but it is not required that I say I "like" them no matter how much others insist I must. And last I eat no condiments - mustard, mayo, catsup, no salad dressings and almost no gravies.

I am wondering how many more "weirdo's" like me there are in the Pelican world and fully expect the smarta$$e$ to come out and tell me their 5 year old is just like me...or that this "character flaw" of mine is because I am a Democrat or a Republican!