Posted on 01/13/2008 1:33:14 PM PST by Graybeard58
A few weeks ago, I shared my dirtiest picky-eating secrets and listed the foods I refuse to try — from grapefruit to beans.
I asked readers to tell me about their finicky ways. It turns out I'm not the only one out there. Read what they said.
Mushrooms? No way.
Kevin McDermott, Waterbury
I wouldn't eat a banana on a dare. In the late '60s, one of our neighbors had visitors from Delaware and they introduced all the kids to baked bananas. Yum! You cannot even imagine the smell of oozing nanner guts in the oven. I can actually get sick thinking about it.
I didn't try gravy until I was in my 20s and still only use it sparingly. Mushrooms? Forget about 'em. Especially canned ones. The smell of the brine permeates everything. To this day I will only eat a hot dog or hamburger at a picnic. "Other" people's food freaks me out and I imagine all types of horrors going on in unforeseen kitchens. Some day perhaps I'll try so and so's beans but for now, I will have to live without the implied wonderfulness.
The best gift Santa ever gave us was a sandwich grill. It was like today's Panini grill. Mom would buy Velveeta and Wonder bread and we were able to make our own sandwiches any time, day or night. She felt that this combo was more nutritious than most of the other foods hitting our stomachs.
My lovely wife is an adventurous cook, blending all sorts of things together for dinner. Just recently I was informed via cell phone that dinner was to be a chicken tortellini dish.
I was actually excited about it until I came home and found that I would need to fish out the spinach and mushrooms before I could eat it. I have come a long way though. Not too very long ago I wouldn't have even considered fishing, I probably would have just made a grilled cheese instead.
If I live to be 100, I will never figure out why I decided to try something called mahi mahi at Outback Steakhouse. My wife chastised me for ordering flipper and I spent some very good money on a doggie bag.
Now that you think I am a food freak I will let you in on this little tidbit. I will eat tuna salad just about anywhere. From diners to Subway to delis to home I will try the tuna. I could eat it every day and sometimes do.
My personal lunchbox mainstay sandwich is Majesty ham, Land 'O Lakes American cheese, Hellmann's mayo and Gulden's mustard on any variety of bread. It has to be made in a specific order though. I would be embarrassed to admit how often I eat these.
@Copy of Briefhead:It's in the family genes
Megan Plourde, Watertown
I am a picky eater. My parents are picky eaters. My sister and four brothers are all picky eaters. All of our friends and other family members get so annoyed by our eating habits.
I, also, do not eat condiments. No ketchup, mustard, mayo, salad dressing, cheese, tomatoes, etc.
The meat I eat has to be cooked well done. I don't drink milk. I eat my cereal dry. I do not like pasta sauce, so I eat my pasta dry. But I do love cheese pizza. I do love salt. My family members are saltaholics. I would love to sit down and eat a lobster, but I just know I won't like it (never tried).
This list could go on and on, but it must be hereditary since my family is all the same.
@Copy of Briefhead:Picky eaters choose to be picky
Carolyn A. McDonough, Canaan
This is an interesting subject at this time of year when families are gathering together and suddenly learning that "Suzy" is now a vegetarian and "Little Billy" won't eat anything but Cheese Puffs.
Picky eaters are made, not born. I think it is an attention getter. It works for a while until everyone is just bored with it.
Once no one comments, the problem seems to go away. I don't like raw onions (except red or Vidalia onions), but love them cooked in any way. I prefer not to eat organ meats, but love liver pate! I ate an oyster once and that was enough, but love snails!
I will try almost any food. A taste doesn't mean you have to eat the whole thing!
I think people miss out on a lot of pleasure and enjoyment by obsessing about food!
@Copy of Briefhead:Hold the pickle
Stephanie Sims, Cheshire
I am 26 years old and have always had a thing with many types of food. Well actually, I should say condiments mostly. I was told by my parents that I would grow out of it.
But here I am years later and staying strong. I just like what I like. I don't like pickles, mustard, ketchup, mayonnaise, hot sauce, relish, coleslaw, tartar sauce, etc.
Being in the same room with someone eating it can even make me nauseous from the smell. In fact, most times I go out to eat, I order something that won't have the option of a pickle being on the plate. I can't just eat around it.
The juice has seeped into the food and ruined it. I usually just tell the waiter I'm allergic to pickles. And most times that works.
Otherwise, they aren't too sympathetic to someone who just doesn't like pickles.
I figure it's not really lying because if a pickle does show up on my plate I WILL have a reaction.
Nice to hear there's other people out there who are considered abnormal.
Hmmm, thanks for the info. I’ll watch for them at my grocery and *maybe* I’ll try them sometime. *Sounds* good!
T- 10 and counting to Comanche Moon! I just BBQd ribeyes and country style pork ribs, we're done for. Well, except the ice cream.
I’ll eat anything.
Anything except brussels sprouts. Those things are of the devil and should not be eaten my anyone for any reason.
Watching now. Uh-oh - he said “Wood - row” instead of “Woo - dro.” *sigh*
Your thread may have just been hijacked to the Official Live Thread: Comanche Moon.
Apologies in advance.
What’s that white stuff falling from the sky?
I’ve had grilled lobster before..
I don’t much care for it that way.
Lobster with clarified butter and steamed clams and corn on the cob is just heaven!
It’s shrimp season up here now..
You can get fresh Maine shrimp right off the boats for a little over a buck a pound..
YUM!!
Perhaps if this were the Great Depression, we could eradicate pickiness again.
I’m sorry, but I just disagree. There are some people who will eat everything and anything and could not list even one thing on this thread. Then there are those who have a few things they have always disliked. So it’s reasonable to say that there are also those who just don’t derive pleasure from many foods. Perhaps they have texture or olfactory issues with a lot of foods.
All that said, I am fortunate in that I have prayed for & rec’d a lot of patience and tolerance in dealing with a child who can tolerate the most gosh-awful medicines yet cannot use a fork (which accidentally touched some peas) without gagging.
Heheh, I spent the last commercial break looking all over FR for the live Comanche Moon thread!
*oh, well*
Now I’m spending this one posting - next one will have to be a pit stop.
Quite the charmer, you are.
Warriors and killers for the sheer fun of it.
Heh...
Reminds me of a time in the Philippines at the cock fights outside Olongapo where I had two big bowls of stew from a vendor before I found out that the meat in it was dog.
I had a short panic attack, then decided it tasted alright, so I kept eating. Actually it was delicious.
The girl I was with giggled fit to die, but I can’t say she tricked me. She just didn’t tell me what it was until after I was already chowing down.
Pussy’s!
I had great fun picking on a friend tonight, daring her to eat raw oysters
LOL
I’m not a huge fan of raw oysters..
Oyster stew is pretty good!
;0)
But, AuGUStus Macrae is a lover! Heh, he called Capn Call “Woo - dro” when talking to Maggie just now. Channeling Duvall!
I actually prefer them raw.
But I likem cooked too. A good Po’boy sammitch cant be beat
Hey..
I did some boneless rib eye steaks Pittsburgh style tonite..
Man, were they good!
You ever cook them that way?
Oops, sorry - I meant Clara, not Maggie. Had Woo - dro on my mind.
I just ate, and yer makin me hungry again!
LOL
It’s a wonder I stay as tiny as I am..
I LOVE to eat!
Nope, tell me what it is.
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