would you be embarassed by fussy eating?

AllForIt wrote: »

Irish ppl are totally like this. They would order a fry-up in a fancy restaurant if they could get it.

Irish ppl are very weird about good food. Even the one's who have money. They will say 'oh you can't beat the spuds', kinda attitude.

The English as just as bad. They will brag about their English breakfast and when they go on hols they demand that they get same. Not that the English have anything to brag about when it come to good food, when they promote their disgusting greasy "Fish & Chips" as their national dish.

The truth is is that every other county in the EU aside from Ireland and the UK have a much finer taste in meals and cuisine than we have here in the British Isles, as has been much ridiculed in Europe, and rightly so.

There are ppl out there who eat Heinz baked beans as part of their breakfast, and they think that's good. How embarrassing.

If your so embarrassed by those types of people don't associate with them then. You'd be doing the people and yourself a favor!

AllForIt wrote: »

The truth is is that every other county in the EU aside from Ireland and the UK have a much finer taste in meals and cuisine than we have here in the British Isles, as has been much ridiculed in Europe, and rightly so.

Bullsh*t. This line always comes out when the topic comes up. We have the finest meat and produce of anywhere I've ever eaten, and I've eaten on four continents. I was in a restaurant in Leuven (Belgium) earlier this year, ordered a stew, and just 'knew' the beef was Irish. It had that flaky juicy tenderness that we take for granted. I asked the waiter, who checked with the chef, who confirmed it. In fact he said he wouldn't use anything else, and that once he'd introduced Irish meat to the menu he couldn't use anything else. His regulars would complain if he had to substitute.

You're either:
(a) eating in the wrong places, with the wrong people, or
(b) a bad cook with no eye for picking decent raw materials.

Soggy Irish veg is a thing of the past.

Summer wind wrote: »

If I'm going out for a meal with anyone I want to be happy in their company and I want them to be happy to be with me too. This means if they want to eat nuggets and chips or sausages and chips with beans that's totally fine with me. It's also totally fine if they want to eat something posh like tadpoles arse holes. What's most important is that we enjoy ourselves and have a laugh.

But sure, wouldn't you be totally scarlah for anyone who ate their tadpole arseholes with the fish fork rather than the winklepicker? :O

I would find an adult who frequently orders from the kids menu a little bit embarrassing, yeah. On the other hand, I get that some people just are not that interested in food.

But Chinese takeaway food isn't that weird. Like, you can still have rice with chicken & mushrooms. Or beef with broccoli. They don't always come in some 'dodgy' sauce. Do you often cook for yourself, OP?
Do you at least try new/different ingredients?

I don't judge people for being fussy eaters although I would have to wonder why some-one would bother going to a fancy restaurant if you're not going to bother eating the food.

And I do feel that people who refuse to at least try different thing are really missing out.

I've only had an issue once when out with someone over them being fussy. The thing is, it was a valid complaint they had but they just made a drama out of it. They didn't like their main as there was something in there they didn't like, said they dislike whatever caused that taste and they've had dishes before that had it. I tasted it and in fairness I could tell there was definitely some ingredient there, that I myself don't like. When the staff came to check on everything, the person who ordered the dish said nothing.
They must have noticed the plate wasn't touched as they came back later and asked her specifically if everything was ok with their dish.

The staff were great, ran through the ingredients again listing them out, none of them sounded familiar to her so she said she didn't think it was them. They offered another dish, on the house, but then she insisted she was fine and lost her appetite and made a bit of a drama out of the whole thing. The restaurant insisted she go home with something so cooked another dish (she had said "I wished I picked the chicken") so they gave her the dish to takeaway. Again she insisted she didn't want it but her husband took it. It lasted 5 minutes before we got home and she tucked into it!

Must try and recall what the potential cause was again. It was a very unique taste.

Not really.

The picky eaters themselves can be embarrassed about it, and recognise the imposition it can place on themselves or others.

It can either have an impact on the kind of restaurant that they go to - a place with 'simple' food, where a lot of the menu is food they can eat, but not that appealing/exciting to others, or else they agree for the sake of their friends to go to a restaurant serving food that they don't want to eat, and then have to order something quite simple.

So when people say something along the lines of 'Who the hell goes to a nice Indian restaurant but then orders nuggets and chips?', my thought is that it's somebody feels that they shouldn't impose their fussiness on others, and goes to a restaurant they'd probably rather not, to keep others happy.

It wouldn't bother me to go to a restaurant with you as that's not just about food but socialising too. I had an ex who hated anything remotely spicy and I love spicy food so it was so boring to cook for us both. I binged on Indian takeaway for ages after we broke up.

My pre-schooler is very fussy and a plain eater. Plain rice, plain pasta and it's only a recent thing. I'm trying to ride it out by not forcing him to eat something but he does have to try it. That way I have gradually expanded his list of acceptable foods but it's very hard to try to ensure I get the right nutrition into him.

I think it's a shame when folk who've never tasted something but 'know' they'll hate it. And if I've cooked it for you, I'd be pissed off that you wouldn't even taste a forkful.

the_pen_turner wrote: »

what really annoys me is fussy eater but on the other end of the scale. the ones who wont eat basic food or take away etc. the everything has to be organic, gourmet level food types.
I was at a friends house last week and we got grub from the local takeaway , I got a chip kebab tray and he got a taco fries.
in comes a 3rd friend, she sits down and starts looking at the food. we all know its not Michelin star food but its perfectly good, she starts making faces, scobbing at it, then tells us how disgusting it is. she starts fake gagging like she will throw up,
she totally ruined the food for us . If it was my house I would have tod her where to go

Anyone who tells you your meal is disgusting and starts gagging deserves to wear it. knobs. Taco Fries are savage!