Picky eaters

imitation · 13-08-2010 06:19PM #1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-10959879

The people in the article above seem to think picky eating is a disease. I'm a picky eater myself, but I wouldn't like to associate myself with the people in that article, I agree that a nasty texture is really off putting, but they seem to be completely melodramatic about it. Plus they just seem intent on eating nice tasting junk food.

I don't eat much in the way of vegetables, but I think at least I'm man enough to say its because they taste ****e to me as opposed it being some affliction of mine.

YFlyer · 13-08-2010 06:21PM

Eat your veg or you won't be getting any dessert.

King Felix · 13-08-2010 06:21PM

I'm a picky eater.

I'm always picking my ears or picking my nose when I'm having a munch.

GLaDOS · 13-08-2010 06:21PM

I can't stand fish 'cause it tastes like crap (for the most part), texture isn't an issue. Apart from that I'll eat nearly anything.

lemonjelly · 13-08-2010 06:22PM

I have a phobia of butter. It prob is an illness. Even the thought of eating it mags me gag. Mayonaise too and cheese.

Red_Marauder · 13-08-2010 06:28PM

One of my friends won't anything with cream, milk, cheese, chicken (or any birds), sweetcorn, spinach, bread, (won't eat sandwiches or pizza), doesn't drink water (milk or juice) and is generally an absolute pain to cook for. Ugh.

People like that generally piss me off, nobody can be that picky can they?

Ruu_Old · 13-08-2010 06:30PM

"If you're hungry, you'll eat it!" :mad:

scientific1982 · 13-08-2010 07:12PM

Used to have a severe aversion to eggs. Sill think boiled eggs are fcukin foul, pun intended. Broccoli and cauliflower are also disgusting.

El Guapo! · 13-08-2010 07:14PM

YFlyer wrote: »

Eat your vag or you won't be getting any dessert.

FYP

Hogzy · 13-08-2010 07:16PM

I genuinely feel sorry for very picky eaters.

Food envolves so many of our senses (Touch, taste, smell etc). Not being able to enjoy food the way its meant to be enjoyed is sad IMO (Not sad in a pathetic way)

Jim · 13-08-2010 07:16PM

Red_Marauder wrote: »

One of my friends won't anything with cream, milk, cheese, chicken (or any birds), sweetcorn, spinach, bread, (won't eat sandwiches or pizza), doesn't drink water (milk or juice) and is generally an absolute pain to cook for. Ugh.

People like that generally piss me off, nobody can be that picky can they?

That's a bit bizarre. Is that by choice or moral / medical reasons?

cade · 13-08-2010 11:53PM

I used to be an awful picky eater, to the point my work mates commented I'd the diet of a five year old. Jam sandwiches, spaghetti hoops, beans on toast, etc. I'd have rather gone hungry than eat a salad. For the most part I'm over it now, I'm happy to sample foods from different cultures. Though I still, don't eat chocolate or butter, don't put salt on food, will only eat fish if it's sushi/sashimi and only on the rarest of occasions will I eat an egg.

fonecrusher1 · 14-08-2010 12:23AM

I used to be a very picky eater. Wouldn't eat veg. Wouldn't eat anything but processed meats ie; burgers,chicken nuggets, sausages, fishfingers etc. Only form of spuds i'd eat was chips. Super noodles were a big part of my diet.

Then you grow up, travel a wee bit, experience painful hunger & dream of mammys stew with the big chunks of carrot & onion.

Nowadays i'd eat anything.:) Luvs me veg (especially when its roasted). Im mad into cabbage n bacon at the moment? Grilled asparagus, fcukin delish.

The_D_Man · 14-08-2010 12:28AM

Being a picky eater is something I'd associate with a child, seems immature somehow.

OutlawPete · 14-08-2010 12:47AM

I only eat Fruit and Vegetables and Animals that I have killed with my own hands.

I eat everything Raw, including the meat.

Cooking is for simpletons.

Eat processed grains and you process your brains.

anniehoo · 14-08-2010 12:48AM

I know a girl who hates POTATOES....seriously! Who the hell hates spuds?

Mushrooms now..thats a whole different sickening dinner altogether :eek::eek:

gogo · 14-08-2010 01:03AM

anniehoo wrote: »

I know a girl who hates POTATOES....seriously! Who the hell hates spuds?

Mushrooms now..thats a whole different sickening dinner altogether :eek::eek:

I dont particulary like potatoes, will eat the salad ones all right, but would never go out of my way to cook a potatoe. Floury ones especially are rank/

Dudess · 14-08-2010 01:06AM

anniehoo wrote: »

I know a girl who hates POTATOES....seriously! Who the hell hates spuds?

I don't hate spuds but I don't understand love for them either - they're pretty bland IMO.

fonecrusher1 · 14-08-2010 01:09AM

anniehoo wrote: »

I know a girl who hates POTATOES....seriously! Who the hell hates spuds?

Mushrooms now..thats a whole different sickening dinner altogether :eek::eek:

Ah mushrooms, my achilles heal as such. I don't like the littles fcukers i must admit. Its a combination of things, the rubbery texture, the vomit enducing smell & of course the fact that they taste weird.
To me they taste like something that should not be eaten by humans?!

El Guapo! · 14-08-2010 01:17AM

anniehoo wrote: »

Mushrooms now..thats a whole different sickening dinner altogether :eek::eek:

Mushrooms are awesome. I once thought my friend was Gary Coleman on horseback.

Good times.

Creature · 14-08-2010 01:19AM

Yeah potatoes are boring. Jacket Potatoes with butter and melted cheese are the business but if you just have the potato minus the heart clogging tastiness then it's pretty boring.

I used to be really picky when I was a kid but I seem to have grown out of it and now eat most of the food that used to put me of. With the exception of mushrooms, which I will eternally hate. I suppose its just an age thing for the most part.

El_Dangeroso · 14-08-2010 01:23AM

Creature wrote: »

Yeah potatoes are boring. Jacket Potatoes with butter and melted cheese are the business but if you just have the potato minus the heart clogging tastiness then it's pretty boring.

Cheese and butter don't clog your heart. Potatoes are a tasty conveyance for delicious and healthy saturated fat.

I'm a picky eater by choice, don't eat grains, gluten, refined sugar or industrial seed or vegetable oils. It seems to be working in my favour healthwise.

TPD · 14-08-2010 01:26AM

I hate the texture of beans, won't eat them. Same with mushrooms, and the flavour isn't great on them either. Fish doesn't taste nice, but I'll eat the blander cod or haddock if it's in a tasty batter. Eggs make me wretch. Apart from the above, I eat most things.

14-08-2010 01:27AM

The_D_Man wrote: »

Being a picky eater is something I'd associate with a child, seems immature somehow.

Yeah, and even at that I think children should be brought up to eat what they are given. We had to eat whatever was given to us when we were kids. I also find it rude if you are out for dinner at someones house and refuse to eat what is given to you. Unless you are a vegetarian/don't eat certain food for religious reasons etc..

I work in a restaurant and always find it odd when people order "plain pasta". And not just kids...adults too! Weird.

Creature · 14-08-2010 01:28AM

Temple_Grandin wrote: »

Cheese and butter don't clog your heart.

They do when you eat them as heartily as I do :pac: Well not butter that can get ****ed, but cheese is awesome.

Larianne · 14-08-2010 01:44AM

There's also the idea of supertasters where a person has more tastebuds than the average so picks up bitter tastes more strongly.

Only found out about this at the weekend.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supertaster

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/articles/senses/supertaster.shtml

Tail Wagger · 14-08-2010 01:47AM

ScienceNerd wrote: »

I can't stand fish 'cause it tastes like crap (for the most part), texture isn't an issue. Apart from that I'll eat nearly anything.

I never tasted Crap,, what's it like? fish has a sea flavor..

Tail Wagger · 14-08-2010 01:51AM

You can't beat a nice 12-ounce Sirloin steak with button mushrooms chips and a side salad, two rounds of batch loaf and a hot cup of tea, Aahhh heaven..

Stinicker · 14-08-2010 02:11AM

anniehoo wrote: »

I know a girl who hates POTATOES....seriously! Who the hell hates spuds?

Mushrooms now..thats a whole different sickening dinner altogether :eek::eek:

I friggin hate potatoes, I could never eat them boiled or raw, yet could eat chips no problem. Mushrooms are lovely! I avoid most salads, vegetables and quite alot of fruit and am a very picky eater, when I was young I was like a lat so thin and my parents took me to all types of paediatricians.

babyfratelli_x · 14-08-2010 03:55AM

I am still a very picky eater.... Not through choice, I have tried to eat other stuff, but it makes me physically sick.

Ive always been like this, and my parents took me to doc, he said as long as i was healthy then there was no need to force change, and id grow out of it.... But I didnt

Pretty much live of chicken nuggets, chips,rice, fruit n toast.

Dont eat any other meat, bread, veg, spaghettis, pasta or any of that crap...
But hey Im pretty healthy anyway

Xavi6 · 14-08-2010 04:04AM

Salad and vegetables (apart from spuds and peas) come nowhere near my dinner plate :mad:

Meat ftw.

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