Are you a picky eater?

sunflower27 · 03-12-2011 05:17PM

As a kid, we ate what was put in front of us or we didn't eat at all. Nowadays, you see kids telling the parents what they want and the parents may make three separate little meals.:eek:

Had tripe once as well, vile. Steak and kidney pie used to make me retch. I wouldn't touch it now as an adult.

Don't have an overly sweet tooth so could do without that and would always choose savoury over sweet

Corkfeen · 03-12-2011 05:21PM

I used to be when I was a child, I have no real reservations now though. Will eat everything from dog to cat... :pac:

Novella · 03-12-2011 05:35PM

I'm pretty picky when it comes to food. I don't like butter so I won't eat sandwiches/rolls with butter on, mashed potato I know there is butter in, garlic bread unless the butter is completely melted and not visible at all etc.

I also hate mayonaise or anything with mayonaise. I don't like white bread. This is just off the top of my head, I'm sure there is lots more!

beks101 · 03-12-2011 05:37PM

I hate fish, can't stomach red meat and cheese repulses me.

Then the obvious things that aren't produced for human consumption like gherkins, olives and anchovies.

Otherwise I'm pretty low maintenance.

Acoshla · 03-12-2011 05:44PM

beks101 wrote: »

Then the obvious things that aren't produced for human consumption like gherkins, olives and anchovies.

How could I forget??!! I HATE gherkins, pickles, whatever you want to call them, they are cucumbers soaked in EVIL.

ejmaztec · 03-12-2011 05:48PM

uncle_sam_ie wrote: »

The Irish are all picky eaters. That's what drives me nuts about you lot.:D

In the US, they eat any old crap, especially after someone sets up a franchise for it.:P

John Doe1 · 03-12-2011 08:02PM

My philosophy is: abs (anything but sperm)

Luap · 03-12-2011 08:05PM

Egg mayonaise.. nuf said.

mattjack · 03-12-2011 08:09PM

Scruffles wrote: »

am usualy called a picky/fussy eater though do not see it that way.
have always had a extremely limited diet-waffles [as in the potato type], chicken,fish cakes,fish fingers,pasta,sprouts [believe it or not! we dont all hate em:D],mushrooms,fried potatoes and thats it,excluding stuff like sweets/crisps.
its both routine and sensory,have always stuck to the same things every day and if it wasnt for people changing it woud be stuck having pasta every day.

hate the texture,smell and taste of a lot of food,especialy strong smelling or liquidy stuff like mayonaise,vegetables, peas, cheese, beans,tomato or brown sauce,curry, soup ...have got a sort of phobia of carrots to as dad used to try and force feed them when was younger.
am also on a prescribed liquid food called ensure plus [banana flavour] because of being limited as well as the fact had not eaten actual food for a few years until this year,absolutely rank stuff no matter what flavour it is.

people are told they have free will/choice in what they do,so why does this not stretch to eating if are not actualy wasting anything and are just making a choice?
god knows how many years ago in infant/junior school [oldskool catholic] the dinner ladies were nasty to people who didnt eat all their food,and one was always sat with self;she used to attempt force feeding tomatoes because she knew how difficult was with food,a favourite line of hers was shouting 'there are children in eithiopia who dont get any food....'.
theyre trying to do sensory desensitization to things like food,but screw that-people who have choices shoud use that right and not suffer because other people in the world arent as well off.

I'm not reading all this .....I'm a picky reader.

Snowie · 03-12-2011 08:11PM

Picky eaters should be taken out side and shot in front of there families!

Deki · 03-12-2011 08:18PM

I can't eat beets or prunes or plums or prune juice - it's the way they smell not what they look like. Also the idea of eating okra makes me ill.

Snowie · 03-12-2011 08:21PM

Deki wrote: »

I can't eat beets or prunes or plums or prune juice - it's the way they smell not what they look like. Also the idea of eating okra makes me ill.

that means your an invalid

shoot her to :pac:

RichieC · 03-12-2011 08:30PM

Everything I hated as a child I like now. Pasta and fish and vegetables.

I always think adults who "don't like vegetables" are being childish dickheads..

Tonyandthewhale · 03-12-2011 08:31PM

Can't think of anything I'd be too picky to eat. I mean I wouldn't choose to eat certain sweets like liquorice if there was anything else on offer and I'm not a huge fan of macdonald's and the like but I can still eat it if I have to.

Wouldn't eat long pig (people) and I don't know how I'd feel about eating dog but other than that pretty much all animals are on the menu and obvioulsy all non-poisonous plants, funguseses and fish.

Something I've noticed is a lot of people refuse to eat stuff like liver and kidney, not necessarily because of the taste but because they're organs. What's the deal with that? Organs are class!

Chuck Stone · 03-12-2011 08:49PM

Tonyandthewhale wrote: »

Something I've noticed is a lot of people refuse to eat stuff like liver and kidney, not necessarily because of the taste but because they're organs. What's the deal with that? Organs are class!

Kidneys are piss filters and kinda hard to the bite.

I have a texture thing.

03-12-2011 08:57PM

I don't eat meat or fish at all. But that's not a picky thing...was just brought up like that.

Not picky at all otherwise!

moco · 03-12-2011 08:57PM

Tonyandthewhale wrote: »

Can't think of anything I'd be too picky to eat. I mean I wouldn't choose to eat certain sweets like liquorice if there was anything else on offer and I'm not a huge fan of macdonald's and the like but I can still eat it if I have to.

Wouldn't eat long pig (people) and I don't know how I'd feel about eating dog but other than that pretty much all animals are on the menu and obvioulsy all non-poisonous plants, funguseses and fish.

Something I've noticed is a lot of people refuse to eat stuff like liver and kidney, not necessarily because of the taste but because they're organs. What's the deal with that? Organs are class!

I hate liver, never tried the other organ meats but the thought of them doesn't appeal to me. I don't need any extra reminders that what I'm eating used to be a living thing!

stoneill · 03-12-2011 09:02PM

I grew up thinking I hated all forms of vegetables.
I would be gagging and retching when they were put in front of me.
it was only after I left home and out into the big bad world and learned how to cook them properly that I realised that I didn't like the way my mother cooked them, she would boil the shít out of them so that they would be all soft, mushy and tasteless.

Chuck Stone · 03-12-2011 09:04PM

stoneill wrote: »

I realised that I didn't like the way my mother cooked them, she would boil the shít out of them so that they would be all soft, mushy and tasteless.

Yeah, roast veg is lovely. Boiled to death veg just tastes like warm tap water flavoured with veg.

Kiera · 03-12-2011 09:07PM

I'm a really picky eater. My diet is mainly chicken, rice and spicy sauce and some green veg. Sometimes i live life of the edge and have a pork chop with veg.

Hate:
Bread
Pasta
Pizza
All veg that are not green
Fish
Red meat
Not too keen on spuds and will only eat them when out, never have them in the house.

The list is waaaay too long to list here

alwaysadub · 03-12-2011 09:11PM

Yeah pretty picky tbh. Lots of stuff I won't eat. Gotten a bit better when I got older, but not by too much!

Chuck Stone · 03-12-2011 09:11PM

Gravy on boiled potatoes: Scream.

Gravy on roast potatoes: Fine.

Intensive Care Bear · 03-12-2011 09:14PM

My hate list includes cucumber, onions, sweetcorn, mushrooms, liver, beetroot, all seafood, all Asian food, mexican food, actually i don't like anything even remotely hot or spicy. So yes i am a very picky eater, i really wish i liked more types of food because it makes going out for dinner with friends really annoying.

buckieburd · 03-12-2011 09:17PM

Mushrooms and oranges. The smell of both of them makes me want to dry boak. :mad:

Chuck Stone · 03-12-2011 09:23PM

1210m5g wrote: »

My hate list includes cucumber, onions, sweetcorn, mushrooms, liver, beetroot, all seafood, all Asian food, mexican food, actually i don't like anything even remotely hot or spicy. So yes i am a very picky eater, i really wish i liked more types of food because it makes going out for dinner with friends really annoying.

It'd be easier for you to make a list of what you do eat. :pac:

Dr conrad murray · 03-12-2011 09:28PM

i carn't stand brussell sprouts, parsnips, lamb chops, celery,and sugary sweet things like cakes and buiscuits. apart from that there is little i would
not like.

Diabhal Beag · 03-12-2011 09:34PM

I'm really picky but if I wasn't I'd be fat. I'm a fairly healthy eater though despite being fussy.

entropi · 03-12-2011 10:01PM

Most of my life I was a picky eater, similar diet day in, day out. Since becoming vegetarian a number of years ago, my food choices have expanded a lot, and I'm all the better for it.

johndaman66 · 03-12-2011 10:01PM

MissMoppet wrote: »

Cucumber... Even having it in the fridge makes everything else smell like it..

I don't really get that. Are cucumbers something like 95% water or some silly high figure like that? Water is pretty tasteless and bland, neither offensive or pleasing (unless your totally parched with the thirst) so not sure why you have such a hatred for cucumber. Maybe its the other 5% you take issue with though;)

Me, myself I'll eat most veg except for celery, brussel sprouts, dark green cabbage, and parsnips (are parsnips the most manky food known to mankind?:)). Theres no fruit I'll avoid but don't tend to bother much with oranges, not because of the taste but because preparing one to eat is such tough work!

Wont eat fish, again not because of the taste but because I almost choked to death on a bone once when I was a young lad! If I knew for sure there were no bones in it I'd much away at it.

Christmas cake and Christmas pudding, while I don't particularly dislike them, one or 2 mouthfuls and thats more than enough as they're so heavy. Sherry trifle, with custard and cream though, could eat that till its coming out of my ears!

Finally I am of the opinion that cheese is generally one of the most over-rated foods. Again while its not overly offensive to me I cannot understand why such a high proportion of the population go bonkers for it!

Chuck Stone · 03-12-2011 10:18PM

johndaman66 wrote: »

Finally I am of the opinion that cheese is generally one of the most over-rated foods. Again while its not overly offensive to me I cannot understand why such a high proportion of the population go bonkers for it!

I think cheese was used as a method of storing excess milk in the olden days so I guess it's a tradition thing.

I like a bit of cheddar and mozzarella and I'll try some of the other ones but I won't eat the ones that smell like death/feet.

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