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Honey-ec · 09-01-2013 04:58PM

Cerulean Chicken wrote: »

Yeah that's grand obviously if someone has a medical or religious reason, I mean the ones that say "I don't eat veg", "I don't like the texture of all seafood/pulses/etc". Picky eaters like.

"I don't like cheese."

Really? You've tried every single type of cheese out there and don't like any of them? Not one of the hundreds of different tastes/textures/strengths in existence did anything for you?

I'm convinced that most people who say they don't like cheese just don't like the smell of it. The key to tasting a cheese you're not sure about is never to smell it first - the smell usually bears little or no relation to the taste.

Stheno · 09-01-2013 04:59PM

Honey-ec wrote: »

That's different. And if someone genuinely doesn't like the taste of something, fair enough. It's the people who won't even try new things that drive me mad. "I don't like that." "Have you ever tasted it?" "No, I just know." ARRRRGGHHHH!

Also, people disguising dislikes as allergies/intolerances - kindly fock off. Genuine food intolerances are relatively rare, but it's become incredibly trendy in the last ten years or so to have one.

Oh thankfully will try new things

most of his dislikes are from his childhood and boarding school from what I can gather

As for allergies, his daughter allegedly has 29 different allergies. How these were diagnosed is still a mystery to me as she certainly didn't have the proper blood tests for them, and despite being allegedly diagnosed with "leaky gut" four years ago has never had a treatment plan put together, you know the one where leaky gut people gradually reintroduce food? So four years later the "I'm allergic" crap goes on. And it has to be catered/pandered to.

IvyTheTerrible · 09-01-2013 04:59PM

Honey-ec wrote: »

That's different. And if someone genuinely doesn't like the taste of something, fair enough. It's the people who won't even try new things that drive me mad. "I don't like that." "Have you ever tasted it?" "No, I just know." ARRRRGGHHHH!

Also, people disguising dislikes as allergies/intolerances - kindly fock off. Genuine food intolerances are relatively rare, but it's become incredibly trendy in the last ten years or so to have one.

The wheat intolerance one gets on my goat. I know someone who is really a coeliac, she can't even put her gluten free bread in a toaster that has been used to toast real bread or she gets ill. It's not at all the same as me not being able to eat bread because it makes me fat.

IvyTheTerrible · 09-01-2013 05:01PM

Honey-ec wrote: »

"I don't like cheese."

Really? You've tried every single type of cheese out there and don't like any of them? Not one of the hundreds of different tastes/textures/strengths in existence did anything for you?

I'm convinced that most people who say they don't like cheese just don't like the smell of it. The key to tasting a cheese you're not sure about is never to smell it first - the smell usually bears little or no relation to the taste.

I remember going home to the parents with my OH. We brought some really good cheese from France (not just the mass produced stuff, really good quality local stuff).

I caught my mother throwing it in the wheely bin one morning cos she "couldn't stand the smell in the fridge".

No cheese for her in February.

09-01-2013 05:04PM

I've lactose intolerance
the rest is graaaand

Honey-ec · 09-01-2013 05:04PM

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

I remember going home to the parents with my OH. We brought some really good cheese from France (not just the mass produced stuff, really good quality local stuff).

I caught my mother throwing it in the wheely bin one morning cos she "couldn't stand the smell in the fridge".

No cheese for her in February.

You can apply the description locals give to Fauchon to all cheesemongers - they smell like God's feet.

Stheno · 09-01-2013 05:04PM

The dragon has decided to hide.

I now have to search the room for the little beast.

Honey-ec · 09-01-2013 05:07PM

bluewolf wrote: »

I've lactose intolerance
the rest is graaaand

And even that is quite rare among Northern Europeans, only about 5% of whom suffer from it.

09-01-2013 05:08PM

Yeah you don't come across it too often

xLexie · 09-01-2013 05:08PM

I think each to their own regarding what they want to eat. If they want to be fussy and picky, leave them off. *shrug*
Sure, it's annoying, but people finding fault and critizing what other adults choose to do is also pretty annoying.

homemadecider · 09-01-2013 05:11PM

I work with a woman who, same as me, has to travel to various parts of Africa a few times a year. I love trying all the local foods and tasting new things, it's part of the culture and the experience. She, however, fills her suitcase with baby food and tinned tuna and won't touch anything else for the 2 weeks she is away.

This woman is 32 and I find this totally baffling. Baby food ffs! BABY FOOD! I assure you a fresh goat curry is a million times better, but she will never ever try it.

Honey-ec · 09-01-2013 05:11PM

xLexie wrote: »

I think each to their own regarding what they want to eat. If they want to be fussy and picky, leave them off. *shrug*
Sure, it's annoying, but people finding fault and critizing what other adults choose to do is also pretty annoying.

Know what else is annoying?

Re-regs who disagree on principle with everything certain posters say, then run crying to the mods when they get called on it.

So long, Ladies Lounge!

Cerulean Chicken · 09-01-2013 05:11PM

xLexie wrote: »

I think each to their own regarding what they want to eat. If they want to be fussy and picky, leave them off. *shrug*
Sure, it's annoying, but people finding fault and critizing what other adults choose to do is also pretty annoying.

It's a bit of chat, relax.

awec · 09-01-2013 05:13PM

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krudler · 09-01-2013 05:16PM

Honey-ec wrote: »

"I don't like cheese."

Really? You've tried every single type of cheese out there and don't like any of them? Not one of the hundreds of different tastes/textures/strengths in existence did anything for you?

I'm convinced that most people who say they don't like cheese just don't like the smell of it. The key to tasting a cheese you're not sure about is never to smell it first - the smell usually bears little or no relation to the taste.

Aren't you always saying you don't like cake? You've tasted every single type of cake out there and don't like any of them? Not one of the hundreds of different tastes/textures/strengths in existence did anything for you?

Didn't think so.

WesternNight · 09-01-2013 05:21PM

Das Kitty · 09-01-2013 05:22PM

angeldelight wrote: »

Oh me me me me me!! I haven't had crisps in 9 days.. Probably not a big thing for other people but I was totally hooked on them!

Ella, are you listening to this?

/Mammy

hollypink · 09-01-2013 05:22PM

it's funny how the mention of cake and crisp sandwiches is making me want them, and yet the mention of raw turnip and brocolli has no effect on me whatsoever!

awec · 09-01-2013 05:23PM

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Stheno · 09-01-2013 05:25PM

awec wrote: »

The smellier the cheese the better!

What I find funny (and I do it myself too) - people smell milk and think "ugh that's disgusting" when it has gone off. Yet it smells similar to cheese. People smell cheese like that and they think it's nice.

All in the head!

peppered cheese ftw

Cerulean Chicken · 09-01-2013 05:26PM

awec wrote: »

The smellier the cheese the better!

What I find funny (and I do it myself too) - people smell milk and think "ugh that's disgusting" when it has gone off. Yet it smells similar to cheese. People smell cheese like that and they think it's nice.

All in the head!

Oh lads the smell of some cheeses makes my stomach churn, but I love most of them, except the mouldy ones, I've tried them and nope, not happening!

If I have to smell milk to check if it's ok 9 times out of 10 I can't use it then anyway, after eating a mouthful of bran flakes with sour milk once, ugh, the horror.

09-01-2013 05:27PM

Bus home. Success! Now I just need to not fall asleep past my stop and end up halfway across the country

Ah_Yeah · 09-01-2013 05:27PM

I want ALL THE CHEESE

So hungry

I just had lunch at half 1, what's wrong with me

Das Kitty · 09-01-2013 05:28PM

bluewolf wrote: »

Bus home. Success! Now I just need to not fall asleep past my stop and end up halfway across the country

I'll pick you up from the station.

awec · 09-01-2013 05:29PM

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homemadecider · 09-01-2013 05:30PM

Who's making the tea and cheese sambos?

09-01-2013 05:30PM

Das Kitty wrote: »

I'll pick you up from the station.

Now I wish I were on the Galway bus!

Cerulean Chicken · 09-01-2013 05:30PM

awec wrote: »

I bought a milkshake once in a shop (one of those premade jobs) and opened it and took a huge mouthful.

It was sour. Disgusting. It gives you like a prickly feeling in your mouth as all the sourness basically turns your face inside out. :pac:

Stop, I'll puke!

Sinall · 09-01-2013 05:31PM

Ah_Yeah wrote: »

I want ALL THE CHEESE

So hungry

I just had lunch at half 1, what's wrong with me

I had my first lunch at 11.30 am. And my second lunch at 2.30 pm.

I obviously got used to having 12 meals a day over Christmas!

RacoonQueen · 09-01-2013 05:31PM

I wish mods wouldn't delete arguments. They're entertaining.

Anyone who has access to an evening herald. Pick up todays and prepare to cry at the dating advice for ladies in it...

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