Anyone a picky eater?

[Zeon]

While I don't really consider myself too picky of a eater, there are quite a few things I do not like, and even some that will induce an involuntary vomiting type reaction.

I never really thought much of it but lately I've been looking more into it. I'm not sure, but I think I may be what they call a supertaster, even though there are many inconsistencies with that theory. I also found on a website for adult picky eaters a list of possible/potential causes for it. On the list was tourette's syndrome, which I have. However, I've been trying to find research that suggests this, though I haven't looked that much yet. One of the things I found in common with me and picky eaters, is that the texture of a food is a big deal.

Many picky eaters can't/won't eat most meat because of it's texture. While I can eat meat, I can definitely relate to the texture of thick pieces of red meat being gag inducing. I have had to spit out many pieces of steak or risk vomiting on several occasions. I have had many people tell me I haven't had good steak, yet when I try their "Ultimate, tasty steak" it's no better. It doesn't help that the flavor is always on the outside of the steak, and all you taste mainly is bland meat, with that horrible meaty texture.

I really don't eat that much meat, often I do just because I know I need the nutrients, but I rarely crave most meat. I could easily be a vegetarian, and not feel like I was missing anything. Just about any/all seafood is off limits, horrible textures, gross flavors, and almost always gag inducing.

Hot spicy shit is bad times. Spicy is good when it gives some sort of flavor. If something is so spiced up all you taste is burning, and no other flavors, just burning, something is not right. Maybe I am missing something, but if I wanted that effect why not just eat fire? That's what extremely hot crap tastes like, textured burning. It's almost like some sort of pissing contest to show off your manliness, and nothing more. I can eat it just fine, but what's the point? There are far better ways to show how "manly" you are, and speak volumes louder than having your mouth on fire for a few minutes. Stuff like punching through brick walls, or being Segata Sanshiro. Sometimes it gets so hot that it tastes bitter.

Another vomit inducing substance is alcohol, of any kind. So bitter and gross. I've tried alcohol on several different occasions(beers, and hard liquor), and every time I immediately spit it out, I can't even swallow it.

In general I usually go for more sweet, sour, and to a much lesser extent, salty stuff. Stuff made from grains, like breads, noodles, and the like, most fruits, some vegetables, and sweets are my dietary mainstays.

So anyways, does anyone consider themselves a picky eater? What foods do you guys not like/can't tolerate and why?

[esteban]

Ha. I can honestly say that I now know more about your eating habits than anyone else on these forums .

I am not a picky eater, though I am a vegetarian.

Still, there are some textures / flavors that are less enjoyable than others.

TANGENT (this is simply a list of dislikes, not necessarily on topic):

I prefer eggplant to be sliced relatively thin, for example, rather than have an inch-thick cut.

Fresh coconut juice/meat is divine... but dried coconut is only edible in a Samoan (Girl Scout cookie) and a handful of other items.

White chocolate is an oxymoron, and I despise it.

In fact, most products that pass themselves off as "chocolate" are horrible (sad, considering that I have tons of Halloween candy now). Chocolate, at least here in the States, is really brown vaseline (think "Entemann's chocolate covered donuts" / brown wax (think any Hershey's / Nestle candy bar).

As for the spicy food: heat for the sake of heat isn't really interesting to me, but heat+spicy flavor = wonderful .

I've noticed that I've become addicted to spicier and spicier food over the years. I think it is simply that you grow accustomed to. Garlic-chili paste (any dish!) and horseradish (mostly sandwiches) are absolutely essential to life, IMO.

On that note, my friends and I are going to make some jalapeño-infused vodka soon (someone claimed that jalapeño beer tastes great, I've never tried it, supposedly it is a commercial product, not a home-brew).

/TANGENT

[Arkhan]

You must be eating steak cooked by retards if you don't taste anything good on the inside lol.


My rule is as long as its not moving I will probably eat it.  My only catch is I don't really like cold seafood like cocktail shrimp (but I still eat it sometimes), and I don't like shit that is so hot that I have to sign a waiver before I eat it.

I dont like pain flavored food.


my favorite kind of food is salty stuff. im the kind of person that uses 1 cup of water instead of 2 when maken ramen, and then i add salt once its done.

[nodtveidt]

I am an extremely picky eater and it tends to piss off my wife who likes to cook criollo. I could live on pepperoni pizza though...as long as the pepperoni is scorched.

[Joe Redifer]

I am a more picky eater than all of you.  I don't eat anything that wasn't murdered or at least used animal products in some way.

[Digi.k]

It depends on my mood.. generally I would eat anything..   but I hate stuff thats been sloppily cooked and especially food thats really burnt..or cooked till its sooo dry and tough or food thats been reheated to death

[Tatsujin]

i am partial.

[termis]

Not a picky eater at all.  It's okay to not like something, but it annoys the shit out of me when people refuse to even try something, or take the food and start sniffing it right up against their nose -- just f*cking eat it!

[RoyVegas]

Not a picky eater at all.  It's okay to not like something, but it annoys the shit out of me when people refuse to even try something, or take the food and start sniffing it right up against their nose -- just f*cking eat it!

Think about what you just said.  You must ALWAYS sniff something before it hits your tonuge.  The phrase that comes to mind is:  If it smells life fish, it ain't a dish.  HAHA

[Turbo D]

I like to eat pork chops that I find in brick walls. Sometimes when I'm running and skateboarding, I will have random fruits and perhaps a parfait. If I eat too much meat, I tend to go nutz.

[Zeon]

Not a picky eater at all.  It's okay to not like something, but it annoys the shit out of me when people refuse to even try something, or take the food and start sniffing it right up against their nose -- just f*cking eat it!

Would you rather the person try the food and empty the contents of their stomach on your carpet? Lot's of people won't try new stuff, or will sniff it first, because most of the time they do try new things, it makes them gag/vomit

It annoys me when someone is practically shoving food in my face insisting that I try it. Trust me, there's often a good reason...

[Tatsujin]

are purists also picky eaters?

[termis]

Not a picky eater at all.  It's okay to not like something, but it annoys the shit out of me when people refuse to even try something, or take the food and start sniffing it right up against their nose -- just f*cking eat it!

Would you rather the person try the food and empty the contents of their stomach on your carpet? Lot's of people won't try new stuff, or will sniff it first, because most of the time they do try new things, it makes them gag/vomit

It annoys me when someone is practically shoving food in my face insisting that I try it. Trust me, there's often a good reason...

Sounds like bullshit rationalization.  If the person can't handle food for whatever reason (allergic reaction, etc), all he/she has to do is ask if something is in there, say that they can't handle such food for reason x, and that's the end of it.  On the other hand, not trying something just because you're close-minded?  Well, again, that's just annoying.

And as I mentioned, worse yet are the sniffers.  And don't give me that crap about naturally smelling (Roy), do you shove your nose 1" over the plate on someone's dish when you're invited over to dinner from someone else's house?  I've seen cases like that in say, Japan, where a Japanese family went great lengths to prepare a full meal for some foreigner, and the f*cking guy starts sniffing the thing like some bloodhound (again, all he had to do was ASK what it was/if something he couldn't eat was in there).  If you don't think that kind of behavior is rude, then you just don't have a clue.

[Zeon]

Not a picky eater at all.  It's okay to not like something, but it annoys the shit out of me when people refuse to even try something, or take the food and start sniffing it right up against their nose -- just f*cking eat it!

Would you rather the person try the food and empty the contents of their stomach on your carpet? Lot's of people won't try new stuff, or will sniff it first, because most of the time they do try new things, it makes them gag/vomit

It annoys me when someone is practically shoving food in my face insisting that I try it. Trust me, there's often a good reason...

Sounds like bullshit rationalization.  If the person can't handle food for whatever reason (allergic reaction, etc), all he/she has to do is ask if something is in there, say that they can't handle such food for reason x, and that's the end of it.  On the other hand, not trying something just because you're close-minded?  Well, again, that's just annoying.

And as I mentioned, worse yet are the sniffers.  And don't give me that crap about naturally smelling (Roy), do you shove your nose 1" over the plate on someone's dish when you're invited over to dinner from someone else's house?  I've seen cases like that in say, Japan, where a Japanese family went great lengths to prepare a full meal for some foreigner, and the f*cking guy starts sniffing the thing like some bloodhound (again, all he had to do was ASK what it was/if something he couldn't eat was in there).  If you don't think that kind of behavior is rude, then you just don't have a clue.

Sheesh man. I like to smell my food before tasting it, this goes with any food, whether I like it or not. I can't say I've ever used it as a test to see if I would eat something or not, nor do I get inches away from it. I do agree that your example is pretty rude, but it seems like an extreme to me.

When I talk about not trying a food, I don't mean refusing to try anything new.  I have a pretty good idea of what I do and don't like.

Let me give you an example scenario of what drives me nuts:

"Hey man you ever eat cow tongue?"
"No"
"You want to try it"
"No thanks"
"Why?"
"It doesn't look appealing, sorry can't we just leave it at that?"
"Aww c'mon, you won't know until you try"
"Please stop, I said I don't want to"

and this goes on for a good 3-4 minutes

"Fine, I'll try the damn cow tongue"
*tries it
*starts to looks sick
either a *spits it out or *b starts to gag/vomit.

What business is it anyones if I don't want to try a new food? Why the hell can't they stop at No thanks. Badgering someone to try something that they have a pretty good idea they won't like seems rude to me. I mean really, what the hell is offensive about not wanting to eat something? Maybe I'm not hungry, maybe meat is gross to me, maybe it smells awful, do you NEED a reason? Not understanding that some people DO have problems with some types of foods (that aren't moral or health related), and refusing to let them be, seem pretty closeminded itself.

I will tell you every thing, every last little piece of food that someone has had me try, after my saying no thanks because the food did not seem appealing to me at all, I have hated. I have yet to try something that I had a pretty good idea I wouldn't like that:

A I was barely able to swallow
B Involuntarily spit out
C Start gaging/actually vomit stuff up.

I'm not being funny or joking about the gaging/vomiting, it HAS happened. In fact I have stopped trying many new things after years of trying just about everything I came across, I got burned way too many times. After a while, you have a pretty good grasp of the qualities of foods you like and don't like. Maybe I am genetically predisposed to not liking certain foods of which there have been studies to suggest such things, who knows?

So I ask, who's more closeminded? The person who has a good idea of what they do and don't like, and politely refuse something that they most likely won't like/induce vomiting if they do try it, or the person that badgers them to try it, and is insistent, not understanding that the person has a pretty good grasp on what they would and wouldn't like?

If you can't understand that some people, for whatever reason, have a much more limited palette than you, then you are pretty closeminded yourself.

[nectarsis]

Man you've used this people "badgering" you excuse on a few issues...seems like you need a new group of people around you.  I have never been harassed to try certain foods/drinks, think a certain way on any topic, whatever.  I guess I have a big enough set to stand by my NO, and not give in, and people figure that out pretty quick.