Inspired by the Picky Eater thread

[SHAYMARAYSMOM]

OMG, my mom too, the vet told her the beans would help with fiber and the bacon was tasty. She added carrots too and a little cod liver oil. The dogs loved it, they are little foodies!

Small world. I think alot of dogs eat very well.

 

[It's A Happy Day]

For some reason, I just cannot eat fishIt completely grosses me out. I don't know why!

I will never forget when my kids were about 4 & 5 we were in the car & headed to the fish market. All the fish there were already cleaned and laid out except for some that maybe you would cook whole. My son asked from the back seat....Mommy? What are we having for supper? So my reponse was "fish". Now imagine the lightbulb going on in these little minds and there is a little pause and then the little boy voice again...."you mean REAL fish that swim in the water???!!!!" This was when he made the connection that we eat REAL animals even if you cannot recognize what they are He exageratedly told me how that was gross, he wasn't having any, and on and on. Then he proceeded to eat a heaping serving at dinner time My daughter will not eat "REAL" fish....she only eat that fake fish....ya know.....fish sticks

My kids are now 6 & 7 and eat veal, beef, chicken, pork, lamb in assorted forms. The have never been exposed to odder meats such as venison, emu, bison, rabbit but I imagine the would at least try them. There also isn't a vegetable or fruit that they will not devour! I am very lucky that I do not have a picky eater

 

[disneyfav4ever]

I will never forget when my kids were about 4 & 5 we were in the car & headed to the fish market. All the fish there were already cleaned and laid out except for some that maybe you would cook whole. My son asked from the back seat....Mommy? What are we having for supper? So my reponse was "fish". Now imagine the lightbulb going on in these little minds and there is a little pause and then the little boy voice again...."you mean REAL fish that swim in the water???!!!!" This was when he made the connection that we eat REAL animals even if you cannot recognize what they are He exageratedly told me how that was gross, he wasn't having any, and on and on. Then he proceeded to eat a heaping serving at dinner time My daughter will not eat "REAL" fish....she only eat that fake fish....ya know.....fish sticks

My kids are now 6 & 7 and eat veal, beef, chicken, pork, lamb in assorted forms. The have never been exposed to odder meats such as venison, emu, bison, rabbit but I imagine the would at least try them. There also isn't a vegetable or fruit that they will not devour! I am very lucky that I do not have a picky eater

When I was little I wouldn't eat flounder because I thought I'd be eating Flounder, the fish from the Little Mermaid.

 

[wall*e2008]

Apparently a Chalaza is a sign of a high quality egg.
http://www.uepcertified.com/about/
United Egg Producers

Why do eggs have a white string-like attachment on the inner lining of the shell?

The string-like attachment is called the Chalaza. This anchors the yolk in the center of the egg. A prominent Chalaza is the sign of a high quality egg.

What make an egg high quality? That white thing? I'll keep eating my farmer's raised eggs. They taste great to me.

 

[MemoryMakers2669]

Not of your everyday foods.

I wouldn't eat anything like tripe or liver, things like that, but that's about it.

This was exactly my reply! There is nothing you could put in front of me, in the normal range of american foods, that I wouldn't eat. I don't care for liver, but I would eat it if I had to. Weird meats though, I would draw the line...like the tripe.

 

[gawrsh2008]

I love liver - as in liver and onions and mashed potatoes.

Tripe is something that I cannot get past, though. Somthing about the texture. Gross.

My grandmother used to cook brains for my dad. I ate them once. They aren't bad - very creamy and mild, but again the texture thing.

I actually cooked sweetbreads once for my husband. It was very involved, but they were very good.

Anyone here ever had Duck Confit? Yeah. I made that, too. It is now a curse word in my house.

 

[LaraK]

When I was little I wouldn't eat flounder because I thought I'd be eating Flounder, the fish from the Little Mermaid.

GOD you just made me feel old.

 

[KirklandTutu]

I refuse Bubble Tea, I've tried it...never again. I like tapioa pudding, but bubble tea is just unnatural.

I only have two allergies, Soy and Lavender. I'll avoid soy products, although I do feel that a soy chai is superior to a milk based one. A local resteraunt will, on occasion, have a cantelope and lavender soup...it's so good that I'm willing to go through quite the sneezing fit for it.

All in all, I'm adventerous. I think it started when I was four and sat myself down at a strangers table in florida and asked if I could try his raw oysters. I've also had durian...and liked it! sorta garlicy...kinda. I'd like to try some of the more exotic cuts of meat, but I'd like to try them with someone who knows where to get them done well.

I don't know how adventerous I would be walking around the asian market by myself...but if I was with Anthony Bourdain or Andrew Zimmer, I'd go for it all.

DH is on the other end. He's come a long way in a decade plus, but he's still picky. It's honestly difficult for me because I love to try new things whenever I can, I try something new, find it wonderful and want to share that wonderful thing with him...but because it has some sort of sauce on it, he refuses. It hurts, honestly. I'd never ask him to try something that I thought he wouldn't like.

 

[sha_lyn]

All in all, I'm adventerous. I think it started when I was four and sat myself down at a strangers table in florida and asked if I could try his raw oysters. I've also had durian...and liked it! sorta garlicy...kinda. I'd like to try some of the more exotic cuts of meat, but I'd like to try them with someone who knows where to get them done well.

LOL on the durian. The 1 of 2 foods that Andrew Zimmer will not eat again LOL. I love how they said (I know Anthony Bourdain said it, don't remember about AZ) that is some parts of the area it is banned because of the smell.
The texture along with the flavor might throw me off. I love garlic, but if I remember correctly it is described as looking and feeling like vanilla pudding.
I think that might just throw my senses off.

Oh and DH sounds a lot like your DH. My kids OTOH will eat just about anything.

 

[disneyfav4ever]

GOD you just made me feel old.

Yeah, I think I was like five years old or something when that movie was released.

 

[SHAYMARAYSMOM]

Yeah, I think I was like five years old or something when that movie was released.

Wow I am with Lara on feeling old. I think it came out in 89.

 

[MoniqueU]

My list is longer then the lady in Tina's orignial post.
And I have no problem declining eating something i don't like. I am not 5 anymore being forced to just "try" something.

 

[Minnie]

DH is on the other end. He's come a long way in a decade plus, but he's still picky. It's honestly difficult for me because I love to try new things whenever I can, I try something new, find it wonderful and want to share that wonderful thing with him...but because it has some sort of sauce on it, he refuses. It hurts, honestly. I'd never ask him to try something that I thought he wouldn't like.

Honestly, I really don't think adventurous eaters have any idea how difficult it can be for picky eaters to try new things. Too often those foods that someone may love will be just plain awful to others.

So really, you should try everything you would like, and allow your DH to try only those things in his comfort area without the guilt factor of possibly knowing your "hurt" over what he doesn't choose to try

 

[Chipperdini]

Milk. Despise the stuff.

 

[KirklandTutu]

Honestly, I really don't think adventurous eaters have any idea how difficult it can be for picky eaters to try new things. Too often those foods that someone may love will be just plain awful to others.

So really, you should try everything you would like, and allow your DH to try only those things in his comfort area without the guilt factor of possibly knowing your "hurt" over what he doesn't choose to try

You know, I would agree if it was based on traumatic experiences and/or allergies, but in his case it's not.

It's based on the fact that he grew up in a household that didn't expose him to anything other than the typical, bland stylings of Chef Boyardee and Kraft Mac n Cheese.

After getting up the courage in his adult life, he's now found favorite foods to be Thai, Sushi, Moroccan, and Indian. When we first met, he'd refuse those things. In fact, whenever he tries something new, he likes it...he's just not very willing. If he were to stay in his comfort area, then he'd never eat anything but carbs and red meat that his mom made from a can...and we'd never eat out together.

Now at least he can find multiple choses at any place we go to eat at. Could you imagine his life as a global practice lead if he couldn't? How many of his clients would be put out if he refused to try anything at the Japanese resteraunt? Actually, I think I deserve those so called 'good vibes' for getting him out of his comfort zone early in our relationship so that he's more at ease now in his business.

And the hurt doesn't stem from him not trying something, the hurt stems from him not trusting me.

 

[disneyfav4ever]

Wow I am with Lara on feeling old. I think it came out in 89.

Yup, I would have been five then.

 

[Jennasis]

You know, I would agree if it was based on traumatic experiences and/or allergies, but in his case it's not.

It's based on the fact that he grew up in a household that didn't expose him to anything other than the typical, bland stylings of Chef Boyardee and Kraft Mac n Cheese.

After getting up the courage in his adult life, he's now found favorite foods to be Thai, Sushi, Moroccan, and Indian. When we first met, he'd refuse those things. In fact, whenever he tries something new, he likes it...he's just not very willing. If he were to stay in his comfort area, then he'd never eat anything but carbs and red meat that his mom made from a can...and we'd never eat out together.

Now at least he can find multiple choses at any place we go to eat at. Could you imagine his life as a global practice lead if he couldn't? How many of his clients would be put out if he refused to try anything at the Japanese resteraunt? Actually, I think I deserve those so called 'good vibes' for getting him out of his comfort zone early in our relationship so that he's more at ease now in his business.

And the hurt doesn't stem from him not trying something, the hurt stems from him not trusting me.

If you're hurt that he doesn't trust that you wouldn't feed him something yucky, imagine how hurt he is that you don't respect his ADULT decision to not eat something.

Happens to me ALL the time. It belittles me and makes me feel like a scolded child. DH NEVER does this to me. He knows I'm picky and never tries to coax me into trying something if I don't want it. COnversely, if there is something I'm on the fence about trying, I'll ask him if he thinks I would like it because he knows my taste pretty well and is almost always right.

example:

DH is eating some chicken dish from a buffet..

Me: What is that?

Him: It's XXX chicken.

Me: What does it have on it?

HIm: Peanut sauce with some kind of Cinnamon. It's good but I don't think you'll like it.

A couple of times I;ve tasted a small piece just to see if he was right. He always is.

Now my mom on the other hand, goads me and makes me feel like a child. "Just TRY it!" "How do you know you don't like it if you've never had it?" "Just take a small piece!" "It's delicious! Would I feed you POISON?"

It's very annoying and unkind.

 

[KirklandTutu]

If you're hurt that he doesn't trust that you wouldn't feed him something yucky, imagine how hurt he is that you don't respect his ADULT decision to not eat something.

Happens to me ALL the time. It belittles me and makes me feel like a scolded child. DH NEVER does this to me. He knows I'm picky and never tries to coax me into trying something if I don't want it. COnversely, if there is something I'm on the fence about trying, I'll ask him if he thinks I would like it because he knows my taste pretty well and is almost always right.

example:

DH is eating some chicken dish from a buffet..

Me: What is that?

Him: It's XXX chicken.

Me: What does it have on it?

HIm: Peanut sauce with some kind of Cinnamon. It's good but I don't think you'll like it.

A couple of times I;ve tasted a small piece just to see if he was right. He always is.

Now my mom on the other hand, goads me and makes me feel like a child. "Just TRY it!" "How do you know you don't like it if you've never had it?" "Just take a small piece!" "It's delicious! Would I feed you POISON?"

It's very annoying and unkind.

There's a difference between goading and just offering.

Me: You should try this, I think you'd like it.

Him: No, it has such and such ingredient in it.

Me: Ok

...and we go on. Meanwhile he's missed out on something that he might find wonderful and there's just one more thing in life that I enjoy that I can't share with my husband that I love.

I don't treat him like a child, that would be stupid.

...and why is it ok for my feelings to be hurt by his lack of trying? Every time I hear something from a picky eater it's all about their feelings, but what about the feelings of those who are supplying the food? Every time one of those picky eaters refuses something that's been made by someone they love specifically for them, what about that persons feelings. I feel bad for my mom everytime she makes dinner and thinks she's making something he'll like, but then he won't even try. What about her feelings in all of this. I say BS on that picky eater front in that instance. If you're an adult, suck it up and try it and spare the persons feelings who've made the dish. Maybe by trying that thing they made, you'll make their day.

 

[TwinsinCA]

...and why is it ok for my feelings to be hurt by his lack of trying? Every time I hear something from a picky eater it's all about their feelings, but what about the feelings of those who are supplying the food? Every time one of those picky eaters refuses something that's been made by someone they love specifically for them, what about that persons feelings. I feel bad for my mom everytime she makes dinner and thinks she's making something he'll like, but then he won't even try. What about her feelings in all of this. I say BS on that picky eater front in that instance. If you're an adult, suck it up and try it and spare the persons feelings who've made the dish. Maybe by trying that thing they made, you'll make their day.

Why is it ok for your feelings to be hurt? Because you are talking about food going into HIS body. His feelings on that subject trump yours. If we are talking about what you are eating? Then your feelings are more important.

NO ONE should be guilted into eating something to please ANOTHER person. Ever. Ever. Ever.

If you are an adult, you have earned the right to choose what you want to eat. And if others don't like it or are "hurt" by the choices you make of what to put in your own body -- well, that says a lot more about the person who is "hurt" than about the person who won't eat the food.

Clearly some of you who are "adventurous" just don't grasp what it is like for those of us on the other side.

 

[Minnie]

Why is it ok for your feelings to be hurt? Because you are talking about food going into HIS body. His feelings on that subject trump yours. If we are talking about what you are eating? Then your feelings are more important.

NO ONE should be guilted into eating something to please ANOTHER person. Ever. Ever. Ever.

If you are an adult, you have earned the right to choose what you want to eat. And if others don't like it or are "hurt" by the choices you make of what to put in your own body -- well, that says a lot more about the person who is "hurt" than about the person who won't eat the food.

Clearly some of you who are "adventurous" just don't grasp what it is like for those of us on the other side.

I was going to write a response, but I think you've said it all