Picky eaters are childish and need to grow up

[MongGrel]

I don't want to live on the same planet as mayo-haters.

:biggrin:

It has its uses, I even like it on burgers depending on what else I put on there.

 

[Spacehead]

My nephew though. My SIL only gives him hot dogs. they buy them in bulk and whenever go over they always have them. the rest of the family is eating grilled burgers/steaks/chicken whatever. he is having boiled hotdogs..

it's a pain in the ass when he stays the night. last few times i refused to even have hotdogs in the house. He did eat the saled and chicken we had.

Sounds like my nephews. Hotdogs and mac & cheese.
The younger one is getting better but the older one, ~20 now. I'm not sure i've seen him eat anything other than hotdogs, mac & cheese & french fries. Seriously!

 

[brianmanahan]

i'll eat any veggie as long as it's not a brussel sprout.

and i'll eat any meat as long as it meets the following criteria:

1) no fat
i can't eat any solid fat whatsoever, because it causes me to gag. gotta cut all that crap off before i attempt to eat it.

this includes bacon - it has to be super crunchy for me to eat it. no fat deposits can be present.

2) no pink meat or blood
if there is any pink meat or blood in the meat, forget about it. i can barely stand the sight, let alone eat it.

3) no sliminess
the meat can in no way be slimy. this disqualifies most chicken, but i can do it if it's grilled and well done.

4) no squishiness
the meat can in no way be squishy. fish has this problem, it is very soft and squishy so i can hardly chew it let alone swallow it.

i tried a bite of tilapia a few months ago and managed to gag it down but the squishiness was overwhelming. never again.

5) no bones
i can't eat meat with bones in it. this includes steak. if the bones are removed, however, i can eat it.

BBQ ribs is sort of an exception, but i pull the meat off with a fork prior to eating.

6) absolutely nothing without a spine
this disqualifies shrimp and most other insects of the sea.

7) absolutely nothing raw
sushi? you gotta be kidding me.

8) must have a condiment
i never eat meat without a condiment like BBQ sauce, ketchup, mustard, miracle whip, relish, etc etc. meat by itself is weird and causes me to think too much that i am eating an animal, which usually causes me to gag.

 

[brianmanahan]

I don't want to live on the same planet as mayo-haters.

mayonnaise is delicious

but miracle whip is deliciouser

 

[zinfamous]

^ I don't think you ever actually eat meat. Or, at least, all that you have known to be called "meat," was some type of highly-processed disaster.

You seem to hate everything about real meat.

 

[brianmanahan]

i just ate a chicken salad sandwich, soooo checkmate.

 

[lxskllr]

I don't get meat 'salads' out, especially seafood. I don't trust them.

 

[zinfamous]

i just ate a chicken salad sandwich, soooo checkmate.

isn't that often made with canned chicken (basically catfood) that is smothered in inedible mayonnaise?

so, fail.

 

[schneiderguy]

If I bite into an onion, I'm spitting it out. Those things are foul. Not even catsup and mayo can overcome that nastiness.

stfu Dirigible

 

[Red Squirrel]

Onions are freaking nasty. It taste like paint thinner or something and just completely ruins a dish. Tomatoes I'm not that crazy of, like don't like them on a burger as they tend to also take over the taste, but if there in something else where it's not the only thing I taste then that's ok, but even a small piece of onion is capable of completely over powering everything else. That said, it's stupid to actually throw out something over it, just give it to someone else or try to remove them. God be with you if they're cut in tiny squares though, those are the worse to try to remove.

Also there's no "growing up" to do, growing up is accepting the fact that not everyone likes everything.

 

[Ichinisan]

Onions are freaking nasty. It taste like paint thinner or something and just completely ruins a dish. Tomatoes I'm not that crazy of, like don't like them on a burger as they tend to also take over the taste, but if there in something else where it's not the only thing I taste then that's ok, but even a small piece of onion is capable of completely over powering everything else. That said, it's stupid to actually throw out something over it, just give it to someone else or try to remove them. God be with you if they're cut in tiny squares though, those are the worse to try to remove.

Also there's no "growing up" to do, growing up is accepting the fact that not everyone likes everything.

No. "Growing up" means realizing that not liking something (or part of something) doesn't mean you can't eat it.

I don't like mushrooms or olives, but I don't bother picking them off.

Try chewing and eating your watermelon seeds. It's actually quite liberating when you realize you no longer need to spend *any* effort separating them and spitting them out.

 

[MongGrel]

 

[smackababy]

i'll eat any veggie as long as it's not a brussel sprout.

and i'll eat any meat as long as it meets the following criteria:

1) no fat
i can't eat any solid fat whatsoever, because it causes me to gag. gotta cut all that crap off before i attempt to eat it.

this includes bacon - it has to be super crunchy for me to eat it. no fat deposits can be present.

2) no pink meat or blood
if there is any pink meat or blood in the meat, forget about it. i can barely stand the sight, let alone eat it.

3) no sliminess
the meat can in no way be slimy. this disqualifies most chicken, but i can do it if it's grilled and well done.

4) no squishiness
the meat can in no way be squishy. fish has this problem, it is very soft and squishy so i can hardly chew it let alone swallow it.

i tried a bite of tilapia a few months ago and managed to gag it down but the squishiness was overwhelming. never again.

5) no bones
i can't eat meat with bones in it. this includes steak. if the bones are removed, however, i can eat it.

BBQ ribs is sort of an exception, but i pull the meat off with a fork prior to eating.

6) absolutely nothing without a spine
this disqualifies shrimp and most other insects of the sea.

7) absolutely nothing raw
sushi? you gotta be kidding me.

8) must have a condiment
i never eat meat without a condiment like BBQ sauce, ketchup, mustard, miracle whip, relish, etc etc. meat by itself is weird and causes me to think too much that i am eating an animal, which usually causes me to gag.

No pome, no matter how good, can make up for the amount of terribleness you are putting on display here. Also, rare meat doesn't have blood on it.

No. "Growing up" means realizing that not liking something (or part of something) doesn't mean you can't eat it.

I don't like mushrooms or olives, but I don't bother picking them off.

Try chewing and eating your watermelon seeds. It's actually quite liberating when you realize you no longer need to spend *any* effort separating them and spitting them out.

What? If I don't like something, as a fucking adult, I am not going to eat it. Sure, I could eat them, but that is fucking stupid. If I dislike something, I don't fucking eat.

 

[Braznor]

Back in my caveman days, me and my pops used to beat live lizard upon stones and then eat them raw.

Then one day he did the same to a gila monster and bit its head off. But I refused to eat it because it looked nasty before and nastier after the special treatment. After taunting me as a picky eater, my pops whipped me with his caveman belt and I had to carry leftovers to my caveman hindu terrarist school for the rest of the week.

 

[MongGrel]

I blame hypercleanliness syndrome. The campaign to create a sterile environment spectacularly backfired.

Is probably true, part of the reason Edward I died I believe.

Henry the VIII was so paranoid over finally having a son he raised him almost in an isolated box at the time, he didn't live long in the real world later.

 

[Ichinisan]

What? If I don't like something, as a fucking adult, I am not going to eat it. Sure, I could eat them, but that is fucking stupid. If I dislike something, I don't fucking eat.

Grow the fuck up.

If you like bean burritos, but you don't like onion, and someone gives you a bean burrito with a small amount of diced onion...

EAT THE FUCKING BURRITO AND SAY "THANK YOU."

Fucking "adult" children.

 

[Jumpem]

Good for him. Why waste calories on something that you don't enjoy?

 

[CZroe]

What? If I don't like something, as a fucking adult, I am not going to eat it. Sure, I could eat them, but that is fucking stupid. If I dislike something, I don't fucking eat.

So the rest of the food is "ruined" because it has one thing you don't care for on it?
Even if you don't like olives a supreme pizza with olives still has everything else you like about pizza on it. It's not ruined. If it's free or generously given to you, suck it up, manchild. Your free beef taco has diced tomatoes on it and you don't like tomatoes? Boo hoo. It still has cheese and lettuce and USDA Choice Grade D taco meat in a tortilla. Preferring a soft tortilla over a crunchy tortilla or vice-versa shouldn't mean you are incapable of tolerating the tortilla you prefer less.

People need to treat their dislikes more like preferences. Just because you prefer it a different way doesn't mean it's trash/ruined when you get the opportunity to have it the other way. Children behave this way. It's something that should be corrected. It's something to be ashamed of as an adult, not something to brag about.

"*I* don't like onions. I don't eat anything with onions."
Good for you. So what?! Am I supposed to be impressed?

 

[Ichinisan]

Good for him. Why waste calories on something that you don't enjoy?

Why let little things destroy your enjoyment of something?

 

[CZroe]

Good for him. Why waste calories on something that you don't enjoy?

Because it's free and wasting someone else's generosity over a petty preference. A preference like that should never be a rule and CERTAINLY shouldn't be a point of pride. Obviously, we aren't talking about allergies here.

 

[lxskllr]

A friend of mine invited me to a traditional Norwegian Xmas dinner of whole roasted sheep head. I reluctantly accepted, but was happy(understatement!) to know he couldn't procure a sheep's head in time :^D

 

[CZroe]

Why let little things destroy your enjoyment of something?

And waste someone else's goodwill and generosity?

If I generously give you something without knowing your preferences and you throw it back in my face over some childish preference like that, I do not respect you. I think you are a whiny little baby.

 

[Ichinisan]

The infuriating thing is that picky eaters seem to take pride in rejecting things because it has something they don't like in/on it.

Some have no shame in suggesting we go back out for something else or order something else.

We non-picky eaters are not impressed. We are irritated beyond words.

 

[CZroe]

What? If I don't like something, as a fucking adult, I am not going to eat it. Sure, I could eat them, but that is fucking stupid. If I dislike something, I don't fucking eat.

That's also a child's view of adulthood. "Being an adult means I get to do whatever I want however I want and no one can make me do anything!"

These children were also taught incorrectly that it's "wrong" for other people to judge you and that they shouldn't care what other people think.

 

[CZroe]

The infuriating thing is that picky eaters seem to take pride in rejecting things because it has something they don't like in/on it.

Some have no shame in suggesting we go back out for something else or order something else.

We non-picky eaters are not impressed. We are irritated beyond words.

They have an unjustifiably inflated sense of self-importance. The problem is I can almost guarantee you that they think it's you who is acting self-important when you point that out.

It's another bad value that cartoons and teachers have been trying to drill into the current generation of adults. For a kid, "You are a special/unique." translates to "the world revolves around me!"

BEGGARS CAN'T BE CHOOSERS.