Picky eaters are childish and need to grow up

[n7]

I was raised properly. We ate what was in front of us. If we didn't, it was waiting for us the next meal.
Consequently, I pretty much like everything when it comes to food, or at the very least will eat it, or try it.
And zero food allergies.
Sure there are things I don't like as much, but I'm not a whiny baby about it.

 

[smackababy]

I feel that Ichi and CZroe wouldn't have made it past the "we don't know what is and isn't poisonous" phase with this silly attitude. We developed taste for certain things (sweet, etc) to avoid things that are poisonous. If something tastes bad a few thousand years ago, it was likely going to kill you. I'm sure your "sucking it up" attitude would lead to Darwinism at it's finest.

 

[rpanic]

uncooked onions will make me vomit, nothing worse then when they are chopped up into little squares and I can't pick them out.

 

[A Casual Fitz]

Onions are delicious

 

[brianmanahan]

Onions are delicious

agreed, they separate the boys from the men

 

[mmntech]

Was just having this conversation with my mom. My dad's become a very picky eater as he's gotten older. Won't eat fish, pork, seafood, raw tomatoes, anything with cream in it, mushrooms, turkey, potatoes... the list goes on. No food allergies either. Mom doesn't know what to cook him for dinner anymore. Left up to his own devices, all he'd eat would be steak, chicken, and peanut butter sandwiches.

A while back, he's telling me about this "awful" experience him and his golf buddies had at this Italian restaurant. They all ordered lobster ravioli in cream sauce. But cream sauce is "faggy" so they asked for red sauce instead. Pasta comes to the table and it's cheese ravioli with red sauce. So they all kick up a big stink and leave without tipping.

I says to him that the chef probably had the pasta dishes pre-made and couldn't sub the sauce. Yeah, it was a bit of a dick move that they didn't tell the diners that. However, why would a grown man order something he didn't like to begin with. Why wouldn't you just get something else?

 

[MongGrel]

Somebody gives me a pizza with anchovies on it and that shit is going in the garbage. I don't care if they are offended or think it's childish because only an asshole would ruin a pizza with anchovies.

I love anchovies on a big Greek salad.

We don't use on pizza because wife doesn't care for them.

Many things in life are an "acquired taste".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acquired_taste

 

[kt]

Ooooooooooo!

*Dirigible starts cooking up a bag of dicks.

Here's a good recipe for dicks.

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/spotted-dick-103210

 

[MongGrel]

Some people might be genetically geared towards not liking certain foods to begin with.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supertaster

 

[brainhulk]

I was raised properly. We ate what was in front of us. If we didn't, it was waiting for us the next meal.
Consequently, I pretty much like everything when it comes to food, or at the very least will eat it, or try it.
And zero food allergies.
Sure there are things I don't like as much, but I'm not a whiny baby about it.

This. I notice most people who claim allergies or genetic predisposition against certain normal foods like onions, tomatoes, mayo, veggies, etc...are just making it up as an excuse

 

[Mayne]

We had food brought in by one of the drug reps. My coworker opened up one of the wraps and said, "if there's onions in here, i'm gonna toss it. I hate onions"

Sure enough he saw onion and promptly threw the whole wrap uneaten into the trash can and went on picking through the rest of the food.

What a fucking idiot

when will people realize that 90 percent of all foods have onions in it for flavouring?

 

[Matthiasa]

As already mentioned onions contain sulfur compounds many of which are toxic, even if the contained levels aren't high enough to be dangerous in onions. Additionally some convert of them to sulfenic acid. Eating things which tasted like sulfur or burned you on contact in the past was a good way to die. Tomatoes are related to atropa belladona and for literally 100's of years after introduction to Europe most would not eat them due to the that. Eating atropa belladona or anything but the fruits or tubers,of the related plants depending on which agriculturally important crop is also a good way to die.Notice the connection between related plants or compounds and dying?

Even something as common place as ethanol is disliked by many who haven't had significant exposure for the same reason, it can and will kill you if you have to much and its related compounds like methanol can blind and potentially kill you in even smaller doses. Again notice the connection to dying?

Many commonly disliked foods or drinks have similar relations.

when will people realize that 90 percent of all foods have onions in it for flavouring?

There is a big difference between onion flavoring and large pieces of uncooked onions.

 

[MajinCry]

If ya gag, ya can't swallow. If ya can't swallow, ya can't eat it. Tellin' someone to just stop moaning and eat, when they can't swallow it...Eh. Not the brightest of endeavours.

My main problem with food is when it's cheap store-bought stuff, such as cans o' curry. Nae chance.

 

[drebo]

Food allergies can be deadly to a person. Many kids die each year from food allergies. The days of a mom baking and bringing food into a classroom has been over for quite some time without the specific ingredients given to the teacher so that it can be check for specific allergies. Are these kids and specific parents picky eaters? Yes, and their life depends on it.

That had nothing to do with allergies and everything to do with not trusting parents to be hygienic in their food preparation.

 

[MongGrel]

This. I notice most people who claim allergies or genetic predisposition against certain normal foods like onions, tomatoes, mayo, veggies, etc...are just making it up as an excuse

Yeah, well you seem genetically predisposed to starting bad threads, too.

Go figure.

:whiste:

I just hate seeing people waste food myself.

 

[Kaido]

Adult picky eaters are kinda weird. I have a relative who is over 50 and is ridiculously picky. I don't know how she gets any consistent nutrition, and going out to eat can be annoying due to menu whining. But I guess you only like what you like. I still hate bologone, which to me tastes how rubber bands smell.

As a kid I was an incredibly picky eater. But when I was around 20 or so, my tastebuds magically changed...tuna, pickles, and tomatoes all started tasting good instead of horrific. I was a terrible kid at the dinner table because I didn't want to eat anything I didn't really like. I think bodybuilding helped me try a lot of new things (cauliflower, brown rice, sweet potatoes, etc.) & also having previously had severe food allergies, I appreciate what food I can get now a lot more.

But you're kinda stuck with your tastebuds & life is short, so why waste it eating crap you don't like?

 

[kranky]

I have a friend who was fanatically picky. He had a pretty small list of things he would eat, and if he ever had a bad experience with something, it was off the list forever. Got to the point where if we were on a road trip somewhere he would only order a fish sandwich. So we could only go to places that had fish sandwiches.

One time he was at the house and my gf offered to pick up dinner at Arby's on her way home. He ordered a "fish sandwich, plain, nothing on it, just fish, please get it plain" Food arrived, he unwrapped his fish and it had lettuce. Boom, he tosses it into the garbage. So I said from now on he can bring his own food if he's coming over, since although I don't mind springing for fast food, I'm not going to buy a sandwich to throw in the trash because it has easily removable lettuce.

 

[Mayne]

I have a friend who was fanatically picky. He had a pretty small list of things he would eat, and if he ever had a bad experience with something, it was off the list forever. Got to the point where if we were on a road trip somewhere he would only order a fish sandwich. So we could only go to places that had fish sandwiches.

One time he was at the house and my gf offered to pick up dinner at Arby's on her way home. He ordered a "fish sandwich, plain, nothing on it, just fish, please get it plain" Food arrived, he unwrapped his fish and it had lettuce. Boom, he tosses it into the garbage. So I said from now on he can bring his own food if he's coming over, since although I don't mind springing for fast food, I'm not going to buy a sandwich to throw in the trash because it has easily removable lettuce.

I would of taken it out of the garbage and smashed it in his face.

 

[MongGrel]

I would of taken it out of the garbage and smashed it in his face.

I'd be tempted to do the same myself.

 

[brainhulk]

I have a friend who was fanatically picky. He had a pretty small list of things he would eat, and if he ever had a bad experience with something, it was off the list forever. Got to the point where if we were on a road trip somewhere he would only order a fish sandwich. So we could only go to places that had fish sandwiches.

One time he was at the house and my gf offered to pick up dinner at Arby's on her way home. He ordered a "fish sandwich, plain, nothing on it, just fish, please get it plain" Food arrived, he unwrapped his fish and it had lettuce. Boom, he tosses it into the garbage. So I said from now on he can bring his own food if he's coming over, since although I don't mind springing for fast food, I'm not going to buy a sandwich to throw in the trash because it has easily removable lettuce.

See that's the problem with all picky eaters, just fucking weirdos. They are culinary aspergers

 

[MikeyLSU]

not sure why people care this much about picky eaters.

I'm somewhat picky, but will try anything put in front of me even if I have tried and disliked it before.

I don't make a deal out of it, I just like what I like. I would never toss something like that, but instead just leave it and eat something else.

What many don't understand is I wish I liked all the food everyone else likes. It would make things so much easier if I wasn't picky and could just truly enjoy all food. Unfortunately I don't, some foods really smell like shit to me so why would I want to force myself to eat it? Just to make other people feel better about themselves?

 

[CZroe]

I like cooked or sliced or diced tomatoes in the right proportions on the right foods, but when I get a "premium" salad I often find cherry tomatoes that are a mouthful. Getting a mouthful of raw tomato always grosses me out and I often have a heaving revulsion to the thought of it. Even so, I know the they have plenty of vitamins and help me absorb more iron from my food, so I always at least eat some. I don't pretend that iceberg lettuce and cheese is good enough for me. It doesn't even make sense to me that people are proud of what they will not eat. I am proud that I use logic and reasoning to push through my own childish impulses.

I feel that Ichi and CZroe wouldn't have made it past the "we don't know what is and isn't poisonous" phase with this silly attitude. We developed taste for certain things (sweet, etc) to avoid things that are poisonous. If something tastes bad a few thousand years ago, it was likely going to kill you. I'm sure your "sucking it up" attitude would lead to Darwinism at it's finest.

There's a very easy and logical distinction between being careful and being a baby. If LOGIC tells you it's OK and the ONLY REASON you won't eat it is because you think it's yucky, then you are being a baby.

As already mentioned onions contain sulfur compounds many of which are toxic, even if the contained levels aren't high enough to be dangerous in onions. Additionally some convert of them to sulfenic acid. Eating things which tasted like sulfur or burned you on contact in the past was a good way to die. Tomatoes are related to atropa belladona and for literally 100's of years after introduction to Europe most would not eat them due to the that. Eating atropa belladona or anything but the fruits or tubers,of the related plants depending on which agriculturally important crop is also a good way to die.Notice the connection between related plants or compounds and dying?

Even something as common place as ethanol is disliked by many who haven't had significant exposure for the same reason, it can and will kill you if you have to much and its related compounds like methanol can blind and potentially kill you in even smaller doses. Again notice the connection to dying?

Many commonly disliked foods or drinks have similar relations.



There is a big difference between onion flavoring and large pieces of uncooked onions.

ANYTHING is poisonous in the right quantity. This is the worst reasoning. Ever hear that "the dose is the poison?" That's specifically what it's talking about.
http://youtu.be/bkhhCi7nMFI
Remember this the next time someone tells you about how aspartame is toxic.
http://youtu.be/vPszR0-vTqc
Watch that one too.

I have a friend who was fanatically picky. He had a pretty small list of things he would eat, and if he ever had a bad experience with something, it was off the list forever. Got to the point where if we were on a road trip somewhere he would only order a fish sandwich. So we could only go to places that had fish sandwiches.

One time he was at the house and my gf offered to pick up dinner at Arby's on her way home. He ordered a "fish sandwich, plain, nothing on it, just fish, please get it plain" Food arrived, he unwrapped his fish and it had lettuce. Boom, he tosses it into the garbage. So I said from now on he can bring his own food if he's coming over, since although I don't mind springing for fast food, I'm not going to buy a sandwich to throw in the trash because it has easily removable lettuce.

When my nephew was younger he got a taco with no lettuce, just like he asked, but he found one tiny pice folded into the edge of his wrapper that probably fell off of one of the other tacos in the bag. He refused to eat it even though it visibly had no lettuce on it. His parents encouraged him as if it was OK to just let the kid unreasonably demand a replacement. They made me go back through the drive thru to get another. I was pissed and I told them how stupid it was to go through this much trouble. They acted like it was easier than dealing with their picky child. BULL. If you don't let the kid think he can get away with it then it will never be a problem again.

 

[Mayne]

I stopped being picky as soon as I had to buy my own food...this was many decades ago.

 

[smackababy]

IThere's a very easy and logical distinction between being careful and being a baby. If LOGIC tells you it's OK and the ONLY REASON you won't eat it is because you think it's yucky, then you are being a baby.

Again, we developed taste buds specifically to determine what is and what isn't edible. If you, use your logical distinction, ignore your taste buds telling you something you just shoved in your mouth is not appealing, Darwinism will take over.

As I stated, "sucking it up" before we had a long list of what is and isn't edible was beyond stupid and you and your brother would be gone.

 

[MongGrel]

Again, we developed taste buds specifically to determine what is and what isn't edible. If you, use your logical distinction, ignore your taste buds telling you something you just shoved in your mouth is not appealing, Darwinism will take over.

As I stated, "sucking it up" before we had a long list of what is and isn't edible was beyond stupid and you and your brother would be gone.

So, do you eat Caviar ?

Escargot ?

Raw Oysters ?

Crawdad Etouffee ?

Conch Fritters ?

Calamari ?

Frog Legs ?

Nuff of that, could make a list a mile long.