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RE: Fear of Food - 11/25/2011 9:14:49 AM

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It's fascinating that some people don't even like foods touching each other on a plate or eating items sequentially. I love things like casseroles, stews, soups and ethnic foods that mix meat and veggies together like Chinese or Indian.

The human mind is a strange and wonderful thing.

I also love casseroles, stews, etc. But if the items were prepared separately (e.g. meat, potato, vegetable) they are eaten separately and in specific order. Oddly, I just realized yesterday that I was NOT eating my thanksgiving dinner (was at a restaurant) sequentially, possibly because everything was so close and piled on each other. I appear to have survived the experience. Maybe I'm cured of that idiosyncrasy now.

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RE: Fear of Food - 11/25/2011 9:23:20 AM

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I like my foods separated on my plate, and if I have a salad first with dressing or something messy, I'll rinse my plate because I don't want the rest of my dinner to taste like salad dressing. It may all wind UP in the same place, but my stomach doesn't have taste buds and I like to experience EACH taste without interference from the one I had before. Sure, it's an ism, but I just prefer it that way. :) Deliciae

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RE: Fear of Food - 11/25/2011 9:54:48 AM

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Will not eat raw oysters or clams, liver or foie gras. I think it's the texture, or lack of it. Also dislike rutabaga.

My oldest won't eat mushrooms, she just picks them out of the dish and leaves them on the side of the plate. But she's learned to eat salad which is new to her. She's another of the no cabbage family people. I gave The Man brussel sprouts the other day, it was his first exposure to them. He decided he's lived happily for nearly 60 years without them and sees no reason to change. Funny enough he has no problem with the rest of the brassica family.

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RE: Fear of Food - 11/25/2011 10:39:36 AM

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I like stew as long as there aren't any peas... :p peas mess the texture up. :p haha

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RE: Fear of Food - 11/25/2011 2:06:16 PM

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I'll eat about anything that doesn't bite back and I've eaten a few things that at least tried to bite me first.

Pretty much this. There are a few things I do not care for and will avoid if possible. There isn't much that would stop me from trying something offered, if my refusal would offend the person offering.

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RE: Fear of Food - 11/25/2011 4:52:22 PM

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Actually it very much IS and indication of who he is as a person. Obviously very rigid and resistant to change.

I think most people have food "quirks." Things like not allowing things on their plate to touch, not eating particular things for reasons unrelated to how the food tastes. But someone whose list of "won't eat" foods pretty much negates the majority of the supermarket? I bet there are a lot of other things he is rigid and resistant to change on.

There are foods I just won't eat and have tried (multiple times), and others that I just can't even try. I do make an effort to try something new, but sometimes if I can't stand the smell, there is not point in seeing how it tastes.

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RE: Fear of Food - 11/25/2011 7:16:22 PM

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Most 'picky eaters' I know are actually suffering from Sensory Integration Dysfunction. The more severe it is, the more 'picky' they are. I don't believe anyone should be called names such as rigid as a result of having a medical condition.

At the same time, just as there are physical and mental disorders I am not able to deal with in a partner, this too can be fair grounds for incompatibility.

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RE: Fear of Food - 11/25/2011 7:24:20 PM

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Considering that the predominant causes of SID is developmental or other type of learning disorder, unless the man who she has been speaking to has one of those disabilities, chances are, his eating "habits" are symptomatic of other types of psychosis.

Stop acting like calling someone "rigid and resistant to change" is the equivalent of calling him retarded. It is nothing of the sort. We live in a society that wants to "label" everything a person does with some type of psychological malady and explanation. Comes along with a society that wants to blame someone or something for everything.

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RE: Fear of Food - 11/25/2011 8:17:06 PM

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May I caution us all about tossing physical or mental/emotional diagnoses around, willy nilly, and suggest we refrain from doing so. We are not psychologists, psychiatrists, or physicians, nor do we know these people personally. It is all too easy to make snap judgements from a distance, but that can be unfair, inaccurate, and a very dangerous business at best.

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RE: Fear of Food - 11/25/2011 9:49:03 PM

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I know that most people dislike some foods. No one loves everything there is to eat in the world. I, myself, hate mushrooms. Nasty, rubbery, tasteless little things. Yuck.

Some people don't like certain ethnic foods. I can understand that. Don't want to go to the Ethiopian restaurant with the gang? Hey, no problem. We'll do Japanese next time.

But, to have a strong dislike of most foods?

Recently I was talking to a guy on here and the conversation turned to dining out and eating. I love trying new foods, savoring my favorites and trying my hand at cooking tasty-sounding new dishes. This guy hates so many foods it's actually weird. He doesn't ever eat in any ethnic restaurants. Doesn't eat onions, garlic, leeks or any other veggie used to flavor recipes. Hates all seafood, sausage, meats cooked in sauces. Only pasta sauce he eats is plain sauce from a jar. He loathes cheese of any kind. I know five year-olds with a more sophisticated palate.

Mind you, he hasn't even tasted a lot of these foods (I didn't mention them all), he just knows he doesn't like them. I found myself actually turned off by his fear of trying new foods. I know, I know, it's judgmental and isn't an indication of who he is as a person but I know eating out or cooking for him would be a difficult compromise.

I'm curious now. Do any of you or anyone you know have this fear of trying new foods or just not liking many foods after tasting them? Do you eat the same things over and over? Are there foods that you once hated and now like? There were a lot of foods I hated as a kid and love now.

I'm looking forward to the responses.

Okay...I just looked at your profile and frankly, you probably should already had this fairly well wired in by now but....I'm going to be the good guy that I am (I'm a giver....it's what I do) and give you some "guy" advice:

#1) Meat is good.
#2) Potatoes are good.
#3) Anything that combines meat and potatoes.....is good. (You can actually pick up a 30% bonus if you combine the 2).
#4) Seafood is bad. Any kind...if it comes from the sea, or even if it's been near water...ever....it's bad.

(Ever).

#5) Meat is good.

Thus endeth the lesson.

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RE: Fear of Food - 11/25/2011 9:55:12 PM

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#3) Anything that combines meat and potatoes.....is good. (You can actually pick up a 30% bonus if you combine the 2).

I agree 100% but the dude I was talking with doesn't want meat and potatoes mixed together as in a stew or soup. Roasted meat with boiled potatoes on the side...that's his idea of good eating.

But thanks for the "advice", sweetie.

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RE: Fear of Food - 11/25/2011 10:49:30 PM

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#3) Anything that combines meat and potatoes.....is good. (You can actually pick up a 30% bonus if you combine the 2).

I agree 100% but the dude I was talking with doesn't want meat and potatoes mixed together as in a stew or soup. Roasted meat with boiled potatoes on the side...that's his idea of good eating.

But thanks for the "advice", sweetie.

Just helping here again but.......that would be meat and potatoes.

(And by the way....why would any sane person want meat and potatoes mixed together? That would be a "meat and potatoes.....thing".....not meat and potatoes).

:)

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RE: Fear of Food - 11/25/2011 11:07:07 PM

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Actually it very much IS and indication of who he is as a person. Obviously very rigid and resistant to change.

Yeah, I was pretty much getting this vibe from him.

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RE: Fear of Food - 11/25/2011 11:43:27 PM

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Actually it very much IS and indication of who he is as a person.

(A meat and potatoes guy).

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RE: Fear of Food - 11/26/2011 12:20:43 AM

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Actually it very much IS and indication of who he is as a person.

(A meat and potatoes guy).

That's exactly how he described himself.

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RE: Fear of Food - 11/26/2011 8:41:16 AM

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And you like to cook. Not only tried and true stuff, but new stuff you come across.

BAD match! Unless you like eating alone. I would, however, ask him about other areas of this life and see if he amps up the excitement there, if he seems like there are other attributes he has that you like. Vegetarians and meat eaters have managed happy relationships (ask LillyBoBeep about that one), but they also cooked together, which made it more fun, I'm sure.

As a general rule though, when you get a "bad vibe" from a guy, it isn't worth analyzing to death. There are so many other guys out there who might not give you the "bad vibe" AND love a woman who is a good cook, you have plenty more to choose from.

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RE: Fear of Food - 11/26/2011 9:54:53 AM

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May I caution us all about tossing physical or mental/emotional diagnoses around, willy nilly, and suggest we refrain from doing so. We are not psychologists, psychiatrists, or physicians, nor do we know these people personally. It is all too easy to make snap judgements from a distance, but that can be unfair, inaccurate, and a very dangerous business at best.

My nomination for quote of the day, AT LEAST!

Actually I think the mods should make it a sticky.

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RE: Fear of Food - 11/26/2011 10:23:08 AM

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ORIGINAL: Duskypearls

May I caution us all about tossing physical or mental/emotional diagnoses around, willy nilly, and suggest we refrain from doing so. We are not psychologists, psychiatrists, or physicians, nor do we know these people personally. It is all too easy to make snap judgements from a distance, but that can be unfair, inaccurate, and a very dangerous business at best.

My nomination for quote of the day, AT LEAST!

Actually I think the mods should make it a sticky.

You are too kind, and I thank you for your understanding and support.

I know how well meaning most of us and our intentions are, but am reminded that as humans, we are so limited in our degrees of personal experience, perspective, education, intuition, and common sense, and need be wary of being "very sure" when labeling or diagnosing anyone or anything, especially from a distance.

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RE: Fear of Food - 11/27/2011 3:19:54 PM

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ORIGINAL: smartsub10
I'm curious now. Do any of you or anyone you know have this fear of trying new foods or
just not liking many foods after tasting them? Do you eat the same things over and over?
Are there foods that you once hated and now like? There were a lot of foods I hated as a
kid and love now.

For many of my adolescent years, I had a great fear of pork chops. I mean fear as in eeeeks,
don't put that anywhere near my plate! I blame it all on my very evil twin brother, who once
chased me around the house with a raw one. Sure, I was only 6 years old, but it was a very
traumatic experience.

Luckily I have outgrown this fear, and now have an appreciation of pork chops and a wide
variety of ways in which I enjoy cooking them.

I also have a fear of overflowing toilets, but I'll leave that to another thread.

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RE: Fear of Food - 11/27/2011 3:26:29 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: smartsub10
I'm curious now. Do any of you or anyone you know have this fear of trying new foods or
just not liking many foods after tasting them? Do you eat the same things over and over?
Are there foods that you once hated and now like? There were a lot of foods I hated as a
kid and love now.

For many of my adolescent years, I had a great fear of pork chops. I mean fear as in eeeeks,
don't put that anywhere near my plate! I blame it all on my very evil twin brother, who once
chased me around the house with a raw one. Sure, I was only 6 years old, but it was a very
traumatic experience.

Luckily I have outgrown this fear, and now have an appreciation of pork chops and a wide
variety of ways in which I enjoy cooking them.

I also have a fear of overflowing toilets, but I'll leave that to another thread.

Pork chops, poise, you poor thing! While I feel bad for you, I cannot help giggling, while picturing that evil chop in desperate and furious pursuit of you! Forgive me, dear! Little (and big) boys can be SO wicked!

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