fussy eaters

[Bibio]

how fussy an eater are you?

me i'll eat pretty much anything and will try anything once apart from the 3b's

i dont understand people that say 'i'm not eating that it looks horrid' or wont eat something that they have never tried.

[squirrel_hunter]

I would try any food stuffs. I'm still looking for a place that serves Soylent Green...

[maviczap]

Kids not eating what you serve up?

Me I'll eat pretty much anything. I did once loose it, when my Nan made me have celery soup, but i was only 9.

I was listening to Radio 2 and Bear Gryls was being interviewed by Patrick Keilty, Bear had bought maggots in, as he knew that he'd be asked about weird food.

Much to my surprise Keilty ate more than one maggot, as did Bear's kids who were with him in the studio.

I went off spaghetti for a while as a teenager as i thought it was worms.:p

[Geodude]

I cant understand it either, it baffles me why people are fussy? Im same as you Bibs i will eat owt at all or at least try it before i say yuk. It may come from growing up totally skint and having to eat what we had or go hungry.

[maviczap]

I cant understand it either, it baffles me why people are fussy? Im same as you Bibs i will eat owt at all or at least try it before i say yuk. It may come from growing up totally skint and having to eat what we had or go hungry.

Yep, it was eat it or go hungry in my parents home. We didn't have the luxery of biscuits or packets of crisps to snack on.

[pookie]

I'll eat most things but I draw the line at anything that is eating something else while I'm eating it unless its blue cheese.

Also find it a bit off putting eating something that is looking at me which includes insects and weird seafood. :)
I came from the from the school of thought of if its tastes this bad it must be good for you !

[Jayneflakes]

I am a fussy eater, I have a very strange sense of taste and I really struggle with some flavours.

I can eat spicy food and can enjoy a vege chili, chicken curry or a good medium steak.

However, there are some things that I cannot stand the smell of and just the smell will induce nausea even to this day. Having spoken to my Aunt who is also of a similar disposition I can only conclude that the cause is the horrendous cooking of our parents. My Mother's Mother was a terrible cook, as is my Mother.

The biggest problem comes from the fact that as a child, my Mother could not care less about feeding us, cooking was a chore that she hated and as such we were often presented with barely edible food. I remember being about six years old trying to swallow down the vomit when my Mother presented us with very badly cooked cauliflower. The smell alone was of an abused toilet, the texture was of rotten veg and the reason for this was because it was.

My Mother's roast potatoes were implements of torture, they had burned glass like edges that cut the roof of my mouth, the centre of the potato would be raw and to be honest they were inedible. Carrots served would be close to water and lacked any flavour. To this day I prefer uncooked veg or at best lightly steamed.

Christmas dinner for my siblings and I as children was a bitter experience. My mother laboured the point that she had got up at dawn to cook for us and she would be unhappy until we each had shoulders loaded with guilt for wanting our mother to feed us. To this day I do not like roast turkey because I remember Mum leaving the turkey in the sink until the ice on the outside had melted, She would then slam it in the oven and leave it for several hours. She would at some point attempt to serve the Turkey which would once again be burned on the outside but raw or on one occasion still frozen inside, so it would go back in the oven until "cooked". Veg would slowly liquefy as it boiled for the next three hours and the smell would be awful. When dinner was finally served, it would be mainly carbon, mush and flavourless.

My Mother was ambivalent about having children and by the time I was ten years old, I had learned to cook for myself.

As an adult I became a vegetarian for a while. Again I ate a healthy diet that was varied and interesting. My Girlfriend at the time Sarah was also vegetarian and we were both invited to stay with my my Mother for a weekend. I warned Sarah not to accept food from my Mum, but Sarah was conned into staying for dinner and was too polite to refuse.

Dinner was served to us and my mother had boiled some Pasta shells for close to an hour, they had almost turned into slime. That was then served up to us. Sarah asked if there was any sauce to put on the pasta, my Mother presented us with a bottle of ketchup and complained that we had not even tried dinner before slapping sauce on it. Again, I nearly vomited and quickly made our excuses to leave.

I have said many times that if I did not have to eat, I would not. I find eating to be an unpleasant experience that I still do not enjoy. I have had a lot of therapy now (yes, seriously) thanks to the strange relationship I have with my family, but I cannot over come my difficulties with food.

The happy outcome to this though is that my Wifey is an amazing cool, she uses herbs and spices, puts a honey glaze on meats and tries really hard to cook for me. There have been moments of upset though when she has cooked something beautiful, but the smell has induced memory nausea in me.

So yeah, I am a fussy eater and I hate food. maybe this will help you understand why. When I first left home, I hated food so much I refused to cook and lived on things called Power Bars which I got cheap and in bulk from work. This diet had the effect you are imagining and I made myself very ill :smt101

[timwilky]

If Foggy can eat it, I am sure I can.

But I draw the line at sprouts, they are the invention of the devil simply designed to make you trump.

Yes, i will eat anything. I hate the don't like the look of brigade. My kids had no choice. If I serve it, they eat it.

[Matt-EUC]

I will eat anything but I draw the line at caged veal and pate de foie gras.

What are these three b's you mentioned bib?

[Bibio]

Brains, Bugs and Balls.

[SIII]

If Foggy can eat it, I am sure I can.

But I draw the line at sprouts, they are the invention of the devil simply designed to make you trump.

Yes, i will eat anything. I hate the don't like the look of brigade. My kids had no choice. If I serve it, they eat it.

My wife cooks this on xmas day only and we fight over it -

Par boil sprouts,1/2 them, then fry them with bacon pieces and bit of garlic then simmer in double cream.

We actually fight over them and they are the only thing not on the table boxing day !!!



I will eat ought and will try anything but entrails and oysters. Liver/kidneys stink of old people that **** themselves all year and oysters don't taste of ought, but texture is disgusting. I tried them all but disliked.

I would eat horse, dog, anything, i even tried Pike once - tasted of soil - not nice.

Being Scottish helps - scotch pies and haggis are filled with - you don't wanna ask - so we'll eat it, whatever it is ;-)

Favourite sandwich - Crabstick & sliced Boiled egg with lettuce and mayo - Mmmmm, I also love chocolate digestives with cheese as well as the yorkshire thing of fruitcake and cheese, that and bitter / mild are the only good things out of Yorkshire.

[Balky001]

I'd eat almost anything edible, except for tripe and beetroot

[Nutsinatin]

I used to make a killing in collage eating woodlice, spiders, insects, fruit peel, raw eggs, candles etc. for bets. Not a fan of anything slimy though, don't like raw tomatoes, pickled onions, beetroot, coleslaw or cold pasta in sauce, or cold fish like salmon/sushi, oh and I don't like any crisps other than plain salted, and I don't like nuts either. Not sure if this makes me fussy or just a bit weird (in my defence I could get £30 in bets for eating a single woodlouse - they're too small to taste of anything).

[andrewsmith]

I'm fussy not through choice, but health reasons.
So basically 90% of processed food is a no no

And most things aren't on the menu

[BanannaMan]

I'm fussy not through choice, but health reasons.
So basically 90% of processed food is a no no

And most things aren't on the menu







+1
But most of my health issues are caused by preservatives in the food, something you lot don't have to worry about.

If only I lived in the UK. (sigh)

[dirtydog]

There's not much I don't eat, you don't get a physique like mine from being fussy!

I'll try most things at least once as well.

The only things on my don't like list are kidney, liver, marrowfat peas and dogfish. Not overly keen on pate either.

[andrewsmith]

+1
But most of my health issues are caused by preservatives in the food, something you lot don't have to worry about.

If only I lived in the UK. (sigh)
Great escape?

[AJC]

I am in the "will eat anything" camp. I think I have always been glad to try anything after growing up with the same 4/5 (badly) deep fried meals being served from the age of 5 through to 16 :)

Only things I have found I don't really like: celery, liquorice and anchovies. Anchovies are only there due to a bad night drinking where I was made to do a double shot of cheap (Lidl) Vodka with them in it. To be fair this was retribution from my mate for my making him eat a very large chili using only Baileys to cool the burn...

[theenglishman]

Anything that wriggles back or moves on the plate is pretty much out. And I'm not good with tentacles.

Or marmite. Bleurgh!

[chris8886]

+1
But most of my health issues are caused by preservatives in the food, something you lot don't have to worry about.

If only I lived in the UK. (sigh)



yes, but there are still quite a lot in our foods here too I think....

[SvNewbie]

Can't be doing with fussy eaters. I'll eat pretty much anything.

The only thing that springs to mind that I'm not a big fan of is raw tomatos but do eat them. Struggle a little bit with things with eyes when they are raw, but fine when they are cooked. Liver / kidney I'm just don't like cooking much but really like the taste so occasionally do have them. White bate is delicious, but takes a while to get over throwing a whole fish in your gub.

I relatively recently discovered how good octopus is but still not sure I could eat the little baby ones whole.

My flatmates ex-girlfriend was a vegetarian but also didn't eat onions, or mushrooms, or anything that could possibly have been anywhere near an onion or a mushroom. She was a bloody nightmare. His current girlfriend who only eats Halal is much easier to go to dinner with!

[ophic]

I relatively recently discovered how good octopus is but still not sure I could eat the little baby ones whole.
My gf's lad stunned everyone by wolfing them down at the age of 4. Still one of his favourites ten years later.

However he hates mushrooms, sweet potatoes and anything that looks bad, before trying it.

I despise brussels but i'm forced to eat them :( well not forced. It's a respect thing. Miss Ophic is a wonderful cook and has taken on the family cooking duties single handed for the last 8 years at least. If she serves it, I eat it.

ok she tells me off it i don't eat them

[Amadeus]

There was a restaurant in London called (something like) lips and eyelids where they sold pretty much every part of the animals. I never went there - my brother in law did and said it was great.
Seafood makes me puke, don't think I'd eat a witchetty grub.