Picky Eaters, All Growed Up

[gategrrl]

Here's an article in the Washington Post online paper. Makes me soooo thankful that for the most part, my husband and I have roughly the same palates and love most of the same foods (with the exception of lobster and scallops, yech, I can't stand them).

We have a friend who was like most of the picky eaters in this story. He had a child's palate. I've heard that he's since started expanding it a bit, which is good, because he's getting married. But it seems to me that many of the picky eaters have had their choices politicized by their mates, and have dug in their heels, or have gotten to the point where they absolutely refuse to try anything new even if they wanted.

Also, the possibility of any of these people, like the woman Ashamalla, (I love that name!) might have sensory issues that have gone undiagnosed wasn't mentioned. She seems the likeliest candidate for that. I personally couldn't imagine not wanting or being eat anything more than the ten things she'll accept. I nearly went nuts in Korea when I was there, because there was simply no selection of foreign foods there to vary the tastes. There was one little tea shop that also served curries, a pizza place, a McDonalds, Chinese food slanted to Korean tastes (nothing like Americanized Chinese food), no Thai food, nothing of that sort.  Anyhow, Ashamalla probably has sensory issues or perhaps is very sensitive to texture.

Comments

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

I hope you take supplements to make up for the lack of veggies in your diet?

I noticed a couple of months ago that a lot more hair than usual was coming out in my brush, and started taking my supplement again (those chewable orange horsepill lozenges for women). Sure enough, the hair loss went down, and I feel better, so something must have been missing from my diet that I didn't know about.

My kids are picky about vegetables, but they will eat a select few. My husband doesn't help their food habits when he declares he doesn't like, say, nuts in bread. He repeated it often enough that the kids, who didn't seem to mind it, started to refuse the healthier bread for the crap breads. I wanted to kill him.

Anyhow, maybe you just haven't met a veggie prepared the way you like. That's really key. My son will eat carrots ONLY if he can dip baby carrots into ranch dressing. *shrugs* I don't care as long as he's getting something. He will eat broccoli as long as its steamed.

My daughter loves anything with a sprinkling of cheese on it.

And that thing with your husband? Disguise them. Roast them. OMG, roasted veggies are the bomb! I'll even eat onions that have been roasted. YUM!

[switch842.livejournal.com]

I do eat some veggies. I just don't like cooked veggies. Veggies to me should be cold and crisp. Not warm and mushy. So, salad and carrots and broccoli with some Ranch dressing is all good to me. I probably should be taking some sort of supplement, I just don't for whatever reason....

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

LOL, my husband has this weird thing about cold fruit. He hates chilled apples or oranges, or whatever. He says they hurt his teeth, but I think he just doesn't like them cold. If I take them out in the morning to give to him for lunch, he goes all stubborn. I'm like, Dude, it will be room temperature by the time you get to it in a few hours!

I think my son feels the same way about veggies that you do-at least about some veggies. Broccoli is easier to eat steamed, because it's so damned tough otherwise.