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For those who’ve never had a problem with potatoes viciously touching the meat on your plate like in Michelangelo’s famous fresco “The Creation Of Adam,” eating is like a walk in the park. When the sun it’s out, it’s fun, and when it’s raining, you just try to get it over with.
But for the gang of picky eaters, having food go into your stomach is something not to be taken light-heartedly. You gotta calibrate, engineer, and foresee the products, tastes, and combinations before they hit the tongue, and even then, there should always be a plan B.
So this time, we’re gonna see what picky eating is all about, as shared by the selective foodies themselves, who seem to have an excellent sense of humor. From having your friend’s mom tell you she’s made food for you to that cursed feeling when seeing the menu in a restaurant feels like you made a mistake, these are some real-life situations but with a humorous twist.
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Kirsten Kerkhof 3 years ago
Toddler: "I don't eat those seeds on my buns!" Also toddler: "Mmm, rocks."
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If you, your family member, or your friend is what is commonly known as a “picky eater,” the chances are it didn’t happen overnight. The term refers to someone who’s selective about their food, unwilling to try new foods, and has very strong food preferences, which makes fussy eating classified as a feeding and, later in life, eating difficulty.
Many of these fussy eating behaviors start appearing in early childhood, and in order to find out what exactly is fussy eating in kids and the tactics to help it, Bored Panda reached out to the baby and child nutritionist Charlotte Stirling-Reed. Charlotte is an award-winning author who specializes in positive, evidence-based advice on giving children a healthy start in life.
There are so many reasons why little ones might start being fussy about their food, says Charlotte. “First off, it’s a very natural part of their development, a phase often known as 'neophobia'—a fear of the new.” It turns out, it has to do with an evolutionary response, explains the child nutritionist.
“As soon as babies and toddlers start becoming more independent and moving around more, ultimately, it may protect them from eating something they shouldn’t (but doesn’t stop them from trying to eat pen lids and small toys though… strangely)."
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Numpty Gamer 3 years ago
The texture of Mushrooms. Yucky yuck yuck. I like the smell of them cooking, but put them in my mouth? Nope.
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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago
I am getting better at this. I do need to remember that just because I didn’t like it as a child doesn’t mean I won’t like it now.
Moreover, Charlotte adds that there is also a genetic element to fussy eating as “some individuals may be more likely to reject more tastes than others. Additionally, research also shows that some children just have more sensitive perceptions of taste (Mennella et al 2005).”
Among many reasons, some fussy eating can be attributed to learning from parent feeding practices and mealtime behaviors.
Having said that, Charlotte has good news and it’s that “you can do something about fussy eating, even if a toddler is genetically predisposed to reject more foods.” The children nutritionist also said that those parents who have a fussy baby/toddler shouldn’t feel like they’re alone in the world.
“I run Fussy Eating Webinars for parents regularly and know it’s a really common and that many parents face fussy eating difficulties every day, especially with children between 18 months and 3 years of age—but it can happen at any time.”
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tuzdayschild 3 years ago
Ever been over friend's house to eat and the food just ain't no good. I mean the macaroni's soggy, the peas all mushy...
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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago (edited)
One reason why I always eat the same thing at restaurants is because I don’t want to waste money on something I may not like. And also because I know my choice is pretty safe (not always).
Most importantly, there are many strategies and tactics that can help little fussy eaters and broaden the foods they’re eating. Charlotte shared a couple of them.
“Start their weaning journey with VEGGIES—some research actually shows that offering vegetables as baby’s first foods and offering them regularly through the first years of life can increase acceptance of them later on in childhood! I go into detail about how to do this in my new book How to Wean Your Baby.”
Another tactic is what Charlotte calls the “Role Model.” “It might sound simple, but eating similar foods at similar times as your children can really influence their dietary patterns. One specific study even showed that the more often children ate the same food as their parents, the better the quality of the children’s diet.”
The third strategy to try has to do with your own reaction to a fussy eater. Charlotte suggests not taking rejection literally since “there are so many reasons why kids will reject a meal e.g. overtired, over-hungry, over-grumpy, already full, sore teeth, a cold—I could go on and on, but sometimes they just simply don’t feel like eating what is on offer.”
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itz kimora 3 years ago
u can hate me if u want but tbh i don't like eating resteraunt soup because I have no idea what's in it and I'm allergic to... a heck load of stuff.
According to the child nutrition expert, “adding foods to a 'rejected' list only goes to limit their diets more.” Instead, she suggests that parents keep trying those foods and keeping their kid's diet varied because “one day, they might eat it.”
Most importantly, Charlotte’s key tip has to with “making mealtimes light, fun, and enjoyable, as much as you can.” Try not to overstress, but enjoy the moment of discovering new foods even if they get rejected at first. “This can make all the difference in the world,” Charlotte concluded.
For more helpful tips on dealing with picky eaters from an early age, visit her website “Sr Nutrition.”
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M O'Connell 3 years ago
as someone who has 'converted' from hating tomatoes to liking them, you may have only had 'bad ones' in the sense that they were bland, or overripe, or under-ripe. At some point in my early 20s I had an absolutely delicious tomato on a restaurant salad, firm, not overly wet, and quite flavorful. Now I at least try them first before passing judgement.
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Susan Trevaskis-Owen 3 years ago
Gosh, it's almost like cooking a raw fruit and adding salt, sugar, and spices completely changes the taste and texture...
Periwinkle 3 years ago
Are you asking me to put bloody turmeric on a tomato
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M Kate McCulloch 3 years ago
I like cooked tomatoes, just not raw. The texture has induced emesis on several occasions.
Miraculous Klutz 3 years ago
Exactly! I HATE TOMATOS! Pasta is my favourite food. I just don’t like unprocessed, raw tomatoes.
Hollie Marie 3 years ago
This used to be me I loved tomato soup and anything tomato based but give me a tomato and it was a pass. Now I've discovered I like the beef tomatoes you use for burgers and I can eat them but only sliced
V Martinez 3 years ago
Sometimes it's how it's prepared. I don't care much for fresh onions. But I love onion rings. I'll pick them off a burger, but will eat in a stew or if they're "bloomin'". Lol
Rose the Cook 3 years ago
Knew someone who supposedly could not tolerate milk but had second and third helpings of custard, icecream and all sorts of desserts made with it.
Connie Hirsch 3 years ago
Heat denatures some of the flavors that are too tomato-y. I'm a supertaster and believe me there's a significant difference.
Thorlene McLaughlin 3 years ago
I just can't stand the texture of raw tomatoes but can eat them if they are cooked in with something. Other than that I'll eat anything.
Alexis draskinis 3 years ago
There is a difference. Eating tomato based products is way different than having a slimy piece of tomato on a sandwich for example. I dont like raw tomato or big chunks of it, even cooked, but have no issue with those listed. Same with pork. Like chops, sausage, & bacon BUT hate reg ham. They may be made from the same animal but they all dont taste the same
Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago (edited)
This is my hubby, he can’t eat tomato on its own or chunks of tomatoes in sauces coz it makes him sick but he can eat things with tomato based sauces.
Sleepyhead 3 years ago
Tomato soup is my favorite, salsa is a party, marinara is a blessing, I even put ketchup in my Mac and cheese, but a fresh tomato is a raw tomato. Like, I know tomatoes in salsas aren’t cooked, but that’s like tomato ceviche. Mmm. Tomato tartare.
BlackLabOwner 3 years ago
no way are u guys asking my siblings about me or something that is literally me
angie but who cares 3 years ago
i hate spaghetti with tomato sauce but white sauce is the bessst
Susan Egan 3 years ago
When I was a kid this was so true. Tomatoes do not taste the same as any of the other above items.
Susan Price 3 years ago
SO my youngest - will even eat tomato soup but an off the vine fresh tomato? POISON lol
Luda Cavalieri 3 years ago
Well, come to Italy then. Pizza doesn’t have to have tomato sauce e on it, salsa is just a sauce, and you can have so many toppings on your spaghetti that doesn’t involve tomatoes!
Ashley Harrold 3 years ago
I've got the opposite, love bananas straight out of the peel. I can't stand them in anything else
Jessica Cifelli 3 years ago
This is me in a nutshell. Also I won't order spaghetti out unless its with Alfredo sauce because of possible tomato chunks in pasta sauce.🤢
rerocherry 3 years ago
Cherry tomatoes are fine, but normal tomatoes are just plain nasty... they taste like a wet paper towel
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
Raw tomatoes irritate some people's GI systems, but cooked tomatoes won't.
Marilyn Ransberry 3 years ago
I didn’t like them for decades. I got used to them in burgers and sandwiches and I figured out it is the texture of the stuff around the seeds. I will eat tomatoes now but remove the seedy area.
King Joffrey 3 years ago
I love ketchup, salsa and tomato sauces but if I had to eat one on its own, I would puke in my mouth...
Clearly sunny 3 years ago
Absolutely love tomatoes in every form, but when I was pregnant the smell of tomatoes cooking made me feel so sick! Weird as!
Two Silly Pups 3 years ago
I hate the smell of tomatoes! (but I grow them for my SO nonetheless)
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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago
Whenever I watch Bear Grylls or I’m a celeb get me outta here, I always think that I would die of starvation coz I couldn’t handle what they eat.
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chi-wei shen 3 years ago
These shrimps look so delicious I cant think of any reason why I would order chicken with fries.
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Shika Louis 3 years ago
if I have to make it, chance are, I ain't gonna make it therefore: MOOOM, THERE'S NO FOOD!!!
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Numpty Gamer 3 years ago
No tomato. 100% agree there. That one fruit that can get the chuff out of here.
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Aldhissla VargTimmen 3 years ago (edited)
I warn everyone I know beforehand that I'm a very picky eater and if I don't eat they don't have to take it personal. Most people now text me with their plans for when I come over and if I will hate it I bring my own food.
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Sleepyhead 3 years ago
I feel happy learning from this list that I am not a true picky eater. I’ll go through the trouble of eating the still-warm tomato and pickle slices before eating a burger, instead of throwing them away entirely. Picky eaters must have it hard. Still, I wish restaurants offered sampler sizes of entrees so I could figure out my jam. Mmm, a combo of two new foods and a reliable standby. I miss restaurants. I wonder if they miss me too.
MelFunction 3 years ago
I'm like the opposite of a picky eater. If the food is too boring, I won't eat it. If I've eaten the food too much in the last few months, I don't want it. I can force myself to eat almost anything but boring food is my worst.
Katie Johnson 3 years ago
I'm the same, my partner calls me a food snob but I just like good tasty food! Bland food is the worst. Always so disappointing when you're looking forward to a meal and it falls way before standard!
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Hermitbunny 3 years ago
For the picky eaters who don't like certain fruits and vegetables, keep in mind a couple things; not all produce is equal, texture and taste can vary wildy depending on whether it's fresh, frozen, local, seasonal, the variety itself, or if it's ripe/overripe at that moment. Tomatoes get that mushy mealy texture from the fridge, it makes all the difference to keep them out of the cold.
fuggnuggins 3 years ago
And have a guess what tomatoes most food outlets use: fresh and ripe or cold-stored and unripe? I worked at a fruit/veg market that supplies to most of the restaurants and cafes around here - pretty decently sized area. Most tomatoes they send out are green. Worked in kitchens for more than 15 years, and most places want them like that. They'll sit in the box for a week and ripen up, but they'll usually be being used before that. It's very hard to get tomatoes in bulk on demand and ripe.
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Nia Loves Art 3 years ago
I have adult restrictive food intake disorder (basically so picky it’s a diagnosis). It would have to literally be life or death for me to eat a lot of things.
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H Edwards 3 years ago
Picky eaters annoy me, but then I try to remember that certain things (like mussels) make me gag even thinking about them, and I try to understand that for some people there are lots of foods that invoke that response. It would still be a relationship dealbreaker for me though, I think. I know that's very intolerant, but I really think it would be a major compatibility issue. And it would bring out the worst of my judgy side.
David Retsler 3 years ago
They are annoying bur, they aren't picky to be a pain in the ass. Many (not "all") are picky because it's one of the few things they have control over in their lives- what they put in their mouth. Had a friend in high school who was ridiculously picky. I'm talking like her tater tots had to be piled in odd numbers like 5 on the bottom, three on top of those, and 1 on the very top. She also had to have catsup in packets instead of bottles. She was borderline psychotic about it. She went to school on the opposite coast, got on her own feet, and got her career going. She turned into one of the most adventurous eaters I know. Met up with her in Korea and she explained she had zero say in anything growing up. She was told what to wear, what TV show she was allowed to watch, when to go to bed and when to get up. The only thing she had any control over was what went into her mouth. That all changed when she got away from that house.
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Kayla J 3 years ago
As a picky eater it was a bit upsetting to read this and the comments from people who have these ideas about who you are and why you are. My father for years thought my high dislike of tomatoes was some sort of fad and I was definitely never catered to by him nor my mother. I went through almost a year of elementary school not eating school lunches, hunger be damned. I actually like broccoli, spinach, and cauliflower while my brother the human garbage disposal does not. I am lucky enough that textures don't bother me, so I have tried many foods from all around the world. However, sometimes people are just people and we stick to comfort food. It has never bothered my friends that I love chicken nuggets and french fries and they like me for my personality and not my taste buds. They eat what is on their plate and I eat what is on mine and in the end we still manage to have a good time.
Tiari 3 years ago (edited)
Picky eaters (at least the vocal type) make me angry. I try to not eat with picky eater friends under any circumstances because it costs so much self-control. (People with food allergies are no picky eaters in my book.)
Tabitha L 3 years ago
I have several 'hard no' foods. Mushrooms. Broccoli. Cabbage. Brussel sprouts. Swiss cheese (not all cheeses that are Swiss, but the kind with the holes.) Hot dogs. Olives. Otherwise, I'm good. But unfortunately, several of those foods are global staples. It would be much easier if I disliked guava. Or hákarl. Or boudin. Easy to avoid.
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Claire the Bear 3 years ago (edited)
Okay this is a little dark, but make sure to try to expand your flavor palate. After a while if the food you'll eat keeps decreasing, it can help fuel the start of an eating disorder. Obviously this isn't the case for most people, but it happened to me. I have sense recovered from my ED, but I still have to challenge myself to eat a new food once a week. Recommendation: when trying a new food try to find words to describe it, another food to relate it to, and make sure to take one bite at least. I hope this helps someone but trust me, eventually you'll get it :)
V Martinez 3 years ago
When I was young, I disliked burritos. Made me gag. Had to stay with a friend for a week and her mom made burritos one night. I've loved them ever since. Sometimes how a food is prepared can open your taste buds to things you didn't like before. As long you've tried it and knew you didn't like it.
A Jones 3 years ago
I can never relate to people who are picky, even when I was a kiddo. Basically ate what my folks put on the plate with no issues. Also their cooking wasn't too bad from what I remember. Love veggies, tofu, mayo, meat. :d
Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago
Same here but I think for Americans it helps if you have cultural dishes. Like I grew up eating cultural food from my home country so we never had a chance to be chicken nugget kids. American families who don’t have cultural foods probably have a harder time.
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Nela Rothenbach 3 years ago
I'm a picky eater and have food allergies.....I never go out to eat
David Retsler 3 years ago
Are you "picky" due to your allergies? That's not "picky", that's looking after yourself.
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FroggyGirl 3 years ago
I love fruit. I love tacos. I'm not a picky eater. I just dont like tomatoes.
ivan bolitekurac 3 years ago
I love tomatoes.But that is ok,you don't have to like every food there is.
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aw man i'm all outta cash 3 years ago
I used to be insanely picky and just decided not to be one day. My life's improved! I was inspired by my friend's mom asking if I ate mac and cheese. That's literally all I ate for ten years.
Daria B 3 years ago (edited)
Meanwhile, I enjoy all kinds of food, but have to give up so much because of kidney health.... I got much much healthier, but I wish I could be more free and less obligated to calculate.... To all of you who eat the same thing every day -> seriously, be careful. That's a very unhealthy habit. If you don't like particular textures, get a mixer. There's ways to find solutions to make your food tasty and various.
Iapetos 3 years ago
My boyfriend is willing to try everything, but I never saw him more unhappy than that one time I gave him a piece of avocado. He already likes tofu to about 30 % now, unless it is raw or unseasoned. He thinks a bit more fondly of vegetables in general now that he tried some, but he comes from a family where they eat very unhealthily, so of course it is a process...
David Retsler 3 years ago
I hated asparagus until I was forced to eat it on an international flight because I was starving. I love it now. Sometimes tastes change.
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kurisutofu 3 years ago
Note to picky eaters, you may not be picky, you may be a "supertaster". I did the test and it happens I am a supertaster!
AlmightyOne 3 years ago
Quick story: I'm a picky eater, and I hate babybel cheeses with a burning passion. I'm ALWAYS eager to p**n them off at lunch at school so I don't have to eat them when my mom packs them for me. Awhile back, one of my friends voulenteered to take one of my cheeses, so I gave it to him. This kid then bites THROUGH the plastic wrapper, THROUGH the wax beneath said wrapper, and all the way to the cheese. He then spits it out and yells "THIS CHEESE TASTES DISGUSTING" at the top of his lungs. I can't stop laughing now that I'm writing this.
Mourlie 3 years ago
I do my best to respect and cater to the food preferences of others, but picky eaters can be very hard to deal with if they're not even willing to try even a little bit. My ex boyfriend was an incredibly picky eater. With me being a vegetarian, we had exactly TWO dishes we could eat together. Pasta with blue cheese, but only one specific brand of blue cheese. Pasta with tomato sauce, but only one specific recipe. I once cooked for him as a surprise and he yelled "nooo, you're RUINING it!!!!" because I put a spoonful of TOMATO PASTE in the TOMATO SAUCE. Feels great.
RandomHumanBean 3 years ago
i have 2 friends who are sisters. one only will eat dino nuggets (not regular chicken nuggets even) and buttered noodles and waffles, the other will only eat peanut butter sandwiches with ONE type of bread and ONE type of peanut butter. 🙄
Nubmaeme 3 years ago
My mother was a picky eater, and the older she got, the worse she got to the point where she even had to have a certain plate and fork to eat with. I would often wonder how she managed to raise three kids who would eat just about anything when she was so picky herself, but then I'd remember Dad's steadfast rules - eat or go hungry and if you complain, you do the cooking.
Lola 3 years ago
There was no such thing when I was growing up. Mom made one dish, if you didn’t like it, you didn’t eat. You’ll be surprised what people can eat when they are actually hungry.
David Retsler 3 years ago
Exactly. I spent my childhood hungry so I ate almost everything. Still do today... except Brussels sprouts. I just haven't tried a good tasting plate of them yet.
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Dark Pearl 3 years ago
For any parents of picky eaters, simple solution: Subscribe to Gousto. You choose your meals every week and they turned me from a picky eater to someone who would eat the world!
Lindy Mac 3 years ago
Special Note to all who eat their steak WELL DONE! As a kid I wanted my Filet Mignon well done.... sacrilege! Then I'd put ketchup on it. Horrors! In my late teens I dated a guy who liked his steak rare. So I tried my steak medium well, then graduated to medium and finally stopped and medium rare. So much better and NO ketchup anymore. You can't go directly... you gotta go in stages.( like a year) You'll be glad you did.
Caffeine72 3 years ago
My family always made fun of me for my extreme aversion to certain textures until my nephew was diagnosed with a sensory processing disorder and they realized that I may just have the same thing. Love most vegetables, though. I'll eat a head of broccoli whole or a bag of raw green beans in one sitting.
Bobby Sammons 3 years ago
Back when I did Foster care on Maui we had a brother and sister that the brother (he was about 7) wouldn't eat any kind of fish. Yes, really strange for a kid born on Maui. Anytime we had fish, we just told him it was chicken and he would woof it down. It wasn't until years later his sister told him.
Nia Loves Art 3 years ago
I have Adult Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. Basically I’m such a picky eater that it’s a diagnosis. I hate it. I can’t order normally in a restaurant or go on a dinner date. I can’t eat over at someone’s house. I hate the judgment that picky eaters get. I don’t want to be like this. It’s awful and embarrassing and frustrating.
*sigh*, The Yellow Teletubby 3 years ago
does anyone else pick out the things you don't like from a burrito if they didn't specify that the gross stuff was in there? Like I'll pick out the tomatos or those gross green squishy things, or my personal favorite to pick out, onions, as I take small bites. Bite, search for gross things, pick them out. Nibble, search for gross things, pick them out. Repeat until burrito is finished
Hermitbunny 3 years ago
Haha gross green squishy things, those are green bell peppers, just fyi
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Patricia Sloan 3 years ago
My whole life I am used to hiding my pickiness from anyone outside my family. Whenever my family ordered pizza they always had it loaded with mushrooms, which I learned just to pick off than cry and make a fool out of myself. It became so habitual for me I didn't even realize I was doing it. So when my son was two and my parents ordered pizza, it never occurred to me my son would be copying me. He will be 20 this year and still hasn't tried a mushroom
Adrienne Early 3 years ago
I've discovered as an adult that my "pickyness" was really a result to my body reacting to foods. Like boxed potatoes always made me feel icky -turns out I'm sensitive to MSG. Never liked onions - turns out they give me stomach issues. Dislike walnuts - I'm mildly allergic to them.
Flora Endebez 3 years ago
In third grade, me and my two best friends at the time made a group called the "guilty girls" and the number one rule was that you mustttt be picky. Sadly, we had a falling out involving a snail and the spelling bee
Just JoLynn 3 years ago
My husband is the yin to my yang and when I don't want to eat something he will happily eat it for me and vice versa.
PhantomBuni 3 years ago
Idk, when I was a picky eater, I ate vegetables and a lot of them (kale is the best with dressing), and I still hate chicken tenders
Alexis draskinis 3 years ago
I will add myself to the picky list but i dont seem as bad as some people. My food can touch & in most cases i will just pick stuff off. I can def say that the things i dont like have been tried many times & many ways b/c of my European family upbringing. When i say i dont like shellfish i know it for fact. My family has made me try it prepared about 15 different ways to be sure. It helps expand things, especially as a kid. Still not a huge fan of clams BUT love clam chowder, linguine & clams, & baked/stuff clams. Absolutely know i still hate them on pizza or any situation that they're raw...
Hans 3 years ago
I have not heard about picky eaters but for children in certain phases. I would have thus guessed that the concept applies to those adultsa who make very concious choices about their food, mabye to a level of extreme, such as separating all different kinds of food on a plate, but usually paying a lof of attention to quality. According to these memes picky eaters merely are those who would not try to eat healthy for inconclusive reasons but "stick" to food that has hardly any nutritional value ("empty calories"). I am puzzled now.
Tiari 3 years ago (edited)
I know a few picky eaters by choice (allergies and autism are not a choice) and they almost all fit the stereotype of the spoiled only child. They got stuck in that children phase because nobody ever helped them to get out because the parents always made their favourite foods. And I think children growing up in extremely strict households are prone to that too. Food shouldn’t be associated with fear or force and it’s a pretty safe way to induce unhealthy eating habits or eating disorders.
Load More Replies... chi-wei shen 3 years ago
Not only are young children picky eaters, for them it would be real, fear inducing torture if they have to eat something they are not used to eat. My own children were like this, however, they grew out of it when they where in highschool age.
lenka 3 years ago
Not all kids are picky eaters at all. My young children are not picky eaters. My son loves food and tries and enjoys pretty much everything even as a baby. My daughter has some common food aversions (like tomato) and has needed more exposure to some foods but she eats and enjoys almost everything. Offer (and keep offering) your children the same healthy food you eat, lead by example and dont turn food into a 'thing'.
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Javiera Gotelli 3 years ago
There's a HUGE difference between being a picky eater and being a useless moron who thinks everyone should understand their rudeness. If you're a picky eater, you learn how to f'ckng cook first, and behave like an educated person when eating at the table. An adult leaving hand-picked food scattered all over their plates is disgusting, and it would certainly get you kicked off of my dining room.
Thalia Lovering 3 years ago
In Greek, the word for picky eater is the same word for miserable.
JessG 3 years ago
Picky eaters who won't even try something at all because they THINK it will be awful, are ridiculous. How do you even know? That's how you stay a picky eater. Try new things for crying out loud.
David Retsler 3 years ago
Forcing them to try new things will backfire. Just eat it yourself and show them how you enjoy it. They'll pick up on it.
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angie but who cares 3 years ago
why tho that is saying that you don't value someone's soul it is like if someone said to you oh you listen to popular music ewww get the f**k out of here
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Sleepyhead 3 years ago
I feel happy learning from this list that I am not a true picky eater. I’ll go through the trouble of eating the still-warm tomato and pickle slices before eating a burger, instead of throwing them away entirely. Picky eaters must have it hard. Still, I wish restaurants offered sampler sizes of entrees so I could figure out my jam. Mmm, a combo of two new foods and a reliable standby. I miss restaurants. I wonder if they miss me too.
MelFunction 3 years ago
I'm like the opposite of a picky eater. If the food is too boring, I won't eat it. If I've eaten the food too much in the last few months, I don't want it. I can force myself to eat almost anything but boring food is my worst.
Katie Johnson 3 years ago
I'm the same, my partner calls me a food snob but I just like good tasty food! Bland food is the worst. Always so disappointing when you're looking forward to a meal and it falls way before standard!
Load More Replies... Hermitbunny 3 years ago
For the picky eaters who don't like certain fruits and vegetables, keep in mind a couple things; not all produce is equal, texture and taste can vary wildy depending on whether it's fresh, frozen, local, seasonal, the variety itself, or if it's ripe/overripe at that moment. Tomatoes get that mushy mealy texture from the fridge, it makes all the difference to keep them out of the cold.
fuggnuggins 3 years ago
And have a guess what tomatoes most food outlets use: fresh and ripe or cold-stored and unripe? I worked at a fruit/veg market that supplies to most of the restaurants and cafes around here - pretty decently sized area. Most tomatoes they send out are green. Worked in kitchens for more than 15 years, and most places want them like that. They'll sit in the box for a week and ripen up, but they'll usually be being used before that. It's very hard to get tomatoes in bulk on demand and ripe.
Load More Replies... Nia Loves Art 3 years ago
I have adult restrictive food intake disorder (basically so picky it’s a diagnosis). It would have to literally be life or death for me to eat a lot of things.
Load More Replies... H Edwards 3 years ago
Picky eaters annoy me, but then I try to remember that certain things (like mussels) make me gag even thinking about them, and I try to understand that for some people there are lots of foods that invoke that response. It would still be a relationship dealbreaker for me though, I think. I know that's very intolerant, but I really think it would be a major compatibility issue. And it would bring out the worst of my judgy side.
David Retsler 3 years ago
They are annoying bur, they aren't picky to be a pain in the ass. Many (not "all") are picky because it's one of the few things they have control over in their lives- what they put in their mouth. Had a friend in high school who was ridiculously picky. I'm talking like her tater tots had to be piled in odd numbers like 5 on the bottom, three on top of those, and 1 on the very top. She also had to have catsup in packets instead of bottles. She was borderline psychotic about it. She went to school on the opposite coast, got on her own feet, and got her career going. She turned into one of the most adventurous eaters I know. Met up with her in Korea and she explained she had zero say in anything growing up. She was told what to wear, what TV show she was allowed to watch, when to go to bed and when to get up. The only thing she had any control over was what went into her mouth. That all changed when she got away from that house.
Load More Replies... Kayla J 3 years ago
As a picky eater it was a bit upsetting to read this and the comments from people who have these ideas about who you are and why you are. My father for years thought my high dislike of tomatoes was some sort of fad and I was definitely never catered to by him nor my mother. I went through almost a year of elementary school not eating school lunches, hunger be damned. I actually like broccoli, spinach, and cauliflower while my brother the human garbage disposal does not. I am lucky enough that textures don't bother me, so I have tried many foods from all around the world. However, sometimes people are just people and we stick to comfort food. It has never bothered my friends that I love chicken nuggets and french fries and they like me for my personality and not my taste buds. They eat what is on their plate and I eat what is on mine and in the end we still manage to have a good time.
Tiari 3 years ago (edited)
Picky eaters (at least the vocal type) make me angry. I try to not eat with picky eater friends under any circumstances because it costs so much self-control. (People with food allergies are no picky eaters in my book.)
Tabitha L 3 years ago
I have several 'hard no' foods. Mushrooms. Broccoli. Cabbage. Brussel sprouts. Swiss cheese (not all cheeses that are Swiss, but the kind with the holes.) Hot dogs. Olives. Otherwise, I'm good. But unfortunately, several of those foods are global staples. It would be much easier if I disliked guava. Or hákarl. Or boudin. Easy to avoid.
Load More Replies... Claire the Bear 3 years ago (edited)
Okay this is a little dark, but make sure to try to expand your flavor palate. After a while if the food you'll eat keeps decreasing, it can help fuel the start of an eating disorder. Obviously this isn't the case for most people, but it happened to me. I have sense recovered from my ED, but I still have to challenge myself to eat a new food once a week. Recommendation: when trying a new food try to find words to describe it, another food to relate it to, and make sure to take one bite at least. I hope this helps someone but trust me, eventually you'll get it :)
V Martinez 3 years ago
When I was young, I disliked burritos. Made me gag. Had to stay with a friend for a week and her mom made burritos one night. I've loved them ever since. Sometimes how a food is prepared can open your taste buds to things you didn't like before. As long you've tried it and knew you didn't like it.
A Jones 3 years ago
I can never relate to people who are picky, even when I was a kiddo. Basically ate what my folks put on the plate with no issues. Also their cooking wasn't too bad from what I remember. Love veggies, tofu, mayo, meat. :d
Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago
Same here but I think for Americans it helps if you have cultural dishes. Like I grew up eating cultural food from my home country so we never had a chance to be chicken nugget kids. American families who don’t have cultural foods probably have a harder time.
Load More Replies... Nela Rothenbach 3 years ago
I'm a picky eater and have food allergies.....I never go out to eat
David Retsler 3 years ago
Are you "picky" due to your allergies? That's not "picky", that's looking after yourself.
Load More Replies... FroggyGirl 3 years ago
I love fruit. I love tacos. I'm not a picky eater. I just dont like tomatoes.
ivan bolitekurac 3 years ago
I love tomatoes.But that is ok,you don't have to like every food there is.
Load More Replies... aw man i'm all outta cash 3 years ago
I used to be insanely picky and just decided not to be one day. My life's improved! I was inspired by my friend's mom asking if I ate mac and cheese. That's literally all I ate for ten years.
Daria B 3 years ago (edited)
Meanwhile, I enjoy all kinds of food, but have to give up so much because of kidney health.... I got much much healthier, but I wish I could be more free and less obligated to calculate.... To all of you who eat the same thing every day -> seriously, be careful. That's a very unhealthy habit. If you don't like particular textures, get a mixer. There's ways to find solutions to make your food tasty and various.
Iapetos 3 years ago
My boyfriend is willing to try everything, but I never saw him more unhappy than that one time I gave him a piece of avocado. He already likes tofu to about 30 % now, unless it is raw or unseasoned. He thinks a bit more fondly of vegetables in general now that he tried some, but he comes from a family where they eat very unhealthily, so of course it is a process...
David Retsler 3 years ago
I hated asparagus until I was forced to eat it on an international flight because I was starving. I love it now. Sometimes tastes change.
Load More Replies... kurisutofu 3 years ago
Note to picky eaters, you may not be picky, you may be a "supertaster". I did the test and it happens I am a supertaster!
AlmightyOne 3 years ago
Quick story: I'm a picky eater, and I hate babybel cheeses with a burning passion. I'm ALWAYS eager to p**n them off at lunch at school so I don't have to eat them when my mom packs them for me. Awhile back, one of my friends voulenteered to take one of my cheeses, so I gave it to him. This kid then bites THROUGH the plastic wrapper, THROUGH the wax beneath said wrapper, and all the way to the cheese. He then spits it out and yells "THIS CHEESE TASTES DISGUSTING" at the top of his lungs. I can't stop laughing now that I'm writing this.
Mourlie 3 years ago
I do my best to respect and cater to the food preferences of others, but picky eaters can be very hard to deal with if they're not even willing to try even a little bit. My ex boyfriend was an incredibly picky eater. With me being a vegetarian, we had exactly TWO dishes we could eat together. Pasta with blue cheese, but only one specific brand of blue cheese. Pasta with tomato sauce, but only one specific recipe. I once cooked for him as a surprise and he yelled "nooo, you're RUINING it!!!!" because I put a spoonful of TOMATO PASTE in the TOMATO SAUCE. Feels great.
RandomHumanBean 3 years ago
i have 2 friends who are sisters. one only will eat dino nuggets (not regular chicken nuggets even) and buttered noodles and waffles, the other will only eat peanut butter sandwiches with ONE type of bread and ONE type of peanut butter. 🙄
Nubmaeme 3 years ago
My mother was a picky eater, and the older she got, the worse she got to the point where she even had to have a certain plate and fork to eat with. I would often wonder how she managed to raise three kids who would eat just about anything when she was so picky herself, but then I'd remember Dad's steadfast rules - eat or go hungry and if you complain, you do the cooking.
Lola 3 years ago
There was no such thing when I was growing up. Mom made one dish, if you didn’t like it, you didn’t eat. You’ll be surprised what people can eat when they are actually hungry.
David Retsler 3 years ago
Exactly. I spent my childhood hungry so I ate almost everything. Still do today... except Brussels sprouts. I just haven't tried a good tasting plate of them yet.
Load More Replies... Dark Pearl 3 years ago
For any parents of picky eaters, simple solution: Subscribe to Gousto. You choose your meals every week and they turned me from a picky eater to someone who would eat the world!
Lindy Mac 3 years ago
Special Note to all who eat their steak WELL DONE! As a kid I wanted my Filet Mignon well done.... sacrilege! Then I'd put ketchup on it. Horrors! In my late teens I dated a guy who liked his steak rare. So I tried my steak medium well, then graduated to medium and finally stopped and medium rare. So much better and NO ketchup anymore. You can't go directly... you gotta go in stages.( like a year) You'll be glad you did.
Caffeine72 3 years ago
My family always made fun of me for my extreme aversion to certain textures until my nephew was diagnosed with a sensory processing disorder and they realized that I may just have the same thing. Love most vegetables, though. I'll eat a head of broccoli whole or a bag of raw green beans in one sitting.
Bobby Sammons 3 years ago
Back when I did Foster care on Maui we had a brother and sister that the brother (he was about 7) wouldn't eat any kind of fish. Yes, really strange for a kid born on Maui. Anytime we had fish, we just told him it was chicken and he would woof it down. It wasn't until years later his sister told him.
Nia Loves Art 3 years ago
I have Adult Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. Basically I’m such a picky eater that it’s a diagnosis. I hate it. I can’t order normally in a restaurant or go on a dinner date. I can’t eat over at someone’s house. I hate the judgment that picky eaters get. I don’t want to be like this. It’s awful and embarrassing and frustrating.
*sigh*, The Yellow Teletubby 3 years ago
does anyone else pick out the things you don't like from a burrito if they didn't specify that the gross stuff was in there? Like I'll pick out the tomatos or those gross green squishy things, or my personal favorite to pick out, onions, as I take small bites. Bite, search for gross things, pick them out. Nibble, search for gross things, pick them out. Repeat until burrito is finished
Hermitbunny 3 years ago
Haha gross green squishy things, those are green bell peppers, just fyi
Load More Replies... Patricia Sloan 3 years ago
My whole life I am used to hiding my pickiness from anyone outside my family. Whenever my family ordered pizza they always had it loaded with mushrooms, which I learned just to pick off than cry and make a fool out of myself. It became so habitual for me I didn't even realize I was doing it. So when my son was two and my parents ordered pizza, it never occurred to me my son would be copying me. He will be 20 this year and still hasn't tried a mushroom
Adrienne Early 3 years ago
I've discovered as an adult that my "pickyness" was really a result to my body reacting to foods. Like boxed potatoes always made me feel icky -turns out I'm sensitive to MSG. Never liked onions - turns out they give me stomach issues. Dislike walnuts - I'm mildly allergic to them.
Flora Endebez 3 years ago
In third grade, me and my two best friends at the time made a group called the "guilty girls" and the number one rule was that you mustttt be picky. Sadly, we had a falling out involving a snail and the spelling bee
Just JoLynn 3 years ago
My husband is the yin to my yang and when I don't want to eat something he will happily eat it for me and vice versa.
PhantomBuni 3 years ago
Idk, when I was a picky eater, I ate vegetables and a lot of them (kale is the best with dressing), and I still hate chicken tenders
Alexis draskinis 3 years ago
I will add myself to the picky list but i dont seem as bad as some people. My food can touch & in most cases i will just pick stuff off. I can def say that the things i dont like have been tried many times & many ways b/c of my European family upbringing. When i say i dont like shellfish i know it for fact. My family has made me try it prepared about 15 different ways to be sure. It helps expand things, especially as a kid. Still not a huge fan of clams BUT love clam chowder, linguine & clams, & baked/stuff clams. Absolutely know i still hate them on pizza or any situation that they're raw...
Hans 3 years ago
I have not heard about picky eaters but for children in certain phases. I would have thus guessed that the concept applies to those adultsa who make very concious choices about their food, mabye to a level of extreme, such as separating all different kinds of food on a plate, but usually paying a lof of attention to quality. According to these memes picky eaters merely are those who would not try to eat healthy for inconclusive reasons but "stick" to food that has hardly any nutritional value ("empty calories"). I am puzzled now.
Tiari 3 years ago (edited)
I know a few picky eaters by choice (allergies and autism are not a choice) and they almost all fit the stereotype of the spoiled only child. They got stuck in that children phase because nobody ever helped them to get out because the parents always made their favourite foods. And I think children growing up in extremely strict households are prone to that too. Food shouldn’t be associated with fear or force and it’s a pretty safe way to induce unhealthy eating habits or eating disorders.
Load More Replies... chi-wei shen 3 years ago
Not only are young children picky eaters, for them it would be real, fear inducing torture if they have to eat something they are not used to eat. My own children were like this, however, they grew out of it when they where in highschool age.
lenka 3 years ago
Not all kids are picky eaters at all. My young children are not picky eaters. My son loves food and tries and enjoys pretty much everything even as a baby. My daughter has some common food aversions (like tomato) and has needed more exposure to some foods but she eats and enjoys almost everything. Offer (and keep offering) your children the same healthy food you eat, lead by example and dont turn food into a 'thing'.
Load More Replies... Javiera Gotelli 3 years ago
There's a HUGE difference between being a picky eater and being a useless moron who thinks everyone should understand their rudeness. If you're a picky eater, you learn how to f'ckng cook first, and behave like an educated person when eating at the table. An adult leaving hand-picked food scattered all over their plates is disgusting, and it would certainly get you kicked off of my dining room.
Thalia Lovering 3 years ago
In Greek, the word for picky eater is the same word for miserable.
JessG 3 years ago
Picky eaters who won't even try something at all because they THINK it will be awful, are ridiculous. How do you even know? That's how you stay a picky eater. Try new things for crying out loud.
David Retsler 3 years ago
Forcing them to try new things will backfire. Just eat it yourself and show them how you enjoy it. They'll pick up on it.
Load More Replies... angie but who cares 3 years ago
why tho that is saying that you don't value someone's soul it is like if someone said to you oh you listen to popular music ewww get the f**k out of here
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