Picky Eaters:

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/20541572/
Repeated exposure apparently can make a food taste better, presumably once the person's body has come to associate the taste with a non-poisonous source of nutrients. I find it interesting that the bell pepper remained hated, though. I've never been able to force fondness for that one either.

How do you blend in with social gatherings? When there very likely is at least a few of the groups you just named.

I've tried repeated exposure to a variety of cheeses

It doesn't work. Tastes disgusting every single time

I dislike:
Blue cheese
Fennel
Cilantro
Have tried all of them multiple times, just not my thing I guess.
A friend of mine hates anything vinegary, like pickles and kraut. I feel bad for him.

>like tomato sauces, ketchups and similar stuff
>cannot stand tomatoes, too sour

That's because a lot of store-bought tomatoes were bred to be hardier at the cost of flavor. Refrigerated tomatoes also loose a lot of their flavor.

My family grows own tomatoes and I had similar impressions, I didn't eat them last season, though. Should try them again next time.

Picky eating can actually be a mental disease.

This comment is very correct on store-bought tomatoes.

I only eat canned tomatoes now sadly because the shit they sell at stores, even hipster places like whole-foods is just awful.....unless it's from a farmer down the street, they taste like shit :( or your garden

Sometimes the grocery stores will get decent tomatoes, for like $5/lb though

Ultimate red flag.

Picky eaters are always childish plebs, parents are ultimately to blame.

My mom used to force me eat these no name brand fish finger things when I was a kid. As a result I can't stand anything with that fishy taste.

I've gotten better over the years. I'll eat shellfish and some of the meatier fish now but that's about it.

I can't eat eggs either. The spongy texture makes me gag. I'd really like to fix this one though. Going to try and get some fresh eggs and prepare them a bunch of different ways until I can find something I can tolerate.

>The spongy texture makes
Umm, wut m8?

How the fuck are you cooking your eggs?

I've never made them myself. I've only ever tried eggs that other people have prepared.

Under 5 minutes for a pallet? I find that hard to believe. The measuring alone should take over 5 minutes, unless you have a template for cutting wood. Still tho, there's far too much work involved to get it done by yourself in under 5 minutes.

I hate celery so much that if it is in something in large chunks, I usually pick about half of it out.

>I've never made them myself.

Why the fuck are you on a cooking forum that doubles as a Hungarian dog clothes knitting forum?

Most pallets are 40 x 48". So you measure one board at 48", and while you're at it you place a mark at the 40" spot.

Then you use that board as a template to cut all the others.

Assuming you have a chop saw and a nail gun it's easily done in 5 min.

I meant that I disliked tomatoes from garden, too, just sayian, but gonna try garden tomatoes next season.

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Why would I make a food that I don't like?

So you can make it in a way that you do like it.

It's not that you "don't like the food", it's that you've only ever had it prepared poorly. To fix that problem you will learn to prepare it correctly.

>I'm perfectly fine making myself a grilled cheese if there is something you cook that I don't like.

Holy fuck autism alert.

I know...

God they make me so fucking mad. Whenever I see someone reject food like a fucking toddler spitting out Gerber meals I form a permanent opinion on them that never changes. Grow the fuck up. You aren't a special little snowflake

>not that picky of an eater
>but I don't like cheese
>fucking everything is packed with it
>I come off as a picky eater just because I don't want sour milkfat tarnishing perfectly good food

>doesn't like fruits and vegetables
Literally a subhuman. I'm always in favour of keeping people like retards and cripples and other people alive through socialised medicine and services and such, but this person is not worth it. If your body doesn't want the things it needs to stay alive, it's probably best that you just fucking die. Suck my ass, eat a dick.

One time I made a nice Amatriciana for all of my friends when we were hanging out, everybody was all fuck yeah, user's cooking

Then my roommate who was whipped by his little picky princess gf pulled me aside and was like "hey dude, there's some kraft mac n' cheese in the cabinet, can you just make that for her"

I didn't get mad... I just thought it was funny that she would rather eat kid's food than try something new. She was 22 at the time. I wonder if she'll still be doing this at 30?

>I hate picky eaters IRL
>I know, I'll search for articles written by picky eaters to get butthurt over
>hmmm let's check trusty Cosmopolitan

>two best friends have IBS
>one will fall into horrible pain from onions
>one can't eat gluten (legit celiac)

I can't even be mad at them, it just sucks I can't cook anything nice with them around.

Never even heard of that, but it sounds fucking delicious.

What a cunt. Why wouldn't the roommate have made it himself? Bit cheeky to ask you to make it really.

You have a mental illness. You should get assessed

let me guess, you love breakfast/pancakes, only pizza you eat is cheese, love to drink water/tea, and maybe, maybe you'll eat buffalo wings too (fried chicken is probably the only way you'll eat chicken)

Dining with others is an important part of human social behavior. If you're going to be a picky eater, then you're going to have to stick with your own kind or just admit that you're not going to have much of a social life.

It's your responsibility to adapt to the many, not our responsibility to adapt ourselves to you.

This. They can hide their immaturity in a lot of ways, at least for a few months, but they rarely ever hide their picky eating.

So you can eat ramen but not la mian?

My stupid little brother is like this. 16 years old and when I visit hone he still refuses to eat anything my mom cooks that isnt a fried chicken drumstick. Whenever we eat dinner at a restaurant he orders tendies and fries. He has refused to eat anything I've ever cooked

There's a legend in my family:

Hosting a kid's birthday party. Made beautiful barbecue for the gathered kids. One kid wouldn't eat anything. What did he like?

Grilled cheese.

Anything else?

Nope, just grilled cheese.

Called his mother on the phone. She said "That's right, that's all he eats."

MFW

WHY ARE THEY GOING TO TAKE MY FOOT MOMMY, MY BACK IS ALWAYS SO SORE. I NEED A PEPSI MOM.

I was a picky eater as a young lad, but that was because I never actually tried things. I used to hate mushrooms, olives, onions, mustard, among other things, and now I use all those things regularly when I cook. Parents need to force their kids to try new things and not just feed them the same chicken nuggets and french fries every day.

I had a girlfriend that was a VERY picky eater.
>bringing up ideas for where we could eat
>she shot them all down
>I finally asked her what her favorite restaurant was
>she said fucking Subway
>fine, we go to Subway
>order a BMT with everything that fits
>she gets cheese, lettuce, and mayo on white bread
>mfw
>another day we went to Panera and she ordered the PB&J
I broke up with her for that reason. My favorite date is eating at restaurants and trying new foods. She wasn't worth robbing myself of that joy.

Wait why were you on cosmopolitan, are you a girl?

I have come to learn that picky eaters are literal retards. It's the same type of person that claims to hate mayo but will enjoy the hell out of a sandwich that contains mayo (given you don't tell their retarded asses). Picky eaters just come up with some meme rationalization to avoid a certain food/food group based on absolutely nothing. Fuck picky eaters. I hope they die

One of my coworkers is a picky eater. I work in a kitchen.

Goat cheese
Raw green pepper
Celery
Cilantro
Olives

I used to be a picky eater aa a child too, and I still can't stand certain things.
Though I do believe that's because my parents always bought poor-quality food and are terrible at cooking.

Can't eat meat with any amount of gristle or fat on it. I'd have to sit there and pick it and cut it out like an autist at the table. Even on fucking ham.

The moment I feel it in my mouth I immediately get a gag reflex. Have tried forcing myself to eat meat like a normal person but it's just impossible.

Can't order anything other than stuff made out of fillet.

Ground meat is fine though.

Didn't even bother reading the full article. I fucking hate picky entitled fuckers like this. product of an industrialized capitalist society that hates something because

>waaaah it's a green vegetable! I'll have the pepperoni pizza please!

Fucking child. I hope she dies painfully. And then I hope I die I hate myself just as much as I hate her

That's frustrating but understandable. Take it as a challenge instead. What can I make that's delicious that's both onion and gluten free.

The fuck is wrong with you two

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I have colitis so I'm forced to be a picky eater.

The things I miss most is fresh fruit and vegetables.

I knew a twat like you. Now she's all about Indian and Persian food and yoga and all that other shit boring middle class white women with too much time on their hands are into to try and avoid the wall. Really frustrating because eating out with her in the past was nothing but Olive Garden and now it's nothing but mid-tier Indian restaurants (that have dulled their menu down to appeal to americlaps) she thinks are adventurous and exciting cuisine

Translation: I am a manchild. I'll have a well done steak please, hold the vegetables! Oh and a nice glass of delicious ice cold cola I think that will pair nicely!

It was posted by this dumb bitch on my facebook newsfeed

>>They all were able to eat grilled cheese and French fries

>MFW my GF is the fussiest of eaters, but won't turn down a grilled cheese and fries.

The only people I've known who have been picky eaters all came from an white anglo/american background.
Not sure why it happens so often but it could be due to lazy parents who can't cook or restaurants pushing the 'kiddies' menu.

Why did I bother reading that? I have no problem with picky eaters, but her whining ticked me off.
Personally, I only dislike cauliflower and capers. But I'm willing to try them in new ways.

I'm probably a picky eater.

I can't stomach:
Seafood which isn't fish (no prawn, no crab, no lobster, etc)
Vegetables aside from lettuce, beansprouts, brocolli, bell peppers, onions and spinach. I can sometimes manage if they're stewed or part of a sauce.
I couldn't eat any kinds of beans for a long time but I've managed to acclimatize myself to kidney beans over the last few years.
Unprocessed meat aside from Chicken. I can't eat lamb, beef or pork unless it's been ground first. The texture makes me shiver when I try to chew it. Chicken is k tho.

I'm probably a picky eater I guess. Most of my meals consist of pasta, curries, fajitas/enchiladas and stews. A large part of my diet is white carbs because they're so bland and inoffensive.

I'm way better than I was when I was younger, back then I could manage no vegetables at all aside from brocolli (no onions even in pasta sauces even) and I could only eat meat in the form of beef mince for pasta, sausages for hotdogs or plain roasted chicken.

I used to be a picky eater, then i water fasted for 20 days. Fruits and vegetables that I once hated became ambrosia to me afterwards.

So if you have a picky eater in your life just keep them in your basement and force them to starve until they become grateful for the earth's harvests.

IBS is a hell of a lot different than just being a picky eater. I developed it after having to get my gallbladder removed when I was 21 and let me tell you, as someone who loves the fuck out of food it's absolute hell.

How can you date someone who's a picky eater? Getting to share and try food out with your s/o is fun as fuck. Me and mine partially bonded in the first place over our love for food.

Yeah, it's just a fair bit more difficult.

That's what I mean when I say I can't be mad at them like I would a picky eater. The results are the same when cooking though, there's a ton of stuff I can't make with them around.

>Picture of just her and a cat

What, no boyfriend? Can't imagine why someone wouldn't want to enter into a relationship with this person.

It's because there isn't actually anything physiologically wrong with them as some people say, but a childish and undeveloped behavior developed from a narcissistic, selfish or otherwise undesirable personality

You're human trash, how do you not kill yourself out of shame?

>cosmopolitan

I'm allergic to walnuts, and almonds will kill me, so I don't eat either of those (although I don't think a food allergy constitutes a picky eater... same if you're on a restricted diet for health reasons).

There are some foods I prefer over others, and some I dislike, but the only other thing I will NOT eat is corn kernels. Canned corn, frozen corn, all of that shit is disgusting.

The only place corn has is as an ingredient. Cornbread? Wonderful. Corn tortillas? Pretty good. Corn on the cob, fuck you.

God you're angry

Also nutella, because that shit is poison in a jar without the memes.

I agree, provided the food is actually good. I silently judge people who will unquestioningly eat hygenically questionable or poorly prepared food. It makes me think of them as a classless receptacle.

>Cosmopolitan

>a magazine that repeats uncomfortable sexual acts every month as if it were THE authority on sexual relations

Are you me? I also dislike those foods. Fennel tastes like black licorice and it's just gross.

I absolutely despise picky eaters. A few months ago, I broke up with my boyfriend because he was a picky eater. My mom had made a homemade quiche for us, it was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. He then told me he couldn't eat it, and that I had to make something for him. I told him to fuck off and starve. Next day, I broke up with him.

Feel ya.
I used to have the same reaction with mushrooms, but I guess it was low quality the few times a piece did end up in my mouth. Last weekend my friend ordered garlic roasted mushrooms, I tried one, and loved it.

Now all I need to conquer is seafood like mussels. The idea that it's a whole animal really freaks me out.

I got my mom to eat mussles for the first time like 6 months ago. I bullied her into it and the begrudgingly tried one so she didn't look like a CANDY ASS GABRONI!
She liked it, had a few more.

On another note, there's this weird thing where if you cook something yourself you're more likely to try it. So if you have a problem with mussels or oysters etc, just do it yourself. You'll at least try it.

In your defense, button mushrooms and portos(which I'm assuming is what you were mainly referring too)are pretty fucking bland if they aren't sautéed or marinated in something

My aunt got my cousin some huge ass oysters one year, like so big he couldn't eat them in one bite. So he bit it in half and saw what was inside and now he can't eat oysters any more

ain't stopping me tho

My sides.

Am I going to hell?

>Pallets develop over time

I had no idea there was a shrine to the pallet.
Shall I bring a sacrifice to the pallet god? Where will this pilgrimage lead me? I must prepare for the journey ahead.

It's always the same with picky eaters. They only had shit tier food and expect it all to taste like that and they do it for attention when people respond. Had a friend who would brag about being a picky eater and when he started dating girls and they judged him for it he changed his tune.

>Am I going to hell?
Probably, but don't worry we will keep company with you, we are in the same ride after all.

List the foods you don't eat.

>Shall I bring a sacrifice to the pallet god?

Yes, two snow-white virgin forklifts.

Of all the people I know the eating habits of, I'm probably the pickiest eater.
I don't like most vegetables, especially when they're warm.
I don't like most sauces (biggest problem for me because something simple like mayonnaise would ruin an entire dish)
I do like all non-organ meats and fish
From what I know I like all grains and such
I despise cheese that isn't melted.

Do I deserve death?

Not death. A solid beat-down would probably do you well though. Like just a black eye and a sore jaw.

Used to work in a factory. I chuckled.

I'm a picky eater because 9/10 of everything tastes like shit to me. That dish you're gassing on about and treating me like a kid over for not liking? The underside of my boot is more appealing. That fried okra? Smells heavenly, but it's the most foul thing I've eaten in my life.

I'm not willing to eat things that taste like crap until I magically start liking it. I am willing to at least TRY NEW THINGS, which is at least better than most other picky eaters.

only thing I probably won't eat is seafood
just not a big fan of it

>bring over fried seafood platter to eat
>pic related "I don't like seafood"
>tries fried shrimp
>"oh wow that's good"

he then proceeded to eat most of the meal

I don't even like fried seafood

why not?