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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 4 years ago
Toddler: "I don't eat those seeds on my buns!" Also toddler: "Mmm, rocks."
Donna Leske 4 years ago
Why do people feed small children fast food? Why do they allow children to become "picky" aka spoiled? My children ate what was served, there were no second choices.
Maria Kumar 4 years ago
It's very easy to say that and I would have agreed with you in the past, until you actually have a child that will potentially not eat anything for days on end rather that eat the healthy food that you make for them. My son is 2 and is basically living on pizza and toast at the moment. I offer him other foods but I can't let him go hungry, which he will, so in the end I give him whatever he'll eat to get food into him. Please don't judge other people when often they're just trying their best to get their child to eat something, anything!
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Russian Otaku 4 years ago
As a sailor who was with marines I can confirm that
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TheCanadianViking 4 years ago
I'll have mustard with a side of crayons... The blue ones are for fibre!
Mindy Keys 4 years ago (edited)
I feel like there is some missing punctuation here. I am confused.
Mary Peace 4 years ago
But... obviously the crayon was only a snack, no comparison with chicken nuggets.
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John Montgomery 4 years ago
That and you can't take just the mushrooms off. You always take some of the cheese of with it. You're left with splotches of no cheese.
Wolfstar 4 years ago
THE TASTE LINGERS!!! I see a mushroom, I give it to my friend. Same way with onions.
kurisutofu 4 years ago
People think I'm crazy when I say I hate onions...
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Uncommon Boston 4 years ago
Why don't you, order half with / half without, get your own pizza or consider suggesting something else. Obviously you don't order what you don't like. How is this different?
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Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago
Me too. What’s worse, it changes from day to day, so what Scruffy loved yesterday is “How dare you try to poison me with THIS today?”
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tuzdayschild 4 years ago
My dog does this. Also, takes her paw and throws pieces out of the bowl to show her displeasure.
Suzanne Clark 4 years ago
My parakeet wouldn't eat the oat grains in his seed mix. He lived to be 12 in spite of being such a picky eater.
Susan Trevaskis-Owen 4 years ago
The food I feed my birds comes in little colored pellets. They would go weeks leaving just the green pellets behind, and then suddenly they'd eat the green pellets but not the yellow ones, then a couple weeks later yeah the yellow ones were good again but not the orange ones... Luckily they hatched a brood a few years back & the younger generation is more than willing to eat all the colors.
Nigel Rodgers 4 years ago
With color blindness at least they can smell and taste the difference. Blindfold a human and they won't know.
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 4 years ago
The texture of Mushrooms. Yucky yuck yuck. I like the smell of them cooking, but put them in my mouth? Nope.
Flora Endebez 4 years ago
Very true. Who cares if it tastes amazing? If it's mushy and stringy then it's completely inedible
Full of Giggles 4 years ago
Yup! I can only eat sweet potato if it’s sliced and fried. Mashed, whipped, purée, and sliced baked is repulsive.
Catlady6000 4 years ago
Believe it or not, it's also good raw. I like it anyway
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Cam Sanders 4 years ago
I'm not a particularly picky eater but this is correct. Bad texture = total poison.
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Foxxy (The Original) 4 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.
Chuck Royal 4 years ago
As an adult, I asked my mom why she made me eat foods when I was a kid (like boiled squash). She responded, 'how can you know you don't like it, if you've never tried it?" I answered, "I've never eaten s**t either, but if the smell of something makes me nauseous, I really don't want to put it in my mouth."
JessG 4 years ago
If you've never tried it, how do you know? If you go through life, never trying things because you THINK you won't like it, then that's a boring life indeed.
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Well, sometimes the more you learn about things, the less appetizing the are. I used to eat liver. Until I learned what the liver does. Same with kidneys. So I don’t care HOW much you say your recipe makes liver or kidney taste incredible, I will NOT taste it!
ShyFox Studios 4 years ago
I used to gag and was absolutely disgusted by crab ran-goons (when I was a toddler, because I actually ate them wrong), but now, I love them :3
King Joffrey 4 years ago
If it contains chicken (apart from chicken breast) or any meat on the bone, I really don't have to try it not to like it.
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 4 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...
Tenley Samson 4 years ago
ik when i was a kid i didn't like chocolate chip cookies and my friends mom would always have them as a snack at her house and I would eat very little but then she would go on walks with my mom and explain how I didn't eat her coocies and asked what I did like so when my mom got home I would get a lecture
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
Try being a vegetarian in childhood and having people shove ham down your throat regardless of your wishes. B/c, y'know, you're a vegetarian, voluntarily, with your mom's approval. But they know better!
story fraziermaskiell 4 years ago
My friend and I hate each other’s food. Whenever we go to each other’s houses neither of us eats anything.
Nancy Lynch 4 years ago
I don't like Chinese food. I worked at a small store with a woman who's adopted daughter was chinese. The daughter owned tje store with her Chinese husband. The company Christmas dinner was at a Chinese restaurant. I ate noting but white rice. No one noticed or asked about it. I was too polite to say anything. I cried in the bathroom.
Thomas Turnbull 4 years ago
I never eat the buffet at friends houses or celebrations I just smile and say I’m not hungry. Once someone at the buffet went out and brought me a KFC and I ate that
Queen Cucumber 4 years ago
I went to my cousin's house for a sleepover once, and I hadn't ever eaten the dinner, so I tried it, and it was disgusting! I didn't want to hurt their feelings so I ploughed through it. Then my uncle picked up the plate and put a second helping on it and said: "You seemed to like it so much, here's a second helping."
Luuta 4 years ago
Yep. I ran away from a friend's house at christmas who invited me to stay for christmas dinner. The plate was a carving plate, piled high. I was 14 or so. and it was around a formal table with her parents, and extended family. My appetite vanished, I couldn't eat ANY of it. In the end, I ran away, absolutely humiliated, haha. Since then, I have refused all invitations to eat at someone else's house.
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Kenya Tate 4 years ago
MY DAUGHTER!!! They’ll say: oh She ate Thai food with us and loved it! And I’ll say: YOU LIIIIIE!
Ben Steinberg 4 years ago
I was a picky eater as a child and I can't tell you how many times I suffered under this 'paradigm' of manners. As a adult with children and the cook, I make multiple dinners if need be. And I would NEVER ask a guest to eat anything they don't like. I will gladly make them something else, really. To have to chew and swollow food that FEELS wrong/TASTES wrong is just torture.
Phoenix 4 years ago (edited)
Truth, I hate cooked carrots, but if I end up staying at someone’s house and they made cooked carrots you better believe that I am going to find a way to swallow them
angie but who cares 4 years ago
omg yes for some reason i will eat a whole carrot if it is raw but if it is cooked it is disgusssting
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Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
I ate frog at a buffet once. It wasn’t good but it wasn’t disgusting. Am vegan now but I still wouldn’t recommend frog, it’s like bland wet chicken.
Sue Hazlewood 4 years ago
Indeed. I have eaten fish, which I do not like, because the person went to the trouble of preparing the meal for me.
Philly Bob Squires 4 years ago
I like this young lady! At least she tries. Me? I am the least picky eater! I would eat anything that wouldn't eat me first...
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Foxxy (The Original) 4 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).
CharliAnn Olney 4 years ago
I am the same. VERY allergic to a certain common spice. Once I know for sure it is NOT in a particular dish at a particular place, that will be my "go-to" meal!
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Downunderdude 4 years ago
My dilemma at Indian restaurants. I always have beef vindaloo. I really feel I should try something else. I MIGHT like it MORE than BV. But what if I don't? I've wasted a good BV opportunity.
ShyFox Studios 4 years ago
I always ask for the same thing because it's my favorite, and if you try something else, you don't know what you're putting your money to...
Katie Johnson 4 years ago (edited)
My friend was a picky eater, literally pizza and sausage and chips was her diet. Eating out with her was a nightmare but I never made her feel bad about it, I think she had some sensory issues surrounding it. She liked good wine though so every cloud!!
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
LOL! I was once confronted like this and pointed out that my friend had ordered the *same* thing she always did, too, and suddenly.... enlightenment!
Diana 4 years ago (edited)
Well I (a picky eater but over the years opened up a bit) mostly eat the same because i love it. At one restaurant I never got the menu after a certain point because it was clear what i wanted. It is like traveling to austria and sticking to non-austrian food instead of getting a schnitzel. Or wanting to get german food while in Italy (at least to me). Sometimes you just have to stick to something
*sigh*, The Yellow Teletubby 4 years ago
macaroni and cheese for every restaurant outing squaddddd, where you at??
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 4 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.
Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago
I don’t hate you, I feel your pain. In my fifties I developed a gluten sensitivity. If I eat a little, I swell up and feel like crap until it’s out of my system. If I eat a lot, I get incredibly sick, very nauseated, headachy, and miserable. I can’t believe the foods that contain gluten—-candy? Are you kidding me? Yes, if it has a dusting of flour between layers. So I well understand the anxiety surrounding eating out. Even if they offer a “gluten-free” menu, the GF food might be prepared in the same pan as food full of gluten, so cross-contaminated if not cleaned properly. My poor husband. We don’t eat out a lot anymore, except to the few restaurants we’ve come to trust. Sucks.
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Susan Trevaskis-Owen 4 years ago
If it's a restaurant I've not been to before, and I know in advance that we're going there, I will absolutely look up the menu online so I can make my agonizing decision in private.
Gabriel Jackson 4 years ago
*bolts out of the restaurant When he sees the first two items on the menu: coddled eggs and Witchetty Grub* AAAA
William Teach 4 years ago
You're reading the menu and this looks very good good then you see something infesting it. Some with most stuff on the menu.
Full of Giggles 4 years ago
Replace “picky eater” with “food allergies and intolerance” and it’s spot-on.
Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
I pretty much order the same thing from every restaurant coz of my fussiness and that is chicken schnitty with chips and gravy. Sometimes I will order salt and pepper squid but only if they have tartare sauce instead of aioli.
Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 4 years ago
I'm the girl ordering chicken at a seafood restaurant.
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Mae (just add water) 4 years ago
I dont... hate em. Somehow I like oysters Rockefeller tho???
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Jamie S. Martindale 4 years ago
I wonder if "fussy" means something else in Farsi or Lebanese or another language spoken in a lot of Kebab restaurants...?
Kevin Donegan 4 years ago
I'm more interested in what you plan on doing with that lovely Absolute Vodka gift set above the kebab.
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Either give it as a gift or drink it, what else?
Load More Replies...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 4 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 4 years ago
Gosh, it's almost like cooking a raw fruit and adding salt, sugar, and spices completely changes the taste and texture...
Periwinkle 4 years ago
Are you asking me to put bloody turmeric on a tomato
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M Kate McCulloch 4 years ago
I like cooked tomatoes, just not raw. The texture has induced emesis on several occasions.
Miraculous Klutz 4 years ago
Exactly! I HATE TOMATOS! Pasta is my favourite food. I just don’t like unprocessed, raw tomatoes.
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Tiari 4 years ago (edited)
I think this is one of the things why some people can’t stand picky eaters. Everything unhealthy and childish is magically fine. Swap one ingredient for something healthy and it gets disgusting.
Helen Haley 4 years ago
Generally, that means those were the foods they ate as a kid. Which isn't their fault, that is what was provided to them. However, as an adult, one really should strive to expand the pallet.
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Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
They’re trash! Enough to make your teeth hurt.
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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
Oh dear God. I'm America and would only maybe eat the toast. Or fries. Maybe. UGH. Does that make me picky, or sane?
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
I hate I can't edit: That's I'm American. I would hate to be "America", the whole thing. Dang.
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BlueReaper 4 years ago
Okay yes but no. I am a picky eater and I like 2 out of the 7 things here.
Full of Giggles 4 years ago
I have to laugh because my 14 year old niece is a picky American eater and her pack looks NOTHING like this. She eats mostly produce, hummus, rice, pesto pasta, steak, pork chops, and cheesecake.
shyanna banana 4 years ago
Picky eater here, This is so true besides for me I don't like hamburgers or ranch :)
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ShyFox Studios 4 years ago
Is that broccoli muffins? Perhaps...broccoli cupcakes? No, wait, I think it's broccoli in cornbread. *insert unhappy fox noises* (actually, it sounds pretty good, but it would be great if it was broccoli cupcakes :3)
JustAWeirdoGirlChild 4 years ago
i will only eat broccoli if its raw with ranch or steamed by itself, i will not eat broccoli stems though
Katerina Huskova 4 years ago
IMHO broccoli Is the most underrated vegerable. It's soooo tasty. Just needs to be prepared carefully 🤷🏻♀️
KiwiBubbles 4 years ago
cooked broccoli = YUMMY 😋 raw broccoli = I would probably rather die than eat it. idk why i am like this
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Flisey 4 years ago
I have a picky eater, autistic, and she wouldn't eat this because the food is mixed. Food not touching means all food not touching.
Laura Watts 4 years ago
My daughter is autistic and a picky eater as well so bad different foods go in different plates
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Bee Jairrels 4 years ago
My dad always lets his food touch. Like i don't understand how you can eat soggy rolls
Cam Sanders 4 years ago
I don't mind food touching but the "juice" of one food cannot invade the space of any other food or it's poison.
MERCI LANGSTON 4 years ago
I can't have any green bean juice in my on my bread, potatoes, meat, or any other veggie.
Aileen Grist 4 years ago
I eat in layers. Everything can be mixed - like a stew or casserole - but I'll eat all of one thing - say carrots - before I move onto the next - trying to save my favourite taste to the last.
ShyFox Studios 4 years ago
Okay, I can relate. If I have coleslaw and breaded crispy chicken on my plate, do you think it's fine that they get up in each other's space? 𝗡𝗼. The chicken will get soggy, and the coleslaw will get crumbs in it...not my desired outcome if you ask me. (now imagine if there was biscuits with all of that)
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Flisey 4 years ago
A vegetarian going to a bbq because you know that even the salad will have meat in it.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
This was my issue when I moved to the US South. Suddenly, mashed potatoes had meat in them. Not the gravy! The potatoes were mashed, and cubed meat added to them. ??? garden salad? Has meat. Two growing seasons for veg, and everything has meat. Oh, and even the vegetarian dishes will have chicken in them, bc, y'know, chicken isn't a meat (?!?!?).... Yeah. I eat before I leave the house!
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Mary Peace 4 years ago
I once went to a birthday party (I live in England) and it was billed as a 'Bring & Share'. This was soon after I was diagnosed as gluten-intolerant. So the man whose party it was rang me up and asked if I could 'Bring & Share with myself'.
Carrie Laughs 4 years ago
There are so many options as well. It is just lazy.
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Mustn’t eat the mango 🥭 4 years ago
What if you do like their food to their place you go after,..
Susan Reid Smith 4 years ago
Or eating a light meal in case there is something you do like. And stowing a granola/meal bar in the purse.
Jessica Nametz 4 years ago
OMG My husband and I do this all the time (mostly for him). He doesn't eat mayo so anytime there is an office meeting, he ends up eating before hand just in case they order sandwiches.
Ross Warren 4 years ago
Every time they have free lunch at work, I still pack my own just in case it's something that I won't eat.
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Jelly the Bean 4 years ago
Same here! I *extremely dislike* tomatoes... no offense to all the tomato lovers out there 🤗
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Periwinkle 4 years ago
Not for me, But if it's chewy I will annihilate you with the power of ten solar systems.
bianca johnson 4 years ago
same I don't get the hype. texture, cost, life span - no thanks
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Gabriel Jackson 4 years ago
*GASP* NOT THE TACOS NOOOO! (Runs over to taco) WE WILL LIVE FOREVE- *looks down* *two seconds later* om nom nom
ZombieGirl 4 years ago
Texture is a big part of taste, and most foods taste different depending on how it is cooked or prepared. I hate cheese with a passion. I could never eat plain cheese or grilled cheese, or cheese on a burger....but I LOVE pizza and nachos.
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Jayna Shin 4 years ago
Is it just me or does that guy look like Gile from Streetfighter 2? (The original)
AlmightyOne 4 years ago
Gordon Ramsay is a professional picky eater when you really think about it
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Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago (edited)
Exactly. Unfortunately many people think that no one will starve themselves, when in fact some people, kids included would rather starve than eat something they really don’t like even to the point of hospitalisation and some needing to be tube fed.
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Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
I would never force my child to eat something they don’t like. I wouldn’t want to be forced to eat something I don’t like so why should I do the same for my kids. As long as they try the food that is all I ask. And if they don’t like it then they get their “safe” food, which is something I know they like.
Tiari 4 years ago
Mine can make themselves a sandwich if they don’t like the food. But I don’t provide it. (Given they are old enough ofc.)
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Just cruel. It's not a child being manipulative or acting spoiled. It's a different sensitivity or sensory issue. I know a mature world traveler who can't stand most vegetables or fruits.
Khavrinen 4 years ago
I got that once at the baby-sitter's when I was four years old. Babysitter gave me spaghetti for lunch, I told her "I hate spaghetti", she said, "Tough, you're going to sit here until you eat it." When my Mom came to pick me up at 5:30, I was still sitting there... ( I may be just a bit stubborn. )
Kristof De Smet 4 years ago
That is exactly the way not to treat a picky eater! My kids are allowed to leave it on the plate, but I have always let them try whatever they wanted to try. Now, my kids eat just about everything, including olives, oysters, ....
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Foxxy (The Original) 4 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.
Ivy Ruonakoski 4 years ago
I'd rather starve than eat a thousand year old egg or pigs a**s, lol.
Load More Replies... Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
I used to think that until I started saving money to claw my way out of poverty. You eat what’s there and just get used to it. Beans again beats nothing at all!
William Teach 4 years ago
Well, yeah. Beans are pretty much mush when cooked, strange texture. Haven't we all grown out of eating stuff with the consistency of baby food?
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Freelove 4 years ago
I can't imagine having a friend who would tell me they were happy for me who then turned around and posted our conversation online, saying that if hurts to be friends with me.
4 years ago
I'm sure it's in a joking way like how you tell your sibling you hate them but you actually don't but it still could be taken the wrong way.
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Periwinkle 4 years ago (edited)
I thought I was picky, uhm (Edit: In my family we eat alot of meat and I'm assuming that this person is older than I would be, so.. that they've tried it the first time only now seems completely alien to me. )
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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
Exactly. Urinal cake, no. Parsnip cake, no. Chocolate, hell yeah!
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Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
They might not like sweets. I’m not a super picky and I LIKE cake but will I eat it? Probably not. My stomach rarely craves sweet things even if I technically think they taste good.
mooo 4 years ago
i like any cake but cheesecake. i'm sorry yall i just don't like it, to me it's like biting a cheese stick
Parmeisan 4 years ago
Me too... honestly I am more likely to bite a cheese stick, I like cheese alone, but cheesecake is just too much.
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Amelia Bedelia 4 years ago
Usually just for parties/events when there would be a ton of dishes to wash. I don't know anyone who uses them on an everyday basis.
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Gemmila Cadd 4 years ago
OMG I thought that was just me! I always feel anxious about how much food I waste.
Tiari 4 years ago
Wasteful in every possible way... throwing away food (instead of declining it so someone else can eat it) and using paper plates...
Susan Trevaskis-Owen 4 years ago
So you use your fine china every time you have a party or picnic, or a potluck at work? You've never taken a serving of a food you normally like, only to discover that whoever made it used a weird ingredient, or that it isn't what you thought it was (eg, mashed potatoes that were actually turnips)?
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htbq 4 years ago
that's all the vegetables! that's not being picky, that's being a child who wont eat greens.
Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
Why not just get a pizza without those toppings? In saying that my family like Hawaiian pizzas but I hate the texture of pineapple so I pick the pineapple off.
ShyFox Studios 4 years ago
If you don't like vegetables on pizza, don't order a pizza with vegetables...or maybe you could eventually learn to like them? :3
Gold roses 4 years ago
I didn’t like olives but I actually loves greens! Might sound wrong but my favorite vegetable was Brussel sprouts because my mom would put them in the oven to crisp them up!
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chi-wei shen 4 years ago
These shrimps look so delicious I cant think of any reason why I would order chicken with fries.
Raine Soo 4 years ago
Perhaps the person doesn't like seafood of any kind.
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Carol Emory 4 years ago
Is it me, or do the chicken fingers and fries look more appealing than the shrimp plate?
Doggo Froggo 4 years ago
I hate shrimp too! I would order the same as picky eater any day. Is it just me or is the inside of that jacket potato glowing???
Bloxmakesgames2019 4 years ago
I love seafood so I love red lobster I’m not skipping anything there
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Shika Louis 4 years ago
if I have to make it, chance are, I ain't gonna make it therefore: MOOOM, THERE'S NO FOOD!!!
Serene Abusamaan 2 years ago
I mean, looking at it right now, there's seriously nothing to eat.
Marvin HeartofGold 4 years ago
To be fair half the stuff in the fridge are condiments, dips, beverages, and probiotic tablets.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
Uh.... most of that is processed crap full of stuff I learned horrible things about in chemistry back in university lab, so..... Kinda gotta agree. But I am a picky eater. I like vegetables!
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Llewella 4 years ago
They still rememberd my husband at te Disney restaurant a year later, as the man who only ate the kidsmeal
*sigh*, The Yellow Teletubby 4 years ago
your husband is an icon for all picky eaters to admire lmao
Load More Replies... Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
I actually won’t go to a nice restaurant coz 1. I would be too embarrassed and 2. I just don’t do fancy food.
Carrie Laughs 4 years ago
You probably just haven't found the right one for you. Fancy shouldn't be up its own a**e, snobby and makes you uncomfortable to be there, it should be welcoming. The food needn't be over fiddled with but well cooked quality ingredients. I was taken for a meal at Cliveden House, which is a generally well known fine dining restaurant and national Trust property in the UK, and inadvertently ended up choosing a posh version of potatoes, haricot beans and sausages. Or as my northern friend laughed 'tatties and baked beans'. I love fine dining but hate it when the staff think they are better than their customers.
Load More Replies... Kristof De Smet 4 years ago (edited)
I know someone who orders 2 kids meals everytime. He's 48, doesn't eat vegetables, and was trained as a cook.
Noemie Houtekie-N'Da 4 years ago (edited)
Ugh, that's why I don't approve of kids menus! Don't get me wrong, coloring is the bomb, but like, most kids menus have the same choices. Burgers, chicken finger, chicken strips, etc. If kids grow up on these things, how do you expect them to want to try anything else???
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You are Beautiful (He,Him) 4 years ago
It's **** ******** *** **** ******* ** ***** ******* raw! - Gordon Ramsay (just made a little correction on yours Periwinkle)
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Tiari 4 years ago (edited)
Go to cheaper restaurants if you want premade instead of home-made dinners.
Bill 4 years ago
I have worked in high end restaurants with formal dress codes who keep boxes of Kraft and frozen dino nuggets on hand for the little ones.
Load More Replies... Kristof De Smet 4 years ago
Mac & cheese that is not homemade would be very hard to find in Belgium, at least in restaurants.
Bettie-Jean Neal 4 years ago
I won't go to a restaurant that has a kids menu (I always look on-line first or call and ask).
Patricia Sloan 4 years ago
It's always been my dream to go somewhere exotic, but I would starve, so I identify myself as an introvert
Adrienne Early 4 years ago
That's one thing great about covid, me and the hubby can get something nice from a restaurant and then just make the kids a cheese rollup when we eat the food at home. (I realize we could have done similar pre-covid, but we just felt cheap then and dining in was the" "experience")
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Flora Endebez 4 years ago
Unlike my mom, who will make steamed vegetables and say, "I think you're going to love this!"
Moonwatcher 2 years ago
So true!! My mom keeps making me eat SOMETHING I DESPISE over and over again as if I enjoy it and won't even listen when I literally almost THREW UP because she made me finish it. I just didnt like the texture of it its was smooth with bumps and euugh.
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just your average introvert 4 years ago
i like veggies... what I don't like is guac, potatoes, turkey, fish, shrimp, spinach, gravy, etc.
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rspanther 4 years ago
I just choose a limited variety of food. As an adult I don't have to eat food I don't want to eat.
Bruce Kunde 4 years ago
My favorite line: "Life is too short" to not eat what I want
Load More Replies... William Teach 4 years ago
Well, yeah. Sometimes it's the texture. I love nuts, but, only separately. Not in something like banana bread
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Numpty Gamer 4 years ago
No tomato. 100% agree there. That one fruit that can get the chuff out of here.
Jelly the Bean 4 years ago (edited)
Yes! Again, no offense to tomato lovers :)
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Samantha Mix 4 years ago
Tomato and onion can easily be GERD triggers. 10/10 to this customer!
Kristof De Smet 4 years ago
I absolutely adore tomatoes, but I will ask to remove them from a dish in winter, cause they taste like some kind of crystalized water then
Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
Me ordering a hamburger “hamburger minus pickle, minus onion and minus mustard and NO cheese”.
ZombieGirl 4 years ago
Always have to specify "no cheese" several times because even if you order a plain burger, somehow they always put cheese on it! lol. And sometimes they even have to remake the burger several times because they keep putting cheese on it!
Load More Replies... Feminist Percussionist 2 years ago
I’m picky with taste, sensory issues with texture and vegetarian…eating sucks
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KrabbyGramps666 4 years ago
That’s why I only go to my picky eater friends house cause we like the same things.
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Tiari 4 years ago
What is that orange stuff on the bottom? Doesn’t look like carrots but it’s the only thing I can thinking with this color...
Hermitbunny 4 years ago
Cheetos. Cheesy crunchy American snack made from corn
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Jayna Shin 4 years ago
...Cheetos? Yep. Cheetos for dinner, that's the American life. (I'm Korean so juice and snacks for any meal is a no-no)
Martha Higgins 4 years ago
Perhaps fried clam strips or Cheetos or sweet potato fries? But probably Cheetos.
KrabbyGramps666 4 years ago
Cheetos are so good to me and also I think that he’s eating one of those kid cuisine meals if you look them up it’s like a frozen meal.
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Christian Bradshaw 4 years ago
Same here. I'm really only able to eat Zaxby's chicken strips. The other ones don't taste right
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
I'd lvoe to eat the asparagus, broccoli, and green things everyone else hates! :-) They can have allllll my share of those chicken beef pork things.
Elizabeth Tunney 4 years ago
Uh.... NOT true. I mean for me, at least. Seafood and tomatoes can go die in a ditch but not least for me, I can and WILL eat a pound of any other meat or veggie. And fruit is holy.
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Mae (just add water) 4 years ago
Yep. There’s raw, lightly cooked, under baked, perfection, slightly burnt, burnt, totally black, inedible... etc.
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Raine Soo 4 years ago (edited)
I love avocado. I have a friend who "loathes" (her word) fruit, any fruit. Is there anyone out there who is also like this?
Vic 4 years ago
I love fruit, every time I eat a fruit that is my favourite fruit, till I eat a different fruit.. :-D
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Patricia Kasprowski 4 years ago
My friends had ALWAYS loved me for this -- they get to clean my plate before we eat!
CharliAnn Olney 4 years ago
I can't have croutons on my salad. My Dearly Beloved did not like Cucumbers. So instead of asking they be left off we just made sure the dressing was "on the side". Then would quietly "exchange" what we didn't want.
Martha Higgins 4 years ago
I like avocado in guacamole, but can't manage it in a salad. Go figure, it's a texture thing.
Feminist Percussionist 2 years ago
I used to love avocado, til I accidentally ate a super mushy one. Now I can only eat it I. Guac
Load More Replies... Jessica Nametz 4 years ago
I am totally the chick in purple. I hate avocado and anything with it (except smoothies, I can't taste them then)...
Candace Fitzpatrick 4 years ago
The amount of times I’ve had a customer tell me no avocado and then someone else at the table will say "put their avocado on the side" and then wink at me lol
Kisses4Katie 4 years ago
I wish I loved avocado. I'll eat almost anything but I really dislike avocado. I keep trying hoping my body will just accept it one day since it's so healthy but..
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Queen Cucumber 4 years ago
My brother only likes slabs of meat and potato! Roast potato, not any other potato, except french fries! And he won't eat seafood except battered or crumbed fried fish!
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Luther von Wolfen 4 years ago
My family couldn't comprehend when I became a vegetarian 23 years ago, but now they make tater tots and chicken nuggets for picky eaters without a blink. I like to think I broke the ice.
Onion rings like to make your breath smelly 4 years ago
nah, the only reason i do this is because I don't feel comfortable around people lol
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Teucer T 4 years ago
Sad to say, but studies show this occurs very early in childhood development. Here are a couple ideas on how to start though: https://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/ss/slideshow-picky-eating
fuggnuggins 4 years ago
At 16 I became vegetarian. All changed overnight.
Load More Replies... Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
It is frustrating to say the least. I don’t want to be fussy and have a limited diet but unfortunately it’s turned out that way.
Anne Reid 4 years ago
Sounds like you’re trying, though! Don’t give up, your taste buds change over time. Some things that are gross now might be more palatable later on. Or try prepping the foods you are sorta not into but don’t hate in a different way. Boiled veggies are gross? Try roasted ones with different seasonings. Or add cheese. Purée veggies and blend them into pasta sauces. Look up how to feed picky kids & try them on yourself. You’ll find a trick or two that will work for you.
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Mere Cat 4 years ago
People who think picky eating is a choise or tell to "grow up" give me anxiety. Sure, it's true for some, but there are people who simply can't eat certain things without having to hold in vomit. I remember as a small kid, I was ashamed I didn't like potatoes (used to like but over time, they started to taste extremely bitter), for long I just gulped them down with other foods as fast as possible, with my eyes tearing up and gag reflex pushing in. I never got used to them, the dislike got even worse and eventually I told my parents that I don't like potatoes. They understood.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
Raw tomatoes bother my stomach, but I can eat raw foods other than that, so I just don't get why people won't leave me alone about the blasted *tomatoes*. I eat things they abhor, like asparagus, so can't they just take my tomatoes and leave me their asparagus and we all go home happy? .....
Load More Replies... Mary Peace 4 years ago
Well done for facing up to the problem and looking for a solution. There are some suggestions (also 1 or 2 nasty comments) but good luck.
Debbie Convery 4 years ago
No reason why you can't change, even later in life. I've deffo seen friends and friends of my children change over time. There's something called the 40 bite taste test 🤔
Isabel Care 4 years ago
Try a miniscule piece of something new (one ingredient). Smell it, touch it with your tongue, hold it in your mouth, chew and swallow, or spit it out. Stop at any time and try again later if you can. Repeat with other stuff. The "Hold it in your mouth" part is to get the whole taste, the first flavour is not the only one and the taste can change as it hits different taste buds.
Lynn Morello 4 years ago
I hate String Beans, So I simply tell everyone I am allergic to them.
Mathieu Brouwers 4 years ago
Go to a normal, good restaurant and before you go in decide what you will order. Like fifth from the bottom of the main dishes. There is no restaurant in the world with will put anything on their menu which doesn´t fit the local taste.
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Aldhissla VargTimmen 4 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.
PrincessTheSiameseKat 4 years ago
I am a vegetarian and at thanksgiving at my grandmas my dad always has to bring stuffing with vegetarian broth cuz BROTH IS MEAT and that is also why I can't trust soup
Isabel Care 4 years ago
Friend invited me to lunch and apologised for the baked potato with cheese, baked beans and salad (Yum). Said she had planned to cook curry but hadn't had time to shop. I was so happy. I reminded her that I can't be in the same building as curry without vomiting. That particular mix of spices is worse than the smell of the local sewerage farm for me.
Clearly sunny 4 years ago
Wasn't trying to be mean, I know most picky eaters are going to try be polite when eating at others.
Cat 4 years ago
I know you're being downvoted but that's the way I also see it
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Giulia 4 years ago
here in italy avocados aren't very common but i heard about how good guacamole is so i tried it and i gagged, but hey at least i tried it. same thing with mangos: I LOVE mango icecream so i decided to try an actual mango: it was AWFUL lmao
Rose the Cook 4 years ago
Maybe the icecream was artificially flavored as so many are.
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TheNerdyDuck 4 years ago
I’m a picky eater but I love a avocado on toast! Sadly we recently discovered that I’m ver allergic to avocado
Bonnie Edwards 4 years ago (edited)
I love the delicate flavour and texture of a nice fresh avocado - possibly with a dash of salt and pepper. My last workplace has a restaurant on the top floor. I went there one morning for their avocado on toast. It was nasty. Sure, it was green - but there was so much diced onion (probably half of it), lemon juice and spices in it that I couldn't taste the avocado. And the toast was slow cooked to be rock hard. This kind of cooking sabotage is why I am picky.
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Susan Trevaskis-Owen 4 years ago
I've always been an odd mix of adventurous & picky when it comes to food. I will *try* just about anything (some exclusions apply) but the list of things I actually *like* is short.
Susan Egan 4 years ago
How will you know unless you try? As an adult what you hated as a child may change. I'm always willing to try something new, or something I hated as a kid. I may still dislike it but it's not going to kill me to give it a try. My sister and mother loved raw clams. The idea of putting that in my mouth made me gag. One day I was at a party and they were serving steamed clams. They still look gross but I thought "why not try?" It wasn't bad don't know what the fuss was about besides they way they look.
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Giulia 4 years ago
this is isn't being a picky eater, HOW COULD YOU NOT LIKE ANY FRUIT??? not even one????? every fruit taste differently???? i'm confused and i am a Picky Eater (tm)
King Joffrey 4 years ago
I'll eat fruit as long as it doesn't contain cores or pips. Special credit goes to apples which contain both a core and pips...
Load More Replies... Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago (edited)
See I love many fruits but my body doesn’t. Many fresh fruits gives me tingly, itchy lips, gums, tongue, roof and back of mouth etc. Rockmelon is the absolute worst for it but it tastes so yummy.
Tiari 4 years ago
That’s green kiwi and pineapple for me. I LOVE pineapple but I cannot eat it without pain.
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angie but who cares 4 years ago
why? i is just not having a lot of foods you like
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Flora Endebez 4 years ago
I would like that, except they're super greasy and my mom always makes food at home. If I eat out it's so greasy I get nauseated
*_Shy bean_* 4 years ago
I'll eat some food, but as long as it's not mushrooms or whole tomatoes
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TheLazyPoki 4 years ago
Probably because it's a childhood comfort food. Some people stay mentally attatched to it because of that.
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Mieke Fabry 4 years ago
that is true, as a kid until 14 years old, I didn't like anything. when I cooked it myself, I would just try it and now I eat almost everything.
Susan Trevaskis-Owen 4 years ago
Not only have I not grown out of it, I've gotten *more* picky. Things that I willingly ate as a child but can't stand now include dill pickles, cottage cheese, all but two brands of yogurt, raw mushrooms, and raisins.
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Julie C Rose 4 years ago
Dear Qantas, Your meals are good enough that my picky tastebuds will tolerate them, but Air New Zealand’s meals are good enough that my picky tastebuds LIKE them. Signed, A New Zealander who will freely admit when something Australian really is better, like how Ricki-Lee’s entire Fear & Freedom album is gold and Lorde only has a couple of songs I like.
Lori Zubia 4 years ago
Well, peas, I agree with this one. I happen to know that the average frozen pot pie has eight peas.
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Numpty Gamer 4 years ago
I'd just have the bacon to be fair. But on toast. With HP Brown sauce.
King Joffrey 4 years ago
Nope. It contains eggs - devil food spun out of the most disgusting animal there is - the chicken.
Bee Jairrels 4 years ago
I'd replace the boiled eggs with scrambled eggs and add a cinnamon waffle
Susan Trevaskis-Owen 4 years ago
Those yolks...undercooked for hardboiled, overcooked for softboiled. Nope, not gonna eat it. Bacon is iffy; it has to be maple bacon, or forget it.
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Camila PerezDuran 4 years ago
you have no idea how many times I've been asked if i'd like to switch to a vegetarian diet!
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Omag 4 years ago
My younger brother orders a mcroyal without anything. They just send a burger patty in a bun and thats it!!! And it have to be a mcroyal, tf difference does it make?!
Susan Trevaskis-Owen 4 years ago
McRoyals have a larger patty than a regular McD's burger, plus it has a sesame bun rather than a plain one. See if they'll let him buy the ingredients separately (one sesame bun, one McRoyal meat patty); lot cheaper that way. (I learned this from the manager of a fast food place where I would always order their $7+ spicy chicken sandwich plain. Ordering a bun & chicken patty was about $3.)
Load More Replies... Numpty Gamer 4 years ago
Got to say if I have a beef burger it must only comprise of: White bread bap, beef patty, lettuce and onion. No sauce, no tomato, no mystery salad object and definitely no f'ing cheese.
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Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
Ewww to the salmon and the rice. I will go to bed hungry thanks.
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John Montgomery 4 years ago
No it's not. It's amazing different the experience is between food you don't like and food you do. Good food is fun. Bad food is torture.
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Jules Caldwell 4 years ago
Everything looks like it was cooked 17 hours too long.
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Tala Koala 4 years ago
Your brother is a dog? Because that looks like straight up wet dog food!
MERCI LANGSTON 4 years ago
The juices are touching. I usually get a napkin and wipe up the juice that is about to touch other foods.
*_Shy bean_* 4 years ago
I'm trying to figure out what that green stuff is wit the mushroom on it.
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Kristof De Smet 4 years ago
Cilantro, that is another story. There is scientific evidence that people are genetically determined to have cilantro taste like soap. I do like it, but not too much.
Henry Cheves 4 years ago
I can't be in the same room in it, but my mom says I'm just exaggerating. I literally can't enjoy any other food when she has her cilantro-filled salsa.
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Luna Laluna 4 years ago
This is my son. Every year for his bday we'll go to his FAVOURITE restaurant. It's buffet restaurant, with more then 100 dishes. Every time he only eat chicken nuggets with fries and vanilla ice cream. No sauces, no other foods, foods can't be touching.
Periwinkle 4 years ago
The teeth are disgusting and this doesn't suit me, I'll have any seafood please and thank you. But I remember when it was oh god
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Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
No to the cream cheese, cheese and sometimes mint (depends what is made with it).
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Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 4 years ago
I don't like slimy spaghetti. I like sticky spaghetti. Tons of grated parmesan.
Camila PerezDuran 4 years ago
i like spaghetti but some pple make it so that the sauce is like sour or they pt onions and I'm like "oh i wasn't expecting to eat here, i ate at home I'm so sorry! but it looks really good tho!"
Charlotte A. 4 years ago
Reminds me of a neighbour we had when I was little. She insisted our pasta and her family's pasta were not the same (they were different shapes but she didn't like pasta - unless my dad made it. Guessing he cooked it properly al dente and put lots of butter in, while her family didn't...)
Zlaxcat Youtube 4 years ago (edited)
I absolutely hate onions, so whenever my mom makes pasta I examine every single part of the plate, if there's one piece of onion, I'm not eating.
Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
I was like this coz I hate the texture of onions, one day my mum made spag bol without onion and it tasted awful so now I know the importance of he onion flavour so now I either cut onion into 2mm pieces or grate it finely before adding to most foods. Or I cut them sooo big in things like casseroles etc just so it is easier for me to pick out.
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MelFunction 4 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 4 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 4 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 4 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 4 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 4 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 4 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 4 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 4 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.)
Claire the Bear 4 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 4 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.
MelFunction 4 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 4 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 4 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 4 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 4 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 4 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 4 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 4 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 4 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.)
Claire the Bear 4 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 4 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.
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