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30 Dishes From The Menu Of Picky Eaters Outside The US, According To People Online
Picky eating tends to be associated with eating a small variety and quantity of foods due to rejecting a substantial amount of foods based on such characteristics as texture, appearance, smell, or mixed ingredients.
The risks may include low nutrient and dietary fiber intakes, while protective factors, especially from parents, include the provision of fresh foods and modeling by, for example, eating the same meal as the child.
Selective taste is more common among young children, for whom most of the foods are new; however, adults can be picky eaters as well, and people shared common foods among picky eaters from different countries, answering one Redditor’s question: “What do picky eaters outside the US eat?”
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#1
This answer will be different for every picky eater. But I can give you mine. And I grew up in Norway, not in the United States.
I grew up in Norway. I do not eat potatoes. I do not eat cooked vegetables. It's a texture thing for me, and that picky eating has stuck with me from when I started eating solid food until the present. Even as an adult, I cannot bring myself to eat mushy veggies or potatoes, no matter how awkward the social situation that results. (For context, I'm 47.)
In my case, I ate raw vegetables instead. No potatoes, and there were a few other vegetables I didn't like, even in raw form. Onions, for example, or brussel sprouts. But most raw vegetables were fine for me. So my mom would make me a salad, or even just a bowl of raw veggies. Even things like green beans and sliced rutabaga, cauliflower or broccoli; the kinds of veggies that are typically not eaten raw.
I guess you could say that as a toddler in Norway in the 1970s, I made my own "raw food" diet decades before it became trendy. And that's still how I eat vegetables to this day.
Weasel Wise 1 year ago
No potatoes? Seriously, no potatoes? But that's the best food on Earth!!!
R Dennis 1 year ago
I snack on raw green beans, broccoli, and cauliflower... I am not a picky eater, but is that not common?
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
Here, broccoli and cauliflower are both eaten raw as well as cooked.
Tigara Akimoto 1 year ago
In the US, cauliflower and broccoli are among the most popular vegetables to eat raw. As a matter of fact, I was in my teens before I realized that they COULD be cooked.
doredde 1 year ago
I would be careful to eat raw green beans, because they contain Phasin. It causes the clogging of red blood cells and can hinder the transport of oxygen in your blood, even in small doses.
CK 1 year ago
Most kinds of beans are unsafe to eat raw. If someone wants raw green beens, I'd suggest they replace it with snow peas or snap peas instead.
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Ronna Black 1 year ago
I’m the same. I can’t handle mushy food. My mother would put veggies aside before cooking (if we had fresh) to try to hide as well as she could if they were frozen. The texture makes me gag, overall an unpleasant experience. Discovered well into adulthood, I’m autistic. Explains food, tags, and rough clothing… among other things.
pineapple87 1 year ago
No potatoes in a Nordic country, good luck. I basically existed on only potatoes while growing up.
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#2
I feel like in Germany a lot of picky eaters just eat plain noddles. Maybe with some butter.
Fynne 1 year ago (edited)
Excellent photo of plain noodles 👌👌👍 Edit: they literally changed the photo after I wrote this comment
Lambda Omegamoo 1 year ago
🤣🤣 🤣🤣 This should be the most liked. Reminds me of 16 year old me telling my friend my drawing of dancing buildings by 10 year old me said "boogie", when in fact it said "bogooie". 47 year old me still laughs to tears when I see it. Yes, I kept it. Had to. That memory makes me laugh just as much as my friend did seeing the look on my face when I finally saw it was a g, not an o.
Load More Replies... Lambda Omegamoo 1 year ago
I still remember every detail and can hear the sounds my poor youngest reacted at 3 yrs old trying heated canned peas for the first time. After that, I only bought them for myself. I had no idea until that day textures could cause such distress in individuals.
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SonicAlchemy 1 year ago (edited)
Just reminds me of the South Park episode with Honey Boo-Boo. "Honey Boo-Boo's favorite food is sketti and budder..and she like to drink Red Bull and Mountain Dew!"
Lee 1 year ago (edited)
I know this isn't what this person is talking about but it's reminded me- why do Americans call any and all types of pasta 'noodles?' I was reading a lasagne recipe and I read 'layer of noodles' and was like wtf!
Nicole Weymann 1 year ago
Derived from German "Nudel(n)". Not sure how the German etymology itself worked exactly, but apparently some German words for pasta and dumplings (Knödel) might share a common ancestor.
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Elizabeth Dittrich 1 year ago
My husband ate his that way, we are in Sweden. He now knows seasoning and sauce is better.
#3
In the UK the standard 'bland' kid's menu staples also include chicken nuggets and pizza.
Also fish fingers, sausage and mash, macaroni cheese, cheese sandwich.
Katy McMouse 1 year ago
My kids ate the same, including sausage and mash (my husband's favorite comfort food). It's pretty much the same in the U.S.
Lambda Omegamoo 1 year ago (edited)
Pretty much! And almost every poor household is Grateful for it. Not just easy to make, Cheap to make, easy to Remember, and less push -and -shove to get your kids to eat. Peanut butter and bread is huge, too.
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I_imagine_even_worse_w***s 1 year ago
Same here Ireland, though the mac and cheese not so much. Thankfully much more places now do half portions of more decent food. For the kids that is! I still know people who will only eat from that kids menu menu though because they dont like anythinge else!!
Kat Ashworth 1 year ago
The problem for me being the picky kid was the fact that so many places would default to things with cheese in, guess what the food I (still, at the age of 37) hate most is?
#4
We live in New Zealand and my kids does love those foods too, but her favourite is honestly just plain pasta with grated cheese (usually Colby, which we get here in 1kg blocks) and a side of cucumber and carrot. Definitely not the worst meal she could have, so I consider it a win :) her palate is generally pretty bland. Strangely though, she loves pork and chive dumplings/potstickers.
Pheebs 1 year ago
As a “picky” kid, I preferred raw veggies and such. Basically, you could turn me loose at the veggie and charcuterie table and I’d make a full meal of veggies, fruit, crackers, meats, etc. Turns out, I really just did not like canned veg, nor did I like how half the meats were cooked by my fam (under or over seasoned). I loved middle and high school, as a number of my teachers liked to introduce us to fruit that was harder to get where we lived, or we’d do “introduce us to your culture” days. Got to try a bigger variety than what my fam made.
Jeanie 1 year ago
My 5 year old daughter loves veggies and fruits. She will eat raw veggies for dinner over chicken nuggets. It's pretty weird but I'm cool with it. She's making me eat more veggies by default because I have them on hand for her, lol.
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#5
I have a cousin in India who only eats eggs if the yolk is perfectly basted but not popped and it has to be close to centered. Aside from that, he eats chips, candy, no vegetables and white rice with really basic ground meat cooked with garlic/ginger, turmeric, green chili and no visible onions. If he gets a noticeable piece of onion he gets angry that the cook didn’t cut them smaller.
Another family friend only eats food if you give him ketchup with it. Like he will eat biryani with freaking ketchup. No ketchup? Not eating unless he is risking really offending someone. And that’s a grown adult btw. I babysat his kids when they were staying in the states.
shanila.pheonix_ 1 year ago
BIRYANI WITH KETCHUP!?!? as a south indian...i..i have been traumatized /hj
Ace 1 year ago
Picture of boiled egg doesn't help, I presume they're talking about fried eggs, and I think most people would agree with the unbroken yolk, and a lot, like me, would also insist that the egg white around the yolk is also cooked properly, no yukky slimy raw egg-white. I'd draw the line at it being centred though - that's purely a visual thing, no taste or texture implications from it.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
I worked in a nursing home, where one of the residents would only eat if her food had peanut butter on it.
Flora Porter 1 year ago
Pretty sure the picture should be a fried egg, not a boiled egg and toast.
I_imagine_even_worse_w***s 1 year ago
When I was a kid I would only eat food with ketchup....and I mean any type of food!!! I think it was because I didn't want to eat and knew having ketchup wasn't always an option as lots of family members etc wouldn't even have any.
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
I used to eat tomato sauce (ketchup) sandwiches as a kid. Only butter and sauce on them.
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manu michael 1 year ago
briyani with ketchup...colonialism has made some of us into idiots with no taste....
#6
I grew up a picky eater in Pakistan. I ate a lot of bread. Roti with butter and sugar, plain naan, plain white rice, chicken from our saalans but removed from the bones, just the gravy from our saalans. And this one isn't me personally, but I know a toddler who will eat an obscene amount of yogurt as her dietary staple
Becky Samuel 1 year ago
Another ridiculously lazy picture choice from BP. This is not a Pakistani bread like a roti or a naan.
#7
My grandson doesn’t get fast or junk food. His favorite thing to eat is tofu. Plain raw tofu.
setsuriseikou 1 year ago
I've been to a tofu restaurant in Japan. Turns out a) there are multiple varieties, b) any real tofu does have a taste, and c) it's delicious (especially the high quality silky one).
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#8
New Zealander here, picky eaters here eat fish and chips and peanut butter toast 😹
M O'Connell 1 year ago
I'm not typically a fan of battered fish, but this picture is VERY appealing.
Ace 1 year ago
It's not far off what proper British Fish and Chips should look like, although the chips look a little small and too crispy and Onion Rings (assuming that's what they are, but even worse if it's squid rings) have no right to be on the same plate.
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Tigara Akimoto 1 year ago
Not me, but I've known my fair share. One picky child (my youngest sister) for nearly two months straight would only eat mashed potatoes with gravy or mayo on white sandwiches. Another would only eat at all if the food was smothered in yellow mustard (to the point that the only thing tasted was the mustard), but he'd eat literally anything if he had his mustard (lost touch with him after a move, but he was that way for the full 5 years I knew him)
#9
I’m from Albania (think the Mediterranean). I was a very picky eater as a kid. I only ate bread, olive oil and olives lol. To this day those are some of my favorite things to eat but I also eat other stuff lol
#10
My best friend is American but when she was little she went to Poland with her grandparents that were born there…and hated all the food. The only thing she’d eat were pierogis so she existed on them for the entire visit.
Jane No Dough 1 year ago
I could live on pierogies for a long long time. There are so many delicious varieties!
sara fulmer 1 year ago
My friend from Pittsburgh has a little girl who is diabetic. She chose to forfeit her piece of Birthday Cake for EXTRA perogies at her own Birthday party (dietary restrictions)
#11
We're south Indian and my sister was an extremely picky eater as a child. She would only eat rice with yogurt.
shanila.pheonix_ 1 year ago
Im south indian too! i love rice with yogurt! its good plain, but you can also mix indian curries into it too! i love this and I usually eat this at the end of a meal when there is a small amount of rice left.
Jane No Dough 1 year ago
I can't imagine coming from a culture with some of the most delicious food on the planet and not wanting to eat all of it!
R. McTavish 1 year ago
North America here-- be careful trying this because it's genuinely difficult to find yoghurt that isn't sweetened here. It's possible, but you need to watch those ingredient lables like a hawk. Easier just to make your own.
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
We used to have rice and evaporated milk and sugar as a regular sweets (dessert) when I was a kid. Not a strong flavour but still tasty.
#12
There’s processed food and junk outside of the US too, I know ramen noodles is a big one. Living conditions can also be a factor so they’ll have to eat whatever is being cooked at home.
I_imagine_even_worse_w***s 1 year ago
This!!! I grew up thinking I hated a lot of things, just my parents never cooked anything with decent seasoning and zero spices. Also not great growing up in ireland hating potatoes!
Krissy G. 1 year ago
My partner grew up very much the same way, thinking he hated a lot of foods that his mom just didn't cook properly or season the right way. I've totally changed his outlook on food and his eating habits. Which he's really thankful for. He told me when we started dating they he was a really picky eater when he's actually not at all lol, but I think in lots of cases like yours it's not that you were picky, you just didn't like the way things were being presented to you.
Load More Replies... Paz Arboleda 1 year ago
Yup eat what's your mom fixes you that's what I was taught, parents now seem too accommodating. I'm not picky but I have never been able to eat liver, altho I like liverwurst, couldn't stand lima beans either unless slathered in ketchup or mixed with other vegetables.
#13
Picky eaters in Denmark will often live on rye bread with liver paste/paté. Pasta is also a favorite.
Other kid favorites here are meatballs (frikadeller), boiled meatballs in curry sauce, spaghetti bolognese, pizza and lasagna.
Fried, battered fish with remoulade is popular too.
Rebekah Krause 1 year ago
Whoa, that’s interesting. Here in the U.S. a majority of people won’t eat liver, even fairly good eaters. I love it, but it’s amazing to hear that is a picky eater food somewhere. That’s great!
Carl Bro 1 year ago
Most Danes won't touch normal liver. But will eat their own body weight in liver pâté. Strangely it doesn't tate like liver at all. More like a very fine pâté paste.
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Renee Prete 1 year ago (edited)
Frikadellen are awesome!! Actually use them to stuff mushrooms
Lene 1 year ago
Haha! Yeah, but my kids (we're in Denmark) refuse to eat anything with meat sauce in (the bolognese part of spaghetti bolognese), gravy, any meat from cows, and potatoes (certain types of fries are ok, though), and onions. So no lasagna, boller i kødsovs (boiled meat balls in curry sauce) or most of other "child friendly" foods. They also do not eat ketchup, remo or mayo. It's quite an adventure to figure out what to feed them most days. But we're figuring it out. Haha!
#14
I’d argue that chicken nuggets, fries or pizza are staples in many countries outside the US.
When I was a child (in France) the go to food for picky eaters would have been elbow pasta and ham (coquillettes jambon IFYKYK) or simple mash potatoes
#15
I live in the US. Alaska to be specific. My kid is a picky eater. They used to be diagnosed with ARFID back when they were 4. They’re 12 now. They hate macaroni and cheese, ketchup, most kinds of potato, pizza if it has too much sauce. They don’t like soup/stew but they will eat ramen or udon *however* They *love* mustard, they also eat seaweed, whole fried fish (especially the eyeballs), barbecue sauce, musubi, they recently started eating grilled cheese, they like salmon. They like clams, sushi, sashimi. I’m sure I’m forgetting things. So while my kid is a picky eater, they are not a *basic* eater. Sometimes I wish I could open a box of Kraft. The only vegetable they will touch is raw carrots and it takes like an hour to get them to chew them. (Edit to add they will eat edamame) They can do grapes and maybe bananas.
Donteatme666 1 year ago (edited)
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm musubi and pie 🥧 mmmmm pie now I'm getting hungry to specify I don't want eat musubi in pie but separate eating them mush together is a abomination
#16
When I was an kid in Denmark it was frikadella or fish fingers with remoulade and open faced liver pate sandwiches. Some of my other favorites were chocolate sandwiches and mackeral in tomato sandwiches with cucumber slices! Also just cucumber slices and soft boiled eggs in a dish with some salt on top.
#17
I've been to about a dozen western countries outside the U.S. I try not to be an annoying American by asking a waiter to customize my dish too much. I sometimes find a supermarket the first day and pick up crackers and deli meat to bring back to the hotel. If I can't find a meal that I can eat at a restaurant, I can usually at least find an appetizer or a bowl of rice to eat so I can be social, knowing that I have food waiting for me back in my room.
#18
My kid loves avocado, pasta, and cheese mostly.
Superb Owl 1 year ago
Avocado pasta is a wonderful dish, made of avocado, pasta and cheese :D (Also basil, garlic and mild chili pepper, but... yeah)
#19
Finnish food is very bland, so a ton of potatoes. Smashed potatoes especially are very good and neutral, hard to hate it.
Kasarinarttu 1 year ago
I'm a Finn who hates most potato dishes; mash, fries, boiled "rubber potatoes"... It's a texture thing.
Roan The Demon Kitty 1 year ago
my wife is Finn and isn't a huge fan of potatoes, and despite being half Irish, neither am I. My wife grew up eating a lot of Nakkikeito or Nakkikastike, only without the potatoes it's traditionally served with. She'll eat Nakkikastike with plain rice. xD
Load More Replies... pineapple87 1 year ago
I can attest to this. If I didn't like what was being served, I would basically just eat potatoes and bread.
#20
I had a friend in asia that would literally only eat rice with soy sauce. That was it.
Ace 1 year ago
Would that not lead to severe malnutrition? Pretty sure there are a lot of essential nutrients missing from that diet.
A. Starhawk Hunt 1 year ago
and even more salt than I eat, which is hard to pull off, I'm an addict. Dinner at my daughter's house invariably sees my daughter telling her daughters not to eat like grandma star.
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#21
Adriatic; bolognese, pasta pomodoro, wiener schnitzel (where I'm at). Those three are basically staples, but there's also I guess what's comparable to chicken nuggets would be the homemade version? Just breaded and fried chicken breast will do the trick for most picky eaters here. French fries as well.
Auntriarch 1 year ago
My mother was feeding picky grandchildren, and invented "fairy dippers" breaded fried chicken tenders with ketchupped mayo
LilliVB 1 year ago
"Pasta in bianco" too. Just plain pasta with olive oil or butter and/or parmesan cheese
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
I loved gnocchi with just olive oil and pine nuts when I was younger.
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#22
My ex: white rice with sour cream. White bread with butter and cheese. Cheese pizza
WindySwede 1 year ago
At least cheese. Some don't even eat cheese as adults. But hay, more for me!
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
The only cheese my dad eats is the heavily processed Kraft long life cheese. I didn't think he liked it melted, but I saw him make a cheese toastie for the first time the other day.
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Huddo's sister 1 year ago
My sister has eaten a sour cream sandwich a few times. Just sour cream on bread, that's it. I think she also ate regular whipped cream on bread once.
A. Starhawk Hunt 1 year ago
I'll have to try the rice...but at least some garlic/onion/SOMETHING in the sour cream!....fresh dill?
#23
Rice pilaf and köfte
#24
Brazilian here. Was a picky eater. Spaghetti is the way to go.
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
My sister is a picky eater and one of the only meals she cooks for herself is pasta. Only puts passata and cheese on it. When we were kids, mum would make her have bolognaise on it. She made a lot of fuss about the onion mum tried to sneak into it. (It was both the texture and taste she couldn't take. Now we know she is actually intolerant of it, like me)
#25
I lived in Korea for a bit (from the US), and a picky eater common food was rice with soy sauce (or plain). Sometimes tteokbokki, but it’s a bit spicy so if it was just the noodles without the sauce that would make more sense. They also have a kind of chicken nugget.
Pickle (they/she) 1 year ago
Sometimes I just crave a big bowl of steamed rice. No toppings, no sauce, just a bowl of rice.
Jeanie 1 year ago
Omg me too. Cooked with a bit of salt. I almost always put any toppings on the side so that I can eat the rice separately as I please, lol.
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sara fulmer 1 year ago
I have 3 kids and ALL 3 are turned off from chicken nuggets at the moment! I've been throwing the option in constantly. I JUST BOUGHT A CLUB SIZE BAG! 🦖🦕
#26
They visit France and go to McDonalds.
In my youth I traveled Europe extensively as an American. We ate almost exclusively at Italian restaurants. My parents made it seem like it was because my youngest sibling was a picky eater, which he was. But the real reason was that my dad was unwilling to learn other languages or try new food. Spaghetti Bolognese is sgaghetti bolognese in all languages.
My friends with a hyper picky eater young adult took a cruise so their 18 year old could eat nuggets and cheese pizza for every meal.
Zaphod 1 year ago
I went on a bus tour of Europe in 1990. We had a break for lunch in Koln and the entire bus of Americans and Canadians went to a McDonalds. My brother and I found a rathskeller that served German food and our tour guide was already there. He said, "Somehow, you found the best food in town." The Jagerschnitzel was excellent.
A. Starhawk Hunt 1 year ago
I lived in England for 4 years, military spouse. It used to drive me crazy to hear the other spouses whine there was nothing to do! I was like, get your heinie out of the base! I love trying new things (no to raw oysters or Rocky Mountain oysters), and will talk about it. However, no one wants to have a potluck with me around (jokingly) because they are afraid I'll show up with snail chili or haggis. I love it. Whelks! They look exactly like sheep eyes! heheh. Though, I feel sorry for people who need the world framed in golden arches, they know not what they miss.....
Load More Replies... I_imagine_even_worse_w***s 1 year ago
Not sure why you would go to Europe and eat mostly at Italian. Unless their extensive travels were confined to Italy.
Ace 1 year ago
Err, because "my dad was unwilling to learn other languages or try new food", I presume.
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#27
in the philippines, picky eaters usually eat processed food.
hotdogs, chicken nuggets, fast food, etc
(as opposed to meat/fish and vegetable dishes often served with rice at mealtimes)
#29
Australia. Nephew grew up on prawn chips & tomato sauce.
We (family) wonder how he fully formed!?!?
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
Those are two of my sister's staples too! Along with bread, mashed potato, garlic bread, chicken (without sauce or anything), schnitzel with lemon juice, pasta (with passata and cheese) and tuna and cucumber sushi.
sara fulmer 1 year ago
So specific that "bread" and "GARLIC bread" are each individualized
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#30
My cousin is a fussy eater. He eats exclusively rice and brown beans. Occasionally chicken nuggets but we dont have them often. (Brazil)
A. Starhawk Hunt 1 year ago
at least the beans add some nutrition, protein and vitamins. The rice, if it is white, not so much.
#31
As a picky eating child from the 90s I ate anything but olives, fish and, surprisingly, hamburgers. Now I see kids not liking any fish, fatty meat and some veggies. In Russia it’s a bit different since we have a lot of weird traditional dishes, which don’t fit even an adult’s taste. I could list a lot of traditional stuff which isn’t popular among most kids and many adults as well
setsuriseikou 1 year ago
We also have a lot of dishes that are thought to be traditional, but they actually are just sad Soviet period adaptations specifically suited for cheap mass production (think school and workplace canteens and such). Sometimes they are extremely budget variations of proper European cuisine, sometimes just the most time- and energy-efficient cooking options. Also, they are often cooked with no regard for the colour or texture (or even taste).
#32
Varenyki, pelmeni, pasta with sausages, sandwiches - Ukraine
#33
I had a friend (we’re both Italian) who would only eat pasta with tomato sauce, French fries and Wiener schnitzel (cotoletta alla milanese) and nothing else. He was 25 at the time.
Ace 1 year ago
For the Americans, Wiener schnitzel in Europe has practically nothing in common with hotdog sausages, but is a thinly beaten piece of veal, chicken or pork coated with breadcrumbs and fried. Milanese style is often accompanied by (a small amount, not a whole portion) of spaghetti in tomato sauce.
sturmwesen 1 year ago (edited)
If it's Wiener, then it's veal.Everything else is "Wiener Art" -> "Wiener/Vienna style"
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#34
I'm in Norway. My kids will eat bread with liver patê, cheese (brown or yellow/white), or jam. Yoghurt, scrambled eggs, oat porridge, fruits, some bakery items, grilled cheese. For dinner they will eat pasta (any with tomato sauce or pesto), pizza, meatballs, fish cakes, hotdogs, tomato soup, rice porridge, or ham and cheese wraps. The only vegetables my daughter eats are sweetcorn and cucumber. She won't even touch a potato (in any form). All meat is processed to the point of losing the "meaty" texture except for the ham (but we get the thinly sliced packet). It's not the worst in terms of nutrition, but we're working on adding more vegetables and textures to her diet. Eating "clean" is difficult with kids...
ILoveMySon 1 year ago
Well, the children certainly eat more of a variety than many on this list.
#35
My sisters used to be picky eaters growing up, so my mom made them eat chanclas before meals everytime they bring it up.
shanila.pheonix_ 1 year ago
like ACTUAL footwear?!? you know there are other ways to get your kids too eat food...
I_imagine_even_worse_w***s 1 year ago
I really hope it has another meaning!
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#36
American head but kids don’t have sophisticated palates yet. Turkey pickles and cheese I think an English breakfast for some. Cottage pie, bruschetta
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and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 1 year ago
My brother is super picky and also the walking embodiment of “white people spicy.” He has a weird assortment of ok food… frozen strawberries, raw blueberries and bell peppers, cherry tomatoes, salami, instant ramen, pizza, dum-dums (a kind of lollipop/sucker), Cheetos, and plain rice.
Tempest 1 year ago
I’m a picky eater and my favourite picky foods are pasta (usually with store brought sauces but if not with homemade cheese sauce and butter or just ketchup), plain rice or rice with just 1 or 2 side dishes at most (I don’t like it when a lot of food items get mixed in what I eat), instant noodles, breads, cheese, nuts, and biscuits. I’m a vegetarian too but I eat only a few selected vegetables and I can’t stand raw veges except for carrots. I am currently severely underweight and so want to improve my diet but it’s not easy to try new options with today’s economy. People hate adult picky eaters but it’s not always easy to stop being one instantly. E.g.: forcefully eating something I don’t want to makes me sick.
LB 1 year ago
Peanut butter was recommended to me by a vegan dietician once when I lost too much weight going vegan.
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for ducks sake 1 year ago
This is so great! I feel like sometimes here in America people think that picky eating is only an American scourge or something that only entitled kids go through. Nope. It's a worldwide phenomenon and just one of those things that happens! It's not the end of the world. ❤️
Cerridwn d'Wyse 1 year ago
I'm from the US so that's off topic, but when my daughter was young and picky, her favorite things were artichokes and cauliflower. She would come home from school and and get a small head of cauliflower out from the refrigerator and put it in the microwave for a few minutes and then eat it with some junk cheese on it. Every day. The entire head
Florence O'Grady 1 year ago
I have never been a picky eater. I was just happy to have food to eat.
OneHappyPuppy 1 year ago
For all parents struggling when their kid who only eats pasta and similar stuff here's a life hack my genius MIL came up with for my picky son. Cook a whole batch of homemade stock, add all seasonal veggies (avoid tomatoes because they'll color the stock) and a meat of your choice in there. Cook, remove the veggies and meat (we usually make a potáge with the veggies for us) and freeze the stock in ice trays. Add a cube or two depending on size into the water where you cook the pasta, rice or whatever the little picky eater eats or at the very end so it soaks it up after cooking and voila! They're none the wiser and at least get some vitamins into them
Queenie G 1 year ago
I am an incredibly picky eater, not by choice. It is a texture thing for me. I love food and flavors but there are things I just can't eat because of the texture. I do a lot of lean meats and rice. It's a good go to. Things I don't eat? Squash, liver, okra, lots of cooked veggies.. I will eat them raw, love raw veggies, fish, not most seafood but love fish. I envy folks that can just eat anything, that would be awesome!
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
I would say for the majority of people it is not by choice. They would probably love to go to a restaurant and be able to pick anything from the menu. Whether it is texture, taste or needing the familiarity of food, and influenced by ASD, ADHD, OCD or anything (or nothing) else, it is a legitimate problem. I think people need to be more understanding. In general, what others eat isn't going to impact them.
Load More Replies... Roan The Demon Kitty 1 year ago
I used to be a much pickier eater than I am now, and at one point one of the only meals I would eat would be sausage or Mititei with "crispy chips" (fries) as I don't like the softer texture of potato. (still don't, so I'll eat chips and roast potatoes done crispy xD)
and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 1 year ago
My brother is super picky and also the walking embodiment of “white people spicy.” He has a weird assortment of ok food… frozen strawberries, raw blueberries and bell peppers, cherry tomatoes, salami, instant ramen, pizza, dum-dums (a kind of lollipop/sucker), Cheetos, and plain rice.
Tempest 1 year ago
I’m a picky eater and my favourite picky foods are pasta (usually with store brought sauces but if not with homemade cheese sauce and butter or just ketchup), plain rice or rice with just 1 or 2 side dishes at most (I don’t like it when a lot of food items get mixed in what I eat), instant noodles, breads, cheese, nuts, and biscuits. I’m a vegetarian too but I eat only a few selected vegetables and I can’t stand raw veges except for carrots. I am currently severely underweight and so want to improve my diet but it’s not easy to try new options with today’s economy. People hate adult picky eaters but it’s not always easy to stop being one instantly. E.g.: forcefully eating something I don’t want to makes me sick.
LB 1 year ago
Peanut butter was recommended to me by a vegan dietician once when I lost too much weight going vegan.
Load More Replies... for ducks sake 1 year ago
This is so great! I feel like sometimes here in America people think that picky eating is only an American scourge or something that only entitled kids go through. Nope. It's a worldwide phenomenon and just one of those things that happens! It's not the end of the world. ❤️
Cerridwn d'Wyse 1 year ago
I'm from the US so that's off topic, but when my daughter was young and picky, her favorite things were artichokes and cauliflower. She would come home from school and and get a small head of cauliflower out from the refrigerator and put it in the microwave for a few minutes and then eat it with some junk cheese on it. Every day. The entire head
Florence O'Grady 1 year ago
I have never been a picky eater. I was just happy to have food to eat.
OneHappyPuppy 1 year ago
For all parents struggling when their kid who only eats pasta and similar stuff here's a life hack my genius MIL came up with for my picky son. Cook a whole batch of homemade stock, add all seasonal veggies (avoid tomatoes because they'll color the stock) and a meat of your choice in there. Cook, remove the veggies and meat (we usually make a potáge with the veggies for us) and freeze the stock in ice trays. Add a cube or two depending on size into the water where you cook the pasta, rice or whatever the little picky eater eats or at the very end so it soaks it up after cooking and voila! They're none the wiser and at least get some vitamins into them
Queenie G 1 year ago
I am an incredibly picky eater, not by choice. It is a texture thing for me. I love food and flavors but there are things I just can't eat because of the texture. I do a lot of lean meats and rice. It's a good go to. Things I don't eat? Squash, liver, okra, lots of cooked veggies.. I will eat them raw, love raw veggies, fish, not most seafood but love fish. I envy folks that can just eat anything, that would be awesome!
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
I would say for the majority of people it is not by choice. They would probably love to go to a restaurant and be able to pick anything from the menu. Whether it is texture, taste or needing the familiarity of food, and influenced by ASD, ADHD, OCD or anything (or nothing) else, it is a legitimate problem. I think people need to be more understanding. In general, what others eat isn't going to impact them.
Load More Replies... Roan The Demon Kitty 1 year ago
I used to be a much pickier eater than I am now, and at one point one of the only meals I would eat would be sausage or Mititei with "crispy chips" (fries) as I don't like the softer texture of potato. (still don't, so I'll eat chips and roast potatoes done crispy xD)
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