tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post2177950834429228678..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Picky EatersAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-25873738702496495712013-04-01T20:24:23.490-04:002013-04-01T20:24:23.490-04:00T99, I won't eat oysters, liver, or lima beans...T99, I won't eat oysters, liver, or lima beans. No prob w/ scallops.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-11815151227202805922013-03-31T16:29:45.100-04:002013-03-31T16:29:45.100-04:00I eat onions now! Suck it, Jonathan!I eat onions now! Suck it, Jonathan!Ben Wymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12491745981357751416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-75701884243708274072013-03-30T12:19:49.379-04:002013-03-30T12:19:49.379-04:00There were certain things I refused to eat as a ch...There were certain things I refused to eat as a child -- oysters, scallops, liver -- but I enjoy most of them now.<br /><br />Still, I can be very happy eating exactly the same food day after day, for weeks on end. In contrast, my husband gets bored to death with leftovers. He's the cook, but he'd rather go to the trouble of cooking something new than eat something he cooked the day before. I make it my job to forage among the leftovers for lunch and throw them out if I know I'm not going to eat them, because he's unlikely to.<br /><br />He has a hard time believing I'm not just being polite if I say I'd be just as happy with a repeat of an old recipe as with a wonderful new experiment. "What do you think about spaghetti tonight?" he'll ask. I always say, "The literal truth is that my answer to that question is always going to be a completely sincere 'Yum! Spaghetti again! Yay!'"<br /><br />This is particular true if I'm anxious or stressed, in which case I've been known to retreat to an unchanging menu for all three meals, day after day.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-16314106260895795002013-03-30T01:11:21.363-04:002013-03-30T01:11:21.363-04:00The family story is that my next older brother (I ...The family story is that my next older brother (I am youngest of 6) would eat almost nothing but PB sandwiches. My mother was very concerned, until her doctor asked her what she was worried about. <br /><br />"He won't eat anything but peanut butter." She said. <br /><br />"Well," said the doc, "Then give him peanut butter sandwiches. The boy needs to eat." <br /><br />Apparently that seemed to eliminate that as a problem in my mother's mind. She told the story with a certain reverence, as if the Doctor spoke with an almost divine voice. <br /><br />Apparently suited my brother too. When I was 17, he returned home from Air Force basic training in Texas and introduced me to jalapeno peppers. Ahoooah!Dubbahdeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075702513873912334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-10805957748971358372013-03-29T18:32:30.079-04:002013-03-29T18:32:30.079-04:00I'll have to make you a nice egg salad next ti...I'll have to make you a nice egg salad next time you come over. And get some peanuts for Ben...GraniteDadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04851407860883846133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-34516619370756376212013-03-28T14:40:05.014-04:002013-03-28T14:40:05.014-04:00I was a picky eater, but I've gotten better. ...I was a picky eater, but I've gotten better. Still have things I won't eat.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-28106556119081968572013-03-27T20:39:01.751-04:002013-03-27T20:39:01.751-04:00Reluctance to try new things could sure play a rol...Reluctance to try new things could sure play a role. The rest might be accounted for by things <a href="http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/menus/kids-taste-buds.htm" rel="nofollow">adults don't always taste as fully as kids do</a> and by having some domain of control.<br /><br />I remember there were large classes of things I wasn't inclined to try; and other large classes of things I'd try anything in.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.com