I really should not write a post about this. But, I am going to.
Along with my bird phobia, I guess you could say I have a phobia about certain foods.
There are a lot of foods that I LOVE! In fact, the foods that I love, I seem to go overboard on them.
Examples of this would be Chili's chips and salsa, watermelon, shrimp boiled in crab boil, Jr. Mints, PF Chang's. I could eat my weight in these.
I also love any meat, except liver. I will eat ANY cooked veggie and I adore fruit!
But there are other foods that I just CANNOT eat. I have tried and I have gagged. I can't even eat them to be nice.
I go into an all out panic when I am invited to a friends house for lunch. Most women I know eat light and girly food for lunch. I will often get out of an invitation for lunch if I think it may be a food I don't like. It is a terrible problem to have. I respect those people who will eat anything. I wish I were like that!
If you are wondering what I CANNOT eat, it would be: MAYONNAISE
I just can't do it!
I also can't eat ranch dressing or any kind of mayo based dressing. I just don't like any sort of white, cold, cream sauce. I can't hang with sour cream either. I won't get near mustard either.
Kelly wrote about our ladies lunch at church today. She always laughs at me when we are in ladies luncheon and I just sit there miserable and try to pull off a grape that is not touching mayo or dressing. It is a very chawing situation.
Oh well, I know it is my problem.
I am curious......what will you NOT eat?
Along with my bird phobia, I guess you could say I have a phobia about certain foods.
There are a lot of foods that I LOVE! In fact, the foods that I love, I seem to go overboard on them.
Examples of this would be Chili's chips and salsa, watermelon, shrimp boiled in crab boil, Jr. Mints, PF Chang's. I could eat my weight in these.
I also love any meat, except liver. I will eat ANY cooked veggie and I adore fruit!
But there are other foods that I just CANNOT eat. I have tried and I have gagged. I can't even eat them to be nice.
I go into an all out panic when I am invited to a friends house for lunch. Most women I know eat light and girly food for lunch. I will often get out of an invitation for lunch if I think it may be a food I don't like. It is a terrible problem to have. I respect those people who will eat anything. I wish I were like that!
If you are wondering what I CANNOT eat, it would be: MAYONNAISE
I just can't do it!
I also can't eat ranch dressing or any kind of mayo based dressing. I just don't like any sort of white, cold, cream sauce. I can't hang with sour cream either. I won't get near mustard either.
Kelly wrote about our ladies lunch at church today. She always laughs at me when we are in ladies luncheon and I just sit there miserable and try to pull off a grape that is not touching mayo or dressing. It is a very chawing situation.
Oh well, I know it is my problem.
I am curious......what will you NOT eat?
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It's hard with work lunches, showers, bbq's, ect, because premade wraps you buy from restaurant I have to seroiusly be "that girl" and sift through which ones don't have mayo on it.
UGH.
Ok, I need to stop talking about it.
I have a strong allergy to melons...my mom used to think I just didn't like them, but it makes my throat itch and the palms of my hands itch.
Those are my two big ones.
That food is just nasty
haha!
I have a real hard time with water chestnuts too. Something about the crunchy sound it makes coming from the inside of my ears just drives me bonkers!
Can NOT, have tried, there's no way I am able to eat celery! I can, however function with cream of celery soup!
Other than that, I love chicken salad (minus celery & water chestnuts) and potato salad! I prefer Miracle Whip over Mayo even though I can do either.
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now...it's not that i won't eat mayo; i will if i am the one that made something with it (or i know the person that did)...but oh noooo to eating it someplace else.
i don't do food with "red things" in them (typically this would be pimento, but red things bug me).
i don't do whipped cream...NASTY!
lima beans and peas...that texture makes my skin crawl.
i am a picky eater...but man i do love to eat...LOL
Sauteed onions - YUCK. They are so slimy. And I had a terrible aversion to them when I was pregnant. Except I will gladly eat onions in any dish as long as they are chopped to almost nothing. Grated is preferable. :)
I bet that does make you nervous to go to luncheon type events!
:)
And I have tried to make myself eat these things because my husband says "Just try it!" It never ends well.
I eat way more MAN food like meat and potatoes then WOMAN food. Why is it when men get together at church they get to have barbecques and fish fries and when women get to gether they eat quiche and salads? GRRRRR!
No onions (white or red)...yuck. Olives, yuck.
Do not generally use mayo either.
I'm with you on the sour cream part... ewwww!
And I used to work at PF Changs! A cheap thing that I used to do was order a side of noodles with extra sauce... then you can put whatever you want on them. It was around 1 or $2 versus $7 or $8 for a thing of noodles. If you ever need any other tips and tricks let me know. Love some PF Changs lol
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I WON"T eat most cooked veggies. But, I will eat most all of them raw. Weird, I know. :)
I'm a horrible mother but will confess that my daughter loves it... thanks to the evil doings of my husband however she KNOWS when she is with me she doesn't eat it because I'm not putting it on her plate, smelling it, and then wiping it off...
UGG... I have to quit talking about it.
I'm the type of person who can eat anything. My saying is: "if it's not moving, I'll eat it!" lol And it's true I'll eat anything! lol That's probably why I'm a bit overweight! lol Anyway, one food I don't care for is baked beans. I think it's because it's sweet and I'm not into sweets. I don't like cake much either but because of the sweets thing. But I would eat any of it if I had to.
By the way...what is "shrimp boiled in crab boil?"
Hope you have a wonderful Easter!
-Ruth Ann
I can't stand any white creamy food - gag!!! I also do not like cheese unless it is cheese dip - again gag. Seriously grosses me out. I order pizza without cheese. :) "Cheese puffs" are just down right nasty to me.
Sandwiches on regular sandwich bread also makes me gag - I gag even thinking about it. I can eat PB&J on sandwich bread but only half before I start to gag.
I have had to get over this at times b/c I am an occupational therapist and do feeding therapy with kids! Fortunately I get to pick the food most of the time! I have had to swallow cheese with a smile a few times! My coworkers try to give me feeding therapy at lunch! ha!
So glad I am not the only adult with this problem - it can be soooo frustrating when out to eat with friends/family.
I don't think you're crazy for disliking particular foods - I think everyone does! For me...fish. Ack!
I also hate any type of salad dressing..I mean there is not one I will eat. I use a lemon wedge or olive oil for dressing.
:)
I am a picky eater! Here are a few things I'd rather starve than eat...peas, lima beans, pork chops, kiwi, olives, shrimp (most all seafood. There are more things but that is enough.
Now, there are somethings I don't really care and think they are a waste of calories cause I don't really enjoy them:
cold sandwiches, steak, baked potatoes, salad that includes fruit (who puts strawberries, oranges, pecans in their salad?).
I don't like when things are all mixed together...cassaroles, veggie soup, and so on.
As for desserts I really don't care to waste any calories on anything NOT chocolate. That's how much I LOVE chocolate. Also, I don't like nuts that have been baked into stuff. I like salt/crunchy nuts but after they are baked they are rubbery and I don't like them.
Ok, that is enough. I could go on forever...as I said I am a picky eater!
i like almost anything but im married to a man who unfortunately doesnt like much other than meat and starches so guess what im stuck eating at dinner? when we go out, i order all veggies because i CRAVE them! :) i wonder what makes people like and dislike so many different things ???
I hate what I call "processed fruits" I love fruit. But if it's been processed in any way that makes it lose it's natural texture I gag. Processes like freezing, cooking, mashing creating syrup for it to sit and get soggy in. Bleck. Apple pie is the only fruit pie I'll eat for some reason, although i don't like my mom's apple crisp or applesauce. I like strawberry short cake but only with cut berries, not mashed.
I also hate any and all tropical fruits. Pineapple, mango, guava. Don't like the taste or texture even fresh.
And I don't like pork. I can eat pork, but I prefer no bacon, or ham, but I do like to eat sausage. I'm weird.
Pure greatness I tell you!
Mayo is revolting to me, as are mushrooms, boiled carrots, sweet potatoes, most seafood (other than mild white fish that is too mild to have much flavor, and then blackened), coconut, stinky cheese like feta/bleu, cheesecake, and curry seasoning. And I know what it’s like to try to choke down something to be polite. I hate when it makes me gag. I try so hard.
Jaimi
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Melissa
That being said, I do love yellow mustard, but I tend to become very detective-like with any type of mustard blend because I am always suspicious that it is infused with mayo! And I feel the same way about salad dressing. I would rather decline salad dressing altogether than chance a mayo blend.
Ugh!
Laurie, I soooo sympathize!
As for me - I can't eat bratwurst. I have in the past, but the last time my husband made them I realized I hate them! I also can't eat any meat once I hit a chewy bit. If I'm eating a chicken patty or nugget and I hit a chewy bit I gag. It's weird. LOL
Julie
Oh and the bird thing..I had a teacher in middle school with that same phobia. One day the windows were open and a bird flew in...she covered her head, ran from the room screaming and slammed the door behind her!
Potlucks/Buffets are definitely out of the question
No pancakes, waffles, french toast. I can not eat Maple Syrup. yuck
I hate steak and cheesecake too. The textures don't get me I just do not like them.
I actually used to be the exact same way with mayo up until about 4 years ago. (I've heard your tastes change every 10 years.) But now I like it!
Really, I dislike quite a few things and this becomes very obvious every time I go to pick a recipe out of a cookbook. In fact, I don't have many because I only seem to like about four or five in each one. Most of the time there are so many ingredients I don't like I just move on to the next page, and you can probably imagine how frustrating it is for me to find one that will work.
I feel sooo crazy compared to my friends, but I am glad to know I am not the only one:)
-Carrie