Anyone else have strange food aversions?

CinderellaMom
CinderellaMom Posts: 22
edited September 21 in Food and Nutrition
When I was a little girl I used to live on peanut butter sandwiches-and I do mean live on them. I would have them for breakfast- lunch- after school snack- and if allowed, dinner. Then when I turned 12 years old my little brother tried to 'make' peanut butter by smashing peanuts and adding butter. It was not a pretty sight. From that day on I haven't been able to be around anyone who has eaten peanut butter without getting physically sick. My family and close friends know this and have learned the hard way to stay away.

Also I can't - and I do mean can't and not won't- eat anything that is white and creamy (yes I know, I've heard all the jokes possible about this). But seriously, its a consistancy thing and a color thing- not a taste thing. Sour cream- nope. Mayo- no. Cream Cheese- never. Not even vanilla ice cream! Tonight , for the first time, I am going to eat cottage cheese (so I can try to up my protein from yesterday) . So while my famdam is eating pork chops, corn on the cob, and roasted potatoes I'll be struggling to get down 3oz of this white...creamy...... Oh god I don't know if I can do it!

Anyone else have any strange food aversions- or am I the only one?
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  • papersparrow
    papersparrow Posts: 31 Member
    Stuffing. I love how it smells. I love how it tastes. I just can't handle the texture of it in my mouth. I have to spit it out. Never was a popular aversion during holiday meals, I'll tell ya that!
  • Freckles3
    Freckles3 Posts: 52
    celery... the stuff has the most horrible smell (to me)... i can taste / small the smallest amt. even in soup... I can't even look at the stuff on a plate w/o feeling like I am going to get sick... :laugh: ugh... i feel sick thinking about it... i love almost all foods just not celery... :laugh:
  • ashlee954
    ashlee954 Posts: 1,112 Member
    I used to have this issue with yogurt. I just started putting things in it like a bunch of fruit or chocolate chips or granola. I can eat it now plain but I definitely had to trick my mouth there for a while.
  • mrsf17
    mrsf17 Posts: 32
    Mayo.. which I guess is good cause it's not so good for you.


    But same thing I ate it on everything as a kid. Now the site or smell of it makes me ill...
  • lruff1987
    lruff1987 Posts: 263 Member
    Okay... this is gonna sound totally whacko and crazy... But anything that has little porous holes in it totally grosses me out. Crumpets, airy pancakes, etc. Anything that has those little porous holes I cannot get over! I totally know what you mean about those weird food issues that we grow up with. It's been like this since I was little... I don't know if something gave me this complex or if I just made it up on my own. But down to this day if I see anything that has those little holes in it I have to pass it over. :/
  • CinderellaMom
    CinderellaMom Posts: 22
    I'm so glad I am not the only one!
  • mram81
    mram81 Posts: 15
    I can eat corn on the cob, but not off the cob...even if I take a knife and shear it off. Just the consistency....don't know??
  • CinderellaMom
    CinderellaMom Posts: 22
    All three of my daughters are the same way- love corn on the cob- but they will only eat it if I cut it off the cob!
  • Samantharose8akaDebbie
    Samantharose8akaDebbie Posts: 407 Member
    Cinderella Mom..............Add some salsa to it.......................sounds gross, but its really really good:) I used to eat it that way with scoops:)
  • tmej1973
    tmej1973 Posts: 14
    My hubby will not eat mushrooms because he swears they "squeek"???? lol
    I cannot do: watermelon (well any melon) or strawberries (taste) and peaches due to the texture and smell. Everyone finds that so weird. It does make eating fruit salad etc. a pain in the behind. :)
    Best of luck to you, I adore cottage cheese but I know how most people (that I know) seem to find it gross.
  • CinderellaMom
    CinderellaMom Posts: 22
    I am definitely going to try that! I just tried eating it by dunking carrots and sugar snap peas in it- I failed! Once it hits my mouth I start gagging!! Maybe with the salsa I can trick my brain into thinking its not white.
  • 00trayn
    00trayn Posts: 1,849 Member
    Tuna! I cannot smell or be near someone while they're are eating tuna fish. Mainly the stuff that comes in a can. It just makes me want to be sick. I eat seafood now (not when I was growing up) but I can't get over things that have an overwhelmingly fishy or tuna smell.

    Also if you want to try something other than cottage cheese, try greek yogurt with a scoop of preserves in it. I buy low sugar preserves so it only adds 25 calories, and it's really delicious. I've heard it tastes somewhat similar to cottage cheese, but I've never eaten it before. I do love my greek yogurt tho! Fage is the best brand, Chobani is good too.
  • Bobarb
    Bobarb Posts: 2
    No I can't thoese little mushrooms in chinese food, they remind me fo part of the male anatomy. Mad the mistake of saying out loud to my grown kids and they think the same.
  • CinderellaMom
    CinderellaMom Posts: 22
    Oh mushrooms are another big no no for me- texure thing again.....

    00trayn- I ate tuna yesterday for the first time since I was about 5 yrs old! It was horrible! I had to force it down an even then I only ate about 1/2 or the tiny 3oz can. And my cat was giving me the evil eye the whole time!
  • animatedbecca
    animatedbecca Posts: 203
    Beets! When I was 12 my mom was pregnant with my little brother and she had the thing for 9 months about pickled beets! She canned them herself and ate them everyday all day long. I would walk home from school and before I opened the front door I would smell that horrendous smell and just want to turn around and run away from home! Now I cant even stand the site of them at a salad bar. DISGUSTING!!
  • chyloet
    chyloet Posts: 196 Member
    Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! It's called trypophobia ... do you have aversions to all things w tiny porous or clustered holes? ... I do, it's bad..real bad.
  • hooah_mj
    hooah_mj Posts: 1,004 Member
    Hot Fudge............makes my teeth ache just seeing it being poured.
    The smell burns my nose, too. If I don't remove myself, my stomach will turn....:sick:
  • Sumatra
    Sumatra Posts: 181
    I can't stand a big nasty raw tomato. I'm ok if they are very, very small like in salsa, though I do prefer my salsa blended all together without chunks. I also like tomatoes in soups or stews as long as they are not too big, but I just can't stand raw tomatoes. My husband is the same way thankfully.

    I also don't like coconut, it's the texture I think.

    I didn't like guacamole until I was pregnant with my oldest daughter, now I love it.
  • RoadDog
    RoadDog Posts: 2,946 Member
    I WISH I had food aversions.
  • CinderellaMom
    CinderellaMom Posts: 22
    LOL RoadDog- there must be something you don't like......
  • navstar
    navstar Posts: 113 Member
    I can't eat aubergines in any form I think it stems from when I was about 7/8 and my dad tried to make them and they were undercooked and squeaky! Now even having to handle them when cooking for the rest of the family is stomach churning I gave to get someone else to prepare them and I just cook them!
  • navstar
    navstar Posts: 113 Member
    I can't eat aubergines in any form I think it stems from when I was about 7/8 and my dad tried to make them and they were undercooked and squeaky! Now even having to handle them when cooking for the rest of the family is stomach churning I gave to get someone else to prepare them and I just cook them!
  • navstar
    navstar Posts: 113 Member
    I can't eat aubergines in any form I think it stems from when I was about 7/8 and my dad tried to make them and they were undercooked and squeaky! Now even having to handle them when cooking for the rest of the family is stomach churning I have to get someone else to prepare them and I just cook them!
  • Jai_
    Jai_ Posts: 4
    I love pineapple juice but I haven't eaten the fruit raw in years as it makes my tongue really tingly and oversensitive for hours afterwards. The last time I ate some was when I was 11. My tongue went all tingly and I ended up frantically licking my mum's long cotton skirt as she walked past in an attempt to relieve the tingly sensation. Luckily, she was distracted by my dad and didn’t seem to notice the not-so-gentle tug on her skirt.
  • solvig
    solvig Posts: 25
    Green bell peppers are Satan's vegetable to me. Anything they are put in seems to be "polluted" by them.
  • somigliana
    somigliana Posts: 314 Member
    The texture of aubergine/eggplant gives me the shudders. Ugh.

    I will confess to being very curious about why you want to eat things that are likely going to be revolting to you/make you feel sick/make you hold your nose to get it down? I know cottage cheese and tuna are good for protein, but there must be more palatable alternatives for getting in some protein?
  • SuzMcH
    SuzMcH Posts: 343 Member
    Rice pudding. Yeuch. It'sthe thought of squishy lumps in creamy hot milk. Stomach is turning just writing this.

    Also fake banana/strawberry. I'm OK with a real bananas and strawberries, love them. But banana flavoured yogurt, milkshake, ice cream. I could cry I fear it that much.
    My husband thought this was funny when he first found out. He chased me round my house threatening to pour banana milk over me. I was crying and screaming. Not funny at all !
  • Happyoceangirl
    Happyoceangirl Posts: 1,993 Member
    Mayo.. which I guess is good cause it's not so good for you.


    But same thing I ate it on everything as a kid. Now the site or smell of it makes me ill...

    I also have a mayo issue. I can handle it blended with other flavors, but a glob of mayo on it's own.......... EEEEEEEEWWWWWWW GAG.
  • nessaj
    nessaj Posts: 74 Member
    Aubergine and okra are my big hates. I can't bear the texture of either and have to avoid it at all costs.
  • sazziecee
    sazziecee Posts: 143
    In terms of taste, there are things I don't like but I wouldn't call then an aversion as I don't get stressed around them etc. I don't like garden peas and once cried at a family dinner in a restaurant because I had asked for "no peas" and it came with them on it. I was only 12 at the time though :)

    Not keen on parsnips, sweet potato, butternut squash etc, just toooo sweet for me but if they are in a soup I like it :)

    Sometimes the sight of a whole raw chicken about to go in the oven makes me gag, I think it makes it too "real"
    When I had my first son, he was about 3 days old and I was marinading chicken portions in spices etc, but when I came to cook them, I couldn't do it, it felt like I was about to roast my baby.... I know how whacko that sounds but I guess it was the hormones, haha
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