Are you a "freaky eater"?

lilbearzmom
lilbearzmom Posts: 600 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I don't consider myself too picky, but when I list out my food prejudices, I'm not so sure....

I am very picky about meat-
chicken- white meat only and only off the bone- in fact, I never eat any type of meat off the bone.
beef- it can't have much fat at all and no gristle- basically prime rib is my worst nightmare.
fish- don't like it whatsoever- I do like shrimp

I adore raw sushi, but don't like cooked fish- WEIRD

I like raisins, but not in any type of baked item like bread or muffins.

I like most vegetables except celery, lima beans, black eyed peas, brussel sprouts, cooked carrots (raw is OK)

I will only eat eggs scrambled or in an omelet- I hate hardboiled eggs or fried eggs

I think I am freaky. How about you? What foods do you hate?

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  • 2FatToRun
    2FatToRun Posts: 810 Member
    I love all food even in their different textures and consistencies, bad bad combo coupled with the fact I also love to eat,eat,eat :laugh:
  • Vune
    Vune Posts: 674 Member
    I have big texture issues with many legumes. I'm cool with peanuts and hummus and sometimes lentils, but any kind of bean is off-putting and I hate peas.

    I also try sweet potatoes every few years to see if I've changed. The first bite is pretty darn good, but I can't stomach the rest of it.

    Pre-fruited yogurt, other than coconut, lemon, and lime, is gross and wrong. I will add my my own fruit if I want it. I've been that way since I was a child.

    I don't eat cereal with milk. I might nibble it dry as a snack, though.
  • quirkytizzy
    quirkytizzy Posts: 4,052 Member
    My BF is a picky eater. Texture is a big thing for him.

    Me? I'm a human garbage disposal. I'll eat just about anything as long as it's not alive while I'm eating it.
  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
    Meh... it's not that freaky. :) Lots of people have texture issues with food - sounds like what you're dealing with OP.


    FWIW - I love fish - raw. I don't like many fish cooked.
  • Confuzzled4ever
    Confuzzled4ever Posts: 2,860 Member
    I won't touch cottage cheese.... and I'm not a fan of added sugars or salts.... Everything else is fair game... I'm even considering trying antelope and the like.. lol.. there's a restaurant here..
  • JessHealthKick
    JessHealthKick Posts: 800 Member
    I don't consider myself too picky, but when I list out my food prejudices, I'm not so sure....

    I am very picky about meat-
    chicken- white meat only and only off the bone- in fact, I never eat any type of meat off the bone.
    beef- it can't have much fat at all and no gristle- basically prime rib is my worst nightmare.

    just deleted what didn't apply to me... so the meat. Grew up never eating dark meat of chicken or any meat off the bone, so find it strange. I've been better with off the bone when it's good meat, but fatty parts in meat? HELL NO!
  • Brenda4105
    Brenda4105 Posts: 117 Member
    If your a strange eater then I am scared to guess what I might be called... lol
    I hate fish of any kind.
    No beans.
    Can eat it but don't like it - white bread.
    Veggies - I only eat corn, peas, carrots, onion & green peppers if they are cooked in something. Broccoli & cauliflower raw. Potatoes are ok, but prefer baked sweet potatoes.
    Don't like milk (grew up on a farm and we had fresh milk, I have never been able to drink "store milk")
    Not crazy about pasta.
    Salads - I will eat most kinds of lettuce, but don't care for cukes, hate tomatoes
    I like beef, pork, chicken only deboned breast meat.
    See your not so Freaky after all.
  • brigit628
    brigit628 Posts: 50 Member
    I hate banana flavored anything, pudding, banana bread, etc. I will eat a regular banana if its not too ripe, almost green. The banana smell makes me gag.
    And I can't do oatmeal.. It's like eating warm vomit....ick
  • MercenaryNoetic26
    MercenaryNoetic26 Posts: 2,747 Member
    I eat EVERYTHING.

    Except cantoulope and pumpkin seeds (allergic reactions). I wish I could eat them. Also, I won't eat bugs, but I eat oatmeal and bread knowing there's bug pieces in there.

    My 10yr old and husb drive me insane. The totally are freaky eaters and hard to please.
  • cleback
    cleback Posts: 261 Member
    I eat EVERYTHING.

    Except cantoulope and pumpkin seeds (allergic reactions). I wish I could eat them. Also, I won't eat bugs, but I eat oatmeal and bread knowing there's bug pieces in there.

    My 10yr old and husb drive me insane. The totally are freaky eaters and hard to please.

    Not cool to say while I'm eating oatmeal. :-/
  • missyjane824
    missyjane824 Posts: 1,199 Member
    I'm not terribly picky. I do have issues with texture so not fond of some beans, but most I do like. Don't like hummus because of the texture or maybe just don't like the texture of the hummus I have tried. Other than that most things are fair game.
  • Mom4Liz
    Mom4Liz Posts: 55
    I'm a bit of a picky eater. I'm mostly just very particular about how foods are prepared. It's gotten to the point that its rare for me to actually enjoy a meal out. I know I could have done it better and cheaper myself.
  • theCarlton
    theCarlton Posts: 1,344 Member
    No.
    I'm not a big fan of tomato sauces or rubust tomato soups (the creamy kind is ok). I also dislike warm tomatoes of any sort. But if someone made me spaghetti dinner, I'd still eat it without telling them that I'm dying inside.
  • grumpy2032
    grumpy2032 Posts: 92 Member
    as long as its not spicy HOT I will eat it ! thats how I was taught . If it was put on our plates we ate it and thanked the Lord we had it so that gave me a love of all kinds of food and a willingness to try new ones.
  • servilia
    servilia Posts: 3,452 Member
    I'm not picky but I did spit out what I thought was cookie dough. It was actually raw brains eww
  • LavenderBouquet
    LavenderBouquet Posts: 736 Member
    You sound very picky, no offence :laugh:

    I don't think I've tried a type of meat I don't like, or seafood for that matter.
    I like most dairy, except for blue cheese or anything along those lines.
    I like almost all veggies I've tried except I'm not a fan of artichokes, avocados if not mixed with something, olives, and I like the flavour of mushrooms but the texture is off-putting.
    I like almost all fruits except for grapefruit and green pears.

    Don't think I missed anything..
  • keem88
    keem88 Posts: 1,689 Member
    cooked carrots are fine, i don't like raw carrots.
    i hate meat and fish.
    water chestnuts gross me out
    mayo is nasty too, although now and then i will have horseradish. i love ranch but i make it without mayo
    i'll eat anything else
    eta: fake banana grosses me out. i can only eat real bananas. and gelatin is nasty too

    can you guess i'm a vegetarian? :laugh:
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I'm a foodie...so in that sense, I'm picky...I like quality. But I am adventurous..I'll try just about anything once and there isn't a whole lot out there that I don't like if it's properly prepared.
  • MST13
    MST13 Posts: 20 Member
    I am not that picky, I will eat just about anything! I am not a fan of steak though, and I don't care for chocolate flavored stuff too much (like chocolate ice cream or cake). Oh, and I cannot stand coffee!!! Don't like the smell of it either.
  • mlcantwell
    mlcantwell Posts: 243 Member
    I don't like most pickled foods. I do like pickled radish, ginger, and home made gently pickled cucumber. I don't like lager (too weak) or IPA (too bitter). Not a fan of wasabi (unless eating sushi) or wasabi flavored snack foods, or horseradish. I didn't use to like peanut butter, but now I like it in small quantities. I Hate okra and pickled fish. I don't like any carbonated beverages, unless it has alcohol in it.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    Have you considered using a knife and fork to remove meat from the bone? Just wondering.
  • wtw0n
    wtw0n Posts: 1,083 Member
    There are two things I don't eat because I can't stand the taste: blue cheese and pumpkin. Besides those two there are a few other things I don't eat, but that's because of allergies.

    So yeah, I eat pretty much anything.
  • thefewsteps
    thefewsteps Posts: 201 Member
    the only thing freaky about you is that you like raisins. yuck!
  • Yeller_Sensation
    Yeller_Sensation Posts: 373 Member
    I am a "freaky eater" only when I cannot easily categorize tastes. For instance: many people love pumpkin but I have difficulty accepting it because it tastes neither sweet nor salty to me. It's an in-between that drives me nuts.
  • MSeel1984
    MSeel1984 Posts: 2,297 Member
    I eat peanut butter every day. This has been almost a year. I feel incomplete if I don't eat any peanut butter...I crave it more than any other food.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    I loathe celery. Don't really like mushroom. That's about it.

    Oh and peanut butter... don't like it. Probably because I'm French and never had any until I was 17. None of the French people I know who've tried it liked it either. But it's fine in chocolate.
  • Illona88
    Illona88 Posts: 903 Member
    as long as its not spicy HOT I will eat it ! thats how I was taught . If it was put on our plates we ate it and thanked the Lord we had it so that gave me a love of all kinds of food and a willingness to try new ones.

    Not religious, but was basically brought up the same way. We had to eat what was put on the table and if we refused, our Mom would lock us in the hallway with our plate and wouldn't let us out until we finished it.
    I now eat basically anything and make sure to thank whoever has cooked it (apart from a couple of things I'm allergic to).
  • awtume9
    awtume9 Posts: 423 Member
    I'm a big texture person... mainly chunky type foods turn me off:

    -yogurt with fruit on the bottom
    -OJ with pulp

    Those are the two biggest ones!
  • Songbirdcw
    Songbirdcw Posts: 320 Member
    I'm pretty picky, not freaky...I don't think

    Carrots, broccoli, and spinach I prefer raw. I don't particularly care for them cooked.
    I don't like the smell of eggs scrambled sometimes...it freaks me out
    Too much cheese freaks me out
    Now that I've been a pscetarian (only seafood) for 5 yrs, smell of meat cooking and sight of bloody meat churns my stomach.

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