Food Texture Issues/Quirks - Who else has them?

I cannot stand oatmeal I gag every time I have ever tried to eat it. I also cannot stand grits, meatloaf, stuffed peppers, meatball sandwiches, sloppy joes I could go on but anything that could possibly make anything soggy especially french onion soup or that resembles dog food or vomit. I have always been this way since I was a child and still can't do it. My husband says its all in my head but I don't care still can't eat it.

I don't like the consistency of Jello, pudding, grits, tapioca, flan, bread pudding, rice pudding

None. I will eat anything, regardless of texture. That's why I'm here, lol. Maybe if I were a little more selective of what I put in my mouth (ba dum-tss!) I would never have gotten as porky as I did.

Lima beans
water chestnuts
black eyed peas
wet bread

yuck....texture thing

civilizedworm wrote: »

I was on an anti-depressant a few years ago and just about everything gave me the gag reflex including fried eggs, spinach, apples, and toothpaste. I'm glad I am over all that now.

I took Topamax briefly for headaches and it changed the way everything tasted and smelled, the most drastic change being the ability to sense carbonation - all soda was perceived as being completely flat.
Very bizarre that a medication could effect the senses to such a degree. Made me wonder if the sensation of carbonation even exists or if the sensation is illusory.

I have a lot of food related quirks.

I can't do creamy stuff. No yogurt, mayo, milk, cottage cheese, cream of whatever "soup", etc.
I can't drink out of a plastic cup. It grosses me out.
Nothing soggy - so no cooked onions, tomatoes, mushrooms, etc. *shudder*
Cheese has to be melted.
I can't drink out of a can.
Bone in meat of any sort. It makes me gag.
Any type of rice (I blame this on a movie watched long, long ago).

I have more, but I don't want to embarrass myself.

I can't stand gummy bears or marshmallows. I have one grown kid that still can't stand the texture of rice.

I'm with you on Okra, I never could stand it. Fried okra is worse, it just looks like snot and styrofoam. I don't like bell peppers at all, when I try to eat them I gag as if they are poison. I've never liked the texture of water chestnuts.

I don't like raw onions at all, but I eat caramelized or cooked onions all the time. I'm the opposite with carrots, I love them raw but steamed or stewed carrots are gross. I don't like raw radishes but I love steamed radishes, radish in soup and radish cakes. I don't like raw kohlrabi or the leaves but I like it steamed or mashed.

I have to cook collard greens for hours until they are mushy enough to eat, but most other greens I can eat raw with no problem.

I hate cleaning the hair/fuzz out of artichokes.

I don't like to deal with the peels of cactus pears or dragon fruit, or kiwis. I will just cut them in half and eat out the center with a spoon.

Cereal bars that have a fruit filling surrounded by baked crust like Nutri-Grain bars have always been way too dry for me. Recently, however, I've managed to start to enjoy fig bars, so who knows?! Maybe these things change!

Anything with the consistency of grits always falls flat with me too. Quaker has produced two instant oatmeals - one for weight control and one with added protein - that have a gritty texture and I just ended up throwing the rest of the box out after trying them. Gross!

Red meat that is not ground (steak - bleh). The texture creeps me out.
Also, ice cream cones. Feels like cardboard in my mouth. I always get my ice cream in a cup instead.