Will you eat it if you hate the taste?

I would definitely eat food I don't really care for, but there's a small number of "hell, no" foods that literally make me gag when I try to eat them (seaweed and mushrooms, I'm looking at you), so I don't even bother to try.

I am definitely one of those people waiting for the meal in a pill, or at least some kind of bland, dry human chow.

I will try something multiple times, just to account for different ways of cooking it, but overall... if I HATE the way something tastes, I'm not going to eat it. I don't need to love everything I eat - I don't particularly care for broccoli - but if something turns my stomach I'm not eating it. Like artichoke. If something smells that much like an armpit, I'm not eating it.

Heck no. No one can make me eat skinless boneless chicken breasts. Forget that. Skin on or nothing.

Fish-wise, tilapia's kind of weak-tasting imo. If you get frozen (like most people do, like I do), the texture's not amazing. Lately I'm really into mackerel - it's fattier (good fats!) and there's a place near me that grills a whole (fresh) fish beautifully. I eat half for dinner and the other half for lunch. OR you could try marinating your tilapia and making it masala style, baking rather than frying.

I think the trick is to get better quality meat/fish/poultry if you can. Or learn some tricks to make the frozen stuff taste good (marinating or frying, usually - I'm too lazy for that.)

OR buy really nice meat (not fish) that's on sale because it's on the "best by" date, and freeze it.

I can be very picky sometimes. It depends though. If it's given to me I'll do my best to eat it. Otherwise I stay away. Ive tried and tried to eat fresh tomatoes but I just do not like the taste at all.mixed in with something not as bad.

TrailBlazinMN wrote: »

I used to be the pickiest eater around until I forced myself to eat things over and over again knowing those foods were good for me. Now I can eat almost anything. If I'm not a huge fan of something yet I won't gag eating it, I'll eat it since I am geared more towards performance. In time, if my body likes it, it will eventually accept it.

^^this. Your taste buds can change their preferences.

I look down upon picky eaters with disdain. Sure, if something is making you gag then obviously don't eat it. But it's pathetic to avoid whole classes of healthy food just because you don't love them.

If you just make yourself eat new foods for awhile you'll begin to tolerate them. Eventually you'll even start to like them. And then you won't be so annoying whenever anyone else is cooking.

FellyFabulous wrote: »

Do you eat it if you hate the taste or do you opt for something different?

No, why would I eat something that I hate? Makes no sense to me.

lishie_rebooted wrote: »

I refuse to eat kale or quinoa just because some faceless authority tells me that they're good for me.
I think they're disgusting and I won't eat them.

This! Quinoa is like eating baby spiders. Just. Bluh. And kale makes my throat itchy: stop putting it in everything!

On the other hand, there are things that when I think about it, I really dislike them... but for some reason will go on kicks of wanting it *constantly*. Like, I really don't enjoy mango at all. Offer me mango? I'll eat the heck out of it. Same with taro. I like neither the flavor nor texture, but can't get enough of it. Last night I got one of those Vietnamese jelly che drinks with chunks of mango, and taro milk. I actually asked for both in the drink. I couldn't finish it because the taste and texture just threw me off, but drank the first half with gusto and went out of my way to eat most of the mango first. WTF? o.O