Eating the foods you hate

Not really, no. Every now and then, I'll try something that I historically haven't liked, just to see if anything has changed. Sometimes, a different preparation or just time changes if I like something. Other times, it's still nasty.

It depends- there are some foods I don't care for but don't hate (yogurt and bananas for example) and if they are the only thing available or are free at an event I will eat them, but there are other foods I loathe won't eat (Brussels sprouts, grits).
If you are someone who is an insanely picky eater (like, will only eat less then a dozen foods) then forcing yourself to eat more foods is a good thing. However, if you have a wide range of foods and just don't like a few foods, then F them! It's okay to not like some foods, as long as you are polite about it.

WinoGelato wrote: »

Why do you feel you need to eat foods you hate? So many foods in the world to choose from, if you truly don't like something I don't know why you need to force yourself to eat something you don't enjoy.

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I try things as an adult that I did not like as a child and I find I like most of the stuff I did not. Recently I tried olives and I found I like them. I tried a gizzard and did not like it's texture so I will not eat it again. Expanding your pallet is good but if you find you still don't like those things they why continue to eat them?

I am just curious - what is the conversation in your head that creates the negative judgement about a food? I know that I dont like the taste of most fish, so thats why I dont eat it, other than salmon or tuna. I dont like celery because jeepers, you can chew and chew that stuff and it is so fibrous that it just doesnt seem to want to go down. Is it texture? Smell? Someone said mushrooms are slimey - I have never had a slimey mushroom, so its difficult to relate to that. I dont like organ meats or brains or stuff, but I wasnt raised on them, and so I have a preconceived idea that I wont like them. I am just trying to understand the root of the aversion for some of these perfectly normal and everyday foods, other than the generic "Idontlikethemtheymakemegag".

Mango.

I wanted to like mango since forever. I like mango lassi, liked mango smoothies, but plain raw mango, no.

Every year I would eat a mango hoping to like it.

Finally the little honey mangos became available in our area, and those I love.

Regular mango, still kinda meh but I can eat and enjoy it now.


Papaya, that's a different story, it just tastes like vomit to me. I don't even try anymore.

I like a whole lot of foods, so many foods that most people think I am not a picky eater - I am picky in the sense of having likes and dislikes, I do care how things taste. But I like a lot of different foods and tastes.

I always think salmon looks nice, but when I put it in my mouth I immediately feel like if I swallowed it I would throw up. I have tried it quite a lot over the years and it's always the same. Weirdly I eat all other types of fish.
I did learn to like olives which I hated 10 years ago and now I love

cross2bear wrote: »

I am just curious - what is the conversation in your head that creates the negative judgement about a food? I know that I dont like the taste of most fish, so thats why I dont eat it, other than salmon or tuna. I dont like celery because jeepers, you can chew and chew that stuff and it is so fibrous that it just doesnt seem to want to go down. Is it texture? Smell? Someone said mushrooms are slimey - I have never had a slimey mushroom, so its difficult to relate to that. I dont like organ meats or brains or stuff, but I wasnt raised on them, and so I have a preconceived idea that I wont like them. I am just trying to understand the root of the aversion for some of these perfectly normal and everyday foods, other than the generic "Idontlikethemtheymakemegag".

For me, the main feature of the things I don't like is texture.

Next is how they make me feel.

And finally, it is smell/taste.


So for example ...

Mushrooms are rubbery and slimy (think mushroom slices on pizza) ... bad texture. They also make me feel slightly nauseated and burp for a couple hours after having even a small piece. That's not nice. And they taste bad. They are a fail on all counts.

Green peppers have a good texture. But they leave me feeling digestively upset for even a day or two after eating them ... burping them up, unsettled stomach, heartburn. So that's a big NO. And they taste bad.
Yellow and red peppers are the same, but milder. I can actually eat a bit of red pepper in a dish and only have mild heartburn and burping etc. and they don't taste quite as bad as green peppers.

Milk, peanuts, peas, and tree nuts have a great texture and taste. But they fail on the second point ... bloating, digestive upset, heartburn, gas, diarrhea. I can manage them in small quantities, but for example, about 10 peanuts is my maximum.

Seafood can fail on the texture. I just can't get past the texture of things like oysters and calamari. And they fail on smell and taste. But I do eat tuna, salmon steaks and battered flake ... those are OK for texture and if they're done nicely the smell/taste is pretty good.

Beef can fail on texture depending how it is done. It can sit in my stomach like a brick, so sometimes it makes me feel bad. And if it is anything remotely pink, the metallic taste of blood just puts me right off.

Steak fails because I had steak once a week from the time I could first manage to chew a bit of it until I was 18. If I never even see steak again, I will be a happy person. It was never my favourite meat (see comments above about beef).

I'm a natural-born omnivore. There is only one dish I wanted to spit out and never try again, and it may be that it was prepared wrong. Long ago at a workplace pot luck some gal brought what she said were stuffed grape leaves. That may be, but me and that particular dish didn't have a pleasant meeting and I'm not willing to search the world for properly done stuffed grape leaves.

robininfl wrote: »

Mango.

I wanted to like mango since forever. I like mango lassi, liked mango smoothies, but plain raw mango, no.

Every year I would eat a mango hoping to like it.

Finally the little honey mangos became available in our area, and those I love.

Regular mango, still kinda meh but I can eat and enjoy it now.


Papaya, that's a different story, it just tastes like vomit to me. I don't even try anymore.

I like a whole lot of foods, so many foods that most people think I am not a picky eater - I am picky in the sense of having likes and dislikes, I do care how things taste. But I like a lot of different foods and tastes.

I didn't particularly like the mangoes available in Canada ... rock hard and too sour.

But then I came to Australia and started eating slightly over-ripe mangoes right off the tree ... and they are absolutely delicious! They shot right up to the top of my list of favourite fruit. I look forward to mango season here every year ... it's coming soon!

Unfortunately they are a bit high in calories so I have to be careful. I could easily put away 600 cals worth in a day.