Eating Habits
That"s why i can't eat kiwi. Do any of you ever wonder if say you were totally starving, maybe you were stuck on a boat in the middle of the sea and suddenly a big plate of really smushy tomatoes or whatever you hate went by, would you eat them? I wonder about that kind of stuff sometimes. I don't go near fish, it is so entirely gross to me, but if I was starving, would I gag it down or be happy to get it?
I'm pretty sure i'd starve to death in front of a buffet table if there was nothing i liked.
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*raw sliced open tomatoes, that sickly seed-ridden quivering jelly makes me wanna rolf.
That greenish quivering jelly is literally one of my favourite culinary delights!
I had a lot of problems similar to the OP, which still persist to some degree. I also find eating takes quite a bit of focus and only very recently (now aged 29) have I developed the skill, confidence and lack of caring that I am able to eat in a social setting.
I do like eating in very large volumes. I am always hungry but quite fussy and particular on the things I want. This can prove irritating to those around me, as so much of my own time and thinking is spent on figuring out when I am going to get my next meal, and how I am going to maximise satiety, flavour, nutrition, value for money etc..
When finally eating, I find it physically challenging and need to both have things quite close to my face, so cannot stand low tables etc.. I also need to concentrate on getting everything in as quickly as possible as I am both very hungry and enjoying the food.
But something I cannot stand is getting messy, greasy hands or face etc.. so I have to be careful too. I have a tendency to get out of breath due to eating to fast and being overful, so tried to talk to people simultaneously is hard.
Yeah growing up I always heard the refrain, if you got hungry enough you would eat it, but I don't think I would.
I don't eat many fruits or vegetables, never have. I do get a craving once in awhile for something green, but I can only eat a little of it and then I start to feel repulsed.
People are so shocked if I say I don't eat fruits or vegetables, and some almost have a moral judgment about it, like it makes you a horrible person. I always thought that was strange.
I just found out the other day that I may have fructose malabsorption. That could explain why I feel repulsed by some fruits and vegetables, and I can only eat small amounts of the ones I like. Interestingly, I do like strawberries and those are low in fructose.
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This reminds me of what my mum would tell me about canned tuna fish and cold-cuts (those slimy sliced lunch meats). The smell of them is nauseating and the texture/taste is completely disgusting. My mum would say if I was starving on an island somewhere and there was nothing to eat I would be happy to have tuna. Well, I'd eat it if I were starving ,obviously but I think I might still have to gag it down.
@auntblabby- I also loathe cucumbers and big tomatoes/slices of tomatoes that have a mealy quality to them but I really like cherry tomatoes and I like tomato sauce, oddly enough.
Everything must be cold or at most, lukewarm, but never frozen. This includes all meals most people would eat warm, and drinks such as coffee.
I usually prefer eating powdered drinks as powder as opposed to making drinks of them. This caused a lot of stares at my last job lol...
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This reminds me of what my mum would tell me about canned tuna fish and cold-cuts (those slimy sliced lunch meats). The smell of them is nauseating and the texture/taste is completely disgusting. My mum would say if I was starving on an island somewhere and there was nothing to eat I would be happy to have tuna. Well, I'd eat it if I were starving ,obviously but I think I might still have to gag it down.
@auntblabby- I also loathe cucumbers and big tomatoes/slices of tomatoes that have a mealy quality to them but I really like cherry tomatoes and I like tomato sauce, oddly enough.
Do you like catsup ?- (I'm not asking for any particular reason).
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This reminds me of what my mum would tell me about canned tuna fish and cold-cuts (those slimy sliced lunch meats). The smell of them is nauseating and the texture/taste is completely disgusting. My mum would say if I was starving on an island somewhere and there was nothing to eat I would be happy to have tuna. Well, I'd eat it if I were starving ,obviously but I think I might still have to gag it down.
@auntblabby- I also loathe cucumbers and big tomatoes/slices of tomatoes that have a mealy quality to them but I really like cherry tomatoes and I like tomato sauce, oddly enough.
Do you like catsup ?- (I'm not asking for any particular reason).
I like PROCESSED tomatoes rather like a normal person would prefer butchered and cooked meat over the raw stuff.
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This reminds me of what my mum would tell me about canned tuna fish and cold-cuts (those slimy sliced lunch meats). The smell of them is nauseating and the texture/taste is completely disgusting. My mum would say if I was starving on an island somewhere and there was nothing to eat I would be happy to have tuna. Well, I'd eat it if I were starving ,obviously but I think I might still have to gag it down.
@auntblabby- I also loathe cucumbers and big tomatoes/slices of tomatoes that have a mealy quality to them but I really like cherry tomatoes and I like tomato sauce, oddly enough.
Do you like catsup ?- (I'm not asking for any particular reason).
ketchup? indeed, I do.
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This reminds me of what my mum would tell me about canned tuna fish and cold-cuts (those slimy sliced lunch meats). The smell of them is nauseating and the texture/taste is completely disgusting. My mum would say if I was starving on an island somewhere and there was nothing to eat I would be happy to have tuna. Well, I'd eat it if I were starving ,obviously but I think I might still have to gag it down.
@auntblabby- I also loathe cucumbers and big tomatoes/slices of tomatoes that have a mealy quality to them but I really like cherry tomatoes and I like tomato sauce, oddly enough.
Do you like catsup ?- (I'm not asking for any particular reason).
I like PROCESSED tomatoes rather like a normal person would prefer butchered and cooked meat over the raw stuff.
Yeah, I like processed tomatoes but then I also like cherry tomatoes, the little ones but not big tomatoes which I can't explain.
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Everyone seems to like things being cold. I've always been the opposite. I had ulcers in my mouth when I was 4 from my food being too hot. Even now, I pretty much put everything I eat on precisely 5:35 in the microwave. I just like it hot.
Now, drinks must be really cold. I hate lukewarm. I only like two ice cubes in my soda, otherwise it becomes too watery and is just intolerable.