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Picky eaters of Lemmy: Why? (self.asklemmy)

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I just overheard a coworker saying “Oh, I would never try that in my life!”, in a discussion of food. (This was about consuming a steak cooked less than medium well). It made me wonder what life is like for those who refuse to try new food, especially those who refuse to try mundane things like fried shrimp.

Why limit yourself? It seems like such a closed-minded way to view food. Help me understand?

EDIT:

I wasn’t going to do this, but I’m tired of replying to people and will post this at the top.

The person that prompted this question is a close-minded piece of crap. He has no sensory issues, just a shitty mindset, with ignorance and prejudice on display with no shame. I have the pleasure of hearing his annoying shit every night.

The knee-jerk reactions I have received from people in this post have had me examine my own knee-jerk reactions, attributing malice to that which may be misunderstanding rather than bigotry or hatred. This is what I am taking away from this post. That even I should take a chill pill every now and again; it’s not all a tragedy.

I will not delete it, because there are some very thoughtful replies that explain different viewpoints, that people took time to type out. It would be disrespectful to them to do that.

Call me what you like. Don’t care. I will not be replying to any other replies.

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[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Mushrooms as well, I hate them with a burning passion.

Mushrooms were completely disgusting to me until I realized it was white buttons and baby bellas that I hated. I discovered that what I really liked are enokis, shiitakes, and especially oysters. There's a world of difference in flavor and texture, and I still have to use them in the right meals.

If I could recommend one thing, the next time you make a sauce (I've found marinara sauce on pasta works well):

Take fresh oyster mushrooms (not referring to king oyster, but might work?).
Remove the cap (don't use the stem).
Finely shred it by hand.
Then put it in the sauce and cook.

When you tear it by hand and add it to sauce, the flavor is incredibly savory, and you don't feel the texture at all because it tears so finely.

[-] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

--You don't know you don't like ice cream until you've tried every kind. -Hobbes

[-] Ghoelian@piefed.social 6 points 4 days ago

Huh. I have also always thought I hate mushrooms, but thinking about it now, I don't think I've ever seen a mushroom other than champignon available as an ingredient anywhere. I never even realised until now that champignon is not just what we call edible mushrooms in Dutch, because every time someone refers to eating mushrooms, it's champignons.

Maybe I should try some different kinds.

[-] zombaya01@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Albert Heijn has good mixes of other kinds of mushroom, very easy to make a pasta with if you also get one of their fresh sauces.

[-] Soggy@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Same. Turns out I like every kind of mushroom except the crimini family, which taste like someone left a NERF dart out in the mud for six years. (Similarly, canned black olives are an abomination but every time there's a fancy olive on a charcuterie board I like it.)

[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Canned black olives are the single ingredient I can think of that totally ruins a pizza for me flavor-wise. I've discovered I even kind of like mushrooms on pizza – and that it's maybe the one context where I'm fine with baby bella. Shit, I'm even kind of okay with green olives on pizza.

Canned black olives are one of the three Hell foods to me along with chicken liver (odor) and cottage cheese (texture).

[-] matelt@feddit.uk 2 points 4 days ago

Ah but that's the thing, if I know there's mushrooms in a dish I will not be able to put a single morsel in my mouth. There must be some psychological aspect to this but I swear, it's like I'm physically unable to bring the fork to my face.

I do wish I liked mushrooms and eggs because people rave about them and they're so versatile, it's very frustrating.

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