Thank to Marginal Revolution I ran across this sentence that absolutely blew me away by describing me to a T:
Picky eaters tend to gravitate to certain foods, including blander products that are often white or pale colored, like plain pasta or cheese pizza. For reasons that aren’t clear, almost all adult picky eaters like French fries and often chicken fingers, health experts say.
Those of you that know me know that I have been a picky eater since, if I understand my mother correctly, birth. I didn’t taste meat, to my knowledge, until my senior year in high school when I took a couple of bites of turkey. I didn’t eat it again until I was forced to on my mission. I didn’t eat a strawberry until I was 14. I ate my first banana in college (thanks Ed, I eat three a day now). I had my first and only hamburger after I was married.
The articles says that they are looking at it as potentially connected to OCD. I took the survey that Duke put up to screen potential study participants and the OCD statements even remotely applied. It really feels to me like the more sensitive palate description applies to me. I liked the foods I ate so much that I did not see any reason to want to try something different. I didn’t/don’t eat the way I did/do because I don’t like lots of food (most foods I haven’t tried). It is that I like the food I do eat so much that trying something different seems silly.
But I can’t tell you how strange it is to read the first commenter’s statement about eating plain pasta with parmesan cheese (that was 80% of everything I ate growing up) and now likes spicy food (I eat hot, spicy chicken tikka masala at every available turn). It feels strange to find someone so like you in an area you’ve always felt was 100% unique to you.
I remember you getting down a couple of nibbles of Gerber Vienna sausage before you turned up your little baby nose at it. As I recall, Liz and I were happy to take them off your ungrateful hands
It really *is* weird how well the article and some of the comments resemble you. I guess if you can't be my favorite Nazarite-ish weirdo anymore, you should just join me in a pepperoni pizza (also spicy!)
I will never forget the way you ate only bread and M&Ms at Christmas Dance.
Kellie, I am so sorry I inflicted a meal with me on you. Bread and M&Ms may tie with the night I asked for plain pasta at Al Forno's during homecoming: my entire meal cost less than Matt Hillary's apple juice. We should get our families together for a real meal sometime (just don't leave defining "real" up to me or we could be bound for a repeat).
Marie, I don't even know where to start: Vienna sausage. No wonder I didn't try meats again until I was 17! Yick!
Pepperoni pizza is still on my "If I Must" list. Reminds me when the manager at Papa John's found out I had been working their for over a month and had never tried pizza in my life.
And what type of pizza did he make me try? Sausage.
How are you with Salmon? It's my favorite in the whole world, I would assume that's a no-go for you
Salmon is a go. I repeat, salmon is a go.
I can't believe you eat fish! We should totally get our families together – you'd love my husband. Total nerd.
Mmmmmm. Salmon. Good choice.
Let's nerd and fish it up! What works for you two (day and time wise)?
Probably Fri/Sat evenings. Sometimes Saturday afternoons are okay too, though. I'll ask husband and get back to ya!
Any Fridays or Saturdays look good to you two?
Maybe this week, or next. Shoot me a message if you have a time that is good for your fam!