Noah's OT tried to convince me that food texture issues was related sensory integration problems. She said she doesn't like custards and flans, but that she really liked crunchy foods. I said it was a sweet/salt issue probably more than texture.
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Kat - Feb 27, 2008 4:24:48 pm PST #1988 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
amych - Feb 27, 2008 4:30:11 pm PST #1989 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Why would you think it's sweet/salt rather than texture?
(Not to be confrontational, obvs, but I'm just curious -- texture has always been a way bigger factor for me than any flavor extreme I can name, but I have no idea if that's just me.)
Kat - Feb 27, 2008 4:35:39 pm PST #1990 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
She's Japanese. I asked if she had low blood pressure, and she did along with low pulse. Generally speaking, the asian folks I've encountered, particularly with low BP crave salt to compensate for the BP.
When I said sweet/salt, she said that she really didn't like any sweets at all. That's not to say that the gooey texture isn't also ick (which I think it is). But she said she liked gravy (gooey but savory).
Because of her background she sees things through a sensory integration/development thing and I think some food stuff is biochemical.
§ ita § - Feb 27, 2008 4:36:56 pm PST #1991 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Gravy should not be gooey. That's ick right there.
Kat - Feb 27, 2008 4:37:38 pm PST #1992 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
But gravy IS gooey. It's thick and pastey in the way a bad pudding can be.
Amy - Feb 27, 2008 4:38:37 pm PST #1993 of 10001
Because books.
But .. it shouldn't be! Not good gravy, anyway.
flea - Feb 27, 2008 4:38:38 pm PST #1994 of 10001
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I like crunchy salty foods AND sweet gooey foods.
God, now I want some potato chips and a hot fudge sundae.
ETA: I agree that good gravy is not gooey or pasty or in any way like pudding.
Jesse - Feb 27, 2008 4:40:10 pm PST #1995 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My main childhood food memory: when I would get a good report card, my parents would take me where ever I wanted for dinner. For many years, that was fast food, because we didn't have it often. When I was like 12, I decided I wanted to go to a super-fancy Boston restaurant. Hey, the deal was, I got to pick! So I ordered all the fancy stuff -- escargot, steak au poivre -- and hated ALL OF IT. Oops.
Kat - Feb 27, 2008 4:41:16 pm PST #1996 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
But if you have food texture issues, the difference between gravy and puddings is not that great. If the TEXTURE is actually the issue more than the taste. I'm saying this as a person with gooey food texture issues. I don't like foods with a lot of gravy (i.e. most chinese food) because it's too gooey and pudding like.
msbelle - Feb 27, 2008 4:41:30 pm PST #1997 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
OMG now I want salty white gravy on toast! That is not bedtime food! ok, for me, no food is bedtime food, but that requires work. bad ya'll