I don't recall it ever occurring to me that I could have any food other than what was put before me. I was always allowed to skip the things that made me gag, which were pretty much eggs, mashed potatoes and English peas. The mashed potatoes were definitely a texture thing. I still think eggs belong in cake.
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Ginger - Feb 27, 2008 4:47:18 pm PST #2005 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Jesse - Feb 27, 2008 4:48:28 pm PST #2006 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm surprised to see so many (any!!) people not liking potatoes, mashed or otherwise. My cousin went through a no-potato phase, and we were just agreeing that she was a freak for that! Maybe not so freaky.
sarameg - Feb 27, 2008 4:49:05 pm PST #2007 of 10001
My texture issues are TOTALLY texture. Cottage cheese, bleah. Sweet pudding, bleah. Crepes, ok that was a stomach flu aversion. Can't'do flan or custard, hate most gravies. Some yogurts get me gagging.
There is an element of sweet: I don't really do sweets, my downfall is salty crunchy.
But that's really separate from texture. Sweets I avoid. Texture stuff makes me gag.
Kat - Feb 27, 2008 4:50:34 pm PST #2008 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Right. Your texture spans both sweet and savory, sara.
§ ita § - Feb 27, 2008 4:50:46 pm PST #2009 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Gravy is meat juice + cornstarch or flour to thicken.
Thankfully not in the main cuisines I grew up eating.
bon bon - Feb 27, 2008 4:52:42 pm PST #2010 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
My mom is one of those who can't eat pudding or flan. Never had a gravy problem, though.
I definitely had texture issues as a kid-- couldn't eat steak because the fat was gross and the chewy muscly-ness was disgusting.
P.M. Marc - Feb 27, 2008 4:54:34 pm PST #2011 of 10001
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I love custards.
But I also think poutine is the greatest thing ever invented. And have been known to dip Chips Ahoy in Con Queso while having beer.
§ ita § - Feb 27, 2008 4:57:27 pm PST #2012 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I love custards that don't taste like egg. But abhor gravy that can resist gravity.
sarameg - Feb 27, 2008 4:57:53 pm PST #2013 of 10001
I like meat fat. Chewy, mmm. Heh. And then there is the inexplicable color thing (too many colors FREAK OUT! Too much white FREAK OUT) I contain multitudes!
Jesse - Feb 27, 2008 4:58:27 pm PST #2014 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
dip Chips Ahoy in Con Queso
Oh, dude, I would totally do that. But I'm a salt fiend, so I don't know that I've ever found anything sweet that didn't benefit from a little salt.
Also I love flan and every thing else.