Sunday, November 10, 2024

The Sunday Five: Fussy Eaters


1: Do others consider you to be a fussy eater? 

2: As a child did your parents accommodate your tastes? 

3: What won't you eat? 

4: Have you eaten a "forbidden food"? 

5: Are there foods you don't like, but you will eat to be polite? 

My Answers: 

1: Do others consider you to be a fussy eater? No. 

2: As a child did your parents accommodate your tastes? No, it was eat or not. I was not forced to sit at the table until I ate something I didn't want to eat. 

3: What won't you eat? I draw the line at things that are still alive and wriggling. (I expect some of you will need extra space for this.) 

4: Have you eaten a "forbidden food"? Horse in Paris in 1991, Seal in a First Nations restaurant in Toronto, Whale in Iceland, Reindeer sausage in Alaska - has anyone seen Rudolph? 

5: Are there foods you don't like, but you will eat to be polite?  Yes, Rutabaga, creamy Mac and Cheese, cooked greens.  

Please share your answers in the comments. 


25 comments:

  1. 1: Do others consider you to be a fussy eater? No. But I was awful as a kid.
    2: As a child did your parents accommodate your tastes? Not really.
    3: What won't you eat? Beets, baked beans.
    4: Have you eaten a "forbidden food"? Not that I know of. Is reindeer forbidden?
    5: Are there foods you don't like, but you will eat to be polite? Artichoke leaves. I love the hearts but I hate scraping the leaves with my teeth and then putting them back on the plate.

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    1. Oh I love an artichoke!!! Leaves and all.

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    2. MB - I don't find a lot of flavor in artichokes.

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    3. Bob, George Washington grew them in his garden.

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    4. My dad did, too!

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  2. Do others consider you to be a fussy eater? No.But as a kid i was extremely fussy. I wouldn't eat veggies or fruit. Now I lived on them.

    As a child did your parents accommodate your tastes? No. They wanted me to try things but did force it.

    What won't you eat? I like mushroom flavor...but don't like whole mushrooms! Weird.

    Have you eaten a "forbidden food"? No...and I won't. The way I see it there is already enough selection and ways to prepare the staples. No way could I eat something as majestic as a whale..or as smart and comical as a seal. Down the road where do we cut off eating everything? And no way could I eat horse. I had strong bonds with my brothers horses when I was young.

    Are there foods you don't like, but you will eat to be polite? I always clean my plate no matter. That's why I travel with a handbag!!!!!

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    1. I had heard that you have been known to devour a fruit or two.

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  3. 1: Do others consider you to be a fussy eater? I don't think so.
    2: As a child did your parents accommodate your tastes? No, my mother cooked and we ate what was served!
    3: What won't you eat? Eggplant comes to mind, as do beets.
    4: Have you eaten a "forbidden food"? I don't think so.
    5: Are there foods you don't like, but you will eat to be polite? I may eat a bite, but that's the end of my good manners. Put a beet or some eggplant on my plate and you'll be rinsing off a beet or some eggplant.

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    1. I have made some candied beets that might tempt you, the golden ones don't even look like beets.

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    2. Candied implies sweet and I don't have a sweet tooth; I'm more savory, bitter and tart like my personality!

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  4. 1. They wouldn't. But if they looked closer, probably.
    2. Nope. We got what we got.
    3. Eggplant. Mushrooms. Olives. Beets. most beans. Liver. Tongue. Tripe. The list goes on.
    4. Yes. I ate a McRib once. I'm not sure what that was.
    5. I had chili the other day that had beans. The day before I was called out by the same cook who noticed I picked out the mushrooms. I didn't want that again, so I ate the beans. I, am a survior!

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  5. 1. I was fussier when I was a kid.
    2. No
    3. I don't like melons, I don't like fish with bones. I won't eat "exotic" things.
    4. No
    5. I don't think so.

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  6. 1: Do others consider you to be a fussy eater? I don't think so but who knows.
    2: As a child did your parents accommodate your tastes? No, we ate what was in front of us.
    3: What won't you eat? organ meat and octopus
    4: Have you eaten a "forbidden food"? Yes, I've eaten liver and octopus and hated both.
    5: Are there foods you don't like, but you will eat to be polite? beets.

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    1. I have only had good octopus once, in Greece.

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  7. 1: Do others consider you to be a fussy eater? No.
    2: As a child did your parents accommodate your tastes? No but we had to try a bite of everything that Mom made.
    3: What won't you eat? Beets, but I am still trying to like them because they are packed with nutrition. I can't eat clams, oysters, scallops, etc., because they bring on a huge wave of nausea.
    4: Have you eaten a "forbidden food"? No.
    5: Are there foods you don't like, but you will eat to be polite? I'll take a bite of everything to be polite.

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    1. Beets seem to be most disliked.

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  8. 1. No.
    2. No.
    3. Mushrooms, eggplant, offal.
    4. I guess not, although I don't really know what is forbidden.
    5. It would be case of really disliking it before I would refuse to eat something.

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  9. 1: Do others consider you to be a fussy eater? no I am open
    2: As a child did your parents accommodate your tastes? I remember mother trying to cook what would be eaten; she did more careful cooking for father who was the picky eater.

    3: What won't you eat? organ meats; octopus; raw fish; dog.

    4: Have you eaten a "forbidden food"? Yes many times.

    5: Are there foods you don't like, but you will eat to be polite? pancakes.

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    1. My father was a fussy eater. Pancakes give me indigestion.

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  10. 1: Do others consider you to be a fussy eater? No. My husband sometime consider me an snob eating.
    2: As a child did your parents accommodate your tastes? Somewhat.

    3: What won't you eat? Lima beans and chocolate cover cherries.

    4: Have you eaten a "forbidden food"? I don't have any.

    5: Are there foods you don't like, but you will eat to be polite? Yes.

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    1. I did an elder abuse training on the Blackfoot Reservation in Montana, and elk burgers were served at lunch, I thought they were great, the training coordinator was trying to find a graceful way to get rid of hers. You are in the part of the country with a lot of game meats around.

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  11. 1: Do others consider you to be a fussy eater? No. I am an omnivore in the full sense of that term.
    2: As a child did your parents accommodate your tastes? No. We ate what we were given.
    3: What won't you eat? Soil. Faeces. Roadkill.
    4: Have you eaten a "forbidden food"? Turtle in Fiji.
    5: Are there foods you don't like, but you will eat to be polite? Not really.

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