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?
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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.
Twofold answer, if I learned one thing in my high school culinary classes it’s that you’re more likely to get food poisoning from the produce on your plate than the protein. Generally it’s pretty easy to tell if your burger is cold in the center, but it’s much harder to know that the lettuce and tomatoes have been washed and stored properly. (I may also be slightly traumatized from the assignment where we had to pull the heath inspection records for local restaurants).
I don’t necessarily mind trying something once or twice, but the part where I get really picky that there are certain foods that I just can’t do the texture of. Tomatoes are probably the biggest one, something about the wet squishy crunch; I just can’t (plus the acid tends not to sit so well with my stomach). Lettuce is the other, similar wet crunch to tomatoes, but with the added bonus that chewing/ swallowing a wad of wet plant mass sets off a gag reflex. Plus, it’s my belief that lettuce as a vegetable is kind of pointless, I’d much rather sub in any other greens that pack more flavor/ nutrients, like spinach or arugula (still can’t take a massive bite of just leaf, but decently proportioned it’s fine).