They tried it, they love it. You tried it, you don't.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by SydneyK

Wow - Dreamseeker and KSigkid are right - y'all are picky! It takes too much work to be that picky.

I'm thankful that my parents raised me to try something before claiming not to like it. I've met so many people who will say they don't like something when they've never even tried it. (Aside: This is something I refuse to let my kids get away with. If they haven't tried something, I won't let them tell me they don't like it. And they pretty much have to take one bite of everything on their plates. Mean Mommy, I know. But looking at this sampling of ultrapicky GCers, I'm reassured that I'm doing the right thing!)

Having said that, I don't much care for fish. I'll eat it if there aren't any other options, but I'll always eat something else if given the choice. Oh, and I don't like Horseradish.

Originally Posted by KSigkid

My parents (and my family in general) was always good about getting me to try new foods when I was a little kid. I was never able to just refuse something; I'd have to at least try a small helping. As a result, I liked some foods (clams are one example) that most little kids don't enjoy.

I think that made me a lot more open-minded about food as a teenager and adult.

My mom made me eat whatever she cooked including: liver, fish, creamed tuna on toast, sizzle steaks (don't think they make those awful things anymore), ratatouille, eggplant, brussel sprouts, peas, lima beans, asparagus, and beets. I hated all of them. With the veggies, I had to eat as many as I was old. So, when I was 10, I had to eat 10 lima beans, etc. (with beats, it was in pieces, so it wasn't 10 whole beats, more like 10 bites). Time after time, for years and years, she made me eat them. Til the day I die, I will never eat any of things again. They still make me wanna be sick when they touch my lips. Thankfully, I can't eat any veggies anymore so I have a good excuse. Liver? Ewwwwww, but I think the creamed tuna on toast was the absolute worst thing ever made in this world.

I have no problem with trying new things if they are things I can digest. I'll try seafoods I haven't had before. I'll try any dessert that's not coffee flavored. I'll try wild game like venison, rabbit, buffalo.. I've had alligator medallions and ostrich meat. No problem. But do NOT make me eat liver, fish, creamed tuna on toast, sizzle steaks, eggplant, ratatouille, brussel sprouts, peas, lima beans, asparagus, or beats! NO WAY!

Add chili to my list. Hate whole beans. (can't eat them now anyway, but it's the texture that's the problem) Hate green peppers (also can't eat them now, thank goodness).