Athena wrote:I have some issues myself, with foods I don't like - they make me throw up if I force myself to eat them. My doc thinks its my body's subconscious way of coping with something I've had a bad experience with before & its decided it isn't going to risk it again (typically its things that I've had mild cases of food poisoning or allergic reactions to in the past). So yes, apparently my body does think its going to hurt me & the "dislike" is a coping mechanism.

There is a term for this: conditioned nausea.

Pie Lady wrote:

leek wrote:Hi, my name is Lee, and I'm a recovering Tomato-phobic.

Hi, Lee!I had the same aversion.

Hi Lee, hi Pie Lady,

I couldn't eat raw tomato slices either when I was young. I think it was the texture. I was in my 30s before I discovered putting salt and pepper on them and not minding the squishy gel aspect of them. Also couldn't eat cottage cheese (haven't completely gotten over that one yet), also because of the texture, and couldn't stand biting into an unpeeled peach (over that now) - couldn't stand the fuzziness - but liked them if peeled and sliced.

Dmnkly wrote:

EvA wrote:What she really likes, beyond potatoes, is sweets, whether candy, chocolate, or baked goods. Her birthday is coming up, and family are coming into town, and I am racking my brains where we can take her where she'll enjoy the food.

Koi, apparently.

(Sorry, nsxtasy... the funny trumps all.)

or maybe Bandera.

One of my best friends, who is Italian (Sicilian to be exact), HATED tomatoes for many years. He liked tomato sauce, just not the raw version. One of my older brothers, to this day, HATES mushrooms, he calls them land mines. Now growing up there was basically nothing “fresh” in my house. Everything was canned or packaged so that might be the reason for his aversion to mushrooms. I find that texture is everything, and the first time I had a fresh mushroom I was amazed at the difference. I grew up on skinless hot dogs, (I grew up on Bill’s in Evanston, my Great Uncle used to fish with Bill) so the first time I had one with a natural casing, I didn’t care for it as much. The flavor was fine, I just didn’t like the snap as I bit into it. These days it doesn’t bother me. Now the texture of mussels doesn’t bother me, but I just don’t care for the flavor, but I’m going to have to try them again just in case they weren’t cooked correctly. A woman I used to work with had the most accurate palate I’ve ever see, and was the pickiest eater I’ve ever met…LOL

nr706 wrote:

Dmnkly wrote:

EvA wrote:What she really likes, beyond potatoes, is sweets, whether candy, chocolate, or baked goods. Her birthday is coming up, and family are coming into town, and I am racking my brains where we can take her where she'll enjoy the food.

Koi, apparently.

(Sorry, nsxtasy... the funny trumps all.)

or maybe Bandera.

Thank you both for the very, er, helpful suggestions

Mhays wrote:For those of you who weren't there, much of this discussion was between Pie Lady and Sparky. You do the math. (We really should bring her on our next trip to LTH, sort of like our version of Jack Sprat's Wife - though, if truth be told, Sparky goes hot and cold on the shrimp heads.)

I've got my calendar out...

My brother is in the anti-mushroom crowd as well. Our traditional Christmas Eve dinner included cream of mushroom soup. For many years, that meant Campbell's. My brother would pick out the mushrooms from his soup and then eat the rest. It was like watching a surgeon at work because the mushroom pieces in Campbell's cream of mushroom soup aren't exactly large.

Steve Plotnicki wrote:I went to eat at Comme Ca, which is the casual bistro the "Schmuck" owns when I was in L.A. two weeks ago and it was pretty good.

Pretty good? Don't you mean comme ci comme ca?

I had a negative experience at SONA quite a while back, I've mostly let it go, but still would be hesitant to spend money at one of Myers establishments.

Hey I'm in the midst of putting together the OA Guide to Dining in the U.S. so I often have to eat at places that I wouldn't choose to eat on my own. My wife hates it and she's always asking me when we can go back to eating at "good restaurants" LOL." Fortunately we occassaionally hit a good one like we did this past weekend when we went to Volt in Frederick, Maryland. On the other and we went to Eve the night before and it sucked to put it mildly.

Eve in Chicago (which I would agree with your assessment) or another Eve elsewhere?

Eve in Alexandria, Virginia. Very highly rated restaurant among the locals.

I learned a new definition of hell. An enthusiatic eater married to a picky eater, who once had his freedom when he was out of her shadow. He has had a stroke and no longer drives, she is his faithful companion.

Unfortunately, she is there for every meal. When he wanted to order a spicy dish, she vetoed because it was too spicy. She had no plans to eat it. Yet she was ruling over his choice. I intentionally ordered something spicy to his preference. He ate a little of what she ordered, then ate a lot of what I ordered.

I know he is very taken care of, though I wish she would relax a bit when it comes to food he chooses for himself.

Regards,

My friend decided years ago that skin was bad so he takes the skin off everything. Potatoes, apples, pears, grapes ...etc., but the one thing he skins that really bugs me is skinless hotdogs.When at the ballpark, he'll stand at the concession stand and pick off every last bit of the "skin" before adding his condiments. A skinless skinless hot dog! I pretend I don't know him. I'm going to ask him some day why he doesn't skin his hamburger too.