Agree with both pps. Lord, the picky eaters are tiring. I'm sorry someone way back when indulged you that this was ok behavior, but it's not. It's time to grow up. It's ok to eat things you don't like. There are common things I don't like (mushrooms, olives, etc) but I sure as hell would never ask for someone to cater to my individual liking and omit things from their recipe. I eat what I'm served, because I'm a polite adult. |
I have bad news for you: if you think onions are the difference between your chili being tasty or bland… then your chili is bland either way. |
Ha I was just thinking about my picky friend who was irritated that I made chili with onions, diced tomatoes and beans. He only likes ground beef and tomato sauce like his mom makes it. He was truly offended that I was so inconsiderate. |
Are you the grown-up who refuses to eat onions, like a toddler? If so, I’ll just go ahead and completely disregard your opinion on what makes something tasty |
+1 I'm not going to let someone with the palate of a 5 year old tell me what's tasty vs bland lol. |
No, I am not a picky eater. But I am also not a control freak or such a crappy, worthless excuse for a cook that I can’t make something tasty without one specific ingredient in order to make someone I care about happy. (But seriously, if you can’t make something tasty without onions you are a terrible cook.) |
Parents who let their kids ride bikes without helmets. For some reason I see this a lot in my neighborhood in Fairfax County, which I find surprising.
Same goes for parents who let their kids ski or snowboard without a helmet. |
I hate onions. HATE THEM.
I will not eat them. But... and I think this is where the picky eater annoyance comes in... I would never in a million years mention it if someone serves me food with onions. I will eat your chilli and do my best to just avoid the onions, and make it look like I just didn't finish the bowl. I will calmly take the onions off my burger. People may or may not notice, but I certainly won't mention it. I do have one friend, though, who won't eat most vegetables. Which is fine if she would just... not eat them. But no - she needs to tell everyone all about how much she hates them, and order all her food at restaurants without them. Eat what you want. But just be chill about it. |
This website has grown a lot from being for DC area moms to now including dads, people outside the DMV, and basically anyone with a pulse. I agree with you if you want to gripe about certain threads, however. No need to comment on a thread that doesn't pertain to you. I have two girls and they don't play football, so I don't need to comment with my thoughts on young boys playing tackle football, for example. |
Game and veal are two wildly different things. Veal is cruel and should be abolished. Game you may not like the taste of because it's different from what you're used to if you only eat steak, but veal from a texture standpoint is almost the exact opposite of game, which is kind of the point, and why it is so awful. |
So there are 17 spaces out of 258 that are available for people doing pick up, which means you may have to walk 10 feet farther to get into the store. How do you do it?!? |
He should have brought a can of sloppy joe mix with him then. |
I park there all the time on purpose to pisseople like you off. No Target you don’t need 20 curbside spots. No one is doing that anymore. |
I am angry (not irrationally IMO) that people refuse to become educated about others who have severe aversions to certain types of foods, and that aversion has NOTHING to do with choice.
Instead, the belligerent bigots yammer on about "picky eaters" without learning facts, like many of the PPs. Do PPs also criticize those who have other sense differences (like sight, sound, smell) the same way? I can't imagine badgering and being annoyed by a person with a sight difference, "What do you mean you can't see that bird in the sky? It's so obvious!" or sound, "Why can't you hear that babbling brook, I can?!!" People who have taste differences do NOT taste the same way others may. In some, the extreme bitter taste from some vegetables is enough to set off a gag reflex. That is not a choice. And it is not a reflection on your cooking skills or meal choices. So stop trying to shame someone who won't eat that broccoli you heaped on their plate. Crosby G, et al. (2016). Super-tasters and non-tasters: Is it better to be average? https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/2016/05/31/super-tasters-non-tasters-is-it-better-to-be-average/ Eldeghaidy S, et al. (2018). An automated method to detect and quantify fungiform papillae in the human tongue: Validation and relationship to phenotypical differences in taste perception. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5766753/ Jilani H, et al. (2017). Association between the number of fungiform papillae on the tip of the tongue and sensory taste perception in children. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5533126/ Khan AM, et al. (2019). Impact of fungiform papillae count on taste perception and different methods of taste assessment and their clinical applications: A comprehensive review. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6839668/ Statistics on taste. (2010). https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/statistics/statistics-taste#stats Taste disorders. (2017). https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/taste-disorders |
General thinking from entitled individuals who believe that the society owes them... |