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[quote=Anonymous]Didn’t read all the responses, sorry.
I am a now all-grown-up picky eater.

I got better in college (peer pressure to eat different foods) and much better as time has gone on. Taste buds decrease as we age, so intensely flavored or strangely textured foods are less offensive.

I still won’t eat fish, though - it has a disgusting smell - like the amine compounds in organic chemistry lab - and I simply can’t choke it down. Warm yogurt and over-ripe bananas are a no-go. And I can’t stand cuts of meat - meat flavor is OK, but I can’t tolerate bits of fat or chewy bits.  My husband just shrugs and says it’s probably better for the environment that we eat very little meat.

Anyway, my mother was also a picky eater and understood the misery. So I always had the option of a cheese or peanut butter sandwich or breakfast for dinner as long as I also had a piece of fruit (apple, orange, grapefruit, banana), a vegetable (cut up carrots or peppers), and a glass of milk. I do the same with my picky eaters.

I suspect that there is a genetic component - I come from a long line of picky eaters. That includes my grandfather, who grew up in poverty in a tenement on the lower east side of NYC in the early 1900s and had 12 siblings - but was also a very picky eater.

I can imagine that it’s frustrating but I wouldn’t spend too much mental energy on it. Just give up for now. And it will get better… Eventually.[/quote]

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