# Strange eating restrictions. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 10, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-eating-restrictions/637327 "2012-10-10T16:47:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-eating-restrictions/637327/61 "2012-10-14T23:41:05Z")
I can’t stand the feel of unrinsed peach fuzz in my mouth. I love peaches, but if they’re not rinsed, I have to peel them. Yecch. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-eating-restrictions/637327/62 "2012-10-15T00:32:36Z")
I hate pulp in Orange juice. Thing in a glass should not contain solids(Root beer floats excepted). The feeling is way to similar to drinking a gnat that had fallen into my ice tea once, except there are like 50 gnats per gulp. ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-eating-restrictions/637327/63 "2012-10-15T07:27:05Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > I hate pulp in Orange juice. Thing in a glass should not contain solids(Root beer floats excepted). The feeling is way to similar to drinking a gnat that had fallen into my ice tea once, except there are like 50 gnats per gulp. I agree that pulp-free orange juice was a great innovation. I used to have to filter it myself. ---
**Author:** ![Bohomite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@Bohomite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bohomite)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-eating-restrictions/637327/64 "2012-10-15T10:08:13Z")
I tend to be more weird in the food that I _love_. I’ve always loved those foods that others’ around the table are like ‘ick’ about. Examples - broccoli and brussels sprouts! In college, I actually occasionally ate a plate of the two for dinner. But then, typically, I can’t stand food that most other people seem to love - seafood. The smell turns my stomach, and it just seems so…_icky!_ to me. My parents really can’t understand that. I did some research though, and it turns out that becoming nauseated at the smell of seafood can be to do with an iodine intolerance or something (apparently there is iodine in shellfish). Not sure myself. ---
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-eating-restrictions/637327/65 "2012-10-17T12:00:58Z")
Tuna. Doesn’t matter on the quality or quantity, if anybody other than myself is making it and I can smell it, it smells like the most vile thing on earth today. However, when I make it, mmmmmm! ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-eating-restrictions/637327/66 "2012-10-17T13:01:36Z")
I’m another pulp-free juice lover. Drinks should not be chunky. I skipped the whole bubble tea fad. I love fresh tuna, but I can’t stand the canned stuff. Mmmmm, cat food. I do, however, love the canned corned beef hash, which is similar. I loathe sweet and sour anything, especially when it’s combined with something that should be savory. Sweet pickles, too. Except I like Hawaiian pizza, I guess because the pineapple doesn’t overwhelm the flavor of everything else. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-eating-restrictions/637327/67 "2012-10-17T13:11:36Z")
I also dislike sweet flavors on meat (exception for maple syrup and breakfast meats such as ham or sausage). ---
**Author:** ![tomcar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tomcar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomcar)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-eating-restrictions/637327/68 "2012-10-17T13:20:58Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > I hate pulp in Orange juice. Thing in a glass should not contain solids(Root beer floats excepted). The feeling is way to similar to drinking a gnat that had fallen into my ice tea once, except there are like 50 gnats per gulp. I am just the opposite. I like orange juice that you need a knife and fork to eat. ---
**Author:** ![Ana\_Byrd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ana\_Byrd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ana_Byrd)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-eating-restrictions/637327/69 "2012-10-17T14:08:09Z")
I’m not a picky eater. My parents never had trouble getting me to eat vegetables, and I like to try something new every time I eat in a restaurant. I would try balut if you offered it to me. Yet when I was really young (probably until around six) I hated _pizza_. Figure that one out. I blame Chuck E. Cheese, personally. I also couldn’t stand to even be in the same room as someone eating peanut butter for several years. Not an allergy, just an aversion. Which mostly went away (though I still won’t eat peanut butter-flavored sweets). ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-eating-restrictions/637327/70 "2012-10-17T14:49:53Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > I hate pulp in Orange juice. Thing in a glass should not contain solids(Root beer floats excepted). The feeling is way to similar to drinking a gnat that had fallen into my ice tea once, except there are like 50 gnats per gulp. Agreed. I can’t stand the pulp. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-eating-restrictions/637327/71 "2012-10-17T15:43:43Z")
My fiancée’s mom hates the taste of apple juice. She likes apples and other flavored things but can’t stand apple juice. She says it’s because she a preschool teacher and has been served apple juice 5 days a week for the last 30 years and at some point she burned out and couldn’t stand it anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-eating-restrictions/637327/72 "2012-10-17T16:20:20Z")
I’m a pretty fussy eater–I have a lot of these (most of which I see other people have too, which makes me feel better!) - Raw tomatoes. That stuff in the middle is disgusting. - Mayonnaise. I can eat a little bit of it spread on a sandwich, but if I can actually _see_ any glops of it (or worse yet, taste them!) I get grossed out. - Popsicles. I have the “wooden stick” thing too, but it’s not because I’m afraid of splinters. I just can’t stand the feel of it on my tongue. - Peaches. Ugh, slimy and cloying and horrible. - Milk. It’s fine as long as it’s in other things (including milk shakes or even chocolate milk) or if it’s so cold that it’s nearly frozen. And it has to be with something else. I can’t just drink a glass of milk. About halfway through I start thinking about where it came from. - Orange juice pulp. I don’t actually like orange juice itself that much, but I can drink it as long as it doesn’t have disgusting slimy things in it. On the other hand, I like things that a lot of people hate, like broccoli, cauliflower, and oysters. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-eating-restrictions/637327/73 "2012-10-17T16:34:34Z")
How do all of you “wooden stick” aversive folks feel about tongue depressors in the doctor’s office? I’ve had occasional patients beg me not to use one, and a few were okay with me using a metal speculum instead. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-eating-restrictions/637327/74 "2012-10-17T16:50:05Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > How do all of you “wooden stick” aversive folks feel about tongue depressors in the doctor’s office? > > I’ve had occasional patients beg me not to use one, and a few were okay with me using a metal speculum instead. Horrible! Combine a hatred of wooden things in my mouth with an overactive gag reflex, and tongue depressors were a special kind of Hell for me when I was growing up. I actually taught myself to depress my own tongue sufficiently well that my doctor didn’t have to use one, just to avoid having that thing in my mouth! A metal speculum…that would have been better as long as the doctor didn’t put it back too far. ---
**Author:** ![SweetiePotato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@SweetiePotato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SweetiePotato)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-eating-restrictions/637327/75 "2012-10-17T16:53:29Z")
My partner refuses to eat anything with grill marks on it. As someone who grew up on the products of Dad’s grill every summer, this makes me sad! ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-eating-restrictions/637327/76 "2012-10-17T17:45:27Z")
I go through periods when I can’t eat eggs at all. Just thinking about what they are grosses me out, plus the slimy glop when you first crack them? Ewwwwwww! Same with milk. I will eat foods that are picked, cut, killed or threshed, but I draw the line at glandular secretions. . . . unnnllllessss, of course those secretions have been eaten, digested and defecated by a carefully controlled species of micro-organism. Then we’re fine. (yogurt, cheese and such.) And the ends of a stick of butter. This really has more to do with actual exprerience in dairy processing though. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Dord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@The\_Dord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Dord)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-eating-restrictions/637327/77 "2012-10-17T17:53:13Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > I have issues with some textures, such as ground beef that is less than well-done or soggy pastry (can’t stand cake or pie that’s had ice cream sogging it, for example). Can’t stand chunks of tomato (tomato sauce is fine), raw onion (cooked is fine), or any bell pepper. > > I’m sure I have others that just aren’t occurring to me right now. Yeah I have the same food texture hangup. Pressure cookers works wonders against onions and meat. (All the flavor, none of the onion texture!) ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-eating-restrictions/637327/78 "2012-10-17T18:40:49Z")
> [@Oredigger77](#): > > My fiancée’s mom hates the taste of apple juice. She likes apples and other flavored things but can’t stand apple juice. She says it’s because she a preschool teacher and has been served apple juice 5 days a week for the last 30 years and at some point she burned out and couldn’t stand it anymore. I am the same way - I spent a fair amount of time stuck in hospitals when I was young and I absolutely DETEST apple juice. Cider I am fine with, it still has the sharp flavor that pasteurization kills. Canned peas, canned spinach. It is textural, spinach is slimy and peas are mushy and not in a good way. After the byetta calamity I still have food issues - it varies from day to day if I can eat pig products, or eggs. It is to the point where I can be eating something and then _boom_ if I take one more bite I will vomit. I have entire stretches of time where I cant eat eggs, I am currently in a no egg phase. They are fine in something, but no scrambled, omelets, fried, poached or hard boiled eggs. I am currently OK with pig, roomie made some bacon and it smelled appealing. I might make pork chops for supper tonight and see. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-eating-restrictions/637327/79 "2012-10-17T18:48:29Z")
I used to have the same fetish about raw tomatoes that others here have. Then my tastes changed and I started eating fresh, garden-grown tomatoes instead of those pink softballs they sell in the market. World of difference. Now I eat tomatoes in every form I can find them. ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-eating-restrictions/637327/80 "2012-10-18T13:38:03Z")
I avoid any irregularly-shaped food. For example, a carrot that branches off into two stems. This applies even to baked goods although it’s purely cosmetic. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-eating-restrictions/637327.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-eating-restrictions/637327.md?page=5)