# Were you a picky eater as a child? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 10, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-a-picky-eater-as-a-child/567155 "2011-01-10T23:16:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-a-picky-eater-as-a-child/567155/61 "2011-01-12T20:58:06Z")
> [@rhubarbarin](#): > > There’s some good pureed baby foods out there that are just well-cooked veggies, etc without a lot of added sweeteners/starchy thickeners, but a]they all tend to be very, very bland which IMO starts the downward slide into begin unable to tolerate strong flavors by age 3 and b]I’m cheap and lazy so I can’t imagine I would buy them, rather than chew up/mash up/shred some of my own (flavorful, with added real fats) foods for the kid. Ok. Just curious. We did a combination with our kids. Initially I was determined to give my kids only homemade organic baby foods, but it just got too complicated. Plus, my youngest hated the homemade baby food - I think it was a texture issue. I just couldn’t make it as fine as the store-bought variety. Eventually, when they got past the simple purees, they were so curious about our food, we’d just grab some (without the hot spices, though), mash it up and hand it over. We eat Indian food much of time and they really enjoy it, the littlest especially, which is weird since she’s been the difficult one so far. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-a-picky-eater-as-a-child/567155/62 "2011-01-12T21:18:50Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Yes, I was picky. I was picky and mocked by my asshole mother endlessly. Why? Because I had the gall to like good food. I liked seafood, I liked shrimp and lobster, clams, oysters. I liked roast beef, not fucking hamburg and cube steak. I liked mangoes and fresh pineapple instead a bruised sack o’ bananas/apples/oranges. I liked Italian pastries instead of sack o’ ding dongs/ho-hos/or whatever crap cakemix cake was in the house. I didn’t like fruit punch, soda, or cheese doodles. I didn’t like the cheapass ghetto crap shovelled in by all the other kids. Yeah, I was picky. (No, I never got obese or even fat, except a little now, with age.) ? You make yourself sound awfully unpleasant here. I don’t know what kind of home you grew up in, but those things are rare treats, not common every-day food to me. ---
**Author:** ![TheMerchandise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b487fb/32.png) [@TheMerchandise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMerchandise)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-a-picky-eater-as-a-child/567155/63 "2011-01-12T21:26:49Z")
I was incredibly picky when I was a kid and embarassed about it, even then. I hated going to friends’ houses for dinner because I didn’t want to become known as that weird kid who wouldn’t eat anything. My mom didn’t make me clean my plate or engage in food struggles with me, so my issues were of my own making. Now, I’ll eat whatever you put in front of me. I still don’t like certain things, fish being a big one, but I’ll try a bite whenever someone offers. Maybe one day I’ll find that magical fish that I enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-a-picky-eater-as-a-child/567155/64 "2011-01-13T18:41:29Z")
I was a picky eater but then again my mum was a dreadful cook. I am not a picky eater now. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-a-picky-eater-as-a-child/567155/65 "2011-01-13T20:53:07Z")
> [@TheMerchandise](#): > > I was incredibly picky when I was a kid and embarassed about it, even then. I hated going to friends’ houses for dinner because I didn’t want to become known as that weird kid who wouldn’t eat anything. My mom didn’t make me clean my plate or engage in food struggles with me, so my issues were of my own making. > > Now, I’ll eat whatever you put in front of me. I still don’t like certain things, fish being a big one, but I’ll try a bite whenever someone offers. Maybe one day I’ll find that\*\* magical fish\*\* that I enjoy. Try this: Put some plain cooked white rice in a pan, lay some orange roughy filets on top, pour some bottled oyster dressing/sauce (dark, salty, Chinese condiment) over all- a good amount (but it’s very salty, so bear that in mind). Bake until fish is done. Absolutely delicious. Oddly, even better the next day, so make plenty. How many fish dishes are great as leftovers? Just break up the fish and mix it with the rice. Oh… I want some now… 🆒 [/recipe digression] ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-a-picky-eater-as-a-child/567155/66 "2011-01-14T01:17:54Z")
I would say I was a “particular” eater more than “picky”. There were some very common foods I couldn’t (and still can’t) stand like mushrooms, raw onion, and raw tomato. On the other had at a young age I loved curries, turnips, beets and persimmons. Things most of my friends had never even been served. When I think of the phrase “picky eater” I think of someone for whom it is easier to list what they will eat versus what the won’t. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-a-picky-eater-as-a-child/567155.md?page=3)