# What food preference differences are there between you and your significant other?would be

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**Created:** [January 31, 2022, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-food-preference-differences-are-there-between-you-and-your-significant-other-would-be/958703 "2022-01-31T21:16:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-food-preference-differences-are-there-between-you-and-your-significant-other-would-be/958703/42 "2022-02-03T17:24:50Z")

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> [@terentii](#):
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> I once lived with a woman who had a violent reaction to paprika. (Emotional, not physical.)
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> And it wasn’t even hot paprika. Bizarre!

> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#):
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> > [@salinqmind1](#):
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> > the late Mr. Salinqmind…had the palate of an 8 year old, and was dam proud of it…Never ate a green vegetable in his life.
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> That right there is what gives us picky eaters a bad name.

Not to hijack my own thread; maybe it would make an interesting separate thread to discuss-- for those of you who are either picky eaters or know someone who is (not allergies, just strictly dislikes): what is the mildest, most unassuming food ingredient you or the person you know has been too picky to tolerate?

For me it was a girl I dated for a couple months years ago-- I wanted to show off my cooking skills, but she was so picky I wasn’t sure what to make her for dinner. I finally decided on a very simple homemade chicken noodle soup. No spices, and the only 2 vegetables in it were diced carrots and celery.

She ate the soup but picked out the little pieces of cooked celery, making a small pile of them on her napkin. _ **Who doesn’t like celery?** _ Especially well-cooked small pieces of it in a soup.

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