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.