Are Food Phobias Affecting Your Diet Choices?

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The discussion revolves around food phobias and aversions, highlighting various personal experiences with specific foods that evoke fear or disgust. Participants share stories of individuals with extreme food preferences, such as a man who only eats bread and cheese and a woman who eats only bread and peanut butter. Some recount their own food-related fears, including a traumatic experience with strawberries and a dislike for certain textures, like okra and blue cheese. The conversation explores the difference between genuine food phobias, which can trigger panic attacks, and simple dislikes or preferences. There are also mentions of cultural differences in food acceptance, such as the reluctance to eat insects in Western cuisine. Overall, the thread illustrates the complex relationship people have with food, encompassing both psychological and sensory experiences.
  • #51
Vid said:
Try okra in a seafood gumbo you might change your mind. :P
I agree.. Okra is delicious in gumbo.. Cajun cooks, worth their salt, won't cook a gumbo without it..
The taste & texture I can't rave about when cooked by itself in a saucepan.

For food phobias? In western culture, insects don't make a bit hit on the dinner table..
Sowbugs (those little woodlice you find under a log or a rock, that curl up when you touch them) probably put your off, yet they are in the same phylum (Arthopoda) and subphylum (Crustacea) as lobster & crab, which are might tastey.:-p
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
I'm afraid to eat blowfish. There is this nagging fear that I could die.
My mother has a sister, she is very good at cooking with a blowfish
 
  • #53
RAW OCTOPUS! damn!.. i saw a jap tv show, and there's this guy who dared to eat one..
guess what, he choked. that kinda creeped me out! i mean I am a fan of japanese sushi!
 
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The smell of a ham joint being boiled actually makes me sick, is this a phobia?
 
  • #55
no that's not phobia.. i mean, you just get sick when you smell it.

so i guess you just hate it.. :]
 
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RAW OCTOPUS! damn!.. i saw a jap tv show, and there's this guy who dared to eat one.. guess what, he choked. that kinda creeped me out!

I liked boiled octopus. In Japan they have street vendors selling bright red octopus on a stick (or is it squid?) - meaty and slightly smoky, like a very tough hot dog.

Sowbugs (those little woodlice you find under a log or a rock, that curl up when you touch them) probably put your off, yet they are in the same phylum (Arthopoda) and subphylum (Crustacea) as lobster & crab, which are might tastey.

And beef is in the same phylum and class as bat.
 
  • #57
signerror said:
And beef is in the same phylum and class as bat.
And humans. Yumm.
 

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