Comments on: My Pet Peeve: Picky People http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/10/20/my-pet-peeve-picky-people/ Cook Local, Eat Global Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:50:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Mia http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/10/20/my-pet-peeve-picky-people/#comment-158572 Mia Tue, 14 Dec 2010 07:36:11 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/10/20/my-pet-peeve-picky-people/#comment-158572 Allergic to nightshades? holy... I'd cry. To all those with texture fetishes: sometimes the food you hate can be prepared without that texture. If you kindly describe to the cook what you hate about it, and they still suggest you try it. Try a little. Spit it out if necessary. I've discovered I like wood-ear mushrooms, though I can't stand most. Allergic to nightshades? holy… I’d cry.

To all those with texture fetishes: sometimes the food you hate can be prepared without that texture. If you kindly describe to the cook what you hate about it, and they still suggest you try it. Try a little. Spit it out if necessary.

I’ve discovered I like wood-ear mushrooms, though I can’t stand most.

]]> By: Anita http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/10/20/my-pet-peeve-picky-people/#comment-145127 Anita Mon, 24 May 2010 19:06:08 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/10/20/my-pet-peeve-picky-people/#comment-145127 I guess I have to call myself (68) as "picky", too! Because I listen into my body, what is good for it, in other words, my body tells me, what is good for it or not. And I feel very well and healthy that way. I am vegetarian but sometimes I eat eggs as well and then suddenly my body tells me to stop, and I do so. I guess people should be more awake (or maybe even picky) about what they are eating, maybe they would have less allergies! Anita I guess I have to call myself (68) as “picky”, too! Because I listen into my body, what is good for it, in other words, my body tells me, what is good for it or not. And I feel very well and healthy that way. I am vegetarian but sometimes I eat eggs as well and then suddenly my body tells me to stop, and I do so. I guess people should be more awake (or maybe even picky) about what they are eating, maybe they would have less allergies!
Anita

]]> By: Barbara http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/10/20/my-pet-peeve-picky-people/#comment-124725 Barbara Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:05:07 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/10/20/my-pet-peeve-picky-people/#comment-124725 Well, hello, Emme. Nothing like waking up to some insults. See, this post is old, but I get email notifications, so I got to wake up to some stranger feeling the need to come into my online space and insulting me personally. Glad you decided not to really "rip me a new one," because I might have had to cry. BTW--I think you are the one who is a bit of a control freak and I am very glad I don't know you and have to put up with cooking for you. Because not only are you controlling about food, you are narcisstic enough to take a general post written by a stranger as being all about you and you get insulted about it. And I suspect that would make you an awful dinner guest. Rude folks are a real drag. Well, hello, Emme. Nothing like waking up to some insults.

See, this post is old, but I get email notifications, so I got to wake up to some stranger feeling the need to come into my online space and insulting me personally.

Glad you decided not to really “rip me a new one,” because I might have had to cry.

BTW–I think you are the one who is a bit of a control freak and I am very glad I don’t know you and have to put up with cooking for you. Because not only are you controlling about food, you are narcisstic enough to take a general post written by a stranger as being all about you and you get insulted about it.

And I suspect that would make you an awful dinner guest. Rude folks are a real drag.

]]> By: Emme http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/10/20/my-pet-peeve-picky-people/#comment-124407 Emme Sat, 22 Aug 2009 06:36:03 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/10/20/my-pet-peeve-picky-people/#comment-124407 On one hand, I wanted to rip the author a new one - what the hell does SHE know! - but I didn't, for two reasons. One, this is oooooold and she, like anyone who cares, has likely moved on, which means I'd just laugh at myself afterwards, along with everyone else for being a moron. The second reason? I see treating a person like this the same way I see treating people with developmental disabilities: its not their fault they don't understand, and no matter how much you want to shake the shit out of them, you shouldn't. She's probably a bitch anyway, but I'm not sure its her fault, and frankly, even though I am seriously super-picky in the horrible, evil, teeth-gnashing way she can't stand (that being refusing to eat entire categories of food or refusing to even touch a dish that contains something like onions or mushrooms), she didnt cause this problem and its not fair of me to force her to accomodate me, even if I still think she's a stuck-up control freak. The silver lining for me in things like this? I'm not likely to know, much less associate, nevermind *break bread* with an uptight, manipulative douchebag like this chick, so I find it hard to imagine being in a situation where such a clash between cook and picky eater anyway. Just not gonna happen! So now I skip merrily on, to shut down this idiotbox and go eat my food - cooked exactly to specification and all the more god-damned delicious because of it! ;-) On one hand, I wanted to rip the author a new one – what the hell does SHE know! – but I didn’t, for two reasons. One, this is oooooold and she, like anyone who cares, has likely moved on, which means I’d just laugh at myself afterwards, along with everyone else for being a moron. The second reason? I see treating a person like this the same way I see treating people with developmental disabilities: its not their fault they don’t understand, and no matter how much you want to shake the shit out of them, you shouldn’t. She’s probably a bitch anyway, but I’m not sure its her fault, and frankly, even though I am seriously super-picky in the horrible, evil, teeth-gnashing way she can’t stand (that being refusing to eat entire categories of food or refusing to even touch a dish that contains something like onions or mushrooms), she didnt cause this problem and its not fair of me to force her to accomodate me, even if I still think she’s a stuck-up control freak. The silver lining for me in things like this? I’m not likely to know, much less associate, nevermind *break bread* with an uptight, manipulative douchebag like this chick, so I find it hard to imagine being in a situation where such a clash between cook and picky eater anyway. Just not gonna happen!

So now I skip merrily on, to shut down this idiotbox and go eat my food – cooked exactly to specification and all the more god-damned delicious because of it! ;-)

]]> By: Olivia http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/10/20/my-pet-peeve-picky-people/#comment-104662 Olivia Tue, 26 May 2009 04:11:30 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/10/20/my-pet-peeve-picky-people/#comment-104662 The author of this article doesn't seem to be very sensitive to other people's feelings. As a person with a life-long fear of most foods, I feel as though I might die if I eat something that others would consider edible. It is something I've lived with my entire life, for as long as I can remember. It does not stem from a traumatic childhood incident, controlling parents, or because I don't like the taste of food. In fact, I've never tried most foods and the thought of doing so is unimaginable. I hate the attention this has brought to me over the course of my life and there is definitely a negative impact on my social life. I can't enjoy holidays or eating with other people and everyone (including you, apparently) thinks I am a freak and can't understand why I won't eat the same things as them. I have a very normal life and I'm happy for the most part but food is a struggle for me constantly. You are very judgmental of others.. The author of this article doesn’t seem to be very sensitive to other people’s feelings. As a person with a life-long fear of most foods, I feel as though I might die if I eat something that others would consider edible. It is something I’ve lived with my entire life, for as long as I can remember. It does not stem from a traumatic childhood incident, controlling parents, or because I don’t like the taste of food. In fact, I’ve never tried most foods and the thought of doing so is unimaginable. I hate the attention this has brought to me over the course of my life and there is definitely a negative impact on my social life. I can’t enjoy holidays or eating with other people and everyone (including you, apparently) thinks I am a freak and can’t understand why I won’t eat the same things as them. I have a very normal life and I’m happy for the most part but food is a struggle for me constantly. You are very judgmental of others..

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