What Are the Factors That Affect Our Sense of Taste and Smell?

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In summary: I've never had a problem with it.Have you ever eaten white hominy corn or green lima beans?No, I haven't.
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lisab said:
Calves liver...the chocolate of meat.

 
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  • #37
sweet potatoes! BARF!
 
  • #38
Number2Pencil said:
sweet potatoes! BARF!

What about yams? They taste similar to me.

(I love them both!)
 
  • #39
Nope..I overate on yams when I was 4 or 5 years old...haven't touched em since! even the sight makes me nautious
 
  • #40
Our childhood experiences are so influential on how we perceive food.
 
  • #41
I really think that's true. One of my brothers was never exposed to many varieties of baby food when he was a young'un (financial troubles with my parents)...and he is definently the pickiest eater I've ever known...he'd be dead if there wasn't cheese pizza, pickles, and grilled cheese sandwiches
 
  • #42
I can't stand okra. Period.

I don't care for raw tomatoes. I can stand them in small pieces as part of a salad or chili, or as a slice in a sandwich, although I prefer to order my hamburgers, cheeseburgers, etc. without tomato if possible. When I get a large chunk of tomato in a salad, I let my wife take it. On the other hand, tomato sauce on spaghetti, pizza, etc., is fine with me. So is ketchup.
 
  • #43
lisab said:
Our childhood experiences are so influential on how we perceive food.

Probably in a complex way. During early childhood my son was an extreme picky eater. it seemed even that he was to happy to starve rather than eat. It required very inventive games to trick him into eating something. Every bite he took was a major victory. Nowadays he eats about anything.
 
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Number2Pencil said:
I really think that's true. One of my brothers was never exposed to many varieties of baby food when he was a young'un (financial troubles with my parents)...and he is definently the pickiest eater I've ever known...he'd be dead if there wasn't cheese pizza, pickles, and grilled cheese sandwiches
Man, you youngsters have it good. We never got cheese pizza-, pickle- or grilled cheese-flavoured baby food when I was young...
 
  • #45
I had some pickled okra the other day and i thought it was great. I was hungry though. Whoever said cantelope is crazy. Good cantelope is one of the best tasting of all the fruits/melons. Goose liver pate with truffles is the best waste of $50 I can think of. All that being said, I don't like bananas.
 
  • #46
:smile: I don't know why but I was scrolling down the page and saw the title as
"what fools won't you eat" ":smile:
and I was like this is a new but familiar post title and then I read it again.
 
  • #47
I ate a bug once. I don't know what kind it was. It just flew in my mouth, so I ate it. The head was kind of cruchy and tart.
 
  • #48
Huckleberry said:
I ate a bug once. I don't know what kind it was. It just flew in my mouth, so I ate it. The head was kind of cruchy and tart.
:rolleyes: Most people's reaction would be to spit it out. :biggrin:
 
  • #49
Evo said:
:rolleyes: Most people's reaction would be to spit it out. :biggrin:
I was going to do that, but there's starving children in Africa dontchaknow.
 
  • #50
The only foods I have ever had trouble eating have been crustaceans. I'm not fond of most seafood besides fish, but crustaceans I dislike a lot. I still eat those crab rangoon things that come as sides for chinese take out, but only because I hate to see anything go to waste.
 
  • #51
I don't eat fish, I have fish as pets. So to me it would be like eating my dog.
 
  • #52
I thought pets were emergency food that follows you and doesn't need to be refrigerated to be kept fresh. That's why cats are bad pets. They aren't good at being there when you need them, and they are a bit stringy.
 
  • #53
Id eat cat or dog if it were served to me at a restaurant.

I've eaten: Cow, snail, calf, pig, chicken, duck, fish, fish eggs, bird eggs, eel, lamb, frog legs. I need to add more to the list.

I want to try shark, snake, and some more types of fish. I am having a hard time thinking of new kinds of meat right now. I think you can get kangaroo meat down under. Id eat that too.
 
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  • #54
Entire cows and sometimes small children.

*edit* Damnit i thought it said what food do you eat.
 
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  • #55
I ate smoked rattlesnake. It was really, really fishy.
 
  • #56
Cyrus said:
I want to try shark,
Shark is like swordfish, IIRC, I had some years ago. I love all seafood.
 
  • #57
Cyrus said:
I've eaten: Cow, snail, calf, pig, chicken, duck, fish, fish eggs, bird eggs, eel, lamb, frog legs. I need to add more to the list.

No offense, but that list is pretty mundane. How about a trip to China, where you can eat anything from roaches to human placenta?
 
  • #58
Werg22 said:
No offense, but that list is pretty mundane. How about a trip to China, where you can eat anything from roaches to human placenta?
I wouldn't imagine those things would be too difficult to get anywhere in the world.
 
  • #59
I will eat just about anything on the planet... including dog food and tree bark, but what I can't eat is a combination of hard and soft foods.

I can eat an onion raw, and whole... but I can't eat onions sliced and diced on a burger. Same goes for pickles.

It's a texture thing. I've ran into a couple other people who were the same way too.

If my teeth are chewing into something soft and chewing then all of a sudden they hit a pickle or onion... or anything significantly harder than the majority... I feel like I'm biting into a fingernail, a bone, or in Wendy's case... a finger. I instantly gag... and can't swallow. (But give me the toe by itself, and I'd probably dip it in mayo and down it!)

I have no problem with slapping ruffles chips on a burger though either... I just can't stand the little nib let's of crunchies in my food.

Been that way since I was a wee tyke too. My mum used to make spaghetti a lot, and found out the hard way she can't put whole tomatoes in the sauce... and no onions either. I'd heave all over the floor!
 
  • #60
I'm looking forward to eating a California Condor. I've heard the taste is a cross between Northern Spotted Owl and Whooping Crane, and I want to verify for myself.
 
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Werg22 said:
No offense, but that list is pretty mundane. How about a trip to China, where you can eat anything from roaches to human placenta?

I agree, but I don't like spicy food! I am not doing the human placenta tom cruise thing though.
 
  • #62
I have a friend who loves spaghetti, and he refuses to eat macaroni. Go figure.
 
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P4PPY said:
I will eat just about anything on the planet... including dog food and tree bark, but what I can't eat is a combination of hard and soft foods.
That is so weird. Not saying you're weird, :-p just that I can't imagine it.

I actually enjoy a variety of different textures at the same time. Like in a dip that has bits of crunchy things in it. I love the little surprise crunches in what is a creamy base.
 
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Evo said:
That is so weird. Not saying you're weird, :-p just that I can't imagine it.

I actually enjoy a variety of different textures at the same time. Like in a dip that has bits of crunchy things in it. I love the little surprise crunches in what is a creamy base.
Ditto! My jalapeno poppers are sliced in half lengthwise, filled with cream cheese and crunchy bacon, topped with shredded Monterey Jack and browned on the grill. The combination of textures is part of the treat. Fleshy peppers, soft cheese, gooier cheese and crunchy bits of bacon.
 
  • #65
You want to know gross? I've eaten huckleberry.
 
  • #66
tribdog said:
You want to know gross? I've eaten huckleberry.
He never mentioned it, now you had to let the cat out of the bag.
 
  • #67
Evo said:
That is so weird. Not saying you're weird, :-p just that I can't imagine it.

I actually enjoy a variety of different textures at the same time. Like in a dip that has bits of crunchy things in it. I love the little surprise crunches in what is a creamy base.

I spent a lot of time in the military, and doing a lot of survival training. I was trying to bring both sides of the extreme into my example... and I think I may have gone to far. :)

Dog food - 10 years old and my brother and I thought it was cool to eat, "Scooby Snacks".
Tree bark - 30 years old and doing cold weather training in Alaska... Tree bark is actually enjoyable to gnaw on. Kinda like Jerky :)

Edit: Forgot to mention... "Crunch IceCream"... OMG... it's like little pieces of love crunching in my mouth! ok.. done :P
 
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turbo-1 said:
Ditto! My jalapeno poppers are sliced in half lengthwise, filled with cream cheese and crunchy bacon, topped with shredded Monterey Jack and browned on the grill. The combination of textures is part of the treat. Fleshy peppers, soft cheese, gooier cheese and crunchy bits of bacon.

Those sound SO GOOD!
 
  • #69
scorpa said:
Those sound SO GOOD!
Oh, yeah! When a bunch of people come over, I try to find out how many I should cook. I take their responses and double it, and never have left-overs. Even people who say they won't eat any because they don't like hot food generally try them after they see others digging in, and often, they eat as many as the rest of us. Jalapenos are really not as hot as many people think, especially when they are combined with dairy products. The smell of a big pan of those poppers coming off the grill is heaven.
 
  • #70
My wife is broiling a Bison steak even now. I'll let you know how it was.
 

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