Picky eaters ...

[XmisterIS]

My good God, cooking for them drives me nuts!

I have one coming round for lunch today. There are four of us eating, three are omnivores, one is as picky as they come! I have half a mind to just cook something that the majority will eat, and he can bring his own lunch!

Whatever anybody cooks, unless it is as plain as paper hanger's paste, he will sit there and pick at it with a fork while pulling a face, then take a little tiny mouthful, pull an even worse face and in a whiny voice say, "I don't like <insert any tasty foodstuff here>", no matter how much time and effort the cook has put into it.

If he does it today, I have a good mind to launch myself across the table, pin him to his chair, force his mouth open and start ramming it down his throat, unchewed, by the ladlefull ...

 

[Cheule]

I would definitely just warn him to bring his own, or risk getting a ladle inserted up the bottom.

 

[NormanD]

Buy fish n chips and be done with it

 

[MontyVeda]

somebody should teach him some manners... my ex had an aversion to onions and when guests at friends houses, she'd stop eating the moment she realised there was an onion in the dish... something I found hugely embarrassing.

 

[TVC]

Just cook what the rest of you like, if he's hungry he'll eat, otherwise sod him.

 

[colly]

If he does it today, I have a good mind to launch myself across the table, pin him to his chair, force his mouth open and start ramming it down his throat, unchewed, by the ladlefull ...

Calm down dear.

 

[vernon]

I have a colleague like that.

It's difficult finding anything that he likes when we go out for a meal.


He can not cope with the smell of curries so that rules out the majority of restaurants in Bradford. He's branded Nando's as being vile. Fish and chips are too greasy. Burger King and MacDonalds will do at a push so we push him towards one of them as we head off for a curry

 

[vernon]

Whatever anybody cooks, unless it is as plain as paper hanger's paste, he will sit there and pick at it with a fork while pulling a face, then take a little tiny mouthful, pull an even worse face and in a whiny voice say, "I don't like <insert any tasty foodstuff here>", no matter how much time and effort the cook has put into it.

I think that you and your mates should co-ordinate your hosting arrangements to deliberately exclude your mate from your foods and provide him with a loaf of bread, some butter and a jar of jam and a jar of peanut butter at each meal.

 

[Alien8]

I blame the parents, no, I really do blame the parents.

 

[Melonfish]

I blame the parents, no, I really do blame the parents.

Interesting can of worms there.
I've got a small child 4yo who is very very picky about his food, we fed him the same as our other boy who's now 8 and happy to eat whatever he wants.
my youngest tho has had a tough time with food, we've spent many hours cooking allsorts of foods to try and widen what he would eat, we went to the docs about him, we went to nutritionalists and other experts and they all say the same thing, 'He'll eat what he'll eat'
at first he started on foods from the jar, then as we progressed to more lumpy stuff he refused it, then he refused the stuff he had eaten before and from then on we've had issues.
nowdays he'll eat tuna casarole, lasagne, cereal, toast, spaghetti hoops, cheese and others, we've had to build it up and sometimes try and force/bribe him, naturally crisps and sweets aren't a problem, at least most aren't but we do limit those with our kids i can't stuff him full of them.
he doesn't like chicken, lamb and won't eat beef any other way then minced or burgers and plain or in lasagne. he won't eat chips, mash or roasties, boiled or anything. not keen on much veg at all and we have to try to hide in in things, won't eat pasta unless its in lasagne or casserole and won't eat much fruit except clemantines and apple slices. its frustrating and comments like yours are just imo ignorant as you've never had to face it. its heartbreaking and worrying to watch your child eat the way mine does because you always wonder if there's more you can do for them and you try everything you possibly can, somedays you win somedays you don't (lasagne was the biggest suprise ever i'll tell you) but we do everything in our power to make sure he at least eats and gets some decent stuff in him.

As far as the OP goes, i feel your pain with having to cook separate meals for one person over the rest. However, be thankfull its not EVERY day and Every mealtime
pete

 

[wheres_my_beard]

Have you asked your mate what he will eat?? Maybe cooking that for everyone would solve the problems.

You may all end up eating Philadelphia sandwiches on Mighty White bread with no crusts with a glass of watered down orange juice though...

 

[Archie_tect]

What happens when you all go round to his house to eat.... what do you get?

 

[gb155]

I blame the parents, no, I really do blame the parents.

I aint gonna disagree and im qualified to say so too

 

[Night Train]

Have you asked your mate what he will eat??

I was going to suggest that but also do you know why he won't eat certain things? Is it a proper reason of is he just being randomly picky?

If he is being randomly picky then I wouldn't bother cooking anything special for him. Serve up what everyone else is having and if he winges take it away and replace with a glass of water.

My exwife went vegetarian for a while. However, she wouldn't eat green vegetables, parsnips, corn, beans or indeed most things that were vegetable matter. It was limited to white bread, potatoes (pealed and with every eye and discoloured bit removed), mushrooms and cheese. Oh, and quorn.

 

[Arch]

Interesting can of worms there.

Indeed. I know of someone who has very sensitive senses of smell and taste, and had parents who didn't and smoked. As a consequence, she could tell when milk was on the turn and so on, and they couldn't, but was forced to eat or drink whatever, leaving her with serious aversions to some things.

SO forcing isn't always the answer, in fact it's likely to make things worse a lot of the time.

Sometimes, it is just upbringing. An ex of mine grew up in a household where plain English food was the norm, and wouldn't try anything more exotic than Italian.

Personally, I hate mushrooms, don't like the texture. As a child, I'd eat what I could, but if I happened to bite on a piece, it put me off, and I'd have to pick them out. I'm happy to pick mushroom out of a dish, if my hosts don't mind - most potential hosts know, so either don't include them, or are happy for me to eat round them. I did once turn up at a friend's house for supper and he opened the door with the words "I've made a dreadful mistake, and mushroom curry!" so I went to the corner shop and found a tin of butterbeans which he then added to a portion of sauce he'd strained the mushrooms out of...

With regard to the OP's friend, he should be like Alderman Ptolemy Tortoise in The Tale of Jeremy Fisher, and bring his own salad in a string bag.