Does it piss you off when people are close minded about trying new foods?

I just feel sorry for them

My wife won't try anything. If she is on business she will talk about things they ordered and how good it was.............then wont try it again just because its...........lets say..........octopuss.

Lets never go eat together

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They have people on here that act like cultured foodies but when a lot of foods are brought up they always say they don't eat that

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The people I'm referring are the opposite. These people just stick to the simple foods and don't even attempt to act like they are cultured foodies.

I understand that eating/cooking isn't a "hobby" like it is to others but I still don't understand how people just aren't willing to even taste things sometimes.

Guess it's just me then.

Nah, people here have said the same thing before. The general consensus (which I've come to agree) is to just not let it bother you. They may have been raised differently and may also just not care about food in the same way you do. It doesn't affect you.

The only time someone's dislikes ever bother me is when they have an attitude. Don't look at something and say "OMG sick!!!!" And make barfing noises. grow up.

But to politely not want to stray from your comfort zone is something I try to remember to respect.

I have better things to get upset over than this, IMO. It only really bothers me if I cooked it and they refuse to try it.

The only time it bothers me is if it's someone I'm dating, because it limits places we can go out to eat. If I go to eat, I usually want to eat something I don't/can't make at home. But if the whore I'm seeing only eats 5 things (and it's all shite I/she can make at home) and doesn't deviate, I get pissed because I miss out a lot of the time.



In general, if other people's eating habits don't affect mine, IDGAF.

It will annoy me if it means that a list of places to eat are thrown out the window

What bothers me is if someone insists you try something that you've already tried before and after you've told them "I've had that already, not a big fan" they say something along the lines of "Oh but you've never had THESE before, they're much better."

I don't like oysters. I don't know why. I've tried to like them. I've given up. Almost every time I go to a seafood restaurant I have to have the above conversation about them.