re: Could you date a girl that's a picky eater?

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girl

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Pics or she isn't real.

How does she hold her fork?

Yeah, that cilantro thing is crazy. I couldn't imagine

Fresh cilantro sets a homemade salsa off

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The cilantro thing is genetic. For about 10% of people, it tastes like soap.

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I'm well aware of this, and I find it funny how this is acceptable but my having very specific aversions is scoffed at.

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Neophobia

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that was a good read. from wiki i found this:

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Some efforts to address this situation, such as pressuring the child to eat a disliked food or threatening punishment for not eating it, tend to exacerbate the problem.

Effective solutions include offering non-food rewards, such as a small sticker, for tasting a new or disliked food, and for parents to model the behavior they want to see by cheerfully eating the new or disliked foods in front of the children.

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with my kids ive been doing it the way my mom did....THIS IS WHATS FOR DINNER AND ITS WHAT YOURE GOING TO EAT. tomorrow im going to set up a reward based system for my kids (get that positive energy flowing). thanks for the info

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Yeah, that cilantro thing is crazy. I couldn't imagine Fresh cilantro sets a homemade salsa off

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The cilantro thing is understandable because as mentioned above it's a genetic thing. A small percentage of the population tastes it differently for some reason and supposedly it tastes like soap.

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As for celery, I can't stand it raw, but I don't find it ruins jambalaya when used in the trinity.

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I could eat all of the raw celery in the world. All I need is some salt on there and I'm content.

Are there are any other foods like the cilantro thing? Where people are genetically predisposed to not liking the taste?

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Because if I don't like garlic and the dish is heavy on garlic, maybe I'm not gonna like it?

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Order another dish then

The only chefs who give a shite if a paying customer wants a garnishing ingredient- one not crucial to the consistency or structure of the dish- excluded from their order are ones who are also jackasses. I have a couple of friends who are professional chefs responsible for creating their own recipes at their restaurants and have asked this question- they don't care, and the only ones who do aren't worth a shite anyways because the entire point of cooking professionally- especially made to order dishes, which is what we are presumably talking about- is pleasing the person who's eating the food.

Now if you're at a chili's and ask them to take the corn out of your Mexican egg rolls or something then yeah, they can gtfo, but that's because it's pre-cooked frozen item that is just reheated.