Hey Everyone,
At a recent mini-meetup with a handful of CC members, we were bombarded with a vast variety of various foods, treats, and condiments that people had brought for everyone to try.
Among the fare was a jar of unroasted cashew nut butter, which had a good flavor but... I could only eat but a taste.
Why?
For whatever reason, I'm often sensitive to certain textures, flavors, and colors in edibles, and while I'm sure this butter had all the best of intentions, a whole jar of it... (to me, at least) had the pale, putrid color of those old apothecary jars storing hosts of mystery organs and species hidden within a mad scientist's lair:
I even picked up the jar to read the ingredients and I'm pretty sure the label said, "May contain brains, kidney, or livers -- partial or whole."
Needless to say, I stuck with the homemade roasted cashew nut butter, which to me, had a much more appetizing appearance.
I was telling the group that I also can't drink Mountain Dew for similar reasons -- not only am I none too fond of the taste, but to me, Mountain Dew looks like an unflushed toilet in a public restroom -- and I just can't "Dew" it, no matter how thirsty I might be. I've even seen obnoxiously colored lemonade (which I DO like) that I just couldn't drink just because of the color.
* How about you?
* I'm also thinking of parents with kids who might refuse to eat things for what seems to be the most ridiculous reasons, but to the child, it makes perfect sense!
* What are the things you or those you know can't or don't eat -- but for somewhat unorthodox reasons?
At a recent mini-meetup with a handful of CC members, we were bombarded with a vast variety of various foods, treats, and condiments that people had brought for everyone to try.
Among the fare was a jar of unroasted cashew nut butter, which had a good flavor but... I could only eat but a taste.
Why?
For whatever reason, I'm often sensitive to certain textures, flavors, and colors in edibles, and while I'm sure this butter had all the best of intentions, a whole jar of it... (to me, at least) had the pale, putrid color of those old apothecary jars storing hosts of mystery organs and species hidden within a mad scientist's lair:
I even picked up the jar to read the ingredients and I'm pretty sure the label said, "May contain brains, kidney, or livers -- partial or whole."
Needless to say, I stuck with the homemade roasted cashew nut butter, which to me, had a much more appetizing appearance.
I was telling the group that I also can't drink Mountain Dew for similar reasons -- not only am I none too fond of the taste, but to me, Mountain Dew looks like an unflushed toilet in a public restroom -- and I just can't "Dew" it, no matter how thirsty I might be. I've even seen obnoxiously colored lemonade (which I DO like) that I just couldn't drink just because of the color.
* How about you?
* I'm also thinking of parents with kids who might refuse to eat things for what seems to be the most ridiculous reasons, but to the child, it makes perfect sense!
* What are the things you or those you know can't or don't eat -- but for somewhat unorthodox reasons?
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