AIBU to put 2 small pieces of beetroot on his plate?

[Sapeke1]

Week in week out I cook. Seven days a week with a roast on Sunday the same boring food with the same boring vegetables (peas, carrots) that my family will eat but TODAY I cut a BEETROOT into chunks and steamed it put most of it on my plate but I gave the everyone else 2 small pieces to try. My husband reacted like it was a sheep's eyeball or something, shouting "WHY HAVE YOU PUT BEETROOT ON MY PLATE?" and scooped it into the compost caddy thus undermining any attempts to encourage the kids to try this exotic new vegetable. Should I just stop cooking or what?

oops posted twice.

That seems to be your entire argument throughout this thread

Obviously not, no. But the op's husband hasn't displayed ANY sensory issues prior to this, pre-18 or after

Which is why it doesn't seem as though he does suffer from sensory issues

I cannot help my reaction. What part of that do you not understand ?

I do understand that you can't help your reaction. But shouting at people is something which may cause them significant distress or as I said, be seen as abusive and possibly trigger their own PTSD which you in turn may not be aware of. If they had no way of knowing about your phobia, I really don't see why you wouldn't be apologetic for upsetting them. I would be quite distressed if someone shouted at me, especially if I'd just cooked and served them a meal. And I personally have been in numerous abusive situations and associate being shouted at with bullying behaviour.

As I said, it's unreasonable to expect not ever to come into contact with these foods, so to be brutal it is your own problem to deal with. I'm sure people who know about your phobia would make every effort to help and if they deliberately gave you beetroot to see your reaction, that is abusive and they are not people you need in your life.

As other people have said, there is absolutely no reason to assume that the OP's husband suffers from a similar phobia of beetroot and certainly not that he does and his wife knew about it, as you have implied.

Can I ask who reported this thread and why?

I feel like dead beet tonight!

(I've got a funny beetroot story but will tell it another time)

This thread is hilarious.

I will definitely be starting my next thread after a name change with 'I'm a real mumsnetter, I am aware beetroot is very polarising'

www.lovebeetroot.co.uk/

I'll just leave this here

I want to hear the funny beetroot story now...

ficbia, I'll put you down as a maybe.

Husband is u for shouting, food phobia or not.
However someone upthread said he can't have a food phobia as he wouldn't have been able to eat the rest of the food on his plate...
You don't speak for everyone with food phobias!
I have food phobias, i don't have to get a clean plate just because a certain food has touched it.
Not everyone is the same.

However The husband is also unreasonable because i loves me some beetroot.

Beetroot is the food of the gods.