Are you a fussy eater?

[Bimgy85]

I can't comprehend adults being fussy eaters. Fussy is for children surely, and at that, children aged up to 14/15

I truly don't understand fussy adults eating habits, I work with a woman who's 26 and she won't eat anything out of the ordinary. Ham sandwich for lunch and crisps, she cringed when I mentioned I was going for sushi for dinner, or even a basic Chinese buffet with vegetables noodles etc.

Are you a fussy eater, and why?

I understood everybody grew out of that

Better get the flame proof suit out op!
(I agree with you though)

I was a fussy child and then grew out of it. I was lovely and athletic. Now I carry more weight than I should. Honestly why does it have anything to do with you? I would prefer someone eating a sandwich to reheated curry at lunch.

DH was a fussy eater as a child and is still a fussy eater as an adult. What came out after DS’s birth was that DH was tongue tied and never snipped. In adults this causes issues with textures of food as such unexplainable and so he is a fussy eater.

It would be lovely if every child grew out of fussy eating but some don’t.

Everyone is different. I don’t reslly see what it has to do with being a child. I’m considered ‘fussy’ and I can count on one hand the things I won’t eat.

What about people having preferences do you not understand OP?

Be boring if we were all the same would it?

I don't consider it 'fussy' but I don't like the flavour of onions, mushrooms and peppers, which are in a surprisingly large amount of dishes! So therefore I get called fussy by others.

I would consider someone not liking something as basic as an onion mushroom or pepper fussy. A basic vegetable.

But yes, it has nothing to do with me but I still wonder!

No.

Although the few things I don't like are things that a lot of people do like... Onions, tomatoes, mustard, black pudding, licorice...

I don't think it means I'm fussy just because it's a staple for a lot of people. I never have a problem eating out ever. I like most other fruit and veg.

Yes, I’m a very fussy eater. For me it’s the texture of most foods that I can’t stand.

How is this a problem for you, exactly? What gives you the right to judge anyone on this?

My eating habits don’t affect anyone else. If a group wants to go to a restaurant that doesn’t have something on it I will eat, I’ll just pass or join them after.

I'm not fussy but I think sushi is rank so I would have the same response as your colleague in that respect. I feel the same about shellfish. I'll happily try anything else but I draw the line at raw meats and seafood that still has eyes or tentacles.

Why is it any of your business anyway?

No, I'll eat pretty much anything.
I have four dislikes, and even then I could eat them to be polite.
(Peppers, celery, rice pudding, jam)

Limited eaters don't bother me at all, rude eaters do.
Picking and poking, making faces, commenting on how disgusting things ate etc, no, just no.

I'm vegetarian so many would class that as fussy. I also can't eat goats cheese or blue cheese (although can stomach blue cheese cooked). Other than that though I will try all types of cuisine once.

I have a family member who is incredibly fussy and trying to feed the two of us in one meal is almost impossible!

I don't think there's anything wrong with having limited taste in food. Far worse is being made to eat something you dislike.

DS, who's 21, is the fussiest eater I know but is fit & healthy & what he eats is nobody's business but his. He has sensory issues around food that are not going to change & expecting him to eat things he simply can't bear would be completely unreasonable.

As for me, I cannot stand fish or seafood in any shape or form, the look of it, smell, taste & texture makes me want to heave. I struggle with many meats too, and can't eat anything with fat on. But I eat pretty much everything else & honestly don't consider myself fussy.

I was a fussy child, not helped at all by my DM pandering to it and cooking me separate meals. As an adult, I love food and the only things I won't touch are mushrooms and milk. Tried both many times, just can't stand them.

I'm a fussy eater. I hate it tbh, I wish I liked stuff I will try new stuff as well. But I dont eat any fruit except bananas, and veg except carrots and potatoes, anything spicy, most seafood (fish is fine I mean shellfish and stuff). I try to be as unannoying as possible though as long as it's not a curry house I will go anywhere and usually find something I eat for example. Mine is mostly a texture issue though, if it doesn't chew to nothing (like bread, pasta etc.) Or isn't meat the texture makes me gag. I can't help it I have tried.

What I really hate though is people who insinuate fussy adults are acting childish and are beneath them in some way. I don't see how it effects you if someone else wants to eat a ham sandwich everyday for lunch?

I'm an incredibly fussy eater, the type who orders everything plain. I won't eat seafood of any description, any kind of sandwich, mayonnaise, eggs, cheese, cereal, pork, lamb, most vegetables... I could go on for days.

I wish I wasn't fussy but I was raised by a mother who was a terrible cook and we tended to eat out at restaurants most days. I really would love to not be so fussy as I enjoy cooking but I'm limited with what I can make because I won't eat most things. I have quite a fear of trying new foods and hope to one day overcome it

I’m fussy. Things I won’t eat are;
Rice
Vegetables
Salad
Pulses/beans

I don’t see why my eating habits should annoy anyone else. I’m polite, can eat out anywhere and will simply leave the things I don’t like without creating any fuss.

Yes, I'm a very fussy eater.

And the derision for adult fussy eaters on mumsnet is really frightening. There's no way I would eat in front of people I don't know really well now because I just assume that they are laughing at me or disgusted by me.

I only eat chicken, fish, fruit (not bananas), vegetables (not onions or tomatoes), low carb noodles, jacket potatoes, yogurt, sorbet and ice lollies. Everything else terrifies me.

I don't understand why people assume that because foods scare, disgust or otherwise bother you as a child that they will automatically stop doing so as an adult. How do you learn to like something that you don't like?!

I was forced to sit in front of plates of congealed food for hours as a child until I had eaten them. Every day for years. I have an anxiety response to being in situations where I may feel obliged to eat food I don't find palatable. This prevents me from trying new foods quite often.

I don't consider myself to be fussy eater because that implies that there is an element of choice. However, there are some everyday foods that most people can eat to be polite that I can't. I find it embarrassing and it spoils my enjoyment of social occasions quite regularly.

Wherever possible, I try to deflect attention from what I have or haven't eaten.

The last thing I need is someone noticing that I haven't eaten something and judging me for not having grown out of it.

I would consider someone not liking something as basic as an onion mushroom or pepper fussy. A basic vegetable.

It might be a basic vegetable but that doesn't mean everyone has to like the taste?!

I don't think it's fussy not to like something, to me fussy is only eating something that is cooked a specific way, for example someone only eating mashed carrot but refusing to eat sliced carrot, or only eating if your foods separated on the plate and refusing to eat something that's "touched" something you don't like, for example I don't like peas but if I was served say a pie or a risotto with them in I'd just pick them out. Fussy would be refusing to eat the whole dish because of it?

Not liking peas or onions is not fussy.

That said, fussy eaters DO affect others around them. I have family members who have a longer list of things they don't like than things they do, it means there are limited places we can eat out and I'm always a bit miffed that I never get to go to the nicer places that I would choose because there's nothing on the menu these people will eat

People call me fussy because I abhor anything with a meaty/slippery texture or any kind of hot spice (black pepper is too hot for me).

Bit I think genuinely disliking something is different to fussy.

DD1 is fussy because even if it's food we know she likes if it doesn't look right she won't eat it. For example pasta in the wrong shape or tomatoes not chopped finely enough. That's fussy. Disliking specific foods is just personal taste.

I'd say I'm fussy, I wasn't so much as a child, I guess my taste has changed. There's not really a reason besides not liking certain foods, I wouldn't eat foods I don't like

I don't consider myself to be fussy eater because that implies that there is an element of choice.

@Goldmandra has put it better than me - fussy is choosing not to eat something, not liking something is entirely different.

I have LPR, the adult form of silent reflux, and closely related to GERD which is increasingly common. An onion or pepper would make me ill for days. But really appreciate your hugely patronising attitude.