I’m most definitely a picky eater.
The textures of foods are really important to me.
I HATE mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, baked potatoes, scalloped potatoes, and hash browns. The only potatoes I eat are chips & french fries.
As for vegetables, I only eat raw carrots, raw broccoli, corn, raw spinach (in salad), & lettuce (in salad).
Mushy overcooked vegetables are the worst.
I hate peas, onions, pumpkin, squash, and raw tomatoes the most. I do like ketchup and tomato sauce. I don’t like mayo, mustard, or relish. (EWW!!)
Pickles – never tried them because they smell disgusting.
I don’t like steak because it is hard to chew and I gag on it.
I don’t like pepperoni because it is too spicy. I don’t like pepper either.
I DO eat almost all seafoods (I live on an island!) – however I used to eat shrimp but cannot anymore. They make me sick. But – I love fish, calamari, mussels, scallops, & crab. Never tried oyster – don’t want to!
Other meats… I like thoroughly cooked chicken, turkey, beef in hamburger form, bacon, & pork chops. I dislike any fatty meats where you have to cut a lot of fat off – like lamb.
I dislike the taste of Coke, Root Beer, Cream soda, coffee, and most tea (except raspberry tea).
Fruits: I will only eat apples raw. I love fruit juices & blended fruit smoothies.
I don’t like watermelon. I hate coconut.
I hate Skittles. Taste & texture are bad.
Foods I don’t eat based on texture:
-mashed potatoes & other non-crunchy potatoes
-onions
-peas
-apple sauce
-bananas (unless they are fried & crispy, or blended in a smoothie)
-steak (too chewy)
-anything ‘pate’ – looks like cat food.
-french toast
-raisins (soooo gross!)
-coconut
-fat around meats
-basically anything else that is mushy.