>The more I contemplated food phobias, the more I became convinced that people who habitually avoid certifiably delicious foods are at least as troubled as people who avoid sex, or take no pleasure from it, except that the latter will probably seek psychiatric help, while food phobics rationalize their problem in the name of genetic inheritance, allergy, vegetarianism, matters of taste, nutrition, food safety, obesity, or a sensitive nature
https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/s/steingarten-everything.html
yeah, vegans are the worst
>he doesn't like anchovies at the beginning
The more I contemplated 4chan posts, the more I became convinced that people who copypasta certifiably retarded thoughts are at least as retarded as people who wrote the originals.
Food allergies = food phobia rationalization? Vegetarianism = food phobia rationalization? Jesus H. Fucking Christ on a pogo stick you're a tool.
>>7229033
You clearly have no idea how few people actually have a gluten intolerance, let alone an allergy.
>Exposure, plain and simple. Scientists tell us that aversions fade away when we eat moderate doses of the hated foods at moderate intervals, especially if the food is complex and new to us. (Don't try this with allergies, but don't cheat either: few of us have genuine food allergies.) Exposure works by overcoming our innate neophobia, the omnivore's fear of new foods that balances the biological urge to explore for them. Did you know that babies who are breast-fed will later have less trouble with novel foods than those who are given formula? The variety of flavors that make their way into breast milk from the mother's diet prepares the infant for the culinary surprises that lie ahead. Most parents give up trying novel foods on their weanlings after two or three attempts and then complain to the pediatrician; this may be the most common cause of fussy eaters and finicky adults--of omnivores manqués. Most babies will accept nearly anything after eight or ten tries.
I will never seek help for not enjoying sex. It is the only thing that gives me any sort of advantage in life.
>>7229338
>tips fedora
>In just six months, I succeeded in purging myself of nearly all repulsions and preferences, in becoming a more perfect omnivore. This became apparent one day in Paris, France--a city to which my arduous professional duties frequently take me. I was trying a nice new restaurant, and when the waiter brought the menu, I found myself in a state unlike any I had ever attained--call it Zen-like if you wish. Everything on the menu, every appetizer, hot and cold, every salad, every fish and bird and piece of meat, was terrifically alluring, but none more than the others. I had absolutely no way of choosing. Though blissful at the prospect of eating, I was unable to order dinner. I was reminded of the medieval church parable of the ass equidistant between two bales of hay, who, because animals lack free will, starves to death. A man, supposedly, would not.
>The Catholic Church was dead wrong. I would have starved--if my companion had not saved the day by ordering for both of us. I believe I ate a composed salad with slivers of foie gras, a perfect sole meunière, and sweetbreads. Everything was delicious.
This should be posted in every picky eater thread.
Steingarten might be a pretentious douche, but he's better than anons who start threads about not liking common foods on the food and cooking interest board.
>picky eaters and "love-shy" people both suffer from autism
Who would have guessed?
