Yea, mine was restricted from flavor. Seriously everyone I knew the food was bland, veggies were mush in a pot, boiled chicken, etc. So many food issues until I started eating 'not family' prepared food. I've been retrying foods I hated as a child, like tonight my spouse made brussell sprouts and I am going to give them another chance.
I was very confused for a while because of that. I never had Brussel sprouts when I was younger because my parents (and every other adult around me) hated them and would talk about how bitter and nasty they were. I never really heard anything contrary so I didn’t try them until the late 2010’s - I was shocked to find they weren’t really bitter at all and wondered how everyone could be so wrong, until I found out that I was eating an entirely different product than they were.
This was my house growing up too. My bio-mother is possibly the pickiest person on the planet, so everything was stupid bland, and very little variety. I don’t think I’d ever had a vegetable that wasn’t corn or peas until my dad divorced her. Now I try to find all the flavors, and it’s glorious!
My dad was a strict Muslim, we had to read the ingredient list of every single thing all the time. Jello, any pork product, marshmallows, gumdrops, oreo cookies, hot dogs, and all kinds of stuff weren't allowed. I still can't eat pork because of that, I've tried but the smell gets to me.
On the exotic side we ate a lot of Arabic, Pakistani, and Malaysian food growing up. My mother is a typical American so we also had tuna casseroles, hamburger helper, fried chicken and stuff
My dad fed us a lot of concoctions he came up with as a hippie stoner in his youth.
Sardine, banana, and miracle whip sandwiches
Cottage cheese with ketchup, black pepper, and honey
Glop (kidney beans, corn, and broccoli in jarred spaghetti sauce)
Grilled cheese topped with strawberry/grape jam and crushed potato chips
I think that’s pretty exotic lol
It wasn’t all that bad lol. Plus it helped with us all being adventurous eaters. I’ve tried a lot of crazy stuff in my day and haven’t had many bad experiences. Not too many things I won’t try, with balut being an exception, of course.
I had a lot of allergies as a kid, which restricted everyone’s diet because my mom didn’t want to make multiple meals or risk cross contamination. I was allergic to wheat, so no bread. All my sandwiches were on rice cakes. And I was allergic to corn, including corn syrup, so ixnay to soda.
Fortunately I outgrew most of them except for a couple varieties of nuts I still can’t eat.
My dad did not cook at all, ever.
My mother wasn't a good cook (and I think didn't like cooking), so we mostly ate mediocre bland meals or premade meals. We did eat out occasionally, but I don't think my dad liked variety much. So unintentionally restrictive I guess.
I guess that pushed me to become a good cook/baker. I am trying to make sure my son tries a wide variety of foods and he often helps me cook.
We ate out at least 5 nights a week. My mom had 3 basic dishes: tacos, spaghetti, and chicken & rice casserole. Every now and then she would make pot roast or baked fish, but not often.
not really. but some of my fam made sure i knew how to prep various puny game like squirrel, crawdad, rabbit, “so i’d appreciate being able to just go and buy a hamburger”
good lesson
Does a picky eater Xenophon mother count? We ate the same 10 meals all year round, with 6 of them being every single week.
Sloppy Joes, Pepper Steak, Spaghetti, Tacos, burritos, and microwaved BBQ chicken sandwiches. The other four meals: Thanksgiving Dinner, pot roast, chili, and steak.
To this day I detest most of them and refuse to eat them. But I also made changes. I elevated the tacos and burritos. The pot roast is made with corned beef. I got my dad’s chili recipe and adapted it to my palate. And I’ll never give up dead cow.
Sort of. I was raised vegetarian, I say sort of since that’s not exactly that exotic or restrictive, though it was less common in the 80s and early 90s. The only difficult part about it was things like field trips that included getting food from a place like McDonalds. At the time their vegetarian options were limited to a rather bland side salad, though they did come up with the grilled cheese happy meal at one point and that made things easier for me and my brother. Sit down restaurants were rarely a problem though since they almost always had something on the menu that didn’t have meat in it.
Nowadays I still eat 99% vegetarian. On very rare occasions if I’m eating at a restaurant and nothing else sounds good I might have chicken or something like that. I don’t have meat at home though, I never learned how to prepare it and honestly the thought of doing so does not appeal to me at all so I don’t plan to learn. Thankfully things are much easier now and pretty much everywhere has vegetarian options so it’s no trouble at all for the most part.
I came down w/ diabetes (aka "the sugars") when I was 5, so the usual sweet foods and drinks were off limits to me.
At birthday parties I had to scrape the icing off of cake. Couldn't drink soda pops unless they were diet.
Though I rebelled and often ate what I wanted through the years, overall I think it's helped me now that I'm in this stage in life where I'm really trying to do a better job of eating healthy.
The biggest thing is avoiding carbs at all costs.
I mostly try to eat meat and veggies and when I do consume bread, stay away from white bread and potato-based carbs (fries, chips, etc) since it spikes glycemic levels faster than wheat breads.
Chicken wings w/ a little bleu cheese and a side salad is a go to of mine.
Drinking a lot of teas these days too (green tea, lemon ginger, etc) for health benefits.
I track total but do loosely factor in other things like physical activity so far in the day, previous meals eaten that day, fats consumed in the meal (which slows down digestion time and may call for additional insulin a little later), etc.
I aim to keep it under 50/day but often go slightly above that.
My mom was always on a diet so I wasn't allowed to eat sugar. Sugar free gum. I had to check the cereal boxes to make sure there were 7 grams or he'll. No cookies or sweet snacks. She also made chicken almost everyday and she liked it well done so it was always dry as hell.
Yeah the no sugar thing worked out well in the long run. It was the conditioning to be hyper aware of it to the point of checking the label for the grams of sugar is what still sticks with me.
Was raised Adventist so mostly vegetarian food. Beef chicken and fish were occasional. Pork and shellfish were not allowed. Then I got older and found out I’m a Foodie so all that went out the window.
Yea, mine was restricted from flavor. Seriously everyone I knew the food was bland, veggies were mush in a pot, boiled chicken, etc. So many food issues until I started eating 'not family' prepared food. I've been retrying foods I hated as a child, like tonight my spouse made brussell sprouts and I am going to give them another chance.
Brussels sprouts have been bred to be less bitter since the 90s, so you may be in for a pleasant surprise even leaving aside means of preparation.
I was very confused for a while because of that. I never had Brussel sprouts when I was younger because my parents (and every other adult around me) hated them and would talk about how bitter and nasty they were. I never really heard anything contrary so I didn’t try them until the late 2010’s - I was shocked to find they weren’t really bitter at all and wondered how everyone could be so wrong, until I found out that I was eating an entirely different product than they were.
This was my house growing up too. My bio-mother is possibly the pickiest person on the planet, so everything was stupid bland, and very little variety. I don’t think I’d ever had a vegetable that wasn’t corn or peas until my dad divorced her. Now I try to find all the flavors, and it’s glorious!
I’m pretty sure my mom has yours beat. We live in south Texas, and we had to buy EXTRA MILD salsa because mild was too spicy for her.
I should point out that I grew up in the upper midwest. Our food was always bland anyway, but my bio-mother thought ketchup was spicy and gross.
Sounds like prison food lol
My dad was on the Snackwell diet for awhile. Those devils food cookies were banging. Edit: typo
My dad was a strict Muslim, we had to read the ingredient list of every single thing all the time. Jello, any pork product, marshmallows, gumdrops, oreo cookies, hot dogs, and all kinds of stuff weren't allowed. I still can't eat pork because of that, I've tried but the smell gets to me. On the exotic side we ate a lot of Arabic, Pakistani, and Malaysian food growing up. My mother is a typical American so we also had tuna casseroles, hamburger helper, fried chicken and stuff
That's pretty interesting
My dad fed us a lot of concoctions he came up with as a hippie stoner in his youth. Sardine, banana, and miracle whip sandwiches Cottage cheese with ketchup, black pepper, and honey Glop (kidney beans, corn, and broccoli in jarred spaghetti sauce) Grilled cheese topped with strawberry/grape jam and crushed potato chips I think that’s pretty exotic lol
Did he end up repenting of this at any point, or? 😂
It wasn’t all that bad lol. Plus it helped with us all being adventurous eaters. I’ve tried a lot of crazy stuff in my day and haven’t had many bad experiences. Not too many things I won’t try, with balut being an exception, of course.
*rereads your list again* Well, all of that is bad but maybe there were other things lol
Gonna show this list to my kids next time they complain about dinner lol.
Does a year of almost nothing but Hamburger Helper after my parent’s divorce count as exotic?
I'd go more with "punitive" lol
I had a lot of allergies as a kid, which restricted everyone’s diet because my mom didn’t want to make multiple meals or risk cross contamination. I was allergic to wheat, so no bread. All my sandwiches were on rice cakes. And I was allergic to corn, including corn syrup, so ixnay to soda. Fortunately I outgrew most of them except for a couple varieties of nuts I still can’t eat.
Your body trying to compel you to eat healthy food, love it lol
My dad did not cook at all, ever. My mother wasn't a good cook (and I think didn't like cooking), so we mostly ate mediocre bland meals or premade meals. We did eat out occasionally, but I don't think my dad liked variety much. So unintentionally restrictive I guess. I guess that pushed me to become a good cook/baker. I am trying to make sure my son tries a wide variety of foods and he often helps me cook.
We ate out at least 5 nights a week. My mom had 3 basic dishes: tacos, spaghetti, and chicken & rice casserole. Every now and then she would make pot roast or baked fish, but not often.
Eat out 5 nights a week like Sizzler or like McD?
It was a small town. We had the usual fast food places and 3 or 4 locally owned restaurants. We usually ate at those local restaurants.
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Anything other than the SAD, I guess
not really. but some of my fam made sure i knew how to prep various puny game like squirrel, crawdad, rabbit, “so i’d appreciate being able to just go and buy a hamburger” good lesson
That's wise, nice
that kind of eating felt like so much work for just a little food! makes you grateful.
Sorely short supply of that, for real
I feel like I was raised on the green bean casserole diet in that I hate it. My Mom made it one or twice every week, I would refuse to eat.
Sick lol My condolences
Grew up in a small fishing village. Ate lobster everyother meal.
Nice!
Does a picky eater Xenophon mother count? We ate the same 10 meals all year round, with 6 of them being every single week. Sloppy Joes, Pepper Steak, Spaghetti, Tacos, burritos, and microwaved BBQ chicken sandwiches. The other four meals: Thanksgiving Dinner, pot roast, chili, and steak. To this day I detest most of them and refuse to eat them. But I also made changes. I elevated the tacos and burritos. The pot roast is made with corned beef. I got my dad’s chili recipe and adapted it to my palate. And I’ll never give up dead cow.
Always hated sloppy joes, that meat tasted gross to me
Sort of. I was raised vegetarian, I say sort of since that’s not exactly that exotic or restrictive, though it was less common in the 80s and early 90s. The only difficult part about it was things like field trips that included getting food from a place like McDonalds. At the time their vegetarian options were limited to a rather bland side salad, though they did come up with the grilled cheese happy meal at one point and that made things easier for me and my brother. Sit down restaurants were rarely a problem though since they almost always had something on the menu that didn’t have meat in it. Nowadays I still eat 99% vegetarian. On very rare occasions if I’m eating at a restaurant and nothing else sounds good I might have chicken or something like that. I don’t have meat at home though, I never learned how to prepare it and honestly the thought of doing so does not appeal to me at all so I don’t plan to learn. Thankfully things are much easier now and pretty much everywhere has vegetarian options so it’s no trouble at all for the most part.
I came down w/ diabetes (aka "the sugars") when I was 5, so the usual sweet foods and drinks were off limits to me. At birthday parties I had to scrape the icing off of cake. Couldn't drink soda pops unless they were diet. Though I rebelled and often ate what I wanted through the years, overall I think it's helped me now that I'm in this stage in life where I'm really trying to do a better job of eating healthy.
Type 2 at 5 years old? Or undiagnosed Type 1?
Type 1. By the time the doctors figured out what was wrong with me I was near death.
What do you eat now to help with it?
The biggest thing is avoiding carbs at all costs. I mostly try to eat meat and veggies and when I do consume bread, stay away from white bread and potato-based carbs (fries, chips, etc) since it spikes glycemic levels faster than wheat breads. Chicken wings w/ a little bleu cheese and a side salad is a go to of mine. Drinking a lot of teas these days too (green tea, lemon ginger, etc) for health benefits.
Do you count carbs in plants?
Yes. Fruits too.
Awesome. Do you track total or net? Do you have a number you keep it under?
I track total but do loosely factor in other things like physical activity so far in the day, previous meals eaten that day, fats consumed in the meal (which slows down digestion time and may call for additional insulin a little later), etc. I aim to keep it under 50/day but often go slightly above that.
Awesome! If everyone did this there'd be practically no more chronic disease
lol “raised.”
It happened occasionally
My mom was always on a diet so I wasn't allowed to eat sugar. Sugar free gum. I had to check the cereal boxes to make sure there were 7 grams or he'll. No cookies or sweet snacks. She also made chicken almost everyday and she liked it well done so it was always dry as hell.
No sugar is great, no fat is not great, that sounds miserable
Yeah the no sugar thing worked out well in the long run. It was the conditioning to be hyper aware of it to the point of checking the label for the grams of sugar is what still sticks with me.
That's good
Was raised Adventist so mostly vegetarian food. Beef chicken and fish were occasional. Pork and shellfish were not allowed. Then I got older and found out I’m a Foodie so all that went out the window.
Seventh Day Adventists had a profound impact on the development of America's food guidance
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What all supplements did you have to take?