Comment on how do i pick out a good avocado
Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 1 year ago
One possibility is that you may be a super taster, it’s a dumb name for people who are able to taste Bitter 2. If you often find that you hate the taste of things other people with your same background love, it could be that you are one of us.
Being a super taster is nowhere near as super as it sounds. There’s unfortunately no upside to balance out the fact that you will hate the taste of alot of things that taste normal to other people. But at least finding out why helps you to not feel as bad about it. You aren’t just a “picky eater” and being forced to eat it really is the equivalent of making a normal person eat dog shit, flavour-wise anyway. Unfortunately nutrient-wise the stuff that tastes incredibly unbelievably terrible to us is some of the healthiest food known to humans, yay another downside!
You know all those kids that “won’t eat their vegetables”? Yep. Not to mention it’s also possible to be a “strong taster” as well as hypersensory. And the even funner part is it’s possible to have all three… ask me how I know that? Yeah… eating food sucks. Even my favourite meals can kind of feel like the tongue equivalent of crossing a mine field with a poorly drawn map.
But at least being a strong taster and being hypersensory do also have pay offs. Positive experiences are substantially more positive to me, as long as they don’t cross over the threshold, which with alot of practice does eventually get possible to avoid. Because any sensory experience that crosses that threshold is basically converted into a sensation very similar to pain. Just a very strong and immediate “hey stop doing that thing” type message in your nervous system. I know that last bit makes it just seem more bad, but with practice I can indeed avoid that pretty often. And let me tell you, when you can ride the wave of a sensory experience nearly pegging the meter without actually doing so, the payoff is worth it. Ok, well maybe not worth all of it, but it at least helps weigh against all the negative.
Idk how I missed this comment originally but it’s very interesting. I hated every vegetable as a kid, I still don’t like most of them but I’ll push myself to eat them. I do enjoy cucumbers, and a select others fresh vegetables. (Once they get cooked… 🤮🤮🤮)
When avacados are “good” I friggin love them. It’s literally heaven for me. Idk what the deal is but I took advice from everyone in this thread and I bought a avacado and I’ll post a little update when I try it tomorrow.
I’m trying to figure out why I hate seltzer water. I don’t know if I have what you describe here, or if I’m sensitive to something specific, but seltzer water and some baked goods are disgustingly bitter, and other people don’t seem to notice. (I’m blaming the baked goods on some types of baking powder, but I’m not sure)
It certainly could be, seltzer water is definitely on the list. Probably worth looking into. But even people without any good reason, people can find seltzer water gross, there is alot not to like there, lol.
But yeah, can’t hurt to learn more about conditions even if it turns out not to be something you have, knowledge is useful.
The way you’re describing it sounds like a step past the standard “super taster” experience. Especially if you already know you’re prone to hypersensation in taste (or tactile), you might look into learning more about ARFID, an avoidant-restrictive type eating/feeding disorder. Many kids who don’t grow out of being picky eaters (or even get worse) aren’t as much “picky” as they are literally unable to swallow or keep down most food. There’s been more education about it (especially in adults) recently, leading to a lot of adults having a “holy shit I’m not the only person in the world like this?!” moment. There’s a decent community on Reddit if you’re curious about others’ experiences (though being Reddit there’s also some wildly uncalled for aggressive armchair diagnoses, groupthink, and misinformation, soooo grain of salt).
My sister is ARFID, I could still theoretically eat the stuff I don’t like without my body reacting that way, it just isn’t worth doing. None of the stuff I don’t eat would cause any lasting harm, it’s just too strong of a flavour that it is essentially painful. All my senses are affected by being hypersensory, and my super taster and strong taster are individually and independently verified. Not just guesses or anything less certain.
My life is still surprisingly manageable, my sisters is not as much. She at least is not hypersensory. I couldn’t imagine that added on to her troubles.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
It may help you to know that most people lose some of their taste and smell sensitivity as they age. For many, that’s a sad thing, but you might find yourself able to enjoy new foods once that bitterness is dulled for you. I’m (60+) enjoying cruciferous vegetables I always hated, and my mom can finally eat cilantro!
Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Luckily my dad is a chef, and I’ve always had a strong interest in food chemistry, we’ve managed to find lots of palatable ways to modify important foods over the years to keep me healthy. And surprisingly, despite everything that should be against it, one of the vegetables I have always liked is actually broccoli, I can’t really do the stems, but I love the florets. He makes a sort of stock out of the stems so they don’t go to waste.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
That’s interesting because I find the florets more strongly flavored than the stems, but maybe that’s because I usually peel the stems so they won’t be woody.