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Food Disasters

Damojo

Have you ever thought you were being "clever" or "creative" and did something different with your food that did not end well?

Here are some disastrous food suggestions you should NOT try:

  • Don't make porridge using orange juice instead of milk or water. The first couple of mouthfuls are ... interesting, but I challenge you to finish the whole bowl.
  • Don't improve the fibre content of your porridge by adding All Bran ... unless you have some wallpaper that needs hanging.

I've made other creative combinations that, for the life of me, I cannot remember. I think that's some sort of trauma response.

(Inspired by some chat on another thread.)

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  • Interestingly what’s the idea with the food experimentation? Just something you suddenly decide to try or is it planned in advance?

  • in reply to Autismman

    I'm likely hyposensitive to taste and texture (Autism) and I like experimenting with new things (ADHD), so I'm never afraid to try something new.

    Sometimes I'm out of an ingredient and try using something else. It might work, it might not. Usually, it doesn't go horribly wrong, so I might learn something new.

    Sometimes I have some boring leftovers and I want to see if I can "do something with them", so I'll mix things together that, with hindsight, should not have been mixed.

    The porridge with orange juice was an attempt to simulate Milupa Sunshine Orange, a favourite food of my daughter when she was being weaned. Needless to say, the simulation was imperfect. (Do NOT try my DIY version at home; it's horrible!)

    Sometimes it goes right (for me). Did you know that chilli flakes go really well with granola? (If you're just eating some of it dry as a crunchy snack.) A heaped teaspoon of cocoa powder in a chilli con carne also does it no harm.

  • in reply to Damojo

    Ah I see, have you always had issues with particular foods and have you found that it’s improved over the years if so?

  • in reply to Damojo

    Big thank you for sharing that and being honest. I was interested to know as my son struggles to eat a varied diet, it’s more than the usual preferences it’s an outright refusal so he’s down to a restrictive dinner diet of cheese and pasta, cheese and tomato pizzas, sausages and chicken dippers. He’s been this way since he first started eating foods, I remember feeding him peas for the first time and even as a baby he would retch so it’s been a long standing issue. I believe he has ARFID a long with a lot of other autistic traits. Thankfully he does eat most fruits but does also prefer snacking over big meals. 

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  • in reply to Damojo

    Big thank you for sharing that and being honest. I was interested to know as my son struggles to eat a varied diet, it’s more than the usual preferences it’s an outright refusal so he’s down to a restrictive dinner diet of cheese and pasta, cheese and tomato pizzas, sausages and chicken dippers. He’s been this way since he first started eating foods, I remember feeding him peas for the first time and even as a baby he would retch so it’s been a long standing issue. I believe he has ARFID a long with a lot of other autistic traits. Thankfully he does eat most fruits but does also prefer snacking over big meals. 

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