Published on 12, July, 2020
I've had several food related discussions recently with a few autistic friends of mine, both on and off the forum and I can't help but be intrigued by how autism affects our taste in food. I have a couple of friends who are very hypersensitive to a lot of different tastes and textures and can only eat very bland tasting food of certain specific consistencies and yet there are other friends and also myself that seem to like lots of strong tastes; spices, etc. Food seems to be important to autistic people in one way or another! So I wondered where everyone else is with food. Do you prefer strong tastes and flavours or do you have a lot of food sensitivities that limit what you can eat? I'd like to know other people's opinions and thoughts on this?
That is an interesting array of foods that you have tried! What does smoked Puffin taste like?
I've tried Cat food from a tin when I was a child. It wasn't great. I wouldn't eat it again!
Cloudy Mountains, you've converted 2 people to Pho! :-)
Me too!
Try the Almond ones..
I like the comparison of overcooked sprouts to muschy peas :-)
The thing about sprouts is that they have to be cooked just right.
Undercooked and they're to hard to bite.
Overcooked and/or reheated repeatedly, they turn into mush and I hate mushy peas.
I get the croissants with chocolate in the middle for my children sometimes, they absolutely love them!
:-) probably something rude!
I'm a thigh man. Dunno what Freud's thoughs are on that!
I'm now into eating croissants for breakfast. I buy a packet of eight and eat one per day with a buttery spread and boiled eggs.
OMG those are revolting.. Yes I've heard about the putrified shark even the thought makes me want to vomit, actually though I agree that some dog food smells quite tasty lol, espescially Lilys kitchen, I sometimes think my dogs sat better than I do...
Our tastes change so much as we get older, loads of things that I couldn't stand as a kid, now I really like them!
Ewww.. Not too sure about stilton? Funny thing is as a kid I loved stilton, one of the few things I did like, now, cant stand the stuff.
The good old fashioned remedies of our grandparent’s generation!!!
"Unwashed bins in the middle of summer" flu cure!
I can well imagine that it would! I’m sure she meant well though!
Nan used to make chicken liver soup when you were ill. It made me feel more ill! Smelled like ***!
Original Prankster said:putrified shark (in Iceland, comes in a sealed jar but still puts other people off their food!)
Thank god you had it from a jar! In days gone by before they buried it, they pissed on the shark, because the urine preserved it. My cousin went to Iceland recently and she tasted it. Said it was like "spongey ammonia stuff"!
Original Prankster said:dog food from a can (well, you have to find out what it tastes like... right? Liverish and gritty is the answer)
I tasted it in my teens, it smells delicious. I was disappointed at how it had no real taste. Thought it might be like potted beef, but it was real bland.
I’ve put ‘trying Pho!’ on my ‘to do’ list!
I can’t eat any liver. I imagine over-cooked liver is probably even more chewy than liver that’s cooked well