Food: Hypersensitive; Hyposensitive or somewhere in the middle?

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?

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  • What do you eat on what days?

    It's always sensible to know what you're going to order before you get to the restaurant as it saves having to spend ages deciding what to eat once you're there! I always get my eldest to decide what she will order before we go out to eat as she is the most indecisive person ever and will easily take over half an hour to decide what she wants to eat when we go out!

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