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?
Strong flavours... I'll drink these straight from the bottle/jar:
I also love anchovies, coriander, chilli, curry etc.
worcester sauce is good, I haven't had any for a while! I like strong flavours but I wouldn't go as far as drinking the above straight from the bottle/jar! Are there any foods that you don't like? Anchovies are good to add flavour to potato gratin.
Pickles are a big love of mine too. I eat a pickled egg everyday at least.
I sniff vinegar, and Worcestershire Sauce as a stim. I find that the sensation it gives me in my tongue, a slight pain of sorts, quite soothing.
Ewww.. Thats not good lol. I do love anchovies though.
OMG - my Maternal Grandmother's one sister was like that - The family story was never send her shopping for vinegar as it would be drunk before she got home.
I'll eat practically anything - I even tried canned dog food once (not nice, had a gritty texture) and as a kid was told dog biscuits were made from chicken poop to try to stop me eating them... it didn't.
I'll also eat raw meat if I'm chopping it up to cook - usually bacon or steak, not chicken or pork.