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.
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.
OK so there is 'some' vinegar in ketchup but it's not neat!
Also don't forget the half a jar of English mustard with my roast.... but its still not vinegar.
Tomato Ketchup dear?
So that's where the drowning your fish and chips in vinegar comes from.