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?
Sprouts anyone?
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.
They're good at Christmas! It's the only time that I eat them though!
I like them! They have to be boiled for a long time though.