Eating One Thing at a Time

[Irulan]

Originally Posted by Cecily [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Chicken tastes like delicious to masticate imo.

Livers sure. Breasts ehhhh. Ill eat all the fat and skin tho.

[JurisDictum]

In the old days, people mixed their food. They collected everything there was to eat and mixed it together for meals. But IDK if you eat the various portions one at a time it makes much difference health-wise...as long as you eat all the various portions within a 20 minute window or so.

One of the various step dads I had in my life was big on this idea of eating one bite of every portion clockwise around your plate. He was very particular about how people eat. He allowed me to eat all my vegetables at once though because I didn't like them and wanted to get it over with first.

I always eat all my vegetables and got dessert. My brother around my age, always refused and sat at the table for hours sulking. When my mom came home from work and caught my stepdad trying to force a spoon of spinach in my brothers mouth -- she put a stop to all that. She was only with him like 5 minutes.

[JurisDictum]

It's also worth noting that sometimes people get weird about what they eat, how they eat etc. when they lack control over their lives. They do this as a way to kind of have control over their own behaviors. Especially kids.

[Irulan]

Originally Posted by JurisDictum [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It's also worth noting that sometimes people get weird about what they eat, how they eat etc. when they lack control over their lives. They do this as a way to kind of have control over their own behaviors. Especially kids.

Yep. That's probably why I was really weird about it.

[America]

if it comes out of the cow, and it dont have lactose, it can only be spit pee or doody.

[maskedmelon]

Originally Posted by America [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

if it comes out of the cow, and it dont have lactose, it can only be spit pee or doody.

omgosh lol, yes, but cheese does not come outta cows. the lactose gets eaten/destroyed (to varying degrees depending on the cheese) when the milk is fermentified into cheese. It's true ^^

[Irulan]

Cheese makes me really sick. But I am ok with yogurt n cottage. I believe it's more the fat content.

It does taste good though.

[loramin]

Originally Posted by maskedmelon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Interesting! Do you liek spicy foods? I hadn't thought how other preferences have changed alongside this, but realized it also happens to coincide with greatly increased affinity for bitterness and comparably reduced tolerance for sweets. prefer my coffee black.

I do. An interestingly enough there's a separate mechanism that also explains why people like really spicy or bitter foods (or beer), even though objectively those flavors start out tasting "bad" to us. Essentially there's a Stockholm syndrome-like thing built in to our brains, where when we eat foods that taste "bad" a few times we actually grow to like that flavor. I forget the name for this mechanism, but I'm sure you can find it on Google if you're interested.

[maskedmelon]

Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I do. An interestingly enough there's a separate mechanism that also explains why people like really spicy or bitter foods (or beer), even though objectively those flavors start out tasting "bad" to us. Essentially there's a Stockholm syndrome-like thing built in to our brains, where when we eat foods that taste "bad" a few times we actually grow to like that flavor. I forget the name for this mechanism, but I'm sure you can find it on Google if you're interested.

my brain does that with a lotta stuff, unless it is traumatized, then it becomes super difficult to make amends with the offending agent. google couldn't find anything on this for me though. it just said that psychopaths like bitter more and agreeable people like sweets more and sugar triggers dopamine (surprise!). I've lieked spicy stuff since I was little though. anyway, thanks!

[Patriam1066]

The “mixture on your plate” was weak grip strength, lead paint, and atheism

My generation didn’t have crises over eating food. Sending you in first melon