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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 85232" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>SRL, I've read about this...something to do with the number of tastebuds and their sensitivity.</p><p></p><p>Super-tasters cannot abide any strong flavours. Foods like broccoli and cauliflower have a very strong, unpleasant and bitter flavour. Other, sweeter vegetables such as carrots and corn are more bearable. Non-tasters don't have as many receptors for bitter, so these foods taste milder, and can be quite enjoyable. Many people fall somewhere in between the two extremes.</p><p></p><p>As we get older, our tastebuds are less sensitive and we can handle stronger flavours.</p><p></p><p>Children overall are more sensitive to stronger flavours. And when you throw in sensory integration issues and strange food textures, then it can get very difficult</p><p></p><p>I was such a picky eater as a child. Bitter flavours were (still are) highly unpleasant. If you want to torture me, ask me to drink cranberry juice...it's so bitter I want to cry. And there were so many food textures that I didn't like.</p><p></p><p>To this day, I don't like to eat anything that's "wet" or "beany". For example, if I cook burgers, I have to cook them until they're hard like little hockey pucks. If they're juicy (which I gather is how most people like them) I just can't abide it. And anything that has the pasty texture of beans is just unbearable. I scrape the icing off cake, eat chicken fingers with no sauce...etc.</p><p></p><p>I suspect that a lot of the problems our kids (and us for that matter) have with veggies is that they have such weird textures. They just feel wrong in the mouth. Carrots have an okay flavour, but cooked carrots are mushy. Green beans can be stringy and get caught between the teeth...etc. Crunchy things, on the other hand, I like a lot. Little easy child and I both like to eat frozen green peas...still frozen. They crunch and pop in your mouth. And they're nice and cold. And unlike warm ones, they're not mushy or "beany". </p><p></p><p>Just a thought...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 85232, member: 3907"] SRL, I've read about this...something to do with the number of tastebuds and their sensitivity. Super-tasters cannot abide any strong flavours. Foods like broccoli and cauliflower have a very strong, unpleasant and bitter flavour. Other, sweeter vegetables such as carrots and corn are more bearable. Non-tasters don't have as many receptors for bitter, so these foods taste milder, and can be quite enjoyable. Many people fall somewhere in between the two extremes. As we get older, our tastebuds are less sensitive and we can handle stronger flavours. Children overall are more sensitive to stronger flavours. And when you throw in sensory integration issues and strange food textures, then it can get very difficult I was such a picky eater as a child. Bitter flavours were (still are) highly unpleasant. If you want to torture me, ask me to drink cranberry juice...it's so bitter I want to cry. And there were so many food textures that I didn't like. To this day, I don't like to eat anything that's "wet" or "beany". For example, if I cook burgers, I have to cook them until they're hard like little hockey pucks. If they're juicy (which I gather is how most people like them) I just can't abide it. And anything that has the pasty texture of beans is just unbearable. I scrape the icing off cake, eat chicken fingers with no sauce...etc. I suspect that a lot of the problems our kids (and us for that matter) have with veggies is that they have such weird textures. They just feel wrong in the mouth. Carrots have an okay flavour, but cooked carrots are mushy. Green beans can be stringy and get caught between the teeth...etc. Crunchy things, on the other hand, I like a lot. Little easy child and I both like to eat frozen green peas...still frozen. They crunch and pop in your mouth. And they're nice and cold. And unlike warm ones, they're not mushy or "beany". Just a thought... [/QUOTE]
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