I was culinarily choosy as a child, but not to this extent.

[novapsyche]

Hate fish? Can't eat veg? Doctors study picky eaters

Ms West, 42, says she began rejecting food as an infant, refusing to breast feed or accept substitutes.

As an adult she only eats fruit, white rice swallowed whole because she doesn't like the texture, French fries, and plain meat.

"Texture is just as important to me as taste, because if something is slimy, like pasta or sea food it sends my senses to the moon," Ms West says.

"Tomatoes look good but I can't get past the squishiness. It's like biting into a big fat maggot."

Eating pasta is like "having a live worm in your mouth", she says.

The article's comments are quite interesting as well.

Comments

[kittenkissies.livejournal.com]

"Would you like big, fat maggots on your salad, or on the side?"