What can i feed the fussiest eater in the world?

gizmo111

sazzy6 wrote: »

I am pulling my hair out with my OH! He has such expensive taste and will not eat any of the typical vaule meals. He loves meat and plenty of it and turns his nose up at salads, lentils, cheese, pasta, mash/jacket pots argh!!!!!!!! There could be OS murder on my hands!

Am I alone?

What will he eat? Is it just roast and boiled pots, and chips he'll eat. My eldest daughter will only eat roast, or mash on a cottage pie very occasionally, will he eat rice?

sazzy6

jamespir wrote: »

have you tried hiding things like you do with kids
mixing the stuff he does like with stuff he doesent my five year old turns his nose up at carrot but i stick them in with mash and he loves it

Sometimes I can get away with small amounts hidden but she doesn't like food mixed! Oh lord it's all coming out now! So for example I have carrot and swede mash he has carrots and then next to this he will have swede but NOT mixed. No peas in pies or meat dishes - LOL

It sounds sooo silly when written down. I think it goes back to him going away to boring school and hating the food there and getting lots of fussy habits that are very well ingrained.

sazzy6

gizmo111 wrote: »

What will he eat? Is it just roast and boiled pots, and chips he'll eat. My eldest daughter will only eat roast, or mash on a cottage pie very occasionally, will he eat rice?

He will eat roast pots, chips, waffles :rolleyes:

If pushed he to will have some mash on cottage pie but most will be left (pushed around the plate).

He will eat rice :jWoo Hoo!

mollymoggs

I think that men tend to be fussier because they are more likely to be supertasters than women are. I'd show you a link on them, but I am not allowed to post links yet.

My husband is one, and most vegetables and things like caramel, coffee, some spices taste bitter to him. I have to learn ways to counteract the bitter taste, avoid making bitter tastes develop during cooking (for instance, some veg becomes more bitter if they are cooked too long, some less bitter), and just bribery.

He is pretty finicky, but he also likes to save money. It's funny, we were eating a vegetable and lentil pie the other night and talking about saving money on groceries. I said that I could cut our bill but I don't want to hear complaints from him. He said he'd live with "cheap" food as long as it wasn't too bad. I asked him what he thought of the pie (I've been starting to cook more inexpensive meals over the past month), and he said he really liked it. I asked him if he could live with stuff like that, and he seemed a bit shocked that it was cheap to make.

So my conclusion is that more than anything some men like to not be reminded they are eating inexpensive food until they see the money they are saving.

sazzy6

I have suggested we just buy, eat and cook our own food - it didn't go down too well! however I guess he would see how much it costs and what a pain it is to cook.

I might just try it for a few weeks!

LondonDreamer

sazzy6 wrote: »

Well JC, although I feel your pain, I do feel slightly better knowing is someone else out there coping with a Mr Fussy! Have you found any good value meals that he and your children will eat. I best I can do is spag bol (he will eat spaghetti 'sometimes') but if I try to bulk it out with lentils etc I get a full plate going in the bin and him raiding the fridge.

Have you tried bulking it out with mushrooms? My DH turns his nose up at lentils in anything (other than lentil soup which he loves, go figure!) but didn't even notice when I made things with half meat and half mushrooms - spag bol, curry, enchiladas, pies - basically anything covered in sauce!

sazzy6

mollymoggs wrote: »

I think that men tend to be fussier because they are more likely to be supertasters than women are. I'd show you a link on them, but I am not allowed to post links yet.

My husband is one, and most vegetables and things like caramel, coffee, some spices taste bitter to him. I have to learn ways to counteract the bitter taste, avoid making bitter tastes develop during cooking (for instance, some veg becomes more bitter if they are cooked too long, some less bitter), and just bribery.

He is pretty finicky, but he also likes to save money. It's funny, we were eating a vegetable and lentil pie the other night and talking about saving money on groceries. I said that I could cut our bill but I don't want to hear complaints from him. He said he'd live with "cheap" food as long as it wasn't too bad. I asked him what he thought of the pie (I've been starting to cook more inexpensive meals over the past month), and he said he really liked it. I asked him if he could live with stuff like that, and he seemed a bit shocked that it was cheap to make.

So my conclusion is that more than anything some men like to not be reminded they are eating inexpensive food until they see the money they are saving.

I will go and look this up as all of your list (although it is short) fits him perfectly!

valk_scot

Well, if the budget can stand it, feed him what he wants? But if that's not possible then sit down with the housekeeping budget in front of you and ask him for suggestions as to how to pay for the more expensive foods he wants. Also, suggest he cooks half the meals while also keeping to budget.

My OH used to be fussy. Then he discoverd that (a) he hated cooking and (b) he had to top up the housekeeping money with his own personal cash if he wanted fancier food than the housekeeping purse could cope with. Around this time he decided it was better just to shut up about it and eat what I cooked. I don't feed him stuff he really hates, of course, but I don't see why every meal has to be his No1 favourite, especially with four of us in the family that all have different favorites.

mollymoggs

Well, I guess I might be wrong if the Wikipedia article is right. It says women are more likely to be supertasters than men, but every supertaster I've known were men. And they specifically hated "bitter" food.

sazzy6

http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/2478.aspx?CategoryID=51&SubCategoryID=168

Interesting reading!