Comments on: On faking it: Dinner etiquette with a picky eater https://idlermag.com/2012/01/16/on-faking-it-dinner-and-etiquette-with-a-picky-eater/ A U.S. Webzine: 2010-2013 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:28:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Scott Fisher https://idlermag.com/2012/01/16/on-faking-it-dinner-and-etiquette-with-a-picky-eater/#comment-3592 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:28:25 +0000 http://idlermag.com/?p=8512#comment-3592 One of the only common foods in the world that I don’t enjoy is bell pepper. Green, red, yellow or rainbow, the taste makes me ill. I get the same kind of flack. I might not share your particular aversion, but I can certainly understand the feeling!

]]> By: Shayna https://idlermag.com/2012/01/16/on-faking-it-dinner-and-etiquette-with-a-picky-eater/#comment-3008 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:18:02 +0000 http://idlermag.com/?p=8512#comment-3008 It’s easier, sometimes, to lie than have to listen to people laugh about your “irrational distaste for onions.” I, like you, absolutely loathe onions. I love so many foods, but onions I just cannot stomach. Once, a friend’s mother asked if I’d like some eggs with greens and of course I said yes, only to find out it was littered with onions and peppers. She then proceeded to take a seat across from me at the table and watch me eat. I swallowed every bite whole! I didn’t chew once because I knew if I did, I was likely to violently gag through the whole meal.
So, I understand where you’re coming from. I enjoyed this piece specifically because there is another person out there who finds the slimy-but-crunchy texture of onions loathsome.

]]> By: Jill Kolongowski https://idlermag.com/2012/01/16/on-faking-it-dinner-and-etiquette-with-a-picky-eater/#comment-3004 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:20:22 +0000 http://idlermag.com/?p=8512#comment-3004 In reply to Katie.

Hi Katie! Thanks for reading. Your husband has it way worse than I do, since mine’s just a sort of violent dislike + gag reflex. Tell him I UNDERSTAND.

]]> By: Jill Kolongowski https://idlermag.com/2012/01/16/on-faking-it-dinner-and-etiquette-with-a-picky-eater/#comment-3003 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:19:25 +0000 http://idlermag.com/?p=8512#comment-3003 In reply to Saundra.

You are an excellent person :)

]]> By: Katie https://idlermag.com/2012/01/16/on-faking-it-dinner-and-etiquette-with-a-picky-eater/#comment-3002 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:11:26 +0000 http://idlermag.com/?p=8512#comment-3002 Jill,
My husband is horrifically allergic to onions (he violently throws up within an hour.) Many people claim he is lying about his allergy. I have been trapped into more than one meal in which I have had to watch, in horror, as he politely forced down something with onion in it, only to buy Pedialite and saltines on the way home. Great post. I’m going to forward it to him.

]]> By: Saundra https://idlermag.com/2012/01/16/on-faking-it-dinner-and-etiquette-with-a-picky-eater/#comment-3001 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:59:13 +0000 http://idlermag.com/?p=8512#comment-3001 I try to make it a point to ask what (if any) aversions to certain foods people have before inviting them for dinner. If only all people thought to do so, then the hurt feelings could be avoided without the need for stealth.

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