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Hangups
My family is super picky. I love to cook as a hobby, and figured I was up for the challenge. Some of my co-workers in tech, anecdotally, have similar food issues. We started coming up with some "guidelines" to help me make meals that weren't gag-inducing. This site started out as a way for me to process all the restrictions, but has since become just a place for me to collect recipes I've come up with, or modifications to familiar favorites.
On my journey to understand what's going on with the picky eaters in my life, I came across the term to capture this: "sensory aversion".
Sensory Aversion
There seems to be a correlation between food texture issues and neurodivergence; affecting those that might not (yet) think of themselves as neurodivergent. Coming to terms with this idea was helpful for me. Here are some more articles on the topic:
- Autism and Food Aversion https://otsimo.com/en/how-to-get-child-to-eat/
- This tastes weird https://brignews.com/2021/10/08/this-tastes-weird-neurodiverse-people-taste-and-texture/
- Sensory food aversion https://www.meganboitano.com/blog/sensory-food-aversion-refusing-textures
Quick texture/flavor tags
Obviously, much of this is subjective and opinionated. You might not agree with my family's assessment, and that's ok.
- squishy vs crunchy
- acidic vs low acid (not tagging as this is most of the recipes)
- strong vs plain (also not tagging; most of the site)
- saucy vs dry
Meal categories
Extra steps
This is Pommes Anna. She's pretty, but the texture did not go over well, so not including a recipe for it.
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