Friday, September 18, 2009

Confessions of a Picky Eater

My entire life I have been picky. I prefer to call it texture conscious.

As far back as I can recall I've suffered from this affliction. It used to be so extreme that I wouldn't eat bread crust and I would scrap EVERYTHING off of my slice of pizza. While my brother called dibs on crust, I sulked when my food demands were not met. It made my culinary life difficult and as I've aged it has made my diet somewhat less healthy than it should be.

Routinely April comments that she would like me to be around as long as possible while she plies me with a salad. Begrudgingly I've come around to her point of view - if I want to get in better shape, I need to eat better. This means battling my food neuroses. God help me...

I've been attempting to incorporate the strive for five approach suggest by my friend Jessica. And it's rough. I'm actually not too bad with the veggies, it's fruit I've got issues with. Sure the idea of an apple sounds great, but when I get down to it...


A plate of peels and a halfheartedly gnawed core. It's never as easy as I'd like it to be, and apples aren't a especially exotic fruit. The peel isn't enjoyable. It's waxy and gums up when you chew it. The flesh is what I'm interested in, but the above example didn't live up to my expectations. Too crisp. Yeah this is going to be a long journey...

I'll keep you posted.

2 comments:

Michigan Girl said...

JB--Get an apple peeling device and then you don't have to worry about it, you can just get to the good stuff. You don't want to miss all the delish apples available! If you haven't already, try a Honeycrisp. They are probably the best eating apple ever!

Heather

Jessica said...

how about grapes?