Odd Dislike

[livingdeb]

I may have just figured out part of why I don't really like some fruits and big hunks of meat. (I prefer dairy and grains.) It's the same reason I've never liked taking pills.

At best, pills have no flavor and they must be swallowed whole. I can actually put a pill on the back of my tongue, drink an entire glass of water, and still have a pill in my mouth. Fortunately I did finally learn to swallow pills, though I still don't like the big ones.

Now, imagine a bite of steak or an orange section. Chew it up and you are rewarded with delicious flavors. Keep chewing, though, and what do you have? A tasteless, irreducible lump that has to be swallowed whole. It's like chewing gum, only you have to swallow it afterwards.

That just doesn't happen with bread or pasta or cheese or chocolate. Those foods either melt away or get broken up into ever tinier pieces.

So there you have it: the bizarre truth behind why I prefer overly processed foods, even more so than the average American, who already has extreme tastes.

Comments

[madspark.livejournal.com]

Interestingly enough, I understand -- I hate swallowing pills, and I don't like certain nuts and coconut and some cow-based foods for the same reason; big wad of blah that needs swallowing.

Fascinating!

[alethiography.blogspot.com (from livejournal.com)]

This is why I have a hard time eating raw carrots. I don't really love the taste, but what I hate most is that they become indigestible fiber if you don't remember to swallow them as soon as you break them down enough.

[livingdeb.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I have no trouble with coconut (though I've only tried it pre-shredded) or any nuts. I wonder if coconut has the consistency of carrots (see second comment).

[livingdeb.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I don't have this trouble with carrots, though I have only eat "baby" carrots and cooked carrots. If I keep chewing (raw baby carrots), the pieces get smaller and smaller, so they don't have that irreducible feel to me. (That said, I eat most carrots shredded and mixed with something that's actually yummy.)