Christine Dabney > wrote:
>
> I have been reading the posts of several among us that have dietary
> problems... And many seem to be so limited by what they can eat, and
> even what they will eat. *That includes the picky eaters among all of
> us...
>
> I am curious about attitudes in all of this. I see some that say, no I
> won't eat this and I won't eat that, but I will eat this and I love
> it..
> ...
> So what is your viewpoint in the face of culinary/dietary adversity?

I can't eat wheat. I can't digest it, mild allergy. I figure if
there were
a famine I'd put up with the symptoms. If I get an accidental
exposure
like in cream-of-veggie soup then I put up with the symptoms. It's my
issue that I don't expect anyone outside of my direct family to
remember. As to attitude - I ignore the grocery aisle with that stuff
and I don't get why humans eat cattle fodder.

I won't eat moldy cheese, bell peppers, parsnips. More for you folks.
Give me most other cheeses (I like limburger okay but its sure not
my favorite), peppers that are hot, other types of roots. Same
comment about famines. As to attitude - Give me the cheese without
the mold, peppers properly bred to be hot, plenty of other types of
roots. I'll be careful about ordering in a restaurant but since I
can't
imagine anyone putting bell peppers in food I tend to forget to ask.
If I forget to ask I settle for picking the digusting things out
rather
than send it back.

I *should* not eat potatoes, corn. If I eat them I break out in fat.
I tend to eat them anyways but I go through phases of avoiding them
and then my weight drifts down. As for attitude - As long as you
don't think low fat is the only possible healthy diet we're cool.

In my case there aren't religious issues for diet. If it moves kill
it first then pray over the animal then eat it. If it fermented pray
first
for the miracle of fermentation then eat it. If it's a plant, pretty
much
the same issues. ;^)