sf wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:07:57 -0400, Tracy > wrote:
>
>>
>> sf wrote:
>>> On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:12:27 -0400, Dave Smith
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I don't dislike the smell and taste of liver. It's the texture I have
>>>> trouble with. I eat liverwurst almost every day. My experiences with
>>>> fried liver have not been great.
>>> Husband used to like to eat liver every now and then. I was the one
>>> stuck making it, so I fried up bacon first to sauté the (calves) liver
>>> and onions in and served it with a hearty portion of mashed potatoes.
>>> I bought beef liver once by accident (ugh) and never made that mistake
>>> again.
>>>
>> That is one thing I don't do - cook something I don't like. If my
>> husband wants something I don't like, he cooks it himself.
>> Part of my problem is that I have a massive fish phobia and I don't
>> even like touching it, never mind cooking it. And that is the major
>> food item my husband loves but I don't like at all.
>
> I don't have a problem touching fish - I can even kill and gut a live
> one. I have an aversion to fish because I ate bony, bland lake fish
> as a kid. Fish from the sea tastes a lot better and has more meat,
> but I still am not a fish fan. If I can throw it in the oven, I'm ok
> with cooking it (but not very often). If it's something like trout or
> tilapia that needs to be coated and pan fried, well I won't fry... so
> hubby gets the job. A couple times a year of eating fish at home is
> fine by me. I'll order fish in a restaurant, no problem. But it's a
> boneless hunk and I don't have to deal with anything other than eating
> it.
>> I have had a small breakthrough recently when I cooked some shrimp
>> for a friend. I actually thread the buggers on skewers! You have no
>> idea what a huge step that is for me.
>
> Keep the shells on and let people shell their own. Did you wear
> gloves? DD had an aversion to touching chicken. I don't know if it
> was because of the raw chicken skin texture or her eczema, but she
> wore gloves. I don't see her do it anymore because her husband
> handles chicken now, she doesn't make a big deal of it and I don't
> think to inquire.

My husband shelled them for me. I was making quick marinade, and
wanted them to have as much flavor as the short marinating time
would allow, then I broiled them. My friend was happy with them,
that's all that matters.

My phobia is more related to what fish look like than really how it
feels or tastes. Although taste is part of it, or rather texture.

When I was a kid I ate fish but I never liked looking at it. I used
to actually go fishing but I would give the rod over to someone else
to real it in. My family liked to tease me about my phobia. My
siblings would chase me with lobsters. It got so bad I just stopped
eating it all together. I was probably 8 or so. I was traumatized!

So, today, I am very slowly trying to work on my "issue" and I have
tasted some fish. Just small tiny baby bites, but to me huge.

Tracy