Comments on: Food and textures http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/experience/food-and-textures/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=food-and-textures A personal journey to understand Asperger's Syndrome and myself Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:20:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/experience/food-and-textures/#comment-119 James Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:20:10 +0000 http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/?p=223#comment-119 Ben, Late comments are most welcome! I too tend to over react to the nasty surprise of finding something I don't like in the middle of a sandwich - sometimes to the point that I'll end up with indigestion. I'm fairly sure it's not the food itself that's causing the indigestion, but my reaction to eating something that I really don't like. James Ben,

Late comments are most welcome!

I too tend to over react to the nasty surprise of finding something I don’t like in the middle of a sandwich – sometimes to the point that I’ll end up with indigestion. I’m fairly sure it’s not the food itself that’s causing the indigestion, but my reaction to eating something that I really don’t like.

James

]]> By: Ben http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/experience/food-and-textures/#comment-117 Ben Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:14:34 +0000 http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/?p=223#comment-117 a late comment to be sure, but i haven't been by since january, and felt compelled.... almost everything you stated as having a problem with, i have. it wasn't until my twenties that i realized how much of the issue was texture and not necessarily taste. as with Leica, though, there are foods that i enjoy specifically for their texture. some veg crunchy textures make me nauseous, while other crunches, usually from bad foods, are wonderful. :) i also have even worse reactions when i'm eating and something like a sprout surprises me in the middle of a sandwich, for example. yuck. i can get past these feelings, but as you said, not a meal of choice. fruit i have few problems with, mostly melons i don't like. Ben a late comment to be sure, but i haven’t been by since january, and felt compelled….
almost everything you stated as having a problem with, i have. it wasn’t until my twenties that i realized how much of the issue was texture and not necessarily taste. as with Leica, though, there are foods that i enjoy specifically for their texture. some veg crunchy textures make me nauseous, while other crunches, usually from bad foods, are wonderful. :)
i also have even worse reactions when i’m eating and something like a sprout surprises me in the middle of a sandwich, for example. yuck. i can get past these feelings, but as you said, not a meal of choice. fruit i have few problems with, mostly melons i don’t like.

Ben

]]> By: James http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/experience/food-and-textures/#comment-57 James Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:39:25 +0000 http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/?p=223#comment-57 Hi ptown, A lovely suggestion - however I do this already. My wife has quite a bad back, so massages are already on the agenda quite frequently. Not sure why your comment has shown up against this article - it looks like it should be against one of the others. Hi ptown,

A lovely suggestion – however I do this already. My wife has quite a bad back, so massages are already on the agenda quite frequently.

Not sure why your comment has shown up against this article – it looks like it should be against one of the others.

]]> By: ptown http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/experience/food-and-textures/#comment-56 ptown Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:35:45 +0000 http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/?p=223#comment-56 i think you should give your wife massages. that is very romantic. i think you should give your wife massages. that is very romantic.

]]> By: James http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/experience/food-and-textures/#comment-54 James Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:54:34 +0000 http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/?p=223#comment-54 Hi Leica, Your comment made look at things the other way round. I'm now wondering if - like you - I like particular foods because of the texture. I guess it has some bearing. It's definitely the case that some foods have a texture that adds to their over all appeal to me - a good tender steak is preferable to a tough one, for instance. If I really examine why I like certain foods though, flavour has more of a role than texture. Which is perhaps odd, as with foods I don't like, texture has more of a role than flavour. Hi Leica,

Your comment made look at things the other way round. I’m now wondering if – like you – I like particular foods because of the texture.

I guess it has some bearing. It’s definitely the case that some foods have a texture that adds to their over all appeal to me – a good tender steak is preferable to a tough one, for instance.

If I really examine why I like certain foods though, flavour has more of a role than texture. Which is perhaps odd, as with foods I don’t like, texture has more of a role than flavour.

]]> By: leica http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/experience/food-and-textures/#comment-51 leica Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:55:33 +0000 http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/?p=223#comment-51 I find the opposite - I eat foods because I like the texture rather than avoid textures I don't like. I find the opposite – I eat foods because I like the texture rather than avoid textures I don’t like.

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