Picky Eaters/Food Snobs

[CarolPa]

I think if you are offered something you don't like, it's better to say "Thank you, but I don't care for any" rather than saying that you don't like it. Saying you don't like it makes it a challenge to get you to try theirs. The same when you say you are on a diet, or you are diabetic etc. Then they insist that a little bit won't hurt you.

I make things, I set them out, and if people eat them ok and if they don't ok. I never insist that they try it. If the whole bowl of something is still there at the end of the evening, I know not to make it again! LOL

 

[taxlady]

Some friend. I would have thought that if you didn't need to eat the free food then you did right not to do so. There would have been plenty of people who hadn't the choice because they couldn't afford restaurants.

He's no longer a friend. Now that I think about it, it is kind of rich that he said that. He's a dyed in the wool libertarian. He eventually got so obnoxious that my DH banned him on FaceBook. I never friended him on FB.

 

[CatPat]

If the food did smell unpleasant, it's not bourgeois to choose another place to eat. I've noticed if a food doesn't smell pleasant, I'm worried about it, and I'm usually right, for it doesn't taste good.

Food begins with aromas, and if the aroma isn't pleasant, it usually makes one become not hungry. Gwen with her Brussles sprouts dish is the one I remember!

With love,
~Cat

 

[Addie]

Diabetic! If just one more person tells me about an uncle who always eats cake, candy or whatever, and he is a diabetic, after I tell them "No thank you, I am a diabetic", may just get a taste of my fist. Just once please tell me how they admire the way that I stick to my diet. I am not their uncle, I am me. I am a diabetic! A lot of the folks in this building are diabetic. They have severe neuropathy. I have been a diabetic for almost 20 years. I do not have it. And it is because I stick to my diet.

So when someone tells you "I am a diabetic" don't insist that they just try a small mouthful. That is when you become an 'enabler'. It is the same as offering drugs to an addict.

 

[bakechef]

In the interest of saving money, I have tried store brands. Some are fine, others are awful. It's hit or miss. Their frozen vegetables are woody and tasteless, the OJ is good.

It really varies from store to store. The store I currently work in has excellent store brand frozen veg, just as good as any other. A previous employer obviously put their name on whatever brought them maximum profit regardless of quality.

My store has its version of the Oreo and it's pretty sad. I tried the Target brand a few years back and I preferred it to Oreo (not sure if it's still available). Same goes with Trader Joes, I prefer their version of Oreo.

 

[GotGarlic]

Diabetic! If just one more person tells me about an uncle who always eats cake, candy or whatever, and he is a diabetic, after I tell them "No thank you, I am a diabetic", may just get a taste of my fist. Just once please tell me how they admire the way that I stick to my diet. I am not their uncle, I am me. I am a diabetic! A lot of the folks in this building are diabetic. They have severe neuropathy. I have been a diabetic for almost 20 years. I do not have it. And it is because I stick to my diet.

So when someone tells you "I am a diabetic" don't insist that they just try a small mouthful. That is when you become an 'enabler'. It is the same as offering drugs to an addict.

Your information is out of date. Doctors used to advise diabetics to avoid sugar, but recent research has shown that diabetics can offset small amounts of sugary items with protein and complex carbs and maintain the desired blood sugar level.

Neuropathy and other complications of diabetes are caused by chronically uncontrolled sugar levels, not from eating sugary foods occasionally.

If you don't want it, just say "No, thank you," and leave it at that.

 

[Kayelle]

Diabetic! If just one more person tells me about an uncle who always eats cake, candy or whatever, and he is a diabetic, after I tell them "No thank you, I am a diabetic", may just get a taste of my fist. Just once please tell me how they admire the way that I stick to my diet. I am not their uncle, I am me. I am a diabetic! A lot of the folks in this building are diabetic. They have severe neuropathy. I have been a diabetic for almost 20 years. I do not have it. And it is because I stick to my diet.

So when someone tells you "I am a diabetic" don't insist that they just try a small mouthful. That is when you become an 'enabler'. It is the same as offering drugs to an addict.

Just my opinion Addie, but if you simply said "no thank you" without adding "I'm diabetic" you could avoid hearing about uncles who eat cake, candy and whatever. The more information you give them, the more one wants to make conversation about the information given. With a simple "no thank you", you have the power to change the subject.

 

[dragnlaw]

GotGarlic...

are you ??? or have/do you??? any personal relationship with someone who is diabetic?

Your reply is somewhat ambivalent... and not one I completely agree with...

 

[Dawgluver]

I also find a "No thanks, it looks beautiful/so good/delicious, but I'm stuffed!", works too.

 

[dragnlaw]

in the meanwhile and the between while... you put in another message which I did not see while composing mine...

enough said...

 

[CatPat]

I also find a "No thanks, it looks beautiful/so good/delicious, but I'm stuffed!", works too.

I wish that would have worked with Gwen's dish! She knew we were hungry.

Carl tried this also, and he said this: "The next time she brings something like this over, I'll say, 'I'm sorry, I just got my wisdom teeth pulled and I can only have real soft foods.'"

I would never, ever try to make someone who is diabetic to eat something that perhaps will hurt them and make them sick. Insulin shock, from what I have understood, can be very harmful and also fatal. I don't know what they can try or have small amounts of things or any of this.

If I know someone is a diabetic, I would ask what is safe for them and prepare any meals for them according to their dietary restrictions. I'd never want to harm someone.

With love,
~Cat

 

[Addie]

Your information is out of date. Doctors used to advise diabetics to avoid sugar, but recent research has shown that diabetics can offset small amounts of sugary items with protein and complex carbs and maintain the desired blood sugar level.

Neuropathy and other complications of diabetes are caused by chronically uncontrolled sugar levels, not from eating sugary foods occasionally.

If you don't want it, just say "No, thank you," and leave it at that.

I am not on any insulin. Nor pills. I control my diabetes strictly by diet. It is my choice to avoid certain foods. I am not a sweet eater. Never have been. Most often when a sugary product is offered to a diabetic, there is no protein readily handy to offset the sugar intake. I have never said that you can never, ever have a sugary item. Just think before you offer some to a known diabetic unless you also have a 'burger handy to go with it. Most non-diabetics have no idea of what constitutes a diabetic diet. Not until they become a diabetic themselves. And a lot of them think because I am on no medication, that I have been cured. Sorry. Once a diabetic, always a diabetic. At least until they find a cure.

 

[taxlady]

My father-in-law was a diabetic and not good about his diet. He stayed with us for two weeks while we were doing low carb. He bugged me to cook some 'taters. I wouldn't. I'm a meany. He did admit that his blood sugar levels had seldom been so good.

 

[Addie]

My father-in-law was a diabetic and not good about his diet. He stayed with us for two weeks while we were doing low carb. He bugged me to cook some 'taters. I wouldn't. I'm a meany. He did admit that his blood sugar levels had seldom been so good.

Oddly enough TL, a potato is a complex carb and good for the diabetic. It has a lot of nutrients in it. But it should be eaten with a protein like any carb. Complex carbs take longer to be absorbed into the system.

 

[PrincessFiona60]

Diabetics can eat whatever they like, of course, they also have to deal with their highs and lows. The holidays are the worst, but even though I've been having the odd taste of goodies now and then, my blood sugars have remained stable.

No need to volunteer the information of diet needs or health needs. It is not the host and hostess who are responsible for your food choices, you are responsible. If your dietary needs and wants are so important to you, that you must make a pest of yourself, you should just stay home. And those that love you are always going to be the "food police" because they DO care.

 

[taxlady]

I prefer to know what my guests' dietary restrictions are. I can get chocolate with alcohol sugar for diabetics. I can use coconut for people who are lactose intolerant. I can make the gravy without any flour for someone gluten intolerant. Heck, I have several friends who can't stand celery and I usually put celery in my salads. I just put the celery on the side for those of us who like it.

 

[PrincessFiona60]

I prefer to know what my guests' dietary restrictions are. I can get chocolate with alcohol sugar for diabetics. I can use coconut for people who are lactose intolerant. I can make the gravy without any flour for someone gluten intolerant. Heck, I have several friends who can't stand celery and I usually put celery in my salads. I just put the celery on the side for those of us who like it.

I take it these guests have politely told you about their dietary needs, likes and dislikes. I was talking about those that have to make a production out of it and demand the host/hostess provide acceptable foods at the time of the meal. By letting your host/hostess know beforehand, that is you being responsible.

And please, do not waste your money on "diabetic" candies, foods, etc for me. I can't eat them. Not all diabetics eat the same way.

 

[Addie]

A lot of times I will refuse an offering due to what I have already eaten earlier in the day.

 

[CarolPa]

Regardless of what any doctor tells me or what any research has shown, I cannot eat any sugar or starchy carbs...potatoes, rice, bread, pasta, cereal, without a spike in my blood sugar, with or without protein. I go according to what my meter says. There is no set diet for diabetics. Every person is different.

 

[Addie]

Regardless of what any doctor tells me or what any research has shown, I cannot eat any sugar or starchy carbs...potatoes, rice, bread, pasta, cereal, without a spike in my blood sugar, with or without protein. I go according to what my meter says. There is no set diet for diabetics. Every person is different.

Carol, two years ago, during the daylight hours, my sugar was doing just fine. But at night while I would be in a deep sleep, my sugar would spike to over 200. A couple of times over 300. So the doctor put me on Metformin. I stayed on it for a year. Then I started to get sick within minutes of me taking that first morning dose. Real hard vomiting. No more Metformin for me. A major strain on my heart. But I stayed on my other med. Then a year ago, I had lost a lot of weight (not by trying) and was crashing. Sudden sugar drops for no reason. No more meds. Diet alone. I have to be the worst diabetes patient. Weeks go by and I never check my sugar level. Not until I feel that something is wrong. And sure enough my sugar is either too low or too high. And I can feel the difference. If it is too high, some immediate exercise corrects the problem. As long as I keep my weight down, I will not have to go back on the meds. Diet alone works for me. But it is a diet I really watch closely.