>
> "I was about to write, "I consider myself a picky eater"...but really,
> it's everyone around me that considers me a picky eater. I've tried
> pointing out to them that I am actually not picky, I just like what I
> like and don't like what I don't. They didn't buy it. I admit that I do
> have a touch of OCD when it comes to certain foods. Corn, for example.
> Whether on the cob or off, nothing but butter, salt & pepper should
> ever touch my corn. No creamed corn, no corn is soups or stews, and for
> the love of all things Holy, do *not* mix the corn in with the taters
> and gravy!
>
> Where does "like what I like and don't like what I don't." fall? *Fussy
> or Picky?
>
> What about, ". . .and for the love of all things Holy, do *not* mix the
> corn in with the taters and gravy!" *Fussy or Picky?
>
> Or, ". . . green beans (or any vegetable really) should never touch the
> gravy, but potatoes can touch meat and gravy and dressing." *Fussy or
> Picky?

> I am inclined to call Kimberly a fussy eater while I describe my
> son-in-law as a picky eater. *Kimberly's peculiarities make me roll my
> eyes and say, "Ohfer. . . ! *Whatever" and my son-in-law's leave me
> grumbling about how I am to prepare a dish to satisfy his peculiarities,
> a big one of which is about textures. *He wants Prego out of a jar with
> ground beef browned and added but heaven forfend if the amendment to the
> jarred stuff should included chopped onion or celery. *I want to say,
> "Ohfercrissake, just eat it, will you?"
>
> Would my well known disdain for that which is beety put me into one of
> the two categories? *IMO, I'd say not, because there aren't that many
> things I feel that strongly about. *There are lots of things I'm not
> fond of but will eat if they are set in front of me.
>
> I repeat my question: *Is there a difference between a fussy eater and a
> picky eater? *How would you describe the differences?
> --
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJhttp://web.me.com/barbschaller- good news 4-6-2009
> "What you say about someone else says more
> about you than it does about the other person."

I'm with Kath on the corn thing, because (1) corn should always stand
alone, and (2) I'm from the "I-O-Way, Where the Tall Corn Grows." If
I see it mixed in anything - like salsa, or cold salad - it looks like
vomit to me....can't eat it.

I'm also with her a little bit on the potatoes-gravy-dressing thing is
o.k., ...but I'm not fussy about foods touching each other.

Definitions to me: Fussy - means I'll eat anything but they have to
behave to my standards when on the plate. Picky means I will only eat
certain things fixed a certain way, or not at all in some cases.

My sons don't like celery in dressing or any casserole - in anything,
actually. I call that picky.

Fussy is my thing about corn not being mixed in soup, salad, salsa, or
anything else.

N.