On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:01:06 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>Kimberly's reply in Jill's thread, "Let's Talk About Picky Eater's Again
><G>" got me to wondering if there is a difference between picky and
>fussy. In my mind there is, but I am having a difficult time
>articulating it. Here is what Kimberly said:
>
>"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! Abomination. I try, whenever possible, to make sure none of
>my foods touch, unless of course they were meant to be touchy feely
>with each other. For example, green beans (or any vegetable really)
>should never touch the gravy, but potatoes can touch meat and gravy and
>dressing. All those things get eaten as one. On the other hand, if I
>have a baked potato, it doesn't get to touch anything, since it's on a
>separate plate. And no sweet stuff on my savory stuff, please. No
>apples with the pork, and definitely not in my dressing. No pineapple
>on my ham, and not on my pizza either. The sole exception to this would
>be bbq sauce, because I like the tomato-brown sugar type. Ok, so maybe
>I am picky."
>
>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?
>
>What about, "And no sweet stuff on my savory stuff, please. No apples
>with the pork, and definitely not in my dressing. No pineapple on my
>ham, and not on my pizza either." 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?


I am so thankful. My SIL is coming next week for a visit. I asked
her if there was anything she couldn't eat or didn't like. Her
response was "Never seen anything I don't like to eat." We shall have
fun.

--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)