On a scale of......

18 years ago

Last week a thread was started about trying new recipes/foods for Thanksgiving. So how flexible are you about trying something new? On a scale of 0 to 10, (with 0 being you never try anything new, and a 10 being you are like a person on Survivor and wouldn't blink an eye at eating the crazy stuff they do), where would you be?

I'd be a 7 or 8. I like trying new recipes/foods and will take at least a small bite unless it contains something I already know I don't like or can't eat.

Shirley

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jannie
18 years ago
I tried two "new" recipes this Thanksgiving, fortunately both turned out. Sweet potato casserole and make-ahead gravy. All the rest was tried-and-true. So I guess I'm about a five, Thanks for asking.
FlamingO in AR
18 years ago
I like to try out new recipes on unsuspecting visitors, they don't know that they are guinea pigs for us. lol

I'm not going to eat really icky stuff unless someone gives me a shot a million dollars, but I would say that in my normal life, I'm a 7. Just don't lie to me and tell me it's chicken when it's NOT!
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lydia1959
18 years ago
I'm probably a 4 or 5 on trying something new to eat. As far as trying new recipes out cooking-wise I would be a 10. I am always trying new recipes. I have to admit most of those are highly rated ones from allrecipes.com though.
Happy_Go_Lucky_Gayle
18 years ago
Alligator,Raw Oysters and Escarole are as risky as I get....So maybe a 6. I thought I was brave to eat Calamari. And I will not try Sushi.

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patti43
18 years ago
I'm always trying to find things my picky daughter, her picky DH and picky GS will eat. They're all picky about different things so finding one thing they all like is just about impossible. Since they come for T-giving, I'd say I'm a 10 at trying new things, most of which DH and I eat later (and forever). I think next year we're eating what WE like and they can go to MacDonald's if they're hungry.
orie
18 years ago
I tried alligator nuggets yrs. ago (tastes like chicken is so true) and as a kid tried frog legs (misstook for chicken wings), tried stone crabs and crab dip. I'm not a seafood fan but a I do like fish (no shrimp, crabs, oysters, lobsters, octopus, etc...). Would never do any organ food. YUK!
carol_in_california
18 years ago
As long as it isn't creamed corn in a can or runny egg yolks, I would most likely try anything except those horrid, nasty things like they had on Survivor and on Fear Factor.
If I was visiting in a foreign country, I would at least take a bite......unless it was creamed corn or runny egg yolks.
I guess I would be an 8+.
summer_tx
18 years ago
Hmmm, I guess I'd be a 7 or 8 unless it has something really nasty in it that I know I wouldn't like. I enjoy trying new recipes and experimenting with them. If I think I can make it better, I add a dash of this or that.
jannie
18 years ago
I like to read several recipes and combine them. My home ec teacher years ago told us to always double the spices in a dish,it will come out better.
Kathsgrdn
18 years ago
Probably a 9.
patti43
18 years ago
Uh oh, I didn't see that Fear Factor part. Change me to a 6. Haven't watched that show since I had to run to the bathroom one night right in the middle of the show. Nasty stuff--weak stomach.
stephanie_in_ga
18 years ago
I think I'm a 5. Right in the middle. I do not like seafood, but won't refuse it when it's offered by a host/ess who worked hard on it.

My father is a 10. He doesn't even ask what the food is. You want a guinea pig for new recipes, he's your guy. He will eat anything! I've been to restaurants with him before when he's brought the wrong order and he didn't even notice until it was gone. The server came and asked how it was, he said "whatever the fish was it was great, but I just remembered I ordered a steak." He just really enjoys all food, the server could surprise him, save him the trouble of making a choice. My brother is almost as fun, he's probably a 9. (They're both skinny, you'd never know the eat everything.)

I wish I was like that. I think people who will try any new food are so much fun to be around. You always know they will enjoy the meal, cooked or eaten out.
caflowerluver
18 years ago
On food I would probably be a 6 or 7. I like to try new ethnic food I have never had before but it can't anything too weird like bugs. When it comes to trying new recipes of tried and true foods, I am a 10.

I love trying new ways of fixing old foods, but DH & DS are around a 3 or 4 because they don't like change. DH has had a yogurt and apple for lunch for the last 30 years and DS only eat a PB & J for lunch since he was around 4, almost 20 years. I eat something different for breakfast and lunch every day of the year!
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marilyn_c
18 years ago
I am about a 4. I am extremely picky about food. I like beef, pork, chicken, turkey, seafood...if it is not imported or is off of our boats, but I don't like lamb or rabbit, goose, duck...have had them in the past. I don't like venison...wouldn't eat wild game unless I was starving. Like beef extra rare, and everything else cooked but not cooked to death. Have eaten froglegs and alligator...didn't like it. Anything that tastes like chicken...just give me chicken.

I could never eat stuff like they do on Survivor. Maybe for a guaranteed million but not to just stay in the game.

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