Are you scared to try new foods?

[Randy-Darkshade]

I mean, if someone like a friend offered you a food you had never tried before, would you try it? Or refuse it because you're scared to try new foods?

I do feel nervous about trying new foods but I try them anyway.

 

[Rynn]

I love trying new foods! I don't really get nervous, though I might be cautious and sample a tiny nibble before really eating it if it's particularly exotic. Doesn't mean I /like/ everything, but hey, if you never try, you'll never know!

 

[LizardKing]

Only if it looks and smells like a cat turd.

Because it's probably a cat turd.

 

[Dragonfurry]

I accidentally voted yes! I like trying new food because they taste good in my tummy.

 

[Dreaming]

Depends on what's in it.

 

[Tricky]

I will try anything even if it has ingredients I don't like. I like trying new things because you're bound to stumble across something awesome.

 

[Xenke]

Anyone who answers yes is a pussy.

 

[Azure]

This is way more relevant if you replace "foods" with "drugs". Also, the answer is no, to both.

 

[Zenia]

It depends on what it is... what its texture would be (I have an issue with textures) and what it smells like.

When I was 18, I tried calamari for the first time. I was not disappointed.
Recently I was watching Food Network (the show 'Chopped') and the contestants had to cook a duck breast. I was curious, so even though one breast cost me $10 (I have since found a cheaper store) I tried it. It is like... if steak and chicken breast had a love child. <3
Also, recently tried Portabella and Crimini mushrooms. Yum!

 

[Inciatus]

No, but generally I'll eat what I know I like.

 

[Solumbra]

I LOVE trying new foods, especially foreign foods, English food is so boring! My favourites are Japanese and Jamaican :3

 

[Zenia]

My sister has this one roommate... who won't try ANYTHING new. He only eats like... chicken Mr. Noodles, hotdogs with ketchup, plain turkey/chicken meat, soda and like one or two other things. I went to their apartment for Christmas dinner... he literally ate half of the turkey, but nothing else. Not even the amazing layered dessert (sugar cookie base, chocolate/vanilla pudding, cream cheese, whip topping) she made. Any time something was offered, he was all 'nope! nope!' Strange.

 

[ramsay_baggins]

Depends. Not curries because I don't cope well with hot food. But I used to be until I met my SO's family. His dad is an excellent cook and I love trying anything he makes. I've discovered so many new awesome foods because of that. I don't try new foods outside of someone else paying though, because I can't afford to buy something and then not eat it.

 

[NerdyMunk]

Where's the in-between option?
It depends how I feel on who's provoking me.

 

[Schwimmwagen]

Mostly yes, but sometimes some things just look too nice to not try.

 

[HeroHoxha]

Why would you be scared to try new food? Hell, toss me a fried tarantula.

 

[sunandshadow]

I am only hesitant if I have to order a whole plate of it at a restaurant. If it's just a taste, even if it's yucky I can just take a drink to clean the taste away and eat something better afterward.

 

[Onnes]

My sense of taste is so messed up that I'm always worried something will make me gag and I'll be unable to clean whatever it is off my shirt.

 

[SnowFox]

Sort of. If it's not something really weird then I'll probably try it.

If it's something weird then I'll be much more willing to try it if it isn't dead-animal based or doesn't contain dead animal, at least I'm probably safe then. I'm not going to find out I just eat mutant rat anus or something.

 

[Saiko]

It depends on what it is, what it looks like, and who made it.

I'll try almost anything new my mom makes without question because she's a wondrous cook.

Generally I'll try just about anything at a restaurant or home if it looks or sounds like it could be good.

However, a certain someone from my church makes food that I avoid like the plague because she's notorious for using everyone as guinea pigs for her experimental "recipes." You don't put grapes, red cabbage, and celery in a TUNA SALAD!


.... damn, now I want sushi.

 

[AlexInsane]

I think the whole "exotic dining" scene is pretty overrated, especially when you figure out you're paying an exorbitant amount for organ meats coated in chili powder.

 

[Delta Fox]

As a Hospitality Management student we get to try a lot of foods in the restaurant lab, and I've expanded my tastes for foods and I am not as cynical about food as I used to be.

 

[ObsidianLaughter]

Depends on what it is, really. I love hot food and stuff related to hot food, so a lot of exotic stuff is favorable.

Have to admit, took me a while to really like Sushi, though.

 

[Tabasco]

As long as it's not a tentacle and guts won't squoosh out when I bite in, I'm pretty okay with trying new foods. Most anything that can be crammed in my mouth is food to me.

 

[Cult]

It depends on what the food looks and feels like.