the legendary PICKY EATER rant

[@BleedTheRic]

"I'll let you read between the lines on that one" proceeds to go on legendary rant

[@rcutler9]

I was a very picky eater as a kid. Almost everything my parents made me try i found disgusting so I internalized at some point that anything new would taste bad too. Turns out my parents are just bad at cooking and i actually enjoyed a lot of things when cooked by someone other than my parents lol.

[@lazartlol]

this exactly

[@slamkam07]

I sincerely hope you let them know that at some point and they took it well enough to try to cook better.

[@jebbryant6522]

I wanna have a cookout with you now mate i love cooking food that people domt usually like to see if i can make em enjoy it

[@ProfessorThock]

I feel this. Especially having been force-fed “healthy” foods as a kid (hand shoved down my throat). That stuff led to me throwing up in class when I tried to eat an apple in kindergarten and my brain said yeah no more fruit or veggies. It’s been a struggle as an adult trying to push past that stuff.

[@oklanime]

I also feel this as someone who grew up as a picky eater with a mother who never seasoned anything and a dad that burnt everything. Now as an adult, I'm finally learning to cook the right way and to explore my culinary palate.

[@ShrekGrunge]

Calling poop eating “trickle down economics” might be the funniest thing ive ever heard

[@TubeofDestiny]

I read that comment before watching the video... "no way that shit makes any sense , it's completely mental" _18 minutes later..._ "he's got a point ngl☝"

[@Mr.Sparks.173]

Fun fact: the original name for "trickle down economics" was "horse and sparrow economics" - the analogy being that if you fed the horse enough oats, then some of the oats will pass through undigested for the sparrows to eat.

[@minimalgrammar1276]

Him saying that was somehow more disgusting to me than the filthiest Artosis stream.

[@misterbaman]

"I'm a picky eater, but I eat ass. Explain." I fucking love the direction this conversation went down.

[@joejoemojo]

“anyways, thats my thoughts on picky eaters” *not even halfway through the video*

[@verdicktrobin]

"Damn baby girl, do it be shittin'?" hit me like a 1000-ton truck. Holy shit, lmao.

[@noahboy7309]

That truck's 2,000,000 pounds, jesus

[@m.czandogg9576]

17:26

[@specialknees6798]

That’s a rather large vehicle indeed!

[@waterbottle6644]

This guy speaks like a perfectly well adjusted guy, but then says shit like that. I love him already

[@josephdouglas5242]

I remember one time as a teenager I saw something new at a restaurant and said "Huh, I've never had that before, I've got to try that!". My entire family looked at my like I was a doppelganger, because they thought I was a picky eater. Turns out, I never really was a picky eater, my family just happened to serve the 3 food ingredients I hated most ALL THE TIME.

[@TheLibraryofLetourneau]

It really be your own sometimes

[@Kimmie6772]

I'm starting to feel the same way. I am willing to try some foods, but everyone around me (the people, not the restaurants) seem to want to cook things the weirdest way possible like it's an Olympic sport. Not everything has to be a homogeneous mass of flavor. Sometimes it helps to do a regular main with a side. Just the classic roast beef and vegetable broth and lots of potatoes. If I'm sick, please no creamy noodle soup from a can. Brew some tea and throw some noodles in a soy broth. What I like isnt really hard, just different.

[@zankaa8031]

@@Kimmie6772 i have to know what you're being served on a regular basis that you're describing as a homogenous mass of flavor

[@Drekromancer]

@@zankaa8031 Seconded

[@Croyles]

@@zankaa8031 Alas we may never know... :(

[@CrunchRosey]

"I can only eat nuggies because I'm poor" is the single worst argument I've ever had the displeasure of hearing. If youre struggling financially and still buying chicken nuggets every day, youre either not that broke or you are the reason youre broke. Edit: Some people have made some interesting assumptions about my financial situation (and whether im qualified in any way to speak about grocery prices?). I am an unemployed veteran currently living on my meager disability compensation. I know very well the value of food and anybody claiming to know my life can get pissed on.

[@Chelaxim]

People who are picky eaters are only that way because their parents could afford to let them be picky when they were a child.

[@CrunchRosey]

@@Chelaxim God so true

[@SilentMott]

@@Chelaxim Veggies are CHEAP, they just wanted their kid to shut up and eat.

[@donutreactions]

Its true

[@sakesaurus]

​@@Chelaximmaybe, or maybe not. Trauma from parents forcing something down your throat is the prime factor here. Whether they were abusive or they had real reasons is beyond you: you were a clueless child back then!

[@weirdopup]

I never liked an onion and never will, they always made my mom cry and I can never forgive that

[@TheLibraryofLetourneau]

no holes in this argument

[@VidyeoGamerer]

+2

[@steventonche1037]

This is why I eat onions. As payback.

[@Yakita60]

Hands down, this is the best picky eater response ever. I want it on a t-shirt. 😂😂

[@supern00bis4]

I'll be taking this joke, thanks

[@nicholasroberts7838]

NL really goated for his take here. My S/O "doesn't like" a fuckton of things and I end up going "okay, well I'm going to have it anyway because I want it" and she ends up trying it, liking it and being like "I don't know why I thought I didn't like that".

[@bibsp3556]

Describing my life 5 years ago lol

[@megapussi]

this was me when I was like 5 years old lmao

[@baecotte]

I had to do this with my partner too. I said “Are you really going to live life and die without trying all of these beautiful foods?” Her allergies made her fearful, but we’ve made a ton of progress

[@cookies23z]

Childhood issues probably (not necessarily serious ones) My family wasnt great cooks, and eating with them was stressful because they would make fun of me "playfully" So since I didnt want to eat X or Y for taste or texture, they would make something plain for me, or for my dads stomach issues So for along time it was just plain, extremely tasteless food, with people I hated to be around who would force me to dinner regardless of hunger, desire, or anything Eventually as an adult I started trying more stuff because friends would offer or want it, so I try it because of them, and my tastes broadened a lot I still am pretty picky, but much less so (example, I really dislike sea insects, crab/lobster/shrimp) despite their taste being ok... but for how expensive it is, to how it tastes, to how it feels to eat, bad ratio of enjoyment to cost.

[@qazwsx6340]

when I was a kid I thought I hated oranges even though I never had them. at all my soccer games the coach would bring orange slices for us to eat at half time, and one day I finally tried one and loved it, I probably ate like 2.5 whole oranges in 10 minutes then got a massive cramp on the field and had to be subbed off

[@ethangld1206]

I watched this rant when it came out, and it's what inspired me to try a new restaurant every week. It's genuinely improved my life both in a culinary context, but also socially since it get to try new things with friends. Highly recommended

[@incription]

this guy has friends

[@fclp67]

@@incription that's how you know it's a fake story

[@zachblackwell9032]

That's a great idea!

[@enzolabre6295]

Hope you are doing well! Good luck on your culinary journey, it is worth it!

[@sayantanmazumdar3]

@@fclp67 this comment is how we know that you will be forever alone.

[@DoctorShroom]

"I don't think it's based to just eat mac & cheese and chicken nuggets as a 31 year old man. The dream is not to never grow up (I think). The dream is to maintain the positives of youth, while also acknowledging that there are positive things about getting older." - Northernlion

[@obviouslyanonymous]

Shit hits like a Greek philosopher quote I mean, except for the mac and cheese and nuggets part.

[@littlemoth4956]

I’m pretty sure worrying about the diets of people you’ve never met is way more of an issue than an adult eating basic unhealthy meals.

[@m.czandogg9576]

8:38

[@thegodofsoapkekcario1970]

These kids don’t realize that if you eat healthy, that means you get to live longer as a sigma giga based male or whatever.

[@B2Roland]

​@@obviouslyanonymouseating like a nine year old as a grown man is down right pathetic.

[@carwyn3691]

As a 9 feet tall buff japanese woman, i agree, i won't crush a man who doesn't eat brussel sprouts

[@raputha1148]

brussel sprouts go hard

[@saintsalieri]

@@raputha1148 they're a top 5 food. Broccoli stays goated tho

[@lucadipaolo1997]

@@saintsalieri I remember the first time I ate broccoli. I still don't understand why everyone always said it was the most awful food ever, it's truly goated.

[@tongpoo8985]

Brussel sprouts are one of those tragic foods that tastes amazing but has a reputation for being bad because people dont prepare it correctly

[@tongpoo8985]

@@lucadipaolo1997 same deal with broccoli

[@musicaccount3340]

+2 for 22 minute rant on the topic that persists for like 10 years

[@xeffary7390]

what does +2 mean?

[@musicaccount3340]

@@xeffary7390 it's a Jerma bit, he had a race with other streamer and chat could add or subtract 2 minutes by voting on their jokes. So +2 usually means "good take" P.s. not a race, but a coop challenge to beat Kane and Lynch 2 in limited time

[@obviouslyanonymous]

@@musicaccount3340 wait but isn't adding 2 minutes bad in a race?

[@musicaccount3340]

@@obviouslyanonymous correction, it was not a race, but a coop challenge to beat Kane and Lynch 2 in limited time.

[@obviouslyanonymous]

@@musicaccount3340 I see, that makes more sense

[@Exarian]

My dad was a bizarre kind of picky eater because he wouldn't let *me* try foods that he doesn't like or that he thinks he wouldn't like. I think he was terrified at the possibility that I might not be a clone of him. He justified it as "well I don't like rhubarb and you have my genes so you won't like it either."

[@arix178]

Rip my dad did the same shit constantly like youre my genes so u must be exactly like me

[@personeater747]

If you ended up liking rhubarb he'd have to cook or at least witness it. It's the opposite problem of parents with picky kids, where they have to eat chicken nuggets because their kid won't take anything else. Instead your father was afraid of your discontent with only chicken nuggies if you started craving rhubarb

[@ZeallustImmortal]

My dad def tried to talk me out of trying foods he didnt like. Most of the foods he hates the most I happen to like the most.

[@stanpines9011]

My mom is like this about sauerkraut. She was right though, the stuff tastes like actual vomit.

[@amandajensen3382]

Lol my mom would never cook me sunny side up eggs even though I would ask to try, said I'd hate them. Turns out they are my favorite!

[@pihajzvetrom1120]

Was really hoping this would include the trickle down economics bit lmao

[@colinmallery50]

My ex’s mom thought I was a picky eater but I just didn’t have the courage to tell her her cooking sucks

[@TheLibraryofLetourneau]

a pretty relevant clip lol kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3TIoYGXhLeko6c

[@AustinMichaelDearing]

i can honestly say i've never once heard "trickle-down economics" used in that way

[@zankaa8031]

i love the people in chat that are like "shut the fuck up you don't know anything" LMFAo

[@remon95]

who is this guy?? just drove him in my uber and once I said that I recognize him from this clip he pulled out a 9mm beretta and threatened to NLSS(?) curse me if I told anyone that I saw him... then he asked if I think my wife likes sushi more than I do for some reason (had to say yes because I was scared), also when he was getting off I heard him complaining about "electrical infetterence" or something (is that a thing?)... is he that "Germa" criminal people have been talking about?

[@Scylla9]

You’re lucky to be alive, honestly

[@jamesdulak3108]

Don't pretend, you were being sincere when you said your wife loved sushi more.

[@sunchips18]

Ah, so we came here from the same clip/stream, I see.

[@BacchusGames]

He's a 10 but he only eats chicken nuggets and mac and cheese

[@Drekromancer]

4. Tops.

[@JoelDZ]

2

[@azonikatozunaki9894]

-2

[@joeyjojos5839]

My ex wouldn't even touch some asparagus that was part of a meal my dad made because he "doesn't like vegetables". I'm pretty sure he had never even eaten asparagus before. Maybe it was petty, but I wanted to break up with him in that moment just because it was disrespectful to not even try something my dad was kind enough to cook for him, especially since my dad is a good cook and he enjoyed the rest of the meal. Like what harm would it do to just try it?

[@TheMightySpurdo]

he’s a 4, because that’s his mental age, actual manchild

[@sloesty]

Texture hate is often associated with autism. I learned very late that i am likely on the spectrum and i am a picky eater. But i discovered that its just the vegetable texture. If it is liquefied, fried, or prepared well, i learned that i usually like it. But a fried and boiled vegetable is just inedible to me... I feel the date talk tho. Taking a girl out and not eating anything on the menu horrifies me, and my eating problems get worse because i stress out while eating and it gets worse...

[@noThankyou-g5c]

yeah im on the spectrum and i was VERY picky as a kid. As an adult I eat a lot more foods and like to try new things. That being said there are certain things I just won’t like bc of texture or smell. I can tell pretty easily what foods to avoid and I have literally never once in my life enjoyed a food that I didn’t want to try. Any time Ive felt forced or pressured to eat something its been a terrible experience. So yeah I think people that only eat chicken nuggets are a bit annoying bc theres a lot of great food out there. but also that doesn’t mean you should judge somebody for not specifically eating eggplant Parmesan or oysters or something. A lot of people experience wayyyyyy too much pressure to do something they already know they won’t like just to satisfy their peers’ weird ego trips about food.

[@SilverionX]

Listen, just because a person is a picky eater doesn't mean that they're on the spectrum. Having said that being a picky eater is probably over represented on the spectrum. A larger slice of a smaller slice, if you will.

[@sloesty]

@@SilverionX Yes, if you read my comment you will find that I start my comment with "often" and "associated".

[@SilverionX]

@@sloesty yes but other people might not. I felt it was important to emphasize that. Besides, I was happy with the pun.

[@crazydragy4233]

@WungusBill Indeed. Badly cooked food is responsible for a lot of bad impressions

[@philipkelly7369]

"AND YOU WON'T EVEN EAT A MUSHROOM?!" had be fucking rollllllllling dude, I swear to god

[@Nefariousbig]

Mushrooms taste like shit to me. Hell no I won't eat a mushroom.

[@Divergent-ym3py]

@@Nefariousbigsure if you’re talking about the ones from cow shit. Maybe try the store and save the trip.

[@Nefariousbig]

@@Divergent-ym3py I'm talking about literally every mushroom I've ever eaten in my life either accidentally or as a taste having a horrible off-putting and overbearing flavour profile that I do not enjoy even a tiny bit.

[@SuperFranzs]

@@Nefariousbig What a picky eater.

[@cabby4356]

​@@NefariousbigI'm deeply sorry, hope you get well soon

[@Kanelel]

I was a picky eater until fairly recently. It was definitely more of an anxiety thing than a flavor thing for me. It was real bad though, I would literally gag and dry heave whenever I felt an unknown texture in my mouth. My dad told me that the same thing happened to him and I'd just grow out of it eventually. I didn't believe him, but then I hit 21 years old and I started forcing myself to go to different restaurants and stuff and the anxiety started going away.

[@ShenDoodles]

I'm in this boat, except I can't make myself eat it. I'd give anything to lose the fear and be able to go to a nice restaurant. I wanna try so many cool foods, but I can't. Birria tacos look incredible, but I couldn't touch one.

[@elijahgrossman8223]

Start smaller, don't get a whole ass dish with entirely new things. Add something to your sandwich or pizza order, try a new side with dinner. And always give it 2 try's first time its gonna be weird 2nd time you'll know what to expect and it wont be nearly as bad. Also recognize that its a process not a switch you can flip, as long as you are taking steps, no matter how small, you should take pride

[@alphabet_soup]

Tytyty for including the chat replay There are so many bits I want to see the chat reactions to when I'm watching KZbin VODs, but it's such a pain to track down the right Twitch broadcast

[@ethandavis7310]

My stance on taste changed forever when I saw a professional chef talking about how they were "learning to enjoy" a certain flavor more. I've always been open to trying anything, but after that I tried additionally to enjoy everything even when the first hit was strange. I've come around to so many new flavors this way, but I still can't stomach olives

[@WretchedRedoran]

I'm not confident that we're talking about the same sort of learning to enjoy, something like this happened to me a few years ago. Now, for the longest time I really didn't like seaweed flavour, but I was really hungry and the only thing that could be made quick was the instant noodle cup way in the back of the pantry that was really strong on the seaweed flavour, but I was hungry. So I made it, and realised it was strong on the seaweed flavour but, again, I was hungry, so I told myself over and over "nah man, you actually really love the taste of seaweed" and eventually I finished eating it. And you know what? Ever since then, I've genuinely enjoyed the flavour of seaweed. I basically gaslight myself into liking it, and I'm proud of that.

[@sycodeathman]

I HAAATED olives growing up, they were impossible to eat. Olives on a pizza totally ruined the whole damn pizza. Later, because I'm stubborn & kept trying, I attempted to eat a garlic stuffed collossal olive. It was delicious. Turns out most olives taste disgusting because of the brine stuff they're pickled in lol. If you ever wanna try olives again I recommend garlic stuffed collossals!

[@ilikeshiba]

@@WretchedRedoranI did this with math in college. Turns out you can just decide the type of person you are/will become if you have the willpower and motivation. I thought the only way to get through my degree was to make myself like math so I did. I consciously decided to become someone that likes math and it became true. I even used all my elective credits taking extra math classes. I didn’t get particularly good grades in math and I struggled a lot, but I really enjoyed it and I still enjoy it.

[@D1sc0rd-]

Olive brine is putrid, but I’m sure it’s not the olives that’re doing it for us. Like I know an olive straight off the branch is awfully bitter but id think they could be prepped for consumption/preserved in something other than the typical olive brine concoction. I can’t think of any other flavor I don’t at least appreciate. I like bitter flavors, rosemary and hops in beer, but olive brine isn’t bitter it just tastes like a combination of medicine, rotting and sickly sweet

[@davidr2421]

Yes I've come around to the stance that tastes are very malleable and acquirable with some effort.

[@Blackobluna]

NL rants are pretty much always a +2 conveyor belt

[@Drekromancer]

Many people are saying this.

[@jeffreytam7684]

NL ranting becomes exponentially funnier as the rant goes along because you feel it could’ve ended so much faster but he just keeps getting wound up

[@bben4576]

Also nl is a really good crowd reader and sees how is chat responding. He moves on fast if they aren't

[@MildChunkySalsa]

Many such cases

[@grenbenn]

tbh hes right about eatin like shit and having a heart attack in you 30s. if eat better you feel mentally and emotionally better. one week of not eating ramen and frozen food is cool, but you will feel the effects of the shitty food. same shit goes for soda

[@pokesonav]

He talks like a very nice grandpa. Just slowly rambling about things that slightly peeve him about other people, but that's just because he cares.

[@HeckYep]

We Stan a high-empathy king

[@saulspanco854]

No he is just very opinionated and actually super judgemental lol.

[@Tobygas]

@@saulspanco854 If that was super judgmental to you then you need to find Jesus

[@grunchchristmas]

@@saulspanco854 whats wrong with having opinions

[@hoteltrivago.3034]

Ong this rant had me dying. My GF of over a year has this obsession with chicken nuggets, and whenever I consider doing take out or picking up food she always wants Burger King chicken nuggets as if we didn’t have 300 of them in the freezer. Meanwhile I’m out here trying to learn how to cook and bake my own bread just to heat frozen nuggets every day

[@gabeouser3287]

damn, bk nuggets to boot

[@Furionic696]

ayo getting that bread tho

[@Pattonator14]

Gotta start hitting her with the resident snoozers

[@joepace9716]

leave her

[@obviouslyanonymous]

@@joepace9716 you sound fun

[@RipePlantains]

Adding progressively larger pieces of the item I'm trying to acclimate myself to has worked. Going from not liking onion to putting minced onion into things, to diced onions, and now I can enjoy cubed, julienned, chunked onions. Works for pretty much anything unless there's a true distaste

[@davidr2421]

This is exactly how I did it with mushrooms. I think it's a great strat

[@Permafrost1]

Thats me with garlic So far im on the adding garlic powder into stuff I eat phase

[@Divergent-ym3py]

Acquired taste needs to be explained to people who won’t try things. Thats the method established here.

[@janph2405]

And you wont eat a MUSHROOM? Best part

[@LieseFury]

as a nevadan, don't ever eat mushrooms if you live further than 50 miles from a forest

[@gliiitched]

but what if I WANT to...

[@PvtFlowers]

@@LieseFuryas a nevadan i ate so many goddamn mushrooms

[@LieseFury]

@@PvtFlowers cool, all the ones at my local grocery stores are always spoiled a week before the sell by date

[@haroldbalzac6336]

mushrooms smell like cum when it is cooking. I'm not going to eat that.

[@saintsalieri]

When he mentions artichoke hearts and gets so fired up he has to pause

[@tr4880]

“Banter is the lifeblood of communication” this is a fundamental shift in my mentality going forward

[@-xj9cw]

I'm picky likey due to my autism, but even so a lot of the bad textures were poor cooking by the parents. Some still dont sit well, like mushrooms, but trying new shit and cooking for myself helped me find food i actually enjoy.

[@Axqu7227]

My grandma has sensory issues opposite to mine; I’m on the spectrum and likely got it from her. Turns out I thought I hated squash because she only likes it overcooked and I only like it undercooked.

[@-_-kiwi]

northernlion has the strangest kind of humor always catches me off guard got me in a laugh fit

[@cranberrychili2260]

I’ve never seen this guy’s content but now i think I’m hooked

[@kollie3931]

i LOVE this channel. thank you so much for your work i love revisiting these clips

[@LaserThemTheGirl]

When I was a kid my mom told me that they put hormones on chicken nuggets and if I ate too much I'd grow boobs and look like a girl. I then wanted to eat nuggies so bad I ended up getting addicted to them

[@catpoke9557]

Well that backfired LOL

[@Nekeku]

Hormone replacement tendies

[@pineconesnowstorm]

drinking copious amounts of milk for the estrogens

[@ClackShaw]

Was a picky eater into early adulthood and getting psychic damage from him saying my name as his hypothetical picky eater invited to dinner. I've changed, but it still embarrasses me to think about the situations I would find myself in at 20 with the palate of a 7-year-old getting invited to dinner at a Thai restaurant or whatever.

[@Pattonator14]

A 22 minute epi on a clip channel is absurd, NL truly the goat

[@TheLibraryofLetourneau]

im always looking to cut it somewhere but the bit just keeps going on and on, this man's banter flows limitlessly

[@Pattonator14]

@@TheLibraryofLetourneau the fetish section is just so good it had to stay

[@prawtism]

Northernlion 🤝Thorin 20-40 minute clips

[@BarryDylan111]

He was bald at 19? Brutal

[@WallaWaller]

I understand his pain. My hair started to fall out at 17

[@satprep475]

Ty for including chat

[@devinstewart2973]

😂😂😂 "damn, baby girl, do it be sh*ttin'?" What a phrase 😂😂😂

[@hotmusclestm7239]

Bro I literally live in Canton Ohio. I was shook when he mentioned it

[@sterling_x9]

Been a picky eater since i was a baby it’s definitely been something thats negatively affected my whole life. Makes me feel like such a child

[@HeckYep]

I feel you there, gotta bust out the Power Word: I'm Not Hungry whenever I'm around relatives

[@legoshark99]

Gotta feel you there, and my favorite streamer going on a rant about how people like us just need to "grow up" isn't exactly helping my mental health lmao

[@haroldbalzac6336]

@@legoshark99 Parasocial

[@catpoke9557]

A lot of people don't realize picky eating is usually a result of sensory issues, and that even once those issues resolve (if they ever do,) you're oftentimes effectively traumatized from all the times people tried to force foods on you. Forcing only works if it's yourself doing it. Other people doing it usually makes the picky eating even worse because it forms a negative association.

[@JamesThomas-kx5sj]

​@@catpoke9557You can make excuses or you can make progress. It's up to you.

[@goosewithagibus]

I was a picky eater and still am to an extent because of sensory issues with autism. But over the last 5-6 years I've really expanded and now love trying new things even if I sometimes don't like em

[@Axqu7227]

Fellow food-adventurous autistic gigachad spotted! Hell yeah!

[@Kitykitycoco]

The turnaround for me was learning how to cook. I started learning when i was 6 and was eventually tasked with cooking for my family by 14. I think it helped because I was able to pick what to make and experiment with recipes i already knew. The downside is that if i messed something up, i still had to eat it. Which was fine, it only encouraged me to do better next time.

[@TheSLATEcleaner]

Your taste buds change with time. I remember two moments from my childhood that viscerally cemented to me that I was a picky eater - throwing up in front of my family on Thanksgiving at age 6 the first time I tried apple pie (and a time at 8 I threw up on the side of the road because some apple slices were slightly too warm) and throwing up at age 12 at 2 am in a McDonald's parking lot after a fishing trip because the McDonald's cook had forgotten to not put the onions on my burger. I used that as an excuse to not try new things and especially to avoid cooked apples and onions forever. Now, at 28, I actually kinda like onions, I just realize that fast food onions are disgusting period. One of my favorite sandwiches, the Z-Man from Joe's KC, has onion rings on it. Cooked apples are still whack though, even though red delicious apples are my favorite food period.

[@crunchybones2528]

fellow Joe's KC chad

[@EviIPaladin]

Derek (can I call you Derek?) you have bamboozled me. I never, EVER thought I hear (or I guess see) the phrase 'red delicious apples are my favourite'. I must commend you on single-handedly supporting the market of the unapologetically, objective worst apples known to humankind. I salute your sacrifice.

[@TheSLATEcleaner]

@@EviIPaladin If you say some garbage tier apple like Honeycrisp, you're in the dog house. Red delicious have a mellow and understated taste, tons of refreshing juice, a crisp almost airy structure, and a hard skin that gives a good texture differential from the innards. Love them for the same reason I love plain Rice Chex. I like something more simple where I can really key into the textures of the food. It helps ground me and appreciate what I'm eating rather than just eating to eat.

[@jackl8025]

​@@TheSLATEcleaner wow, a red delicious enjoyer out in the wild :P but tbh i'm glad you found an apple you enjoy.

[@Benisuber1]

@@TheSLATEcleaner the taste and texture of red delicious are objectively dogshit, but you do you

[@buster9877]

i used to be an incredibly picky eater. I was the type that wouldn’t try food and think i wouldn’t like it. if i didn’t have a girlfriend that made me try new foods i would still only eat chicken tenders and pizza lol. all i gotta say is: TRY FOOD!!! smell and look doesn’t necessarily determine what it tastes like

[@Drekromancer]

Well done, king. 👑 Thank you for sharing your story.

[@crazydragy4233]

Very true, for example I remember when my ma cooked liver and it smelled amazing and made me salivate but I was absolutely disgusted by the taste (irony being that I love liver paste which is just spiced mashed cooked liver lol), or almost throwing up from the smell of cooking beef even though it's delicious af. Gotta say that over eager or strict parents trying to fix pickiness of children will most likely traumatise them and do the opposite of what they want. I hated the taste and texture of tomatoes as a kid and even though it's been years now and I've come around to them through Italian cuisine, I immediately start gagging on my food if the texture or taste is slightly weird in an unexpected way (for example a crunchy bit in something soft).

[@Drekromancer]

@@crazydragy4233 That sudden texture switch gets me fucked up too, man

[@Kimmie6772]

​@@crazydragy4233 I feel you on the texture and taste disconnect. I actually like and want to eat salads but something about them makes me unable to eat too much at once without gagging. It's the main reason I'm scared to try certain foods that I dont know the makeup of because I get scared of that reaction. It makes trying things not fun whatsoever and stressful.

[@crazydragy4233]

@@Kimmie6772 Honestly it's always best to start small. Maybe not mix up a bunch of things but just nibble on each ingredient you haven't tried before to see what they feel/taste like. Heck maybe you could incorporate salad stuff into soups, they can be blended for uniformity, or sandwiches? to not miss out on the flavours if texture is the problem. Smoothies are also a good way to get leafy things in that are not fun to eat (greens often get stuck in the worst places of my mouth lol)

[@blahblorp9015]

my favorite benefit of getting older is not being dead yet.

[@inkartridge]

+2

[@bawwsadface]

"i didn't eat rice, mostly because i thought it was annoying" everyone in chat: ??????

[@NoLogicRequired]

I mostly agree with what he said. As long as he accepts that I rather commit manslaughter than to take a sip of alcoholic beverages.

[@Drekromancer]

based

[@Axqu7227]

Booze is more in the mind altering category than the food category though. “I don’t want to try this thing that will impair my brain” is different than “I think this food might be yucky”

[@thegodofsoapkekcario1970]

You’re literally me, alcohol tastes like liquid Sharpie marker or the carpet freshener juice you put into some vacuum cleaners to make your floor smell nicer. I’ve tasted both.

[@cyanidenightshade]

I tried some wine recently cuz im pretty picky and while i didn't like it, i figured itd taste good on a steak

[@wevegottrouble5891]

I never watched this rant, but months ago I decided as well that it was time to try new things. I always claimed I hated Sushi but never truly tried it outside of... one bite of that *one* fish I didn't like, so I decided to toughen up and give something new a go. Turned out, I really enjoy Sushi Rolls, not all of them, but some. I *still* hate Indian food because it's torture for people who can't handle spices though.

[@TheLibraryofLetourneau]

like nl says, you can be a picky eater as long as you give different foods an honest shot

[@ezgolf1764]

Alot of north indian foods are not spicy while still having the other spices that make the cuisine so good, could give those a try

[@sock7896]

i used to get physically ill at the smell of curry in my teen years, but then at like 22 it's like a flip switched and now I am a curry fiend. the body is such a strange thing

[@enider]

My philosophy is that I’ll try anything for 1 bite and make no promises after that. (This is ofc excluding when someone has been kind enough to cook for you, that shit could taste like charcoal and I am still cleaning the plate)

[@gliiitched]

The alternative is you can make it yourself without adding all the spices. Works wonders if you don't have the tolerance and it really helps ur cooking skills.

[@sscswimmer1]

22 minutes we're goin in

[@alli-gator-forest]

I was a pickey eater, and then I went to a stay away Boy Scout summer camp. It was either "eat this new food" or "starve" lmao, I had no choice and that was the turning point in my picky eater behavior.

[@20jumps]

"Trickle Down Rectanomics"

[@chazellison2855]

I’m what they call “garbage disposal”. I’ll eat anything, even the very few things I don’t like. One of the best skills you can have as a poor person is to be able to open your fridge and smash together whatever’s left after not getting groceries for a few weeks and just be like “eh not too bad”.

[@jojo-7306]

yeah, me too. I'll continue eating things even when I think they taste bad because I don't wanna throw anything away, which should have probably led to me having food poisoning several times by now but I think it instead just made my immune system more powerful than god. (maybe too powerful because now it's fucking up my joints instead of doing anything productive)

[@Kingbobman69]

Allow me to state I have so much respect for the one guy who spammed nothing but peepoTalk

[@kraft.singles]

I can see the idea behind the "I can't try new things because Im poor" because even if it is cheaper to cook for yourself actually, the first step is to actually learn how to cook things, and if you're already a picky eater there would be a lot of food waste if you dont know how to cook. But our school system considers foods classes to be electives, so.

[@Oldass_Deadass_dumbass_channel]

Cooking stuff from scratch also takes significantly more time and effort than making something frozen, and people living in a budget are much less likely to have the time/energy to do that. I recommend folding idea's video on Jamie Oliver, he explains this in that much better than I could. Its also just a good video.

[@kraft.singles]

@@Oldass_Deadass_dumbass_channel ESPECIALLY mental energy. When I'm in the pit mentally I literally eat like 3 things.

[@joshuafischer684]

There was a massive political push from leftists to take Home Ec classes out of schools. That's why you don't learn how to do taxes or cook or be an adult in school.

[@VisionsofDagdae]

It is a long term investment that you have to make at a certain point, and you want to do it sooner rather than later. If by 30 all you can cook is eggs, what you have learned to cook instead is your wallet and your physical health

[@tremoneyv]

Parents should teach their kids basic survival skills. Not the school’s fault.

[@LURLINE_]

my old roommate would only eat chicken nuggets, couldn't even get him to try pizza very strange

[@hallwaerd]

I have always been a very picky eater, and combined with multiple prevalent food allergies, I grew up with an extremely limited palate. To make matters worse, my parents are health nuts and vegetarians who cooked things like lentil chili or squash noodles for almost every meal. I sat out almost every dinner, and survived by snacking on chips and crackers. I’m definitely the kind of picky eater who will avoid eating things just because I think I won’t like them, but that is mostly because eating things I didn’t like would make me feel physically ill. Like, my stomach ached and I felt like I was going to gag. I’m pretty sure it was entirely psychosomatic, but it was a powerful enough mental block that I wouldn’t just “eat it if I got hungry enough”. However, in recent years, I’ve really tried to make an effort to expand my palate, partially out of fear of health repercussions, and partially because of the social stress that comes with being a picky eater. I would still easily call myself a picky eater, but I feel like I’ve made some really good progress. I can definitely attest that you can feel the difference with even a little bit of regular veggies in your diet, and being open to more than one option on the menu makes eating socially actually fun instead of stressful. One benefit I didn’t really foresee though is that life is just so much nicer when you can enjoy food with all sorts of ingredients from all sorts of cultures. I always kind of thought that overcoming my picky eating would be a matter of learning to tolerate one more food at a time, but at least in my experience, expanding your palate is absolutely a positive feedback loop, where the more you branch out, the easier it is to not just tolerate new foods, but learn to love them too. Being able to pick from the entire culinary world for my meals instead of my same 4 picky meals just brightens up my life so much. Basically, even though being a picky eater definitely affects the people around you, no one benefits from trying new things more than you. As for how I actually learned to be less picky, the secret is to take baby steps. I never really had an opportunity to take baby steps when I was growing up because every meal my parents made had 3 or more different ingredients I didn’t like. But when you cook your own food or go to restaurants, you can experiment with adding one vegetable at a time. I find it also helps to start small, literally. Since picky eating is mostly a texture thing for a lot of people, chopping your veggies really small can make them much more tolerable. Also, try cooking things in different ways. Another reason I had a hard time branching out as a kid is because my parents mostly served veggies steamed or in stews, meaning they were always mushy, which I couldn’t stand. But now, I can tolerate almost any veggie as long as it’s roasted because the drier, crispy texture is so much more appealing. What I’m trying to say is that there are options. I know how useless “just try it” is as a piece of advice, but the truth is that you don’t have to “just try it”. There are so many smaller steps you can take on the path to becoming less picky, and no matter how picky you are, you are never truly helpless, as long you have some motivation to try and branch out. And if you need that motivation, I think a certain amount of fear of an early, miserable death from heart disease can be healthy.

[@mtsoccerman]

Isn’t this the same guy that purposely avoided trying Mac n cheese for the first time when he had a perfect opportunity to try it?

[@jimmyredd]

Are you saying he's never had it? Isn't Kraft Mac & Cheese Canada's national dish?

[@StillTryingMyBest]

​@@jimmyreddThey just call it Kraft Dinner it's so ubiquitous there.

[@lorzazu_zay]

17:27 made me spit out my drink.

[@btrymusic]

Its like trying to explain why its important to eat well to a chat full of mental 12 year olds

[@okamisamakun]

I wanna be vored by the Canadian egg man.

[@kriena4190]

I've never heard someone who's against soup

[@SeveralGhost]

My wife's family (including a whole division of step family) have a strong onion aversion. It's odd to say the least, but they are also extremely capable at detecting the presence of onions, even down to occasionally saying "this was cooked next to or with something that was also cooking onions" which is usually tolerable for them. I still love onions but my detection sensitivity has increased by proxy.

[@robmemeoverlord6399]

NL: Drivethrough: “Sir this is a McDonald’s”

[@OGLOCdr3w]

NL opening up about the banter and explaining so well and such a good analogy is why I check in every day. I really like it here :)

[@OGLOCdr3w]

also the best way to deal with annoying af shitters in chat. Just solid humor, immaculate vibes. Great place to get high in

[@OGLOCdr3w]

also I wasnt here for Isaac but I understand why it was so good lmao

[@Hoodiebud]

I learned I wasn't a picky eater; school food just makes everything into slop, thus painting a negative and lasting first impression. I always try out things EXCEPT when I am hungry and I do not want to take a risk like that rn

[@alfonshedstrom9859]

School falafel traumatized me forever, so bad that everyone in school dreaded falafel day. Turns out proper falafel is pretty good

[@Hoodiebud]

@@alfonshedstrom9859 One time I accidentally took the vegetarian meat at school and it was so bad I almost puked. I wonder how universal being culinarily traumatized by school is.

[@melthework4511]

A rotisserie chicken at Sam’s Club is five dollars, a whole bag of rice is five dollars, a whole bag of beans is less than five dollars. That alone will feed you for 2 to 3 days

[@dapkin8179]

This isn't the same as being a "picky eater" but I am recovering from ARFID and recovery has come very slowly because my dad used to force feed me new foods And then scream at me if I gagged or if my body rejected it. So not only do I have that initial fear of bad texture but I get so worried what people will think of me if I have a reaction like that. Now I just avoid going out with people I'm not very close with if they don't pick a restaurant where I know I can eat something safe. Still trying my best to try new things. I really like hummus which came as a shock to me.

[@mcbvideogames]

When I was about 16, living as the bad kind of picky eater, I had slme serious malnutrition, to the point that family thought I might be anorexic. I was tired of the idea of not eating much of anything so I started trying new things and forcing myself to eat foods I didn't really like at the time (specially vegetables). 8 years later I have a really balanced, healthy diet and I can eat a lot of things (I still struggle with seafood tho). Learning to enjoy food, specially healthy food, is a lifechanger and maybe saver. I can't have meat withhout onions or pepper now!!

[@Romanticoutlaw]

meanwhile me out here every four months trying pickles again to see if I can just be a normal person and like them like everybody else

[@emiithink8973]

You could start with Danish pickled cucumbers

[@MoeSzyslak20]

Eat cucumber with gradually increasing levels of vinegar

[@RayPoreon]

When I was growing up I was quite picky. Got to my young teenage years before I tried some shellfish and it blew my mind. From there I was gradually accepting more and more things into my diet. I don't think that as a child I was paralysed by fear against trying things, I think my taste buds really did just change as I got older. It's why I think something parents need to tell their kids is that their tastes will change as they grow up. Maybe the kids genuinely don't like the taste of certain vegetables, but they might do in a couple of years or with a different kind of seasoning.

[@tworice]

this is crazy i must have chat blindness because enelle never has chat on. i got through 6 minutes before realizing there was an overlay on screen im going insane??? even when he made the +2 conveyor belt comment i was like ‘it would be hype if i could see it’

[@TheLibraryofLetourneau]

I add the chat in post by rendering it as a separate video and overlaying it

[@leeharvey6574]

I think the thing that pisses me of the most is that a Syrah is not a good pairing with mac and cheese and chicken nuggets. (11:45) How do you pick the red with the lowest relative acidity compared to tannin with creamy mac and cheese and poultry that has the primary characteristic of being cooked in fat? What is balancing the tannin? A chardonnay on lees matured in neutral vessels would be my rough preference, though depending on the individual some amount of oaking could be nice. I don't even know why I bothered typing this when we are talking about someone only eating tendies.

[@CitrusZero]

I know this is a month old comment but I want you to know how seen you are for this take

[@CitrusZero]

Chardonnay is a good choice though, nuggets and mac are a hard pairing

[@snivelak2]

i'm a profoundly open-mined eater and 200% with ryan on this but rewatching this just made me order fast food

[@JarvisBaileyVA]

My time in the army has completely negated picky eating habits for me.

[@Pattonator14]

NL is correct and based but there is some fun irony that he's never had mac and cheese considering the rant lol

[@lieutenantlobster6395]

he was so real for this

[@soapdood2085]

It’s almost always mouthfeel for me. If it feels a certain kind of way I cannot stop myself from physically wreching at it.

[@VoxAstra-qk4jz]

Autism?

[@IbbyMelbourne]

I don't want to be mean but in the nicest way possible, you've probably grown up in an insulated 1st world environment

[@MoeSzyslak20]

Mushrooms make me gag. I'm not a picky eater when it comes to anything else, but I just can't eat them

[@SuperFranzs]

@@MoeSzyslak20 Autism.

[@ValeBridges]

9:40 Raiden moment "Perhaps I am cringe, but that makes me free! Doktor! Turn off my cringe inhibitors!"

[@thisisachannel.780]

had a huge change in the foods i can eat, not really sure what happened but lots of foods i used to enjoy i now can’t even stomach cause of the texture. it’s so upsetting being that type of picky eater cause it’s like. i wanna like them, i really do! i just cannot stand the feel of it in my mouth and it’s making me sick

[@TheLibraryofLetourneau]

very understandable, hey at least you gave other foods an honest shot

[@thisisachannel.780]

@@TheLibraryofLetourneau oh yeah i always wanna try new stuff, i am just very inquisitive of the mouth feel before hand 😅

[@BOB2ElECTRICBOOGALOO678]

As someone who grew up with food insecurity, when other children would cry over not wanting to eat something or whatever It would always perplex me, it was like “there’s food in front of you why aren’t you happy”. As an adult I’m a very open eater because of this, I truly love anything and am willing to try pretty much anything. Food is something I don’t have a healthy relationship with but it’s def something I’m willing to be open and adventurous with, learned out necessity. With that said I have a weird mental thing where I have to eat fast food everyday otherwise I want to throw up. I also used to binge so I’m not one to undermine people’s disordered/complex relationship with food. From my understanding picky eating can come a place of pain and familiarity. However, I do think it’s worth trying to or at least being willing to introduce more, there’s so many great foods out there full of nutrients and great flavors, it be a shame to live a life and not experience those! Especially as an adult with choices.

[@Otacanthus]

I'm picky with certain things because onion makes me throw up, and that's made me iffy with other things. But that doens't make me not try to eat healthy. There's always workarounds with the things you're picky with. I like the flavour of onions so I use onion powder. I've been thinking of trying to just cook onion and take out the onion bits to just have the juice. With soup even, I generally don't think the broth of a soup adds anything to the meal, I will just eat the solid parts. An easy solusion is just making a stew, it's literally just thick soup so I'm not exactly losing out on anything. Growing up in a country where the food culture has been perserved meat and fish with unsalted root vegetables, it's easy to become reliant on simple meals with no taste which you hide with some sort of sauce. But as you grow up there's no excuse for not knowing how to actually make food that tastes good on its own when the internet exists. Like, nobody is trapped in a corporate hole where only mcdonalds exists, there's very little excuse.

[@chocopieaddict9792]

have you tried them caramelized?

[@Otacanthus]

@@chocopieaddict9792 that's what we're trying next!

[@thejhonnie]

Raw unions can be tough for sure. But you might like a French onion soup.

[@Otacanthus]

@@thejhonnie It's the gooey part of cooked onions that are hard, I haven't tried that much raw. It's the same with other squishy food, like mushroom I can eat and enjoy but if it's like really big and soggy I get the same response, so I have to make sure to cut them so they don't get like that.

[@Axqu7227]

The blender is a good idea if you’ve got a texture issue! Also if you put onions in way earlier than the recipe calls for, they’ll break down in a stew

[@mayoryoshi9794]

I always told my son, "You don't have to like it or eat it, but you should deffinately try it." Kid eats anything once now and decides for himmself. I only ate pb&j's for like a year as a kid, and I didn't want him to miss out on all the crazy good food out there.

[@glasssawsslipperstraws7410]

What alot of ppl don't realize is that what many call 'picky eater' is an eating disorder and its a serious problem like please get some help if you cannot eat anything else. Like a therapist or something

[@HC-qc5rp]

16:16 targeted me like a precision anti-materiel round

[@CleverCheetah]

Used to be picky about veggies until I realized my parents just sucked at cooking. I even liked vegetables raw compared to their cooking 😂

[@rodrigodemiguellamminen5244]

I used to hate pineapple and mushrooms as a kid. My parents basically force fed me pineapple and mushrooms for a while until I liked them and now there isn't a single thing I don't like. This may be what shrinks call a "trauma response" or whatever but that has now become my philosophy on people not liking food, it's a moral failing and you WILL eat the food until you like it

[@ellagage1256]

Feels validating seeing so many "picky eaters" share the same experience of just having shitty parents that forced certain foods on them or didn't know how to cook

[@Galastin]

I absolutely refused to eat anything with onions as a kid. I had briefly encountered one once and was surprised by the strong taste, so I decided i hated them. I eventually in my 20s grew up and tried them again in various forms and now i cook with them all the time

[@BradleyZS]

His ability to rant endlessly about any topic is respectable.

[@Senjamin]

he just like me fr

[@hamachibeans4471]

The end of this video with NL talking about weird fetishes is literally northernlion enacting the “hi goth big titty dommy mommy? My son won’t eat his broccoli” meme to try and get people to eat new foods lol

[@omfg322]

My parents made some very bad food that i hated but ended up loving when made by someone with actual cooking skills. Chili for example. My mom only made veggie chili with all the veggies were cooked until they were bland overcooked mush with 0 spice since she thinks mayo is too spicy.

[@user-uq4gr5nl5o]

"I don't eat vegetables, but I have no problem eating ass" is a sentence I never thought I would hear

[@closotezuka]

can toss salad but cant toss salad :/

[@VBPunch]

Why is it always chicken nuggets, pizza, and mac and cheese with picky eaters

[@gaigeriel]

So basically for some people, they work themselves into a routine, and do not like the change. And that can even apply to food so when you eat a lot of those specific things as a kid, your brain just kinda latches onto them as foods you're familiar and comfortable with

[@coolguy-rx6qy]

i have genuinely tried to stop being a picky eater, but literally gagging on a spoonful of ramen because of sensory overload cemented that im simply stuck with it. i don't have to eat garbage like chicken nuggets or french fries but man do i eat a lot of baked chicken and quinoa.

[@hamchurger4566]

Did you start with like an actual tablespoon spoonful because thats just dumb if you did. Its crazy how just like i cannot fathom this comment from a normal rational perspective. Because if you worked your way up you realised you enjoyed it and if you didnt enjoy it whatever who cares. But if you just started shoving a food in your mouth yeah no shit your putting a foreign food in your mouth the first time no shit your brain with the millions of taste buds cant comprehend that and goes OH THIS MUST BE BAD. If you didnt like it you dont need a reason for it.