Fearless Eating: It May Be In Our Genes

As long as you thank the master chef and you don't overeat, you should have at it.

A good article. I only wanted to add that, although I have been very open to trying NEW foods throughout my life (I found it exciting!), I am now dating a man who through his entire life has had an allergy to dairy products AND a moral objection to eating meat products. I have been a vegan now for four years because of this relationship. My doctor told me that if he was a younger man (now 65+), he would have chosen to become vegan (no meat or dairy) ever again. It was not at all difficult to make the switch, and I will have a longer, healthier life in exchange. I know my comment may bring on an angry backlash. That's okay.

How does one hide peas in milk? Don't peas float up to the top? I'm scratching my head here... how is it done?

Ok, lots of people think there is the obvious correlation to food "neophobia" and political bent. Can you confirm? Whoa, a Harr? In TN, descended from the Hessian soldier who took the homestead and skipped out on the British army? We might be related.

Hmm, food neophobia. I guess that explains my husband -- if he hasn't tried a food by now (at 69), it's out. His acceptable-vegetable list closed many years ago: it's peas, corn, or carrots, or forget it. Iceberg lettuce only, no "meadow mowings" as he calls a spring salad mix. And don't try to slip things in, either: I once attempted to mix roasted parsnips in with his roasted potatoes and lived to regret it. I thought he was just being incredibly stubborn and needlessly closed-minded, but the idea of this reaction having some basis in genetics makes it a bit easier to just let it go...