Simone Giertz Quotes

I've never eaten a strawberry in my life. I have no desire to do that.

I was not a fussy kid and had a good appetite. Only, I was not happy to eat keerai and vegetables.

I don't think I can eat emu.

I don't know what would happen to me if I ate a bacon sandwich, but I'm just not interested.

I cook anything but chitlins.

I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them, Sam-I-Am.

When a man is small, he loves and hates food with a ferocity which soon dims. At six years old his very bowels will heave when such a dish as creamed carrots or cold tapioca appear before him.

Green Eggs and Ham was the story of my life. I wouldn't eat a thing when I was a kid, but Dr. Seuss inspired me to try cauliflower!

I think peas are really nasty. I liked them when I was younger, but I guess when you get older you have different taste buds.

I eat very well. I cook for my family every night. We eat a variety of things, including chicken, fish, pork, lentils, all veggies, pastas, and salads. You name it, we eat it - except salmon, which I find disgusting. Sorry, salmon.

My mother made a lot of things because she thought they'd be healthy for us. There were some very unfortunate experiences with whole wheat bread and bananas. I always tried to get rid of that sandwich and eat one of my friends' lunches.

I was a very picky eater.

I won't eat anything green.

I hate okra and grated mountain yam for the same reason. They're both slimy.

I think the patterns are set very early when the kids are young. But at the same time, there are some flavors kids just don't like.

Men don't like eating out of cans. And I don't like eating out of cans too much, either.

I don't like turkey. I mean, I do. But I don't like it on Thanksgiving. I don't need it. There are about 20 other dishes that get put on a table or a counter or that stay warming on the stove that I'd rather eat than turkey.

My birthday is always around Thanksgiving, and I always had to have turkey on my birthday. My mom was always, 'Let's celebrate your birthday on Thanksgiving.' My other siblings got to have special dinners they liked. I resented turkey. For a long time, I hated turkey. I've kind of gotten over it.

I love spicy food, so I'm not sure why I have this aversion to wasabi, but I really detest it.

I hate olives. They're so nasty. I hate everything about olives. Mushrooms, too.

Man, I hate vegetables.

My parents always used to complain about my eating habits. I was different. I was wrong. Everything had to be plain or boiled. I was 14 before I ate pasta with tomato sauce. My dad would take me to the best restaurants, and all I would eat was rice with olive oil.

I don't like processed soy stuff.

I don't think I've actually ever had cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory. I've had the Steak Diane. I don't like cheesecake!

I eat like a pig. Tripe is the only thing I won't eat.