Is it common for aspires to not like a lot types of food?

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I have a restrictive diet and I'm about to turn 41 and I don't like most foods.

It takes some work but I can adjust recipes so that food becomes easier to eat.
For instance, mushy tomatoes. The mushy part can be scooped out, leaving the firm part.

A lot of food is overcooked for food safety. Use a cooking thermometer to cook it more precisely.
Sometimes the serving temperature makes a big difference.

Buy fresh food in small quantities and eat it before it goes stale.
I bought one small red potato and a scallion for 50 cents.
Some stuff can be frozen. I freeze ginger and shave off what I need with a microplane.

Fairly common. I'm not one of them though, I eat damn near anything.

I suppose I'm one who doesn't like a lot of types of food. If I go to a large supermarket, I'd say I wouldn't be at all interested in 99% of the edibles they sell. It's all simple stuff - eggs, butter, flour, cinnamon, raisins, spinach, carrots, lettuce, walnuts, olive oil, sunflower oil, extra-sharp cheddar cheese, taters, mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, garlic, soya milk, green tea, grapes, a specific kind of cookies, a specific kind of crackers, and occasionally sugar to make my home-made bread rise, and vitamin C, B12 and D3. That's all. I normally eat a very small number of different meals, same ones every day, but I've engineered them to contain all the nutrients I need.

It's fairly common for autistics to be picky eaters & sites often list it as one of the warning signs for autism in kids. As for myself, I've always been a majorly picky eater who loves junk food, fast food, & sweets. I was a lot pickier as a kid but I'm still majorly picky.

I'm a picky eater and always have been. Up until I was 21 or something I used to eat a grand total of like 10 different foods, if you excluded sweet stuff in general.

Now I eat way more things but there are still "prohibited substances" which I would never eat.

I don't think I was really pickier than most kids. But as an adult I really need to eat more fruits and vegetables. Who doesn't? I don't usually each much food until suppertime. If I buy fresh fruit and vegetables I get full of anxiety from not eating them while they go bad or lose all their nutrients.

I heard that most people on the spectrum don't like their foods mixed up. I'm like that for some foods but I find it easier to eat vegetables when I can cook them mixed into the meal instead of separately.

When I was in the group home with about ten other people the menu choices were basically this: take it or leave it.
I don't know how many times I had to tell the staff not to put big piles of mashed potatoes on my plate because I can't stand their mealy texture and the way they stick in my throat.

As a kid I usually only ate one meal a day because I hated the food at school & mom hated cooking special meals for me. I pigged out when I ate supper & didn't eat much else the rest of the day except maybe a few snacks. When I was little my parents & various others were worried I'd might die because of how little I ate due to hating the food.

For those not eating bananced diets I'd recommend doing some research on vitamins & supplements. Eating a balanced diet is still a lot better but they might offset some of the negative health effects.