Plan B Forum

From the array of exotic food available at most supermarkets, you might think Britons are adventurous eaters.

Not so, according to a study.

It found 68 per cent of adults would refuse to try some foods, such as liver, sprouts and sushi – even if it was bought, prepared and served to them free.

A third have never tried mussels or sea bass, 45 per cent have never eaten goat’s cheese and one adult in five has never consumed an olive, asparagus or aubergine.

More than half of adults (53 per cent) say they have no desire to try new foods and 40 per cent do not encourage their children to experiment.

The study, by the goat’s cheese maker Capricorn, found that while many youngsters have never eaten sardines (25 per cent) or avocado (33 per cent), 75 per cent had tried chips by the age of two and half had tucked into a curry by six.

Psychologist Dr Richard Woolfson suggested that this showed parents were ‘imposing their own preconceptions on to their children’.



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I can understand people not trying mussels (dont know what to do with them)

All significant truths are about private parts. As they become public they cease to become private; they become facts, or at best, part of the public character; or at worst, catchwords. Like Clam Lapper or such.