Guest guest Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 Hi All, What attributes make you feel aversion to foods? See the pdf-available in press article title and excerpt that may delimit food disgust. Pro-vegetarian discussion appears to play a major consideration for the authors. “Ugh! That's disgusting!”: Identification of the characteristics of foods underlying rejections based on disgust Appetite, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 18 November 2005, Yolanda s and Pliner ...Table 1. Descriptions of disgusting foods as a function of disgust-eliciting category =========================================== Category Label Description =========================================== Animal A1H You are eating beefsteak in a small town restaurant and when you look outside the window you see a herd of cows grazing in the adjacent field. How would you feel about continuing to eat this beefsteak? A2 Your parents go to a turkey farm to select the live turkey that you will eat for Thanksgiving dinner. Later that day the turkey is cooked and served for dinner. How would you feel about eating this turkey? Blood B1H You and your father travel to a cattle farm to buy some fresh beef. Once you have selected the large piece of beef you would like to purchase, the butcher cuts it into smaller pieces. During the cutting process a vein that still contains blood is cut open and the blood spurts out. The butcher removes the vein. Later that day your father cooks two of the pieces of beef that were purchased earlier in the day. How would feel about eating the piece of beef? B2 In some European and West Indian cultures a specialty dish known as blood pudding is commonly eaten. This dish is made by mixing rice with various herbs and spices and then mixing the blood of a cow into the rice mixture. The entire mixture is then stuffed into sausage casing. Once it is cooked, how would you feel about eating this dish? Viscera V1 You are visiting some friends in the Southern United States and one evening you all go out to dinner. One of your friends orders chitterlings, a specialty dish in the South which is really the intestines of a hog. Your friend offers you a bite of his chitterlings. How would you feel about eating the chitterlings? V2H You are in a butcher's shop awaiting your turn at the counter when you notice a large pile of intestines piled on the corner of the chopping block, just barely touching the slab of beef that is currently being cut. When you are at the counter you request a piece of steak and the butcher cuts it from the slab of beef touching the pile of intestines. Later that day the steak is cooked. How would you feel about eating the steak? Slime S1 You have just ordered a veggie stir-fry for lunch and you watch as the cook takes the vegetables out of the refrigerator. You notice the part of the zucchini is slimy and watch as the cook cuts of this part of the zucchini and proceeds to use the rest of it in your stir-fry. How would you feel about eating the rest of the zucchini? S2H Your father has just returned from the turkey farm and you notice that the pieces of turkey he purchased are completely covered in a thin layer of a slimy substance that you need to wash off of the turkey. After cooking the turkey, how would you feel about eating it? Fat FT1H Your brother buys a pork roast for dinner. Even after it is finished cooking, there is a thick layer of fat covering the meat. How would you feel about eating a piece of this meat? FT2 You go to your mother's house for Sunday dinner and you notice that she is defrosting a container of beef gravy left over from last week's dinner. You look into the container and realize that there is a glob of creamy fat covering the liquid underneath. Once heated, how would you feel about eating this gravy? Other organs OO1 You have dinner at a friend's house. The main course consists of stuffed beef heart. How would you feel about eating the stuffed beef heart? OO2H The gravy served with your Thanksgiving turkey is described as “giblet” gravy. This consists of gravy made using the gizzard and liver of the turkey. The gizzard and liver are then strained out of the liquid. How would you feel about eating this gravy? Spoilage/decay RD1H You and your friend are making a salad for lunch. You open your refrigerator only to be confronted with the sight of a tomato that is covered with dark spots and is rapidly rotting. Part of the tomato can still be saved and your friend decides to use that part of the tomato in the salad. How would you feel about eating this remaining portion of the tomato? RD2 You are eating dinner in a restaurant with a friend and have just finished ordering the premier steak on the menu. The menu claims that the “premier” steak it has to offer has been “aged to perfection for 35 days”. You friend points out that the phrase “aged to perfection” is simply a polite, marketable way of indicating that the meat you just ordered have been sitting around decaying for 35 days. How would you feel about eating the steak now? Mold M1H You and your housemate are making grilled cheese sandwiches. When you take the cheese out of the refrigerator, you notice a greyish-blue mold covering most of the cheese. Your housemate scrapes the mold off of the cheese and proceeds to make your sandwiches. How would you feel about eating this sandwich? M2( Your dad has decided to make you breakfast and unwraps a previously opened package of bacon. You notice that soft white fuzz has begun to grow on the right half of the bacon and you watch as your father cuts it off and cooks the rest of the bacon. How would you feel about eating the rest of the bacon? Mushy/Squishy MS1H You are having a picnic with a friend and the bananas she has packed are extremely mushy. How would you feel about eating one of these bananas? MS2 Your Mom has been soaking dried navy beans for several days. While you are helping her prepare dinner you pick a few beans out of the bowl and they are so soft and squishy that they collapse between your fingers and turn into mush. Your mom cooks the rest of the beans and serves them with dinner. How would you feel about eating these beans? Body parts BP1H You have been invited to a potluck dinner and the hostess has cooked a rump roast as the main dish. All of a sudden one of the guests has an epiphany and shouts out “You mean that is the butt of the cow?!”. How would you feel about eating the rump roast? BP2 You are having dinner at a friend's house and soup is the first item that is served. You notice a bone in your soup. You ask your friend what it is and she replies that it is the neck of a turkey; in her culture it is common to eat the meat on necks and then suck the marrow from the neck. How would you feel about eating the neck? Intimations of killing/death KD1 You are driving along a country road and the driver in front of you hits a large wild turkey and pulls over on the side of the road. You pull over and offer your assistance to the driver. The turkey is obviously dead and the other driver suggests that you find a way to share the turkey so that you can each take home some fresh turkey meat. How would you feel about eating a piece of this cooked turkey? KD2H You are eating dinner with your family when all of a sudden your 5-year old sister realizes that the chicken you are all eating once used to be alive and says: “You mean we are eating a dead bird?” How would you feel about eating this chicken now? Insects I1H Your parents are having people over for a backyard barbeque. Your Mom leaves the salad on the patio table and when you and she return, you both notice a black bug moving amongst the leaves. Your Mom promptly picks up the piece of lettuce the bug is on and continues serving the salad. How would you feel about eating the rest of the salad? I2 You are visiting Louisiana and one of the most popular stores you run across is a candied-insects store. This store sells lollipops with worms in them, chocolate covered grasshoppers and ants and even caramel coated cockroaches. As you are walking by, an employee is offering free samples of chocolate covered ants. How would you feel about eating chocolate covered ants? =========================================================== Note. H Denotes scenarios in which the food stimulus was in contact with a potential disgust elicitor (i.e. disgust as a result contamination). Al Pater, PhD; email: old542000@... __________________________________ - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail. 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Guest guest Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 Hi folks: Jfi. None of the below would leave me " disgusted " . In a few cases I would decline to eat it, or might suggest to the chef (as one example) cutting off rather than scraping off the mold on cheese, to ensure none remained, because: " ......... it is believed that some molds cause cancer " . Another reason for my relative equanimity in many examples below derives from my mis-spent youth when I spent five days on a small cargo boat going down the amazon eating food all of which was cooked in river water. No one on the boat got sick so long as they had only consumed foods, or liquids, they had seen being boiled! Raising the temperature of anything to 212°F kills all the harmful bugs - apart of course from BSE. So none of the foods listed that were cooked would faze me so long as they had been cooked through and not been rotting for weeks at room temperature. Naturally, I would prefer a higher standard of cuisine, but in a pinch if it is baked or boiled it will almost invariably be safe. It is often better also not to ask what the food is made from. If it is mouse soup, for example, it is better just to make sure it is boiled and not ask what the ingredients were that were put in the pot. In South America, and many places else ......... you name it, they eat it. Rodney. -- In , Al Pater <old542000@y...> wrote: > > Hi All, > > What attributes make you feel aversion to foods? > > See the pdf-available in press article title and excerpt that may delimit food > disgust. Pro-vegetarian discussion appears to play a major consideration for the > authors. > > " Ugh! That's disgusting! " : Identification of the characteristics of foods underlying > rejections based on disgust > Appetite, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 18 November 2005, > Yolanda s and Pliner > > ..Table 1. Descriptions of disgusting foods as a function of disgust-eliciting > category > =========================================== > Category Label Description > =========================================== > Animal > A1H You are eating beefsteak in a small town restaurant and when you look outside > the window you see a herd of cows grazing in the adjacent field. How would you feel > about continuing to eat this beefsteak? > A2 Your parents go to a turkey farm to select the live turkey that you will eat > for Thanksgiving dinner. Later that day the turkey is cooked and served for dinner. > How would you feel about eating this turkey? > > Blood > B1H You and your father travel to a cattle farm to buy some fresh beef. Once you > have selected the large piece of beef you would like to purchase, the butcher cuts > it into smaller pieces. During the cutting process a vein that still contains blood > is cut open and the blood spurts out. The butcher removes the vein. Later that day > your father cooks two of the pieces of beef that were purchased earlier in the day. > How would feel about eating the piece of beef? > B2 In some European and West Indian cultures a specialty dish known as blood > pudding is commonly eaten. This dish is made by mixing rice with various herbs and > spices and then mixing the blood of a cow into the rice mixture. The entire mixture > is then stuffed into sausage casing. Once it is cooked, how would you feel about > eating this dish? > > Viscera > V1 You are visiting some friends in the Southern United States and one evening > you all go out to dinner. One of your friends orders chitterlings, a specialty dish > in the South which is really the intestines of a hog. Your friend offers you a bite > of his chitterlings. How would you feel about eating the chitterlings? > V2H You are in a butcher's shop awaiting your turn at the counter when you notice > a large pile of intestines piled on the corner of the chopping block, just barely > touching the slab of beef that is currently being cut. When you are at the counter > you request a piece of steak and the butcher cuts it from the slab of beef touching > the pile of intestines. Later that day the steak is cooked. How would you feel about > eating the steak? > > Slime > S1 You have just ordered a veggie stir-fry for lunch and you watch as the cook > takes the vegetables out of the refrigerator. You notice the part of the zucchini is > slimy and watch as the cook cuts of this part of the zucchini and proceeds to use > the rest of it in your stir-fry. How would you feel about eating the rest of the > zucchini? > S2H Your father has just returned from the turkey farm and you notice that the > pieces of turkey he purchased are completely covered in a thin layer of a slimy > substance that you need to wash off of the turkey. After cooking the turkey, how > would you feel about eating it? > > Fat > FT1H Your brother buys a pork roast for dinner. Even after it is finished > cooking, there is a thick layer of fat covering the meat. How would you feel about > eating a piece of this meat? > FT2 You go to your mother's house for Sunday dinner and you notice that she is > defrosting a container of beef gravy left over from last week's dinner. You look > into the container and realize that there is a glob of creamy fat covering the > liquid underneath. Once heated, how would you feel about eating this gravy? > > Other organs > OO1 You have dinner at a friend's house. The main course consists of stuffed beef > heart. How would you feel about eating the stuffed beef heart? > OO2H The gravy served with your Thanksgiving turkey is described as " giblet " > gravy. This consists of gravy made using the gizzard and liver of the turkey. The > gizzard and liver are then strained out of the liquid. How would you feel about > eating this gravy? > > Spoilage/decay > RD1H You and your friend are making a salad for lunch. You open your refrigerator > only to be confronted with the sight of a tomato that is covered with dark spots and > is rapidly rotting. Part of the tomato can still be saved and your friend decides to > use that part of the tomato in the salad. How would you feel about eating this > remaining portion of the tomato? > RD2 You are eating dinner in a restaurant with a friend and have just finished > ordering the premier steak on the menu. The menu claims that the " premier " steak it > has to offer has been " aged to perfection for 35 days " . You friend points out that > the phrase " aged to perfection " is simply a polite, marketable way of indicating > that the meat you just ordered have been sitting around decaying for 35 days. How > would you feel about eating the steak now? > > Mold > M1H You and your housemate are making grilled cheese sandwiches. When you take > the cheese out of the refrigerator, you notice a greyish-blue mold covering most of > the cheese. Your housemate scrapes the mold off of the cheese and proceeds to make > your sandwiches. How would you feel about eating this sandwich? > M2( Your dad has decided to make you breakfast and unwraps a previously opened > package of bacon. You notice that soft white fuzz has begun to grow on the right > half of the bacon and you watch as your father cuts it off and cooks the rest of the > bacon. How would you feel about eating the rest of the bacon? > Mushy/Squishy > MS1H You are having a picnic with a friend and the bananas she has packed are > extremely mushy. How would you feel about eating one of these bananas? > MS2 Your Mom has been soaking dried navy beans for several days. While you are > helping her prepare dinner you pick a few beans out of the bowl and they are so soft > and squishy that they collapse between your fingers and turn into mush. Your mom > cooks the rest of the beans and serves them with dinner. How would you feel about > eating these beans? > > Body parts > BP1H You have been invited to a potluck dinner and the hostess has cooked a rump > roast as the main dish. All of a sudden one of the guests has an epiphany and shouts > out " You mean that is the butt of the cow?! " . How would you feel about eating the > rump roast? > BP2 You are having dinner at a friend's house and soup is the first item that is > served. You notice a bone in your soup. You ask your friend what it is and she > replies that it is the neck of a turkey; in her culture it is common to eat the meat > on necks and then suck the marrow from the neck. How would you feel about eating the > neck? > > Intimations of killing/death > KD1 You are driving along a country road and the driver in front of you hits a > large wild turkey and pulls over on the side of the road. You pull over and offer > your assistance to the driver. The turkey is obviously dead and the other driver > suggests that you find a way to share the turkey so that you can each take home some > fresh turkey meat. How would you feel about eating a piece of this cooked turkey? > KD2H You are eating dinner with your family when all of a sudden your 5-year old > sister realizes that the chicken you are all eating once used to be alive and says: > " You mean we are eating a dead bird? " How would you feel about eating this chicken > now? > > Insects > I1H Your parents are having people over for a backyard barbeque. Your Mom leaves > the salad on the patio table and when you and she return, you both notice a black > bug moving amongst the leaves. Your Mom promptly picks up the piece of lettuce the > bug is on and continues serving the salad. How would you feel about eating the rest > of the salad? > I2 You are visiting Louisiana and one of the most popular stores you run across > is a candied-insects store. This store sells lollipops with worms in them, chocolate > covered grasshoppers and ants and even caramel coated cockroaches. As you are > walking by, an employee is offering free samples of chocolate covered ants. How > would you feel about eating chocolate covered ants? > =========================================================== > Note. H Denotes scenarios in which the food stimulus was in contact with a potential > disgust elicitor (i.e. disgust as a result contamination). > > Al Pater, PhD; email: old542000@y... > > > > > __________________________________ > - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > http://mail. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 Hi folks: Jfi. None of the below would leave me " disgusted " . In a few cases I would decline to eat it, or might suggest to the chef (as one example) cutting off rather than scraping off the mold on cheese, to ensure none remained, because: " ......... it is believed that some molds cause cancer " . Another reason for my relative equanimity in many examples below derives from my mis-spent youth when I spent five days on a small cargo boat going down the amazon eating food all of which was cooked in river water. No one on the boat got sick so long as they had only consumed foods, or liquids, they had seen being boiled! Raising the temperature of anything to 212°F kills all the harmful bugs - apart of course from BSE. So none of the foods listed that were cooked would faze me so long as they had been cooked through and not been rotting for weeks at room temperature. Naturally, I would prefer a higher standard of cuisine, but in a pinch if it is baked or boiled it will almost invariably be safe. It is often better also not to ask what the food is made from. If it is mouse soup, for example, it is better just to make sure it is boiled and not ask what the ingredients were that were put in the pot. In South America, and many places else ......... you name it, they eat it. Rodney. -- In , Al Pater <old542000@y...> wrote: > > Hi All, > > What attributes make you feel aversion to foods? > > See the pdf-available in press article title and excerpt that may delimit food > disgust. Pro-vegetarian discussion appears to play a major consideration for the > authors. > > " Ugh! That's disgusting! " : Identification of the characteristics of foods underlying > rejections based on disgust > Appetite, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 18 November 2005, > Yolanda s and Pliner > > ..Table 1. Descriptions of disgusting foods as a function of disgust-eliciting > category > =========================================== > Category Label Description > =========================================== > Animal > A1H You are eating beefsteak in a small town restaurant and when you look outside > the window you see a herd of cows grazing in the adjacent field. How would you feel > about continuing to eat this beefsteak? > A2 Your parents go to a turkey farm to select the live turkey that you will eat > for Thanksgiving dinner. Later that day the turkey is cooked and served for dinner. > How would you feel about eating this turkey? > > Blood > B1H You and your father travel to a cattle farm to buy some fresh beef. Once you > have selected the large piece of beef you would like to purchase, the butcher cuts > it into smaller pieces. During the cutting process a vein that still contains blood > is cut open and the blood spurts out. The butcher removes the vein. Later that day > your father cooks two of the pieces of beef that were purchased earlier in the day. > How would feel about eating the piece of beef? > B2 In some European and West Indian cultures a specialty dish known as blood > pudding is commonly eaten. This dish is made by mixing rice with various herbs and > spices and then mixing the blood of a cow into the rice mixture. The entire mixture > is then stuffed into sausage casing. Once it is cooked, how would you feel about > eating this dish? > > Viscera > V1 You are visiting some friends in the Southern United States and one evening > you all go out to dinner. One of your friends orders chitterlings, a specialty dish > in the South which is really the intestines of a hog. Your friend offers you a bite > of his chitterlings. How would you feel about eating the chitterlings? > V2H You are in a butcher's shop awaiting your turn at the counter when you notice > a large pile of intestines piled on the corner of the chopping block, just barely > touching the slab of beef that is currently being cut. When you are at the counter > you request a piece of steak and the butcher cuts it from the slab of beef touching > the pile of intestines. Later that day the steak is cooked. How would you feel about > eating the steak? > > Slime > S1 You have just ordered a veggie stir-fry for lunch and you watch as the cook > takes the vegetables out of the refrigerator. You notice the part of the zucchini is > slimy and watch as the cook cuts of this part of the zucchini and proceeds to use > the rest of it in your stir-fry. How would you feel about eating the rest of the > zucchini? > S2H Your father has just returned from the turkey farm and you notice that the > pieces of turkey he purchased are completely covered in a thin layer of a slimy > substance that you need to wash off of the turkey. After cooking the turkey, how > would you feel about eating it? > > Fat > FT1H Your brother buys a pork roast for dinner. Even after it is finished > cooking, there is a thick layer of fat covering the meat. How would you feel about > eating a piece of this meat? > FT2 You go to your mother's house for Sunday dinner and you notice that she is > defrosting a container of beef gravy left over from last week's dinner. You look > into the container and realize that there is a glob of creamy fat covering the > liquid underneath. Once heated, how would you feel about eating this gravy? > > Other organs > OO1 You have dinner at a friend's house. The main course consists of stuffed beef > heart. How would you feel about eating the stuffed beef heart? > OO2H The gravy served with your Thanksgiving turkey is described as " giblet " > gravy. This consists of gravy made using the gizzard and liver of the turkey. The > gizzard and liver are then strained out of the liquid. How would you feel about > eating this gravy? > > Spoilage/decay > RD1H You and your friend are making a salad for lunch. You open your refrigerator > only to be confronted with the sight of a tomato that is covered with dark spots and > is rapidly rotting. Part of the tomato can still be saved and your friend decides to > use that part of the tomato in the salad. How would you feel about eating this > remaining portion of the tomato? > RD2 You are eating dinner in a restaurant with a friend and have just finished > ordering the premier steak on the menu. The menu claims that the " premier " steak it > has to offer has been " aged to perfection for 35 days " . You friend points out that > the phrase " aged to perfection " is simply a polite, marketable way of indicating > that the meat you just ordered have been sitting around decaying for 35 days. How > would you feel about eating the steak now? > > Mold > M1H You and your housemate are making grilled cheese sandwiches. When you take > the cheese out of the refrigerator, you notice a greyish-blue mold covering most of > the cheese. Your housemate scrapes the mold off of the cheese and proceeds to make > your sandwiches. How would you feel about eating this sandwich? > M2( Your dad has decided to make you breakfast and unwraps a previously opened > package of bacon. You notice that soft white fuzz has begun to grow on the right > half of the bacon and you watch as your father cuts it off and cooks the rest of the > bacon. How would you feel about eating the rest of the bacon? > Mushy/Squishy > MS1H You are having a picnic with a friend and the bananas she has packed are > extremely mushy. How would you feel about eating one of these bananas? > MS2 Your Mom has been soaking dried navy beans for several days. While you are > helping her prepare dinner you pick a few beans out of the bowl and they are so soft > and squishy that they collapse between your fingers and turn into mush. Your mom > cooks the rest of the beans and serves them with dinner. How would you feel about > eating these beans? > > Body parts > BP1H You have been invited to a potluck dinner and the hostess has cooked a rump > roast as the main dish. All of a sudden one of the guests has an epiphany and shouts > out " You mean that is the butt of the cow?! " . How would you feel about eating the > rump roast? > BP2 You are having dinner at a friend's house and soup is the first item that is > served. You notice a bone in your soup. You ask your friend what it is and she > replies that it is the neck of a turkey; in her culture it is common to eat the meat > on necks and then suck the marrow from the neck. How would you feel about eating the > neck? > > Intimations of killing/death > KD1 You are driving along a country road and the driver in front of you hits a > large wild turkey and pulls over on the side of the road. You pull over and offer > your assistance to the driver. The turkey is obviously dead and the other driver > suggests that you find a way to share the turkey so that you can each take home some > fresh turkey meat. How would you feel about eating a piece of this cooked turkey? > KD2H You are eating dinner with your family when all of a sudden your 5-year old > sister realizes that the chicken you are all eating once used to be alive and says: > " You mean we are eating a dead bird? " How would you feel about eating this chicken > now? > > Insects > I1H Your parents are having people over for a backyard barbeque. Your Mom leaves > the salad on the patio table and when you and she return, you both notice a black > bug moving amongst the leaves. Your Mom promptly picks up the piece of lettuce the > bug is on and continues serving the salad. How would you feel about eating the rest > of the salad? > I2 You are visiting Louisiana and one of the most popular stores you run across > is a candied-insects store. This store sells lollipops with worms in them, chocolate > covered grasshoppers and ants and even caramel coated cockroaches. As you are > walking by, an employee is offering free samples of chocolate covered ants. How > would you feel about eating chocolate covered ants? > =========================================================== > Note. H Denotes scenarios in which the food stimulus was in contact with a potential > disgust elicitor (i.e. disgust as a result contamination). > > Al Pater, PhD; email: old542000@y... > > > > > __________________________________ > - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > http://mail. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 Food aversion is typically a learned response to prevent us from eating foods that have made us sick before. Many will be familiar with the phenomenon from getting sick on some alcoholic beverage and developing an immediate aversion (I still can't drink Gin). Some of the built in preferences and aversions are related to toxins and such. " The psychology of eating and drinking " by A. W. Logue Documents a great deal of old research on the subject... It looks like there's a newer edition out so maybe there's some new stuff included... JR Rodney wrote: > Hi folks: > > Jfi. None of the below would leave me " disgusted " . In a few cases I > would decline to eat it, or might suggest to the chef (as one > example) cutting off rather than scraping off the mold on cheese, to > ensure none remained, because: " ......... it is believed that > some molds cause cancer " . > > Another reason for my relative equanimity in many examples below > derives from my mis-spent youth when I spent five days on a small > cargo boat going down the amazon eating food all of which was cooked > in river water. No one on the boat got sick so long as they had only > consumed foods, or liquids, they had seen being boiled! Raising the > temperature of anything to 212°F kills all the harmful bugs - apart > of course from BSE. So none of the foods listed that were cooked > would faze me so long as they had been cooked through and not been > rotting for weeks at room temperature. > > Naturally, I would prefer a higher standard of cuisine, but in a > pinch if it is baked or boiled it will almost invariably be safe. It > is often better also not to ask what the food is made from. If it is > mouse soup, for example, it is better just to make sure it is boiled > and not ask what the ingredients were that were put in the pot. In > South America, and many places else ......... you name it, they eat > it. > > Rodney. > > -- In , Al Pater <old542000@y...> wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> What attributes make you feel aversion to foods? >> >> See the pdf-available in press article title and excerpt that may > delimit food >> disgust. Pro-vegetarian discussion appears to play a major > consideration for the >> authors. >> >> " Ugh! That's disgusting! " : Identification of the characteristics of > foods underlying >> rejections based on disgust >> Appetite, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 18 November > 2005, >> Yolanda s and Pliner >> >> ..Table 1. Descriptions of disgusting foods as a function of > disgust-eliciting >> category >> =========================================== >> Category Label Description >> =========================================== >> Animal >> A1H You are eating beefsteak in a small town restaurant and when > you look outside >> the window you see a herd of cows grazing in the adjacent field. > How would you feel >> about continuing to eat this beefsteak? >> A2 Your parents go to a turkey farm to select the live turkey > that you will eat >> for Thanksgiving dinner. Later that day the turkey is cooked and > served for dinner. >> How would you feel about eating this turkey? >> >> Blood >> B1H You and your father travel to a cattle farm to buy some > fresh beef. Once you >> have selected the large piece of beef you would like to purchase, > the butcher cuts >> it into smaller pieces. During the cutting process a vein that > still contains blood >> is cut open and the blood spurts out. The butcher removes the vein. > Later that day >> your father cooks two of the pieces of beef that were purchased > earlier in the day. >> How would feel about eating the piece of beef? >> B2 In some European and West Indian cultures a specialty dish > known as blood >> pudding is commonly eaten. This dish is made by mixing rice with > various herbs and >> spices and then mixing the blood of a cow into the rice mixture. > The entire mixture >> is then stuffed into sausage casing. Once it is cooked, how would > you feel about >> eating this dish? >> >> Viscera >> V1 You are visiting some friends in the Southern United States > and one evening >> you all go out to dinner. One of your friends orders chitterlings, > a specialty dish >> in the South which is really the intestines of a hog. Your friend > offers you a bite >> of his chitterlings. How would you feel about eating the > chitterlings? >> V2H You are in a butcher's shop awaiting your turn at the > counter when you notice >> a large pile of intestines piled on the corner of the chopping > block, just barely >> touching the slab of beef that is currently being cut. When you are > at the counter >> you request a piece of steak and the butcher cuts it from the slab > of beef touching >> the pile of intestines. Later that day the steak is cooked. How > would you feel about >> eating the steak? >> >> Slime >> S1 You have just ordered a veggie stir-fry for lunch and you > watch as the cook >> takes the vegetables out of the refrigerator. You notice the part > of the zucchini is >> slimy and watch as the cook cuts of this part of the zucchini and > proceeds to use >> the rest of it in your stir-fry. How would you feel about eating > the rest of the >> zucchini? >> S2H Your father has just returned from the turkey farm and you > notice that the >> pieces of turkey he purchased are completely covered in a thin > layer of a slimy >> substance that you need to wash off of the turkey. After cooking > the turkey, how >> would you feel about eating it? >> >> Fat >> FT1H Your brother buys a pork roast for dinner. Even after it is > finished >> cooking, there is a thick layer of fat covering the meat. How would > you feel about >> eating a piece of this meat? >> FT2 You go to your mother's house for Sunday dinner and you > notice that she is >> defrosting a container of beef gravy left over from last week's > dinner. You look >> into the container and realize that there is a glob of creamy fat > covering the >> liquid underneath. Once heated, how would you feel about eating > this gravy? >> Other organs >> OO1 You have dinner at a friend's house. The main course > consists of stuffed beef >> heart. How would you feel about eating the stuffed beef heart? >> OO2H The gravy served with your Thanksgiving turkey is described > as " giblet " >> gravy. This consists of gravy made using the gizzard and liver of > the turkey. The >> gizzard and liver are then strained out of the liquid. How would > you feel about >> eating this gravy? >> >> Spoilage/decay >> RD1H You and your friend are making a salad for lunch. You open > your refrigerator >> only to be confronted with the sight of a tomato that is covered > with dark spots and >> is rapidly rotting. Part of the tomato can still be saved and your > friend decides to >> use that part of the tomato in the salad. How would you feel about > eating this >> remaining portion of the tomato? >> RD2 You are eating dinner in a restaurant with a friend and have > just finished >> ordering the premier steak on the menu. The menu claims that > the " premier " steak it >> has to offer has been " aged to perfection for 35 days " . You friend > points out that >> the phrase " aged to perfection " is simply a polite, marketable way > of indicating >> that the meat you just ordered have been sitting around decaying > for 35 days. How >> would you feel about eating the steak now? >> >> Mold >> M1H You and your housemate are making grilled cheese sandwiches. > When you take >> the cheese out of the refrigerator, you notice a greyish-blue mold > covering most of >> the cheese. Your housemate scrapes the mold off of the cheese and > proceeds to make >> your sandwiches. How would you feel about eating this sandwich? >> M2( Your dad has decided to make you breakfast and unwraps a > previously opened >> package of bacon. You notice that soft white fuzz has begun to grow > on the right >> half of the bacon and you watch as your father cuts it off and > cooks the rest of the >> bacon. How would you feel about eating the rest of the bacon? >> Mushy/Squishy >> MS1H You are having a picnic with a friend and the bananas she > has packed are >> extremely mushy. How would you feel about eating one of these > bananas? >> MS2 Your Mom has been soaking dried navy beans for several days. > While you are >> helping her prepare dinner you pick a few beans out of the bowl and > they are so soft >> and squishy that they collapse between your fingers and turn into > mush. Your mom >> cooks the rest of the beans and serves them with dinner. How would > you feel about >> eating these beans? >> >> Body parts >> BP1H You have been invited to a potluck dinner and the hostess > has cooked a rump >> roast as the main dish. All of a sudden one of the guests has an > epiphany and shouts >> out " You mean that is the butt of the cow?! " . How would you feel > about eating the >> rump roast? >> BP2 You are having dinner at a friend's house and soup is the > first item that is >> served. You notice a bone in your soup. You ask your friend what it > is and she >> replies that it is the neck of a turkey; in her culture it is > common to eat the meat >> on necks and then suck the marrow from the neck. How would you feel > about eating the >> neck? >> >> Intimations of killing/death >> KD1 You are driving along a country road and the driver in front > of you hits a >> large wild turkey and pulls over on the side of the road. You pull > over and offer >> your assistance to the driver. The turkey is obviously dead and the > other driver >> suggests that you find a way to share the turkey so that you can > each take home some >> fresh turkey meat. How would you feel about eating a piece of this > cooked turkey? >> KD2H You are eating dinner with your family when all of a sudden > your 5-year old >> sister realizes that the chicken you are all eating once used to be > alive and says: >> " You mean we are eating a dead bird? " How would you feel about > eating this chicken >> now? >> >> Insects >> I1H Your parents are having people over for a backyard barbeque. > Your Mom leaves >> the salad on the patio table and when you and she return, you both > notice a black >> bug moving amongst the leaves. Your Mom promptly picks up the piece > of lettuce the >> bug is on and continues serving the salad. How would you feel about > eating the rest >> of the salad? >> I2 You are visiting Louisiana and one of the most popular stores > you run across >> is a candied-insects store. This store sells lollipops with worms > in them, chocolate >> covered grasshoppers and ants and even caramel coated cockroaches. > As you are >> walking by, an employee is offering free samples of chocolate > covered ants. How >> would you feel about eating chocolate covered ants? >> =========================================================== >> Note. H Denotes scenarios in which the food stimulus was in contact > with a potential >> disgust elicitor (i.e. disgust as a result contamination). >> >> Al Pater, PhD; email: old542000@y... >> >> >> >> >> __________________________________ >> - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 >> http://mail. >> > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 I recall coming home from school as a kid and seeing a pot cooking on the stove. Natch one has to peek inside. Guess what? Stewed cow brains! Yuck and gag reflex. The most disgusting thing imaginable. But I didn't have to imagine it. Every now and then my mother would cook it for my father. on 11/21/2005 4:14 PM, at crjohnr@... wrote: Food aversion is typically a learned response to prevent us from eating foods that have made us sick before. Many will be familiar with the phenomenon from getting sick on some alcoholic beverage and developing an immediate aversion (I still can't drink Gin). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Hi All, I would concur, Rodney. Seeing people in Africa eating live squirming termites seemed a little disconcerting. Descriptions of Hong Kong restaurants in which the ate at round tables with holes in the middle for inserting live monkeys, rendering the monkeys unconscious with mallets and having customers eat the cut brains from the still live monkeys after cutting open their skulls left me with no predilection to partake in such appetizers. --- Rodney <perspect1111@...> wrote: > Hi folks: > > Jfi. None of the below would leave me " disgusted " . In a few cases I > would decline to eat it, or might suggest to the chef (as one > example) cutting off rather than scraping off the mold on cheese, to > ensure none remained, because: " ......... it is believed that > some molds cause cancer " . > > Another reason for my relative equanimity in many examples below > derives from my mis-spent youth when I spent five days on a small > cargo boat going down the amazon eating food all of which was cooked > in river water. No one on the boat got sick so long as they had only > consumed foods, or liquids, they had seen being boiled! Raising the > temperature of anything to 212°F kills all the harmful bugs - apart > of course from BSE. So none of the foods listed that were cooked > would faze me so long as they had been cooked through and not been > rotting for weeks at room temperature. > > Naturally, I would prefer a higher standard of cuisine, but in a > pinch if it is baked or boiled it will almost invariably be safe. It > is often better also not to ask what the food is made from. If it is > mouse soup, for example, it is better just to make sure it is boiled > and not ask what the ingredients were that were put in the pot. In > South America, and many places else ......... you name it, they eat > it. > > Rodney. > > -- In , Al Pater <old542000@y...> wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > > > What attributes make you feel aversion to foods? > > > > See the pdf-available in press article title and excerpt that may > delimit food > > disgust. Pro-vegetarian discussion appears to play a major > consideration for the > > authors. > > > > " Ugh! That's disgusting! " : Identification of the characteristics of > foods underlying > > rejections based on disgust > > Appetite, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 18 November > 2005, > > Yolanda s and Pliner > > > > ..Table 1. Descriptions of disgusting foods as a function of > disgust-eliciting > > category > > =========================================== > > Category Label Description > > =========================================== > > Animal > > A1H You are eating beefsteak in a small town restaurant and when > you look outside > > the window you see a herd of cows grazing in the adjacent field. > How would you feel > > about continuing to eat this beefsteak? > > A2 Your parents go to a turkey farm to select the live turkey > that you will eat > > for Thanksgiving dinner. Later that day the turkey is cooked and > served for dinner. > > How would you feel about eating this turkey? > > > > Blood > > B1H You and your father travel to a cattle farm to buy some > fresh beef. Once you > > have selected the large piece of beef you would like to purchase, > the butcher cuts > > it into smaller pieces. During the cutting process a vein that > still contains blood > > is cut open and the blood spurts out. The butcher removes the vein. > Later that day > > your father cooks two of the pieces of beef that were purchased > earlier in the day. > > How would feel about eating the piece of beef? > > B2 In some European and West Indian cultures a specialty dish > known as blood > > pudding is commonly eaten. This dish is made by mixing rice with > various herbs and > > spices and then mixing the blood of a cow into the rice mixture. > The entire mixture > > is then stuffed into sausage casing. Once it is cooked, how would > you feel about > > eating this dish? > > > > Viscera > > V1 You are visiting some friends in the Southern United States > and one evening > > you all go out to dinner. One of your friends orders chitterlings, > a specialty dish > > in the South which is really the intestines of a hog. Your friend > offers you a bite > > of his chitterlings. How would you feel about eating the > chitterlings? > > V2H You are in a butcher's shop awaiting your turn at the > counter when you notice > > a large pile of intestines piled on the corner of the chopping > block, just barely > > touching the slab of beef that is currently being cut. When you are > at the counter > > you request a piece of steak and the butcher cuts it from the slab > of beef touching > > the pile of intestines. Later that day the steak is cooked. How > would you feel about > > eating the steak? > > > > Slime > > S1 You have just ordered a veggie stir-fry for lunch and you > watch as the cook > > takes the vegetables out of the refrigerator. You notice the part > of the zucchini is > > slimy and watch as the cook cuts of this part of the zucchini and > proceeds to use > > the rest of it in your stir-fry. How would you feel about eating > the rest of the > > zucchini? > > S2H Your father has just returned from the turkey farm and you > notice that the > > pieces of turkey he purchased are completely covered in a thin > layer of a slimy > > substance that you need to wash off of the turkey. After cooking > the turkey, how > > would you feel about eating it? > > > > Fat > > FT1H Your brother buys a pork roast for dinner. Even after it is > finished > > cooking, there is a thick layer of fat covering the meat. How would > you feel about > > eating a piece of this meat? > > FT2 You go to your mother's house for Sunday dinner and you > notice that she is > > defrosting a container of beef gravy left over from last week's > dinner. You look > > into the container and realize that there is a glob of creamy fat > covering the > > liquid underneath. Once heated, how would you feel about eating > this gravy? > > > > Other organs > > OO1 You have dinner at a friend's house. The main course > consists of stuffed beef > > heart. How would you feel about eating the stuffed beef heart? > > OO2H The gravy served with your Thanksgiving turkey is described > as " giblet " > > gravy. This consists of gravy made using the gizzard and liver of > the turkey. The > > gizzard and liver are then strained out of the liquid. How would > you feel about > > eating this gravy? > > > > Spoilage/decay > > RD1H You and your friend are making a salad for lunch. You open > your refrigerator > > only to be confronted with the sight of a tomato that is covered > with dark spots and > > is rapidly rotting. Part of the tomato can still be saved and your > friend decides to > > use that part of the tomato in the salad. How would you feel about > eating this > > remaining portion of the tomato? > > RD2 You are eating dinner in a restaurant with a friend and have > just finished > > ordering the premier steak on the menu. The menu claims that > the " premier " steak it > > has to offer has been " aged to perfection for 35 days " . You friend > points out that > > the phrase " aged to perfection " is simply a polite, marketable way > of indicating > > that the meat you just ordered have been sitting around decaying > for 35 days. How > > would you feel about eating the steak now? > > > > Mold > > M1H You and your housemate are making grilled cheese sandwiches. > When you take > > the cheese out of the refrigerator, you notice a greyish-blue mold > covering most of > > the cheese. Your housemate scrapes the mold off of the cheese and > proceeds to make > > your sandwiches. How would you feel about eating this sandwich? > > M2( Your dad has decided to make you breakfast and unwraps a > previously opened > > package of bacon. You notice that soft white fuzz has begun to grow > on the right > > half of the bacon and you watch as your father cuts it off and > cooks the rest of the > > bacon. How would you feel about eating the rest of the bacon? > > Mushy/Squishy > > MS1H You are having a picnic with a friend and the bananas she > has packed are > > extremely mushy. How would you feel about eating one of these > bananas? > > MS2 Your Mom has been soaking dried navy beans for several days. > While you are > > helping her prepare dinner you pick a few beans out of the bowl and > they are so soft > > and squishy that they collapse between your fingers and turn into > mush. Your mom > > cooks the rest of the beans and serves them with dinner. How would > you feel about > > eating these beans? > > > > Body parts > > BP1H You have been invited to a potluck dinner and the hostess > has cooked a rump > > roast as the main dish. All of a sudden one of the guests has an > epiphany and shouts > > out " You mean that is the butt of the cow?! " . How would you feel > about eating the > > rump roast? > > BP2 You are having dinner at a friend's house and soup is the > first item that is > > served. You notice a bone in your soup. You ask your friend what it > is and she > > replies that it is the neck of a turkey; in her culture it is > common to eat the meat > > on necks and then suck the marrow from the neck. How would you feel > about eating the > > neck? > > > > Intimations of killing/death > > KD1 You are driving along a country road and the driver in front > of you hits a > > large wild turkey and pulls over on the side of the road. You pull > over and offer > > your assistance to the driver. The turkey is obviously dead and the > other driver > > suggests that you find a way to share the turkey so that you can > each take home some > > fresh turkey meat. How would you feel about eating a piece of this > cooked turkey? > > KD2H You are eating dinner with your family when all of a sudden > your 5-year old > > sister realizes that the chicken you are all eating once used to be > alive and says: > > " You mean we are eating a dead bird? " How would you feel about > eating this chicken > > now? > > > > Insects > > I1H Your parents are having people over for a backyard barbeque. > Your Mom leaves > > the salad on the patio table and when you and she return, you both > notice a black > > bug moving amongst the leaves. Your Mom promptly picks up the piece > of lettuce the > > bug is on and continues serving the salad. How would you feel about > eating the rest > > of the salad? > > I2 You are visiting Louisiana and one of the most popular stores > you run across > > is a candied-insects store. This store sells lollipops with worms > in them, chocolate > > covered grasshoppers and ants and even caramel coated cockroaches. > As you are > > walking by, an employee is offering free samples of chocolate > covered ants. How > > would you feel about eating chocolate covered ants? > > =========================================================== > > Note. H Denotes scenarios in which the food stimulus was in contact > with a potential > > disgust elicitor (i.e. disgust as a result contamination). > > > > Al Pater, PhD; email: old542000@y... > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > > http://mail. > > > > > > > Al Pater, PhD; email: old542000@... __________________________________ FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Hi All, I was once sick with cooked mushrooms that grow under pine trees and have a neurotoxin on top of their pedistals. It was a slimy, blended concoction that I had prepared too much of to store. Thus, I ate and ate. The result was that I passed out from low blood pressure and fell, requiring several stitches for a bump on the head. Regular mushrooms are okay now but I had difficulty eating the few more of the type that had made me ill. We hopefully live and we learn. --- <crjohnr@...> wrote: > Food aversion is typically a learned response to prevent us from eating > foods that have made us sick before. Al Pater, PhD; email: old542000@... __________________________________ - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Sounds like cultural bias, as they were apparently not disgusted. JR Al Pater wrote: > Hi All, > > I would concur, Rodney. Seeing people in Africa eating live squirming termites > seemed a little disconcerting. Descriptions of Hong Kong restaurants in which the > ate at round tables with holes in the middle for inserting live monkeys, rendering > the monkeys unconscious with mallets and having customers eat the cut brains from > the still live monkeys after cutting open their skulls left me with no predilection > to partake in such appetizers. > > --- Rodney <perspect1111@...> wrote: > >> Hi folks: >> >> Jfi. None of the below would leave me " disgusted " . In a few cases I >> would decline to eat it, or might suggest to the chef (as one >> example) cutting off rather than scraping off the mold on cheese, to >> ensure none remained, because: " ......... it is believed that >> some molds cause cancer " . >> >> Another reason for my relative equanimity in many examples below >> derives from my mis-spent youth when I spent five days on a small >> cargo boat going down the amazon eating food all of which was cooked >> in river water. No one on the boat got sick so long as they had only >> consumed foods, or liquids, they had seen being boiled! Raising the >> temperature of anything to 212°F kills all the harmful bugs - apart >> of course from BSE. So none of the foods listed that were cooked >> would faze me so long as they had been cooked through and not been >> rotting for weeks at room temperature. >> >> Naturally, I would prefer a higher standard of cuisine, but in a >> pinch if it is baked or boiled it will almost invariably be safe. It >> is often better also not to ask what the food is made from. If it is >> mouse soup, for example, it is better just to make sure it is boiled >> and not ask what the ingredients were that were put in the pot. In >> South America, and many places else ......... you name it, they eat >> it. >> >> Rodney. >> >> -- In , Al Pater <old542000@y...> wrote: >>> Hi All, >>> >>> What attributes make you feel aversion to foods? >>> >>> See the pdf-available in press article title and excerpt that may >> delimit food >>> disgust. Pro-vegetarian discussion appears to play a major >> consideration for the >>> authors. >>> >>> " Ugh! That's disgusting! " : Identification of the characteristics of >> foods underlying >>> rejections based on disgust >>> Appetite, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 18 November >> 2005, >>> Yolanda s and Pliner >>> >>> ..Table 1. Descriptions of disgusting foods as a function of >> disgust-eliciting >>> category >>> =========================================== >>> Category Label Description >>> =========================================== >>> Animal >>> A1H You are eating beefsteak in a small town restaurant and when >> you look outside >>> the window you see a herd of cows grazing in the adjacent field. >> How would you feel >>> about continuing to eat this beefsteak? >>> A2 Your parents go to a turkey farm to select the live turkey >> that you will eat >>> for Thanksgiving dinner. Later that day the turkey is cooked and >> served for dinner. >>> How would you feel about eating this turkey? >>> >>> Blood >>> B1H You and your father travel to a cattle farm to buy some >> fresh beef. Once you >>> have selected the large piece of beef you would like to purchase, >> the butcher cuts >>> it into smaller pieces. During the cutting process a vein that >> still contains blood >>> is cut open and the blood spurts out. The butcher removes the vein. >> Later that day >>> your father cooks two of the pieces of beef that were purchased >> earlier in the day. >>> How would feel about eating the piece of beef? >>> B2 In some European and West Indian cultures a specialty dish >> known as blood >>> pudding is commonly eaten. This dish is made by mixing rice with >> various herbs and >>> spices and then mixing the blood of a cow into the rice mixture. >> The entire mixture >>> is then stuffed into sausage casing. Once it is cooked, how would >> you feel about >>> eating this dish? >>> >>> Viscera >>> V1 You are visiting some friends in the Southern United States >> and one evening >>> you all go out to dinner. One of your friends orders chitterlings, >> a specialty dish >>> in the South which is really the intestines of a hog. Your friend >> offers you a bite >>> of his chitterlings. How would you feel about eating the >> chitterlings? >>> V2H You are in a butcher's shop awaiting your turn at the >> counter when you notice >>> a large pile of intestines piled on the corner of the chopping >> block, just barely >>> touching the slab of beef that is currently being cut. When you are >> at the counter >>> you request a piece of steak and the butcher cuts it from the slab >> of beef touching >>> the pile of intestines. Later that day the steak is cooked. How >> would you feel about >>> eating the steak? >>> >>> Slime >>> S1 You have just ordered a veggie stir-fry for lunch and you >> watch as the cook >>> takes the vegetables out of the refrigerator. You notice the part >> of the zucchini is >>> slimy and watch as the cook cuts of this part of the zucchini and >> proceeds to use >>> the rest of it in your stir-fry. How would you feel about eating >> the rest of the >>> zucchini? >>> S2H Your father has just returned from the turkey farm and you >> notice that the >>> pieces of turkey he purchased are completely covered in a thin >> layer of a slimy >>> substance that you need to wash off of the turkey. After cooking >> the turkey, how >>> would you feel about eating it? >>> >>> Fat >>> FT1H Your brother buys a pork roast for dinner. Even after it is >> finished >>> cooking, there is a thick layer of fat covering the meat. How would >> you feel about >>> eating a piece of this meat? >>> FT2 You go to your mother's house for Sunday dinner and you >> notice that she is >>> defrosting a container of beef gravy left over from last week's >> dinner. You look >>> into the container and realize that there is a glob of creamy fat >> covering the >>> liquid underneath. Once heated, how would you feel about eating >> this gravy? >>> Other organs >>> OO1 You have dinner at a friend's house. The main course >> consists of stuffed beef >>> heart. How would you feel about eating the stuffed beef heart? >>> OO2H The gravy served with your Thanksgiving turkey is described >> as " giblet " >>> gravy. This consists of gravy made using the gizzard and liver of >> the turkey. The >>> gizzard and liver are then strained out of the liquid. How would >> you feel about >>> eating this gravy? >>> >>> Spoilage/decay >>> RD1H You and your friend are making a salad for lunch. You open >> your refrigerator >>> only to be confronted with the sight of a tomato that is covered >> with dark spots and >>> is rapidly rotting. Part of the tomato can still be saved and your >> friend decides to >>> use that part of the tomato in the salad. How would you feel about >> eating this >>> remaining portion of the tomato? >>> RD2 You are eating dinner in a restaurant with a friend and have >> just finished >>> ordering the premier steak on the menu. The menu claims that >> the " premier " steak it >>> has to offer has been " aged to perfection for 35 days " . You friend >> points out that >>> the phrase " aged to perfection " is simply a polite, marketable way >> of indicating >>> that the meat you just ordered have been sitting around decaying >> for 35 days. How >>> would you feel about eating the steak now? >>> >>> Mold >>> M1H You and your housemate are making grilled cheese sandwiches. >> When you take >>> the cheese out of the refrigerator, you notice a greyish-blue mold >> covering most of >>> the cheese. Your housemate scrapes the mold off of the cheese and >> proceeds to make >>> your sandwiches. How would you feel about eating this sandwich? >>> M2( Your dad has decided to make you breakfast and unwraps a >> previously opened >>> package of bacon. You notice that soft white fuzz has begun to grow >> on the right >>> half of the bacon and you watch as your father cuts it off and >> cooks the rest of the >>> bacon. How would you feel about eating the rest of the bacon? >>> Mushy/Squishy >>> MS1H You are having a picnic with a friend and the bananas she >> has packed are >>> extremely mushy. How would you feel about eating one of these >> bananas? >>> MS2 Your Mom has been soaking dried navy beans for several days. >> While you are >>> helping her prepare dinner you pick a few beans out of the bowl and >> they are so soft >>> and squishy that they collapse between your fingers and turn into >> mush. Your mom >>> cooks the rest of the beans and serves them with dinner. How would >> you feel about >>> eating these beans? >>> >>> Body parts >>> BP1H You have been invited to a potluck dinner and the hostess >> has cooked a rump >>> roast as the main dish. All of a sudden one of the guests has an >> epiphany and shouts >>> out " You mean that is the butt of the cow?! " . How would you feel >> about eating the >>> rump roast? >>> BP2 You are having dinner at a friend's house and soup is the >> first item that is >>> served. You notice a bone in your soup. You ask your friend what it >> is and she >>> replies that it is the neck of a turkey; in her culture it is >> common to eat the meat >>> on necks and then suck the marrow from the neck. How would you feel >> about eating the >>> neck? >>> >>> Intimations of killing/death >>> KD1 You are driving along a country road and the driver in front >> of you hits a >>> large wild turkey and pulls over on the side of the road. You pull >> over and offer >>> your assistance to the driver. The turkey is obviously dead and the >> other driver >>> suggests that you find a way to share the turkey so that you can >> each take home some >>> fresh turkey meat. How would you feel about eating a piece of this >> cooked turkey? >>> KD2H You are eating dinner with your family when all of a sudden >> your 5-year old >>> sister realizes that the chicken you are all eating once used to be >> alive and says: >>> " You mean we are eating a dead bird? " How would you feel about >> eating this chicken >>> now? >>> >>> Insects >>> I1H Your parents are having people over for a backyard barbeque. >> Your Mom leaves >>> the salad on the patio table and when you and she return, you both >> notice a black >>> bug moving amongst the leaves. Your Mom promptly picks up the piece >> of lettuce the >>> bug is on and continues serving the salad. How would you feel about >> eating the rest >>> of the salad? >>> I2 You are visiting Louisiana and one of the most popular stores >> you run across >>> is a candied-insects store. This store sells lollipops with worms >> in them, chocolate >>> covered grasshoppers and ants and even caramel coated cockroaches. >> As you are >>> walking by, an employee is offering free samples of chocolate >> covered ants. How >>> would you feel about eating chocolate covered ants? >>> =========================================================== >>> Note. H Denotes scenarios in which the food stimulus was in contact >> with a potential >>> disgust elicitor (i.e. disgust as a result contamination). >>> >>> Al Pater, PhD; email: old542000@y... >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> __________________________________ >>> - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 >>> http://mail. >>> >> >> >> >> > > > Al Pater, PhD; email: old542000@... > > > > __________________________________ > FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. > http://farechase. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 After Al's " Hong Kong " post, I really feel we need to move on from this topic. Please refrain from any more " gross us out " posts. on 11/21/2005 8:07 PM, at crjohnr@... wrote: Sounds like cultural bias, as they were apparently not disgusted. JR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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