My Protein Sources (Pat, Marcy and Beth)

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I've always been a huge fan of dairy, no matter what form it takes. I also

really like soy and another bean curd product called tempeh. I do also eat

chicken, fish , turkey, and sometimes buffalo (although it's pricy, so I don't

get it as much as I would like). I've always liked black beans as well. Oh,

and peanut butter and eggs (I eat a lot of egg whites). I eat meat more

readily now then I did as a kid, but it's still sometimes a struggle to make

myself eat it. For a long time after I started eating meat (right before I

turned eight), I would only eat really thinly sliced deli meat. The texture of

that is markedly different from an entire chicken breast or steak. The pieces

are also smaller and easier to chew. Per Marcy's question, I don't remember

anyone in my life doing anything to traumatize me in the texture department.

I'm still not sure *why* I developed those aversions. I do remember one

incident where my well meaning grandparents forced me to eat a hotdog, and to

this day, the smell of hotdogs makes me nauseous. Also per Marcy's question,

my parents had a lot of success with getting me to eat when they served me soy

(Boca burgers are still one of my favorite foods). It's softer and decidely

less " stringy " (for lack of a better description) than most meat. I'm trying

to think of another food to compare the texture to, but I can't come up with

anything at the moment. I also intensly dislike most condiments (butter and

barbecue sauce are pretty much the only ones I'll even consider eating), so my

parents had a lot more success with getting me to eat when they served things

plain and sauce free. I think that's a fairly comprehensive run down of where

I get my protein. Feel free to ask anything else .

~Hillary

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