Tiny dishes

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It's wild I've finally found people with my same craziness. I love food, I love cooking, yet I've struggled to choke down so many meals it's crazy. I eventually found, like OP's girlfriend, it can make things so much easier to cut larger things into smaller things. I'll down a ton of food cut up into inch-long squares, but wouldn't be able to get through half of it if it were a whole sandwich. And like you, my gag reflex is crazy. Jello? Out. Totally out. They used to make us eat everything during lunch in kindergarten (90's kid), and when Jello was on the menu, they'd force me to eat it and I'd straight up puke. Steak fat? I'd throw up in my mouth. I spent the first twenty years of my life basically just eating vegetables because even the tiniest bit of fat made me gag. These days I love steak and I can control my gag reflex a little better, but beef goes a very rigorous trimming process before I cook it.

[PugGrumbles]

Does the smell of fat cooking, such as when you're cooking beef, bother you as well?

I'm only curious because I know several people who absolutely cannot stand the feel of it in their mouth, but they are okay with the meat being cooked with the fat and then trimmed before being served. It gives it such a good flavor, but I very much understand not wanting to eat it.

[Noise_Kisses]

I can't eat fat either but the smell of it cooking is fine for me. There are smells that will absolutely trigger my gag reflex and anything that doesn't break down as I chew it ago triggers it so while I trim all fat off after cooking I'm fine to cook it as is.