@moth_ball@marine I actually drink soda, and have little weird things I do.
When I was younger i’d lick ketchup off of carrots or french fries.
I can ingest things which have a smooth or liquid consistency. I could also probably ingest things which weren’t smooth or liquid, but my family never taught me how to eat. So, I don’t know how to chew and I have a very intense gag reflex.
Hypothetically, If I was taught to eat/chew like a normal person, I’d be able to eat recreationally, even if my body did not digest hardly any of it.
I’ve been trying more things recently. I used to buy shrimp and dip it in butter and kinda naw on it a bit to get the butter off of it. Then my wife developed a shellfish allergy, so I stopped. However, now I’ve found a similar thing with popcorn. I kinda just naw on it a bit, then once it starts getting soft I’ll throw it away.
There was also something completely out of character I did about a month ago. For some strange reason I wanted very badly to try a hardshell taco. I ordered one from taco bell (because no way am I trying something like that in public and risk throwing up in public) and customized it to what I thought was interesting.
It got here, and I took a huge bite out of it. I didn’t gag or throw up, either! However, the chewing thing is what stopped me. I gave it my best effort! but eventually just ended up spitting it out into the trash.