Me the Picky Eater.

It's taken me a long time to accept that I'm picky with the things I put in my mouth, chew, and the things that will eventually end up in my stomach. I would never admit it. However recently within the past year and a half I realized/accepted I was picky. Weird I know. I don't like anything that lives in the water. I eat meat, but i'm picky with what the meat is in...like Meatballs. Eww. If it doesn't look good it's hard for me to force it down my throat. Also the biggest one ever is I can't CANNOT have my food mix on my plate! Period. I know. I know. I'm SOOO crazy. . I also realize I'd never make it anywhere if I was to travel somewhere outside the US, and I had to eat authentic food only (thankfully lots of places like "americanized food"). It's bad. Really it is some type of OCD problem I should overcome, but I don't want to. I am working on it though. Trying.
HOWEVER today I surprised myself SO MUCH! Ty's mom would be SOOO proud of me!! ;)
I work with this girl who is from Poland. Saturday we got talking about "Poland food". She decided that she was going to make some Authentic food Sunday for dinner for her family. She also decided that I needed to try some Polish food... (cue scaredness, uncooperativeness and very much unwillingness...) But I put on a smile and pretened that I was very much interested in what she was suggesting. (Hoping and Praying with all might she'd forget and really not bring Polish food into work Monday) She did say however that she'd start off with the basic easy stuff. Still scared.
Today rolls around and she announced that she has brought me lunch. So what did I do? Common I didn't want to hurt her feelings! But I was also scared on what would happen if I didn't like it. Would she be offended? Maybe (I was thinking) I'd pretend to eat it and just put it in the garbage...however I couldn't do it. Besides I'm trying to overcome my pickyness.
So. I ate it. Yes I ate Polish food today.
It was Stuffed Cabbage.
Cabbage that holds in Pork, rice and onions and tomato sauce and other things.
Very weird texture, and a different taste.
In actuallity it wasn't even that bad. I kinda liked it.
High freaking Five for me.
p.s. In my defense...I'm really not THAT picky, and I will TRY everything...which usually ends up with me liking it.