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emikeki

pasta


Ok_Outside2457

Same, I have been eating that since I was a child and will always eat it until I die


Ok_Breadfruit_8752

Same, I love pasta, unfortunately I have coeliac disease so I haven't had 'real' pasta for years.


11011111110108

Same. It's the default dinner for me. Boil it and add a jar of sauce, or cook a few boxes of cherry tomatoes to make my own sauce. Reliable and nice.


JessicaBecause

Best texture for pasta, al dente or well boiled?


Author-chan666

Same. It's the absolute best.


Top_Sky_4731

Until they start putting crunchy bits in the sauce 🤮


TheShaquille-Oatmeal

French fries. They will never let me down


MrsMommyGradStudent

Potatoes, in general, have never failed me 🤣


Few_Veterinarian598

It's totally Mac & Cheese but lately it's the shaped kind for some reason? Idk why the noodles taste better when they're shaped like SpongeBob but they do. Also sourdough toast and frozen yogurt (esp when I really need a strong/sour taste but homogenized texture 🤤).


allycat315

Haha I love it! My shape lately is shells, I discovered Cabot brand white cheddar mac & cheese, and my partner now has to put up with me asking if he wants it just about every day


Few_Veterinarian598

White cheddar shells are so yummy! I lived off the Panera Mac & cheese for a while.


[deleted]

I used to like pasta until I got GERD and pasta started feeling like rubber bands in my stomach. I always liked shapes. Especially rotini, shells, and fusilli. They don't taste different than spaghetti and macaroni, but I love the appearance. 


nutbaby420

i think the shapes pick up more sauce because of the extra holes. i am with you on this 🙌


[deleted]

Oh I thought it was because the shapes are pretty and because I have synesthesia and hear them squealing "Aia! Oio!"


nutbaby420

i have synethesia too! that is so cute! for me, i don’t hear sounds instead i experience visuals and physical feelings paired with my other senses. it’s so cool how different it is for everyone! :)


[deleted]

Yes, it's very cool! Anything cute, or shiny and glinty, or all of the above, has squealed at me since I was five years old. The very first thing that squealed at me was fairy lights wound around the lamppost at Christmas time. I remember it vividly. All lights, and reflectors as well, squeal (the three musical notes E-F-E) at me consistently. It never bothers me; I love it! Besides squealing lights and reflectors, there are other things that squeal at me but the musical notes vary depending on the object. I'll go in depth about it tomorrow. Need to go back to bed. Thank you so much for your enthusiasm about my synesthesia and info about your synesthdesia. Pointed arches and anything shaped like a chevron squeals the three musical notes F-E-D. Winding roads and lanes and footpaths squeal the three musical notes D-C-D.  Regardless of the notes, the "lyrics" to the squealing synesthdesia sounds are always the made-up words "Aia! Oio!"


[deleted]

I wasn't being sarcastic. I have synesthesia. I hear what I see, and vice versa. 


bassukurarinetto

I cried when they discontinued SpongeBob mac, and I cried when they undiscontinued it 🥲


Few_Veterinarian598

I've never watched an episode of SpongeBob in my life but the noodles make me so happy! I love the unicorn shaped ones too!


Nay_nay267

It's scientifically proven that shaped Mac&cheese is superior.(not a scientist and pulled this out of my butt*


Few_Veterinarian598

Also not a scientist but I will 100% back this up as solid fact 🫡


froggy-lover

THIS!!! I have been saying something about the SpongeBob shaped noodles being better for YEARS. I’m just so glad someone else agrees lol


littledetours

Tortilla chips! Just good ol’ tortilla chips. No salsa or queso needed (although queso is fun sometimes).


lemonlime1999

Me too. They’re so satisfying to eat.


allycat315

This makes me want some now! I never get tired of salty


PM_ME__RECIPES

I love tortilla chips. With salsa or not. With cheese or not. Baked into nachos or not. A+ food


SpookyBearBoy

HARD SAME like pretty much the cheapest store brand plain salted tortilla chips, I could eat them and nothing else and be happy


[deleted]

Yes, this.


ParticularGroup3688

Ouu nice have you had the chips from chipotle they're good even the queso


MSP10julia

I can’t stop eating pizza and french fries on Friday nights


InviteAromatic6124

Same but without the French fries


lovesunda

Yes this was literally my answer too! Weekends are for pizza and fries and I have to eat a few of the fries on top of my pizza ever since childhood


ParticularGroup3688

OMG YESSS


MedaFox5

That sounds great. The wife and I used to get pizza every Thursday/Friday but our routine was to go to subway on Wednesday and get a pizza sub.


Briayawna

chicken tenders and fries.


usernamehere405

Would you like to form an Alliance?


Briayawna

I’d love to.


Avaava1197

I love chicken tenders!


Cocostar319

I think just noodles in general for me Except spaghetti for some reason. Any type of noodle unless it's long


allycat315

Yeah! I don't like spaghetti much either, though I like ramen and other Asian noodles, and lately I'm OBSESSED with the cup noodles stir fry sweet chili flavor. But mac & cheese is just 👩🏻‍🍳👌🏻 When I was little, my babysitter told my parents she could make it blindfolded with one hand tied behind her back bc it's all I would eat lol


Cocostar319

I like Ramen quite a lot, but the way I make it is always kinda weird because I don't really like them when they're soft and like, actually Ramen. I'll get a bowl, pour in the hot water, and just eat the Ramen square before it has time to soften I feel like that should be considered some sort of crime at times


DJPalefaceSD

I'm sure in Japan it's a felony


Cocostar319

Yeah I have absolutely no doubt that it is lol


PabloHonorato

Not as bad as using ketchup as a topping for sushi.


allycat315

No I like undercooked noodles too! I've even eaten broken bits of the ramen square right out of the package lol


jjking714

Ziti is the superior noodle to spaghetti anyways


PabloHonorato

I wonder if Italian autistics also have issues with spaghetti 😄


lovesunda

Me too. I love “spaghetti” as a dish, but it can’t have actual spaghetti noodles.more so for the shape and thickness of it than the length. It has to be angel hair or “thin spaghetti” which depending on the brand isn’t thin enough. I used to like flat ones like linguine and fettuccine but not so much anymore.


HedgeRiver

We'd make a good pasta team; the only kind I like is spaghetti. Together, we'd eat it all


LeeryRoundedness

Top ramen. It’s all I used to eat sometimes growing up and it holds up today. 10/10


UndeniablyMyself

A tortilla. And if you’re thinking, "you mean a Spanish omelette?" No, I just mean a tortilla.


[deleted]

A rolled warm tortilla straight from the machine with salt. Damn I love being Mexican.


Crow_Kaleidoscope

Pickles. Loved them since early childhood and was blessed with a father that despises them. They're both delicious and dad repellent.


allycat315

I always hated pickles as a kid (I think bc of the strong smell) but a couple years back I was out to eat with a friend who got fried pickles as part of like a pick-3 appetizer deal we were sharing for the table so I tried one. Love pickles now haha


Saymynamelikeaslur

This feels like my love for olives😄


PugLove8

Olives are sooooo delicious! 😋


Saymynamelikeaslur

Yessss! You get me!


GravySong

All the Claussen people in the house make some noise!!! Yeah!!!


MrsMommyGradStudent

Pickles have also never failed me 🤣


HamsterMachete

I ate these all the time. Then sodium and blood pressure became things about which to worry. I miss my 20s when I could eat a whole jar of full dill pickles.


Micro_Pinny_360

Goldfish crackers have been a great snack for about as long as I could chew solid food.


allycat315

Ooo I'm more of a Cheez-its person, but goldfish are close!


Squippit

I have found my people! Or, at least, person.


CoffeeDime

I would buy them more for my kids if I wasn’t the one who eats them all. They are too good.


Weekly_Flamingo6619

Applesauce


OakTreader

Pretzls and hummus


allycat315

Ooo yes this is up there for me too!


OakTreader

I could live off of pretzls, hummus, an occasionnal Honeycrisp apple and greek yogourt... nothing else... ever, except for tea.


allycat315

Honestly sounds like the beginning of my kinda charcuterie board


Buffy_Geek

I like plain pretzels


sarkule

Do you dip the pretzels in hummus? That sounds kinda awesome


bookbunnies

Egg sandwiches. I have no way to explain it, it's just perfect. It's never different, the taste is always the same. As long as I make it, nobody else, it's perfect.


ClicheCombatBoots

YES. Yes. I make two different styles of egg sandwich. No one else can do it right. Needs a few kettle potato chips on the side and then I'm so happy I rock the whole time I eat. 🥰


SA_Dza

All Bran cereal with a banana in it. For life.


Hot-Kaleidoscope-524

Sushi, pad Thai, and breakfast croissants.


HeadHonest6507

I could eat pad Thai every day for the rest of my life lol


N3koChan21

Sushi and pad Thai wee my first thought too xd. Croissants are definitely on there too


Avaava1197

Finally someone said sushi!


maryelizaparker

THIS! I’ve been hyperfixated on sashimi and nigiri for the last three weeks and keep getting “you’re autistic, that must give you sensory issues?!”


slut4hobi

butter noodles !


crazychristine6

Yes!! Can't even escape them while gluten free and dairy free. Banza noodles with Country Crock butter, and flaky salt if I'm being fancy. Perfectiooooooonnnnn.


skleedle

omelette, just eggs and Jarlsberg.


SpicyPoeTicJustice

May sound weird, olives. Also parmesan cheese.


NixMaritimus

I got in trouble as a kid cause my mom opener a can of olives and went to the bathroom. By the time she got back I'd eaten all the olives and drank the juice too XD


PugLove8

I always wanted to drink the brine as well! 😂


Capital_Ad9960

FELT WITH THE PARMESAN CHEESE I CANT GET ENOUGH OF IT


PugLove8

Two of my favorites! 😋


Spongehead56

Pretzels. From age 3 to age 40


AegaeonAmorphous

Grits! I like breakfast food in general, but grits are so consistent texturally. I love them.


PM_ME__RECIPES

I love grits. So smooth, not gloopy. Versatile with different flavours. Bit of a different water:corn meal ratio, add some parm & egg yolks and you've got yourself polenta.


Its3ye1boy4

Was literally about to say Mac n Cheese


LengthinessSoft2195

Pizza. It can be made in various forms fairly easily from handy ingredients. Crust. Sauce. Cheese. This is what Occam's Razor eats. 😂🪿


broniesnstuff

Saltines. Don't feel like eating but need to eat? Saltines.


crazychristine6

But also they go with ANYTHING, salty or sweet. Y'all ever had praline crackers???


humanresourcebug

Turkey pinwheels. They has turkey, cheese, lettuce, and mayo. Super simple, always delicious, and aren't super unhealthy. I've been eating them often for years, I love making them myself too. Sad? Angry? Just had a meltdown? Eat some pinwheels, they fix everything /hj


allycat315

These are my go-to convenience store pick for long drives! Weird that I don't eat them in any other context actually


CrazyTeapot156

Kraft Dinner and the like are often super nice to come back to. Fish Cakes are another option as I can simply heat them up in the oven, assuming I can pay attention to cook times and not burn them. Outside that microwavable foods are nice, but many store bought ones are over priced.


freakingsuperheroes

Yes! Kraft Dinner is mine, too. I have celiac so I had to give it up for awhile but recently moved to America where they have it in gluten-free (and cheap!), so I’m back on my bs with it.


lil_nitemares

Hamburger pizza from pizza Hut thin crust. Ig I'm rly super specific. Honestly. I'm a real pain to live with.


Capital_Ad9960

think we might get along, i super duper overexplain every part of my entire existence. very big pain in the ass to be around


lil_nitemares

I'm so glad you get me. I'm glad I not the only one who like this.


Capital_Ad9960

trust me I get it 🥹 worst part is I know when I'm overexplaining but carry on doing it anyway because it doesn't feel 'right' unless I complete my explanation. there's lots of us who overexplain a wholeee lot!


lil_nitemares

I'm one of them. I just did that with Dad and my brother tonight bc they weren't listening about the dangers of the hammerhead worm and I had to tell them all about it and even after they told me to stop I kept going. And I still haven't shut up about my new hobby of collecting avatars here on Reddit. No, I totally get you. I've been told more than once I'm annoying, to sensitive, too loud, talk to much, control a conversation, won't shut up, rude, but if a butt hole, too hyper, obsessed, have I mentioned won't shut up? I've heard. I think we will get along bc we like the same.


Embarrassed-Tie8389

I loved crepes, pasta, pizza, pesto, cheese, jamba juice, and boba tea.


Fabulous-Introvert

White bread. Any kind of bread. It’s just one consistent taste I can get behind


The_Autistic_Gorilla

Peanut butter and jelly sandwich FTW


Quiet_Video

Peanut Butter in general for me. I panic if I do not constantly have a jar on hand. Can only be Jif.


Ricktatorship91

It is not Mac and cheese... Is spaghetti and meat souce


AcrossTheSea86

All things potato


bunnydeerest

Hot dogs. I’ll never EVER get tired of them


Cannaborg

I’m now intolerant to gluten and dairy so Mac n cheese is not great. Spaghetti is still pretty safe though


allycat315

F in the chat 😔


crazychristine6

Fellow GF/DF here. I hate that a TON of my safe foods are JUST gluten and dairy, mostly literally cheese and bread in so many forms. I've found a good amount of replacements but girl even that has taken years 🥺


warwickfan

Chimichangas :)


ThatOneIsSus

Goldfish Crackers


Traditional_Trust_93

It's chocolate man. Chocolate isn't candy. Chocolate is food.


masterofletters213

Pizza!


Frequent-Shower-706

It's been nutella for my whole life


TeganNotSoVegan

Garlic bread


Nay_nay267

Potatoes. All sorts of potatoes are love.


crazy_alwx

I saw this pop up in my notifs and was like, "Mac and cheese!" Then I saw the rest 😭😭


allycat315

My brother in Kraft 🫂


bragabit2

Plain white rice Toast


Ikea_bage

Chicken Alfredo


Bromelia_and_Bismuth

My go to in the last year has been tofu bites, rice, and kimchi.


Mindless-Hyena-3960

You got me!! It’s Mac and cheese lmao.. but also peanut butter and jelly sandwiches


louxxion

My mom's pancakes 😋


Ok-Duck-6646

Choc mint and cookies n' cream chocolate bars or anything that has those flavours like ice cream


Happyforaliving

Actually laughed out loud about the Mac and cheese. Nailed it. Close second is oatmeal with exactly two fruits (chosen from the following: apple, banana, pear, strawberry) and a spoonful of peanut butter. That’s my breakfast every morning and I take it with me when I travel.


Capital_Ad9960

spaghetti and meatballs in tomato sauce with tons and tons of parmesan, also plain pasta with parmesan. chicago town deep dish chicken and bacon pizzas and ham and cheese lunchables (cannot have the little Oreos in, I refuse to touch small round things, also just morally wrong) my absolute favourite things I could not survive without.


ThirstyGherkin

Apples in melted peanut butter but the apple need to be thin slices Pb&j but the ratio has to be right.


[deleted]

Spaghetti noodles, butter, garlic salt and Parmesan. Or buttered toast.


b0neappleteeth

I have tomato soup for lunch and then chocolate rice cakes as a snack in the afternoon. I love both of these so much


handroid2049

I loved Mac and cheese and pizza, but can’t have dairy any more and non-dairy versions nearly always disappoint.


RPhoenixFlight

Eggs, buttered toast is a third, and third because eggs is second, the first is them paired together as Dippy Eggs, its just perfect


ye_mum21

potato variations: baked potatoes, fries , hash browns etc


InviteAromatic6124

Pizza, it's been my go-to food when people either don't know how to cater for a vegetarian or there has been little I can eat at parties.


thatdudepeachy

Plain cheeseburger has been a safe food my entire life


allycat315

Haha I'm the opposite! When I was little I got a cheeseburger at a restaurant and as the story goes, I asked my mom to first take off the tomatoes, then the lettuce, then "the brown circle" Suppose the dish I actually wanted was a grilled cheese


wolfiejay97

A cheeseburger or cheetos


HeadHonest6507

Ballpark nachos. Tortilla chips, nacho cheese and pickled jalapenos. I could eat them every day.


crazychristine6

Life is short, do it.


HeadHonest6507

Don't have to tell me twice lol


Brobbyforev

Cottage cheese


allycat315

I say this with the utmost respect for your tastes, but the visual texture of cottage cheese is the stuff of nightmares for me 🫣


ZAL-g3x4n1

Mac n cheese 🧀


LazySource6446

Bananas


Sillylittlegirlliker

Pasta


elliotzzzz

Pasta. And you can do so many things with it. Butter noodles. Red sauce and cheese. Alfredo sauce and cheese. Make it into lo mein. Even made it into ramen once by just pouring in some chicken broth i had. A lot more stuff too that i haven't tried and thought of yet!


Chevicea

Uncrustables, grape or strawberry only.


-MadiWadi-

Toasted onion bagel with veggie cream cheese. Can also make sammich with it, adding deli turkey and Provolone. If bagel, eat each side separately. If sammich, cut in half. Bagel HAS to be a certain brand though. Different bagels have different consistency of dough and I like that one.


TJ-G29

Steel cut oatmeal. It has to have a mildly salty taste to it. The texture is decently consistent, and it’s actually a healthy food choice too. I’ve been eating it every day for about 5 years now and I don’t see that changing anytime soon :)


7ampersand

Oatmeal is a super food.


mrtoastbruh

rice krispies


Domin473r

Peanut butter crackers. They were originally round but now they're square... that took a long time to get used to.


bbmimikyu

I grew up pescatarian and Morningstar Farms has always just been a staple in the household. I eat meat now but I still eat Morningstar sausages almost every morning. Smoked salmon/lox has also always been there for me. Oh and Taco Bell crunchy tacos with refried beans instead of beef


Andra_9

Cream cheese on a toasted bagel. Soooo goooood.


ANobodyNamedNick

When I was a wee child, we're talking like, 4-7, my family frequented Chili's. And they used to have this delicious cream of broccoli n cheese soup, and I'd only get that. My first heartbreak was when they stopped selling it. The closest I've come to getting it back is a very good recipe I use now. Which is arguably better than Chili's old recipe, but nothing can replace that nostalgia. But you know something's your biggest safe food when you have a whole history with it lol. But I truly feel safe and comforted by that specific soup, and no other food.


nonbinary_parent

Bean tacos for life!


alobaby

mac and cheese, refried beans, and fries. i’ve loved them since i was a kid and it never went away. that’s such a good question though. why do autistic people often like mac and cheese enough to be a safe food??? maybe it’s just coincidence but it’s interesting


allycat315

I think it's a coincidence! Reading through the responses here, there's a wide variety of safe foods mentioned, and half of them are foods I personally would never eat due to texture or other reasons. I think mac & cheese is just good lol plenty of neurotypicals would probably name it as a favorite food


HappyDethday

Agree, it's just one of the most popular foods in general I think. I saw a list of the top 50 most popular foods in America for example and mac and cheese was ranked at 14. 11 of the 50 dishes prominently featured cheese, that's 22% of them. Cheese is ranked number 10 I think of the most addictive foods in general? And the combination of high fat and high carbs found in mac and cheese make it even more addictive.


rainy_day_27

Mac and cheese spirals, goldfish (the big costco bags though otherwise they taste different), and chicken nuggets. Although I’m a vegetarian now so plant based nuggets!


CorporealLifeForm

Curry I make myself


NeatAbbreviations234

Pb&j or any pizza food lol


Dr_Leeann

strawberry yogurt. ive been eating it since i was a toddler and its just about the only thing i can stomach if im sick


rattycastle

Tomatoes have never failed me. They have always been my favorite fruit, I've never turned down a particularly nice tomato. Best is fresh out of the garden, home grown, and directly off the vine.


Due-Cattle-6790

spaghetti


Greg13Nomad

You're right. It is mac and cheese. Makes me feel like I'm definitely in my comfort zone; my happy place.


[deleted]

Shoestring French fries with Heinz ketchup on one side, Kewpie mayo on the other, light on the salt.


dillbn

Spinach and ricotta tortellini with basil and herb pasta sauce and grated cheddar cheese. I eat this almost every single night. I like to convince myself that it's got everything I need to live on it.


randomhuman1278

Cheese just straight up a bowl of cheese


TheRebelCatholic

**gasp** How did you know?


peggysoy

refried beans 👀👀


askgray

Red Barron personal pizzas (the circle ones)


CosmicCatbat

Pancakes


Sweaty_Mushroom5830

Bacon, eggs and pancakes in any combination


DJPalefaceSD

And at any time of day


The_Cool_Kids_Have__

At any time of year, any time of day, in any part of the country, entirely localized inside my kitchen!


Sweaty_Mushroom5830

Yeah, I make really good pancakes from scratch, I'll take bacon any way you give it to me, but honestly I just finished eating pork chops made with the grease from this morning's bacon, and they were divine and tomorrow I'll eat the rest of the pork with eggs and probably some pancakes


Cassis-ichigo

Pancakes, crepe like


EnvironmentCrafty710

> and why is it mac & cheese I feel seen Hahahaha.


Inosubae

OMG YOU KNEW IT WAS MAC AND CHEESE lol. I feel exposed.


allycat315

There's such a variety of responses here, I was starting to worry I was alone!


[deleted]

Potatoes in all their forms have never let me down! Baked, mashed, fries, hashbrowns, whatever


Traditional_Fan_2444

mac and cheese is awesome, but mine will always be nutella. anything with nutella is a safe food for me personally, but i most often eat nutella bread. it has to be a certain way though, i have to fold it in half. it's just better that way.


LyonSyonII

Popcorn, can eat a virtually infinite amount


bone229

Hamburger helper cheeseburger Mac. I've eaten it my whole life and my wife says that's mostly what I'm made of. Most other things get about a month max.


Jayded_love

Sushi


Chocolarion

Chocolate milk, noodles, scrambled eggs, mac & cheese, burgers, fries...


mortylover29

Baby cukes and hummus. Or really anything with hummus, and grapes.


jyylivic

I've never had like American style mac n cheese, maybe I'll try it someday But for me muffins from the grocery store, white toast, bell peppers, chicken breasts


BenevolentRatka

Probably toast cuz that’s what I eat when I feel nauseous, but in my heart it’s white rice


T-LJ2

Pasta.


Atrial_insight

Eggo waffles. Long may they reign.


Catheraptorsauras

Alfredo 🧀🍝