Friday's Unscientific Poll: Eating raw pasta: Is it a toddler thing?

[nanila]

One of the oddest things Humuhumu asks for is to eat a piece of raw dried pasta (fusilli, usually).

All of her teeth have come in, so I don't think she's doing it because it feels great on her gums. She will also eat cooked pasta, but she seems to think that the raw stuff is a special treat. I'm curious to know if this is a common thing, as I don't recall ever thinking that raw dried pasta was tasty, or for that matter, raw fresh pasta. Thus, today's Unscientific Poll!

Poll #17071 Raw pasta

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 35

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Eating raw dried pasta?

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Yum
14 (40.0%)

No thank you
21 (60.0%)

Eating raw fresh pasta?

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Yum
12 (35.3%)

No thank you
22 (64.7%)

Comments

[antisoppist]

Son aged 11 eats it raw if he's in the kitchen and the packet is open while I'm cooking it but it's not something he actively seeks out. Small Daughter aged 8 eats plain cooked pasta with nothing on it as her preferred meal if given a choice but does not eat it raw.

ETA I first encountered pasta when I went to university in 1986 so am useless as a childhood data point.

[nanila]

I have sympathy with Small Daughter. I really like plain cooked pasta too, but for some reason feel funny about eating it in front of other people so will just sneak a piece or two when I've just cooked it.