Honestly it's so lovely to find so many people who have as much difficulty with foods as I have. I can't eat seafoods, the only meat I eat is chicken with minor exceptions like Salami, and other than that I seem to only be able to eat what most other people seem to be listing- Chips (Or fries for the US), A few pasta dishes and one or two fruits.
Most things I don't like/new foods will make me gag, which can be especially embarrassing around new people (My partner's father is very pushy and after being forced to try scallops at thanksgiving it was very difficult to hide the gagging) Sometimes it's the smell that turns my stomach, sometimes it's the texture. Honestly I wish I could fix it because I love cooking, it's one of my favourite pastimes but I can't eat majority of what I cook for other people. I usually try and avoid going out to eat with people unless I know the restaurant, because even some foods I do eat (Like for example, a pasta dish) has to be cooked a very specific way for me to actually be able to stomach it- for example, if I went out somewhere and they added an extra ingredient like onion or mushroom I wouldn't be able to get it down. None of this helped when I developed depression and didn't WANT to eat either, and during that timeframe I used to show up to my therapy lessons with my food diary consisting of a few bread rolls and maybe a few meals of chips over the course of a week and be told I needed to eat more variety, something that turns my stomach even without the lack of motivation to eat.
I think the worst part about it all is just how much I would LOVE to be able to eat other foods- I'd like nothing better than to be able to try a new dish at a restaurant with a fairly high chance I'll like it, or eat my own cooking when other people tell me it's lovely. Is there even a way to get around this? I'd do anything.