A bit of a strange one

[CatInTheHat]

I love food, but have developed an aversion to that cooked by me. My partner says there's absolutely nothing wrong with what I cook, but I get about a third of the way through eating it and can't face any more. Apols if this is on the board already, but I had connection problems earlier!
Anyone else had 'own food aversion syndrome'?
My appetite isn't diminished - I just don't like what I cook for now! We have a varied menu, so it isn't boredom.

[ELVIS68]

Something must trigger it for you to stop a third of the way through?

[snags]

Food always (mostly) tastes better when someone else has cooked it...

[ELVIS68]

Not in my house it doesn`t

[CatInTheHat]

Well, Mark,

I don't think Ii'm doing anything different, and I agree that food always tastes better when it's cooked for you! I simply seem to have lost enthusiasm for my own cooking. Doubtless it'll pass...

[ELVIS68]

Who`s Mark?

Do you eat whilst you are cooking?

[heathfield]

It's quite common. The smells and oil and grease floating in the air during cooking can act as an appetite suppressant, as can tasting food as its cooking. Very many years ago the Army did a survey and found that the least well nourished troops were the cooks, many of whom never sat down to a proper meal.

[ummmm]

I'm the same. I tend to eat my dinner in two sittings

[Ankou]

i get that a lot when i am cooking, i suspect that often you are just fed up of looking at it and the appetite dwindles. as said above, when it is a surprise delievered on a plate the senses are overloaded, but after staring at the gloop in a pan for half an hour its only natural to feel a bit deflated at first.

say you bought yourself a donut and then sat looking at it for 30 minutes. you will still eat it of course - as you do with the food you cook - but during that 30 minutes your mind would have been putting you off the idea.

[TTG]

Hold your nose or put something over it to stop the smells. Take off when fully prepared. Either that or get partner to prepare some of it.

[bushbaby_de]

I've got the exact same thing! I think my hubbie thinks I've just turned into a take-out obsessed fat cow because I keep refusing to eat what I have planned for dinner! There must be a solution out there that doesn't involve eating the one thing he can cook every day of the week!