[Off-camera] So when she opens [it], what are you gonna do?
Oooooooo! - Oooooooo!
So spooky! So spoopy!
[Off-camera] OK, here we go.
We gotta do us, ya know?
Mamrie: Yum yum yum yum yum yum yum. Grace: Nom nom nom nom nom.
Welcome back, everybody. I'm Mamrie.
I'm Grace and this might get spooked. Today, we are talking about
food phobias.
I know that people are really aware of food allergies these days,
but apparently food phobias are what's hot.
It's trendy to fear
things that should go in your body without complication.
I've seen that clip from Maury of the woman
that's afraid of pickles.
Maury Povich for you watching who weren't into talk shows in the 90s.
It's a woman who's terrified of pickles.
I love pickles. - Me too.
I love peanut butter.
You literally walked around this office with a pickle on a bag for like three hours yesterday before you ended up
putting it back in the fridge, and we're like...
No, I took it home and ate it.
That was a to-go pickle.
Also, a great diet plan. - Mhm.
Yeah? - Yeah, to just be scared of everything.
Yeah, exactly. - A great plan in general.
Well, we have a couple, like, in association or kind-of-connected-to food phobias.
[Slowly] Consecotaleophobia...
We'll do a lower third.
That thing is a fear of chopsticks.
[gasps] Yeah, I could see how that could definitely poke out an eye.
There's, um, thermophobia, which is a fear of, like, hot food.
You're obsessed - you're so scared it's gonna burn the roof of your mouth.
And then frigophobia, which is a fear of eating cold things, like ice cream.
Can you imagine?
What do you do when you get broken up with?
Room-temperature milk? - Oh. Eww!
There's also...
this word right here [deipnophobia],
which is the fear of dining with others.
So you just totally eat alone,
which is kind of my MO anyway,
because even *I* judge myself on how I eat.
You know I like to have a solo date every once in a while.
I treat my lady right! You know.
I'm like, "Dessert, me?" "Yeah!"
We found some more phobias, and we are going to
dive into them, try to get to the mindset of someone who has these phobias,
and then maybe try to pep-talk you out of it.
Yeah, we're not experts, and we're not discounting these as actual fears.
We're just exploring them.
I want to provide some comfort if you
experience any of these,
and so we're gonna go through in a game that we call:
[together] "You fear what you eat"
and try to guess these phobias
based solely on the name, so let's chomp into this.
OK, Mamrie, you're up first.
This phobia is called
Lachanophobia.
Apologies, obviously, we will both be pronouncing all of these things horribly incorrectly.
I think it's a fear of milk.
A fear of milk? - Mhm.
You are...
[buzzer] incorrect.
It is actually a fear of...
Whooooooaaaaa. A fear of vegetables! - No way!
This is my ideal snack!
I know. This is the opposite of a fear that you have.
In the words of me in a previous video,
don't be rude-ité to my crudité.
You don't have to be scared of--vegetables in general? - Mhm. - Holy [bleep].
You don't have to be scared of vegetables. - No.
We all know this is a fake phobia
you're putting on so you don't have to eat them at dinner with your mom.
J/K, they can be scary, but give them a try.
They'll grow on you.
Sometimes, things that don't look great are actually really wonderful like my dog.
[Beanz blinking noise]
Grace! -Yes.
[Slowly] Xocolatophobia.
A fear of [deep voice] uhhhhhh...
eggs. [buzzer]
You lucky dog.
It's a fear of chocolate! [Grace gasps]
This is my crudité!
You guys give me schnow peas... - Mhm.
and you give her miniature Snickers? - Yep. Thank you!
Yeah, so people are actually scared of chocolate, which, to me, seems like such a curse.
Pep-talk them out of it, Grace!
Guys, you don't have to be scared of chocolate.
Do you want to do it to your close-up?
Yep.
Guys, don't be afraid of chocolate!
Just be happy that you have this innate fear that keeps you from having to pay your dentist so much
to fill all your cavities.
I literally can feel like three different cavities in my mouth right now.
But you do need to go to the dentist because you took a bite, and I heard a high-pitched noise.
Yeah, it's really, like...
Grace, I'm scared!
OK, ready Mamrie? This is the next one.
Whew... Allum... Alliumphobia.
Sounds like you're scared of aluminum foil, but you wouldn't make me eat that.
Cereal? [buzzer]
[deep voice] Garlic?! - Garlic!
I have to just straight-up raw-dog garlic?
No, we never... This is not part of the game.
You just saw vegetables and you went for it.
Look, you're scared of garlic. I get it.
Perhaps you watched vampire movies, or read the "Bunnicula" series.
Which I will keep bringing back onto the show.
This is... I've never heard of this, and now I only hear about this.
It's a natural, ah...
flavor-creator without any calories.
Also, It's really good for you,
so give it a shot.
Cut off the top, roast it with a little olive oil, get your garlic on.
That's also Mamrie's pitch for her upcoming Food Network show.
It's true, it's true. And now I stink.
It's called "Get Your Garlic On." - "Get Your Garlic On."
Acerophobia. - Acerophobia?
Or akerophobia. - Akerophobia?
I want to say it's a fear of sauce. [buzzer]
It's a fear of sour things.
[deep voice] Ohhhhhh.
I get it. Like, I remember when really sour candies like Warheads and stuff
were popular in fifth grade.
I got really nervous when they got popular. - Yeah!
I can understand a fear of this because it's, like, the anticipation of it being, like, sensory overload.
That's it. I think we should each eat a lemon.
It's weird to do this without tequila.
I know. This feels wrong.
[sucking sounds]
This is how you get that good duck face for your Instagram photos.
If you have a fear of sour foods, let's say particularly lemons,
you could turn that into lemonade.
Literally just turn it into lemonade.
It'll be a much more enjoyable flavor.
Case closed. [boos]
OK Mamrie, here we go. Turophobia.
Scared of turtles, y'all. [buzzer]
Eating turtle, like turtle soup.
OK, you went there immediately without hesitation.
Turtles are freaky, and when you get 'em out of the shell,
what the hell is that? - That's true.
Cheese? - Cheese.
Don't be scared of cheese.
Cheese is your friend.
Unless you have the intestines of Grace Helbig,
and then very much,
stay away from the cheese.
But try it out. Try it cold. Try it warm.
Try it on multiple foods.
I believe in you and you can get over this
curdle hurdle. [boos] [laugh off-camera]
Micophobia. - Micophobia?
How do you spell that?
M Y [buzzer] C O.
Can you use it in a sentence?
When did... When did this become a thing we could do?
Fear of small food. [buzzer]
That's a good guess. - OK.
This is the phobia I most relate to. - OK.
[gasps] - Mushroom. - Mushroom.
Gross!
See, I like mushrooms. You don't.
But do you have a fear based on them?
No, but the sponginess... - OK, texture.
I could see why someone would be like,
"It's a sponge. What if I swallow it and it expands in my throat?"
Ohhhhh.
So, if you have a fear of this, completely disregard what Mamrie just said, [Mamrie laughs] and
persevere. Because Mamrie's a vegan, but she's a thriving vegan even without mushrooms in her life,
so there's no need to fear them.
Just let them live.
[deep voice] OK.
This was a very educational episode.
If you guys experience any of these foods, leave it in the comments down below.
We're hoping that maybe this brings people together
that might have similar kind of experiences.
Yeah, and if you have other food phobias
let us know 'cause I'm just curious about this. - Fascinating.
We should be the new Maury Povich.
I don't want to be that.
Well, there's room for one.
You can have it. - K.
Grace, who do we have a gratitude problem with today?
Today, our problem is with Rebecca Joanne Mo on Instagram.
She tagged us in this awesome illustration that she made.
It says "This might get st-art-ed." [Mamrie laughs]
And it's our faces!
I see what you did there. Good job.
Love it.
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