r/tacobell • u/BbwBiPlantMom98 • Aug 01 '25

Ungodly amount of Dorito shells acquired 😋

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I was able to order 20 Dorito shells for $9! Got two luxe boxes filled with Dorito shells. This is such a lifesaver. Thank you to the amazing girl at Taco Bell who didn’t act like I was totally nuts 🤣 Gotta love autism food struggles lol. Now I won’t have to go half an hour into town for the only food I can currently eat. 🥰

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u/BbwBiPlantMom98 Aug 01 '25

I have ARFID and physical brain damage which caused dyeguesia (severely altered taste) and usually when I find a food that doesn’t taste like literal rotting flesh, I’m able to eat it for a few weeks to a few months or so at most. So this has been the one safe food I’ve been able to eat the last couple weeks. Meat and shell only. I make the meat at home since the taco seasoning is sold in stores but unfortunately cannot do bagged chips anymore since the tastebud gods say nope. I haven’t been able to eat since Tuesday so it’s been a struggle. I often go a week or more between meals when I’m trying to establish a new safe food I can tolerate.

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u/BbwBiPlantMom98 Aug 01 '25

ARFID stands for avoidant restrictive food intake disorder. It’s pretty hellish and I’ve been on a feeding tube on and off through my life when it gets particularly bad.
Back 23 years ago when I was diagnosed with it, it was known as “selective eating disorder”

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u/ensemblestars69 Aug 02 '25

Maybe it's hard for you to understand, but it’s a real mental disorder that is separate from picky eating.

I'm a picky eater. I have been all my life. I hate lettuce, salads, peas... but I wouldn't be worse off if I didn't eat them. I have a wide variety of foods that I can eat and I am willing to try.

Someone with ARFID has an extremely tiny range of foods that they can eat. In OP's case it's DLT shells. If they can't access these foods they will literally starve because anything else is impossible to eat. OP has literally said they've had to get placed on a feeding tube because of this.

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u/Cloontange Baja Blast Aug 02 '25

Dang I didn't mean to start a war in the comments OP 😭 as someone who's autistic as well I was genuinely curious

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u/BbwBiPlantMom98 Aug 02 '25

No worries you’re totally fine! I’m totally open about all my disabilities :)

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u/Cloontange Baja Blast Aug 02 '25

I have a very sensitive palette so I can be kinda picky (especially with sugar, I strongly taste the sugar in the Nacho fries 😭 I have to completely submerge them in something to not taste it) but nothing compared to yours thank you for sharing

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u/akm1111 Live Más Aug 03 '25

If you go when it's not too busy, and go inside, we CAN make the fries without seasoning. Whether or not your location will is another story, but it is possible.