A recent conversation I had went along the lines of:
Me: You don't need to have [food X] every day. We can eat something else instead.
Family member: Yes, I do.
Is there a word to describe either such a deeply felt conviction related to food on which the individual is fixated? It is not a physical compulsion, but an held conviction "I must do this" with no particular basis in fact.
If there is no such word for that, is there a word for the specific food on which the person is fixated? It's not a "craving" in the traditional sense.
Best Answer
There is no single word for this.
If it's a need, but more emotional than either a physical craving or intellectual reasoning, then it might be termed a food fetish.