What are some foods you will absolutely not eat? Any number. Mine are liver. veal. lima beans. How about you?

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87. These responses are simply hilarious!

Not to trivialize preferences and choices, but I had the most heartiest laughs ever in such a long time. I don't laugh often. "I only laugh at man to avoid crying for him"
As one who's lived on 3 continents, who watched my late mom, dad, aunts, uncles, cousins, chefs, collected recipes so mom and I would together. She was simply fantastic at cooking grand dinners for 10 - 40 people. But the point I'm making after all was said and done ceremonially, mom would show me all these vegetables that both of us cooked together. She said you must explore the texture, taste - sweet, sour, bitter etc and see what you like. We grew okra, 4 kinds of beans, limes, cabbage, cauliflower, mangoes, papayas, guavas, cilantro, mint, sorrel, bitter squash + 3 others that only grow in the tropics. Tomatoes, eggplant, cucumber and drumsticks (frozen here). Plus a beautiful rose and flower garden. My duty was to watch the seeds germinate water twice and pick when ready. So I got to really love most vegetables cooked multiple ways except lima (a similar bean tastes good) and eggplant. But overseeing a haute cuisine rest in NY, guests would order eggplant sliced, grilled with a sweet sauce and dusting of salt etc. But as a kid I went to the fresh vegetables and meat market in the morning to get the freshest. I grew up before fridges were common. So all fruits, meats & vegetables were sold fresh from the farm and left overs had to be discounted. Anyway I would see all the organs beautifully displayed and folks buying them up. Eack household cooks different. Star Bar in my neighborhood sold brain fried like hot cakes, I've tasted liver cooked so many different ways unlike here it's amazing. Chitlins etc cooked so sexily I took one bite and the flavor of the seasonings just exploded. All in all - the French have a saying. Pardon any errors. "On n'est discute pas les gouts, politique et religieux". One does not discuss food taste, politics and religion. This was practiced at Sorbonne in the 70s. If I cooked some of this stuff some of you may like it with an open mind. As an Informaticist I understand enzyme reactions and repulsion to cilantro.
But thanks for the laughs. Sorry it has to be at your expense. To each their own.