Why do people not like certain foods?

[Dannyalcatraz]

That reminds of a traditional Norwegian dish... Lutefisk.

Mmmm... Dried fish that's been soaked in bathroom cleanser for days until it turn into an (almost) tasteless jelly.

Sign. Me. Up.

The kicker is that you have to be careful to not soak it the lye for too long. Otherwise, the fish turns into soap.

My college roomate was from Vermillion, South Dakota, and he educated me as to the lovecraftian dish, Lutefisk.

Despite his norski roots, HE didn't eat it. I followed his lead.

 

[Aeolius]

The kicker is that you have to be careful to not soak it the lye for too long. Otherwise, the fish turns into soap.

"One more vulgar word, young man, and I'll wash your mouth out with lutefisk!"

 

[Ginnel]

I don't think I've ever refused a type of food.

I know the psychological associations with stuff that sounds horrid like Ox tongue and pigs trotters and Haggis once you know the ingredients but I make a point of going no stop being silly its not going to kill you give it a go.

I also fairly regularly try foods I know I don't like basically when someone offers it to me, so I'll eat brussel sprouts, cucumber, melon, pineapple and coconut whenever it turns up, and that list there is the some total of foods I'm not keen on, though I did have some really nice sprouts at the works do

weirdist thing I've eaten hmmm Sea Urchin had it as sushi in December