Waiting for someone to say Surströmming.
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black liquorice
Same. But I'm from Northern Europe, so black liquorice haters are a minority here.
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Blue Cheese. I spread it on crackers.
Can't believe I forgot that one. I found a jar of green olives recently that were stuffed with blue cheese. Would recommend.
Those are the garlic-stuffed ones are my family's go-to green olives.
I fucking love blue cheese. Easily the best cheese.
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I love horseradish sauce.
stevia as alternative sweetner, not to sweet and not to bland. people hate it, because it has a wierd taste. 85%-100% dark chocolate.
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I liked Crystal Pepsi. I am the only person I have ever met who did.
I was a preteen when that came out. Me and my friends shared a bottle and made faces and gagged for yucks, but I honestly just remember it tasting like a thinner, less carbonated Pepsi. Not bad, but not really better.
If I drank it today I might have enjoyed having a less syrupy non diet cola.
I drank Pepsi Blue nearly every work day the year it came out, but I also had frosted spiked hair and wore silky shirts with flames on them, so I suspect my tastes have shifted somewhat.
I forgot about Pepsi Blue.
The name sounds like a version of Pepsi that's sold exclusively at strip clubs.
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Bagels and lox. Sushi has seemed to steadily grown in popularity here in the states but there's still plenty of aversion to raw (or cured, brined/smoked) fish. Also capers are like angry little olives on steroids. Definitely not for everyone. I haven't had any since the only bagel shop around, an Einstein Bros, closed some years ago.
I loved greens as a kid and still do. Stewed spinach, Brussels, broccoli, etc. Seems like it's usually a visual and/or texture aversion for the folks that don't like stewed greens (spinach, collared, kale). Does kinda look like a chunk of dark, wet grass left behind a lawnmower.
Dutch licorice. I haven't been brave enough to try Swedish Bastards but I have to make a conscious effort not to eat a whole bag of Gustaf's dubbelzout coins. I told the person that introduced me to them that they taste the way a litterbox smells... then they grew on me and I kept eating them.
Fresh hot mustard. A local Chinese restaurant makes theirs fresh and it's damned potent. It honestly reminds me of nail polish remover. I haven't found anything that'll clear my sinuses the way it can.
I never considered cured fish as raw until now
I guess, in a culinary sense, it's not "raw." In my head it's still hard to see it as "cooked" since it's chemical cooking rather than heat. Same reason I'm inclined to still call ceviche "raw" even when I know the acidic juices are doing whatever with the proteins and the end result is very different from truly raw fish.
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According to my mom, almost anything I eat. lol
I use to eat black olive by the can and sour cream by the spoonful. Also fresh tomatoes are disliked by some but man. My garden fresh tomatoes are amazing.
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Vegemite, Malört, Peated Whiskey (might just be everyone around me only but still), black licorice, soy sauce, and natto.
Yes, I can still taste regular things, no, I've never smoked a day in my life. Now leave me and my slimy beans and my delicious toast alone
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I've had people tell me "you don't really like them you just want to be weird"
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I'm never sure what is popular but all of these have gotten an eew from someone.
Anchovies
Black Licorice
Limburger Cheese
Okra
Not all mixed together. I like every sort of olive, love goat cheese, that Thai green papaya salad, and the weird green mango pickle.
I thought everyone liked brussel sprouts now, they have been bred to be less bitter and the way people commonly prepare them now is better too.
I love anchovies on pizza. I should do an anchovy, onion, and mushroom pizza…
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Chicken feet, spiced or pickled.
I love them just cooked, straight from the broth.