Each person has the right not to eat what, firstly, not to his taste, but, secondly, repels one type (or composition, or preparation method). I remember this every time I read indignant statements - they say, how is this, some (or not some) foreigners do not count borscht, herring under a fur coat, or even jellied meat (the list is endless) - delicious food.
I just want to write - well, they don’t count, so what?
I don't think frog legs are delicious food either. Although, in general, there is nothing wrong with frog legs. The main thing there is how to cook, and which ones. I had a chance to try bony ones, in Vietnam - disgusting. But stewed with mushrooms is delicious. I even cooked it myself, I remember, bought it at the Globus.
It's just that each of us from childhood in the head, right on the subcortex, probably spelled out what we eat and what we don't. Yes, we may not like or refuse a certain product due to personal taste preferences, but most often we make this choice within the framework of the culinary culture in which we rotate. And the new does not penetrate into it immediately, but over the course of many years.
Remember yourself, fifteen years ago, few people appreciated rolls (those that are sold in supposedly Japanese establishments throughout the country). And now a roll with a kilo sweet (let's be honest, these two tastes of rice in our rolls are most pronounced) is the national Russian food, one might say. Everywhere you can buy and order.
I judge by myself - coming to this or that country, and trying to try the local cuisine (it’s interesting!) I still can't bring myself to try delicacies that completely contradict my notions of food.
Despite the fact that I visit Asia quite often, I have never tried eggs prepared with a "twist".
Neither black, "centenary", nor with embryos, boiled right in the egg, nor Chinese delicacies, the same ones that in the urine of boys it is boiled for many hours, and even the shell is punctured so that the "broth" is a better product soaked.
I can't bring myself to eat it, and that's it. And the locals do nothing - they use it, and even consider it a delicacy.
I still could not bring myself to try Kasu Marzu - cheese with cheese fly larvae. Neither cleared of these larvae, nor, even more so, with them. Yes, they say, a delicacy. Yes, they say, specialty. Yes, they say that if you are interested in cuisine, you need to find out what kind of taste there is... But I can't, and that's it.
I know, I know, they will object to me now - for these dishes, familiar products are very unusually processed. But there are also not “wild” dishes, but quite decent ones, which simply... do not fit into the framework of the culinary culture in which I live.
For example, Scottish haggis. Or fried pork blood.
And this is just offhand already six dishes, which seem disgusting to me.
So someone has the right to disgust the "representatives" of our kitchen. We are all human, we are all human.
Shl. By the way, do you have food that you will not eat well under any circumstances?