On Sun 29 Jun 2008 07:02:32p, Janet Wilder told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Sun 29 Jun 2008 06:15:39p, Julia Altshuler told us...
>>
>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>> I can certainly understand that since it was, for whatever reason, an
>>>> issue from early childhood. I don't know what causes it, but we all
>>>> seem to have some food averesions since birth. Even though I have
>>>> always liked mayonnaise, I do remember not liking larger amounts of
>>>> it when I was a child, though I liked the flavor.
>>>
>>> One of my food aversions, one I never grew out of, was to mayonnaise.
>>> I suppose I've grown out of it a little as I can now stand small
>>> amounts of it if it's on something in a restaurant, but I never buy it
>>> or use it myself.
>>>
>>>
>>> It occurs to me that most food aversions are to things that are
>>> unusual to young eater, slimy, strongly flavored or green. Mayonnaise
>>> doesn't go into any of those categories. I wonder why mayonnaise is a
>>> common food aversion then. It's common in North America and Europe,
>>> the same texture as a milk shake, mild, and white.
>>
>> Aversions can be strange. I have an aversion to drinking milk in the
>> entire range of skim to whole milk, yet I enjoy whole milk eaten on
>> cereal, and I certainly use it in cooking an baking. Having said that,
>> I actually prefer cream on cereal over milk.
>>
>> OTOH, I absolutely love buttermilk for drinking as well as in recipes.
>>
> When I was a small child I had an aversion to both ketchup and
> mayonnaise. My dad would mix the two together and call it "Russian
> Dressing" and that I liked. Still do, but I put a little sweet pickle
> relish and a drop of lemon juice in it now.
>
> I love fresh tomato. I love cooked tomato. I like ketchup on my burgers
> and mixed with horseradish for cold shrimp. I love tomato sauce. I
> cannot abide tomato juice. That's really, really weird, dontcha think?

Not really, Janet. The "same" food product in different forms takes on
different flavors and textures. On its own, I can barely abide cottage
cheese, yet I do like most milk products in one way or another.

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Wayne Boatwright
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