On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:46:58 -1000, dsi1 wrote:

> On 5/26/2010 9:28 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> dsi1 wrote:
>>>
>>>> You were the one who suggested it as a great way to prepare fish, and
>>>> now
>>>> you're poo-poo'ing it?
>>>
>>> Mussels are kinda disgusting, add mayo and it's doubly so. The salmon
>>> is probably OK but that stuff ain't Chinese.
>>
>>
>> I used to think that mussels were okay. I wouldn't go out of my way for
>> them but I used to eat them at when they became popular in local places.
>> The none day my wife got sick on mussels, and she was as sick as I was
>> the time I got a good dose of food poisoning. Just realizing that it is
>> possible to get that sick eating them was enough to turn me off them. I
>> have had then once or twice, but they just didn't taste as good as they
>> used to.
>
> I can attest to the fact that one case of serious food poisoning can
> turn one off for life. I used to enjoy red squid legs but I've never
> eaten any since I got sick for days with the worst case of FP I've ever
> had. That was over 30 years ago and I'd like to have some red squid legs
> but don't feel quite ready to take a chance. It's PDSD - Post Diarrhea
> Stress Syndrome. :-)

learned food aversions are very powerful. the mechanism is hard-wired as
an evolutionary survival doodad.

your pal,
blake