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[TotallyUncool]

I'm actually OK with all of these, at least in moderation, and I like some of them (bitter melon, natto, menudo with tripe) enough to order when I see them on a menu.
I suspect that with grapefruit, licorice/anise, and maybe bitter melon, individual taste reactions may involve some kind of genetic variation, kind of like cilantro. There aren't many foods I actually dislike based on flavor - the only two that come to mind are sweet pickles/relish and beef spleen (which tastes to me like old, wet cardboard steeped in unsweetened wormwood extract).

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[erilaz]

^ Speaking of sweet pickles, my dad used to eat sweet pickle, peanut butter, and Miracle Whip sandwiches.

[TotallyUncool]

There is absolutely no accounting for taste!

[Zunu]

I suspect that with grapefruit, licorice/anise, and maybe bitter melon, individual taste reactions may involve some kind of genetic variation, kind of like cilantro.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's true at least in my case. I have difficulty with bitter things generally. I could easily have added black coffee and 70%+ cocoa to the list, but I didn't want to start mass riots.

[Shoujo Q]

My family eats sweet gherkin pickles on our tacos. But it’s best with Kraft Original BBQ sauce and white cheddar. Sour cream and vegetable matter is optional. I’m not sure when it started but I have a vivid memory of going to preschool with a lunch I made myself that was just wonder bread, sweet pickles and sour cream. It was absolutely disgusting. I can only assume my mother was out of town and my Dad was left in charge of me.

[erilaz]

^ Pickled gherkins and BBQ sauce on a taco would be anathema to me! A fruit-based salsa is about as strange as I'm willing to get with regard to taco toppings: peach, mango, or strawberry, for example, but it needs to be spicy.

I don't recall making any really oddball sandwiches for school lunches back in the day. The most unusual was probably cold leftover spaghetti with meat sauce on white bread. I still make those, but nowadays I generally use a toasted light rye with caraway seeds.

[Celedam]

A fruit-based salsa is about as strange as I'm willing to get with regard to taco toppings: peach, mango, or strawberry, for example, but it needs to be spicy.

In a word: chutney.

[Moh]

^ Speaking of sweet pickles, my dad used to eat sweet pickle, peanut butter, and Miracle Whip sandwiches.

That sounds completely repulsive.

Idk about weird food combinations but I'm definitely one of those people that can't eat cilantro. If I wanted a mouthful of soap, I would've just gone for some Dawn.

[Zunu]

My stepdad used to make spaghetti sandos, so I guess it's not that uncommon.

The pickle talk brought back into my mind a throwaway line in the classic children's book Harriet The Spy where the eponymous heroine mentions eating pickle sandwiches with mustard for six months. Sour cream seems less weird then mustard to me in the context of pickles. But PB&P with Miracle Whip is the weirdest of them all for sure!

[Celedam]

My father introduced me to the combination of creamed herring (preferably Ma Cohen's) and peanut butter crackers. Not necessarily in the same bite, but at least on the same plate. Weirdly, it works.