cathylynn wrote:
b9, you reminded me that i, too, don't like papaya. i find it sickeningly sweet.
it does not really taste very sweet to me. it is the scent i associate with vomit that repels me from it. i only tried it once at my mother's insistence,and it did not taste like vomit, but the olfactory "swill" (or scent that is pushed into the soft palate into the nasal cavity) that was pushed into my nose whilst eating it still smelled of vomit even while i was eating it. it also gave me an aftertaste reminiscent of vomit.
i also do not like rock melon (goodness knows what it is called in the USA or europe) due to a more dilute facsimile of the reason i do not like papaya.
in addition to my previous list which did not include vegetables, i will say that i am not partial to sweet potato because of the dry pasty texture and the way it absorbs all the saliva from my mouth while i am eating it. even equal amounts of butter with sweet potato in the same mouthful does not lubricate it sufficiently to make it tolerable to me.
i also do not like ginger or english herbs like rosemary etc. i like many spices, but i do not like any herbs except for benign ones like parsley or chives (and even then, only in scrambled eggs).