okra is only acceptable in a gumbo, and nothing else
For me itās the textures I dislike like tofu and liver, I can eat olives and there OK taste wise, sourdough bread and other wheat breads are not for me either alough I have eaten them too and would eat if someone made them for me.
Snails, oysters, crab is all good by me and tbh Iād eat most seafood, I love beatroot for some reasons but Blue cheese made me sick as a kid & Iāve never went back. 
I once came up with the idea for a fried chicken liver poā boy because I thought the texture reminded me of oysters. At the time, I couldnāt find any examples on the internet of someone else doing it, but it seems like people have since independently duplicated my idea.
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I feel proud that I can eat durian and Andrew Zimmern canāt.
I would be willing to try dog stew.
Yeah, I was imprecise. I meant that they are both in a category of food that I donāt seek out or cook myself. You are 100% right that they are different.
I was traumatized being forced to eat liver when I was a kid. Anything with a tiny bit of liver flavor disgusts me.
Asparagus feels like eating a rotted twig to me. Supposedly your tastes change every 7 years. But if you hate the consistency of something, I donāt think that ever goes away. Same for pears, plums and squash - I donāt like the consistency. But unlike asparagus and liver, I will eat those on rare occasions.
Hereās one - whatāa a food you absolutely hated that you absolutely love now? Mine is coconut. Hated it as a kid and could literally eat coconut on anything now.
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I did not eat fish for the first 30 years or so of my life. Now, I love sushi. I did not eat eggs for almost 40 years. Now, I go through 2-3 18-egg cartons every month.
I wonder if youāre used to eating them overcooked?
Not deep fried even?
This is why I canāt eat bananas. Iāve tried, many times. I donāt dislike the taste, but the texture never fails to make me gag.
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Bhindi masala is pretty great.
Whatās the word on snails? Thatās the only thing on that list Iāve never tried. Oyster-y texture?
Liver is the only one I think I actively dislike on that list, but itās mostly because my Grandma made some terrible liver n onion dish when I was young and then I havenāt had it since. When do you guys eat liver?! Is there a cuisine that makes good liver dishes? Liver tacos?
Chopped liver mixed with chopped hardboiled eggs is my preferred way to eat beef liver.
Chicken livers are fine just sautaued with onions and garlic.
French food, like foie gras and pĆ¢tĆ©. German, like Braunschweiger and liverwurst. I credit A Wrinkle in Time with turning me on to liverwurst and cream cheese sandwiches.
Was forced to eat liver at least 1x a month most of my youth. Fuck that shit. The oil filter of the body.
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I can relate. I keep hoping Iāll outgrow mine, but yeah I donāt think thatās happening. Last time I ate crab I ended up with golf ball sized welts all over my face, and even smelling cooked crustacean can trigger a mild reaction. Thankfully doesnāt apply to molluscs though so I can go to town on belly clams.
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Everyone says that. Iāve tried every kind of asparagus and itās fucking gross. Thereās always that stringy twig-lig fibrousness that I donāt like.
When I visited Germany when I was 22 they had commercially packaged mini liverwursts available at the breakfast buffet, I never actually tried it, but we kept one of those liverwursts and carried it around the for rest of the trip as our new companion and took pictures with it. After the plane home someone kept it till it finally went bad. RIP Liverwurst. Legend.
But liverwurst and anything just sounds horribly unappetizing!
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Yet you have a liver. Odd.
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