Anonymous wrote:I feel like the only person who dislikes pickles.

You're not the only one! I really don't care for anything pickled.

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Anonymous wrote:I hear you on the lingering, OP. I love garlic and onions but will not ever eat them because of the lingering smells. I can only eat Indian on very rare occasions and I hate smelling food smells when I am not expecting to smell food smells. It's actually nauseating.

If you don't eat garlic and onion, doesn't that omit pretty much every type of cuisine?

As long as ginger is ok, you can make a fair amount of Japanese food without garlic and onion.

I'm Indian and I don't particularly like Indian food. Unlike you, I can eat it easily -- because I grew up eating it, while really envying my friends who got dinners consisting of lasagna or chicken and potatoes or tacos or whatever. For me it was beyond the envy of "why do I have to eat subzi and naan and my friends get pasta," I figured out after moving out of my parents home that I prefer food to be relatively bland (I actually like spice but not tons of flavor) and also to not be heavy. In a restaurant, I am always the person who orders the first option of the menu -- usually the simplest entrée they have.

Indian food (even homemade vegetarian) always makes me feel gross and heavy afterwards, whereas American fare rarely does. I feel like I crave Indian maybe 1-2 times/yr max. Yes -- my Indian friends think I'm odd.

Anonymous wrote:I'm married to an Indian and we eat it all the time. But I know many, many Americans who just can't eat it. There are some very strong flavors in Indian cooking and lots of non-Indians just can't acquire a taste for them.

I, however, am the only person in the world who hates popcorn!! Anyone else out there??

Yeah I'm pretty ambivalent about popcorn. It's so pointless.

I love it. The things that Indian dishes do with vegetables! Love it. I only (mostly) know how to make vegetables plain and boring.

You should give it a few more tries. I used to not like it until my 20s, now I love it.

I'm married to an Indian and we eat it all the time. But I know many, many Americans who just can't eat it. There are some very strong flavors in Indian cooking and lots of non-Indians just can't acquire a taste for them.

I, however, am the only person in the world who hates popcorn!! Anyone else out there??

I feel like the only person who dislikes pickles.

I like it but I know many people that also find it disgusting. It's kind of like the Sriracha plant in California. Many people love Sriracha but the folks that live by the plant and have to smell it everyday hate it.

I dislike hot spices, not all Indian food. What I really like is the innocent curry, which I use to prepare rice with chicken.

My DH hates it too. I make sure to get it when I travel for work. Not a big deal.

Don't worry about it OP! It's normal to have preference. I'm Indian but I certainly don't think this is a problem.

I hate it too.

If you dislike food from a different country from the one you're in, you can pretty much avoid it. I feel bad for those of you who are here in the US and dislike typical American foods. It's difficult to avoid the foods of a country when you are actually in that country. Those of you who feel nauseous around typical American fare, do you just go around feeling a little bit queasy all the time?

That is fine. I love most foods but I cannot stand Korean food. I cannot stand any kind of cold cut meat. Prosciutto smells like butt in my opinion!

I love Indian food and love to cook it too, but the house requires a whole lot of airing after you cook it because the smell does linger.

I don't like it, either.