On Sun 29 Jun 2008 06:15:39p, Julia Altshuler told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
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>> I can certainly understand that since it was, for whatever reason, an
>> issue from early childhood. I don't know what causes it, but we all
>> seem to have some food averesions since birth. Even though I have
>> always liked mayonnaise, I do remember not liking larger amounts of it
>> when I was a child, though I liked the flavor.
>
>
> One of my food aversions, one I never grew out of, was to mayonnaise. I
> suppose I've grown out of it a little as I can now stand small amounts
> of it if it's on something in a restaurant, but I never buy it or use it
> myself.
>
>
> It occurs to me that most food aversions are to things that are unusual
> to young eater, slimy, strongly flavored or green. Mayonnaise doesn't
> go into any of those categories. I wonder why mayonnaise is a common
> food aversion then. It's common in North America and Europe, the same
> texture as a milk shake, mild, and white.

Aversions can be strange. I have an aversion to drinking milk in the
entire range of skim to whole milk, yet I enjoy whole milk eaten on cereal,
and I certainly use it in cooking an baking. Having said that, I actually
prefer cream on cereal over milk.

OTOH, I absolutely love buttermilk for drinking as well as in recipes.

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Wayne Boatwright
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