Chemiker > wrote:

> To the point: How many food items are there out there
> that are patently offensive to one our senses, yet
> sought out for their flavors?
>
> Aside from Celeriac, I can think of only one.
>
> DURIAN!

Why, what sense of yours is so offended by the meek celery root? Would
it also be upset by a parsley root, or a parsnip?

Victor