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I agree with all of those. How 'bout:

Peeps, coffee, certain strong cheeses, whipped cream (fresh, reddi whip, and cool whip types), pudding, fennel (going along with the licorice thing) veggies like brussel sprouts, mushrooms, avocados, oatmeal raisin cookies (love the raisins or leave em.)

I'm sure there are more, but these stick out to me (and, just for the record the only thing on my list that I really hate are mushrooms :) )

Some other controversial items:
- meat, in general ;)
- steak doneness
- sashimi/carpaccio
- mustard
- Manhattan clam chowder vs. NE clam chowder
- seafood

Hehe, the mention of marmite made me giggle a bit and choke.

i'll respond to what was originally posted, i like those ideas:

Liver: love it, but the only way i've only had it in my 20 years of life is chopped w/ some hard boiled egg

Licorice: disgusting imo

Anchovies (especially on pizza) and sardines: delicious, even in caesar salad dressing

Cilantro: love love love

Garlic and onions: great combo

Pistachio ice cream (I'm thinking of brooke, here!): i'll say love it but only the really good kind...i enjoy ciao gelato's version

My big aversion--coconut!: ew, especially in macaroons

Cincinnati chili or chili with/without beans: NEVER had this...but i do like chili?

Chicago deep dish pizza: love it (Says the chicagoan)

Spam (those from Hawaii and those not from Hawaii): nope, won't do it

Very sugary candies (gummi bears, Sweet Tarts, etc): i'm a chocolate person, never liked this stuff even as a kid. i especially hate/hated sour patch kids

- Asparagus
- Raw onion- I've noticed most people don't mind carmalized or cooked onions.
- Wine, believe it or not.
- Dijon mustard, "Too spicy and 'weird' tasting ..."
- Scallions.

Sorry, tmj529--just wondering if anyone had any additions--to my list.

And the Marmite is a great one, as is the Miracle Whip. Ditto the wine, thewrighttaste. And Cassaendra, I've been in rooms where the 'Manhattan Clam Chowder is not chowder versus the white soup disgusting' fight has nearly come to blows!

I also agree with the beets, Brooke29--and I forgot olives, especially green. I've known people who can polish off a whole jar of black or green olives, and others who react to a jar as if it were a snake or a spider.

Eggs
Jello
Salt
Bell peppers (any color!)
Tomatoes
Rice
Celery
Dill

oops...sorry...missed that in heartofglass' original post.......

Melon of any kind. I simply cannot stand the taste or smell of watermelon, honeydew, cantaloupe. Even the aroma of a Jolly Rancher Watermelon candy makes me gag. BF frequently tells the story about me making him spit one of those horrible candies outside, before I allowed him in my apartment.

Meat (and even worse, offal of all kinds)

Cilantro

"fake" vegetarian meat substitutes

jello, or gelatin-based anything, for that matter

Cool Whip

White "chocolate" (don't get me started!)

Sugary, overly-sweet candies and foods

Miracle Whip

Keffir

I will eat absolutely anything that anyone else is nice enough to invite me to, buy for, and prepare and I will enjoy it because I didn't have to think it up, acquire the ingredients, cook it and serve it. I like some things better than others, but a terrible meal lovingly prepared and offered is still a joy. I have trouble eating jello as I got sick on it as a child when the school cafeteria served some past its time. SInce jello isn't usually on anyone's menu for company I haven't been put in the position to decline it.

Black licorice

Wow Pumpkin Bear, those are all on my favorites list! My all-time, most disgusting food product: Miracle whip, or for that matter, any mayo that is NOT Hellmann's/Best Foods. Before ordering any food off of a menu that has mayo, I ask the brand or to taste a sample. If it doesn't cut the mustard (or in this case mayo), I move on to another entree.

I'm the only one I know who hates cheese and chocolate. My friends think I'm weird!

@hammondcheese hahahahaha that's funny you mention Fage yogurt. I used to hate it, but since everyone always raves about it I thought last time I was at TJ's I would give it another shot. If you throw a ton of blueberries in it and a packet of Splenda, I promise it gets a lot better. You should try that. Also, I really really like anchovies. I would much rather eat a cesar salad loaded with the taste of anchovies. I also love Miracle Whip, and only recently started to like Mayo, but only homemade Mayo, not Kraft, etc. I also know a ton of people who dislike tomatoes, and my boyfriend HATES cilantro and eggs. Some other ideas:
- chocolate v. vanilla ice cream?
- bone marrow, foie gras?
- do you think there is a correlation between people who love beer and coffee and people who don't? A lot of people I know who don't like coffee or beer. (I love both)
- ethiopian food?

HATE: lima beans, asparagus (ruined by canned growing up), lamb (ech), black licorice, raisins, undercooked white part of eggs (absolutely has to be solid)

LOVE: anchovies, mayo, hot dogs, raw onions, sour cream, tuna fish

OK AG3208....I dont like sushi so much either ....;(

im an absolute mustard addict...i have no less then 20 jars in my fridge! even some homemade ones (capers&anchovie whole grain!)

mayo, reminds me of snot

avacado(and anything even containing a speck of it) is like eating oily grass!

brussel sprouts, cauliflower, canned spinich....all untolerable and are banned from my home!

as far as ofal goes, i currently have a 2Kg can of Ox tongue w/jelly from Harrods in london that is awaiting a cocktail party so that i wont eat the whole damn thing!

Mayo from a jar is basically a culinary version of Elmers Glue to me (although I tolerate it in deviled eggs and tuna salad). Real fresh mayo is a thing of beauty though.

I never met an okra that I liked - even deep fried it's hairy AND slimy - and tastes weird -what's there to like?

I tried head cheese finally cause I live in Greenpoint a very Polish nabe that thrives on all manner of pork product. I actually did enjoy it.

I tolerate and understand black licorice but only in small quantities.

I am a person that really should like blue cheese but I hate it. Can eat other stinky moldy cheeses (as long as the mold is the rind) so go figure. . .
I've been told that sea cucumber is gross by my mother who will eat ANYTHING so I stay away from that.

I think as offal goes I will stay away from mountain oysters and other - um delicacies of the loins, and sphincter (although I'm sure I've eaten them ground up in sausages - but hey - spice it right and shove it into a sheeps intestine and I'm so there).

Other than all that, I'm a fairly open minded and adventurous eater - I would even try fried grasshoppers and such.

all of my friends and family except me and my dad dislike smoked salmon