I've been told a number of things regarding my aversion to mushrooms.
1. They're delicious; you should try them again.
-They're not and I have. I've tried them fried and stuffed (which usually improves the taste of foods to me), only to find that there are fried and stuffed foods that I cannot abide. My mother is convinced that my tastes will change as I get older, and that might be true as I'm no longer choking on them when I accidentally or deliberately come across them.
2. You can hardly taste them.
- No, YOU can hardly taste them. For me, they stand out like no other flavor I've tasted. People have tried hiding them in food presented to me for years, and even tiny amounts make me hate even the food that they have touched. On a side note, if you can't hardly taste them, why would you add them to otherwise perfectly good food in the first place?!
3. Just pick them out.
- I've tried this, but they transfer their flavor to anything they touch. I used to take the time to remove them from foods, but I have found that I hate the food I am eating due to the lingering flavor nearly as much as when I don't pick the mushrooms out.
I have gotten better about eating them without making an issue about it, but they ALWAYS ruin the meal for me. Just the other day, they were polluting the soup that I had brought to lunch. I ate it anyway, but the experience was strong enough to make me drop the topic I planned for this entry and write about mushrooms instead.
If I wanted to eat fungus, I'd chew on my toes. (If that statement bothers you, you have only a glimpse of what I think when I see mushrooms).