So the seeming trouble comes when you go "outside" your flavor profile. When people start trying foods that are acidic or vinegary, it tastes "too aggressive" to them. Same goes for a lot of bitter foods.
There's a real importance to the nuance here. The guy didn't say "i never squirt the lime on tacos because i like what I like and it's too much acid for me." He said that the limes shouldn't be included and that they're doing food wrong. This branches out...
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Because it's so helplessly reflexive, I get that. I really do and hopefully that was clear in the thread. But I think "coming at food with an open mind" is the flip side to doing all of this. Instead, it's about asking "why are limes always included?" and
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"what is it about how i eat that prevents me from enjoying it." We all have druthers, of course. But not looking at thoughtful introspection of food leads to the same kind of myopia that shows up in culture in general (see: ugly delicious). It's all related.
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