Added for completeness:
A Brazilian co-worker had an extreme reaction to her first root beer float. Apparently “root beer” is the default flavor of cough medicine in Brazil – that was her only point of reference for the taste, and she couldn’t take a second bite.
That’s highly unfortunate, but floats can be done with almost any kind of carbonated soft drink.
Is she adverse to Coke?
If not, Coke floats are awesome… and I actually prefer them to the root beer ones, personally.
OK, NOW I’m interested.
This is a derailment you can get behind, huh?
Choo Choo!!
This was a work gathering, and the experience was very unpleasant for her. Coke was an option, but she was “done”.
For future references, if she’s ever willing to try again…
I’ve eaten milbenkaese, raast, and the worms from raast (Faroese wet cured lamb) but somehow this one is a fermentation byproduct too far for me.
Maggot in your eye?
Just pray it doesn’t discover its inner botfly, I mean spartan.
Who was the first person to eat this and what was he thinking? “Hey, that moldy cheese with the maggots crawling all over it looks delicious. I think I’ll try a piece.”
Flies are treyf
Some people get their kicks in weird ways.
Other times, acquired tastes are very pleasurable.
For example, I was once challenged by some japanese dudes to eat some Natto. They thought I would barf. I didn’t, but I kinda wanted to. You could smell it across the room, as soon as they opened the container.
Now I think it is kinda nice in soup.
This gives a whole new meaning to the word “macrobiotic.”