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Originally Posted by activeStick
The hate for anchovies seems to me to be more a North American thing. Multiple cultures all around their world have their versions of a preserved fish that is strong in flavour that are eaten on their own or used as bases for stocks including all over Asia (China, Korea, Japan), India, Norway, Italy, Sweden, etc. I know growing up in Calgary, all my North American friends hated seafood which was so odd to me as a Chinese person because our family ate some sort of seafood at least 2 or 3 times a week. I think the hate for anchovies is more due to the old general distaste for seafood.
"Baccala! You know what that means? Salted cod! We taught the world how to eat!" - Corrado Soprano
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Yeah, some people are weird. But I also felt like sometimes people would make up weird lies to justify their dislike. It's fine to have foods you don't prefer. The way some people explained their hate for seafood or other foods is weird though.
"I hate all types of seafood! I hate fish! Sushi is an abomination!"
"??? I've seen you eat and enjoy the fish you catch when fishing... and I've seen you eat shell fish..."
"Clams are different. Pike and walleye aren't seafood because they aren't from the sea!"
Or...
"Liver and kidneys? That's not food! Adding it to food is like peeing in it! No one in a modern world eats that stuff."
"Seems like an exaggeration? I know some local farmers and their families who'd disagree with you. I know people from Europe who'd disagree with you."
"Anything on the inside of an animal isn't supposed to be eaten! Only stuff on the outside."
"That doesn't make sense. Otherwise, you'd be eating hairs and leather?"
"#### you DoubleF! Your culture might eat that stuff, but not mine!"