Syag Lchochma,
“i think he said pretty clearly that he does not eat those foods if given the choice”
When does he not have a choice?
“and that he does not display disgust to a host. Just because those foods elicit that response in him (and I am right there with him, as are other adults) does not mean he demonstrates the response at a hosts house. And if he said that, why can you not seem to accept it to be so?”
I’m not talking about an active display of disgust. I’m talking about non-verbal, involuntary reactions that occur when one feels “forced” to do something that disgusts him/her. Observant hosts can usually tell which dishes the guests like and which they don’t like.
“I think it is fair to guess that a primary reason why you would not know about those types of food related responses is because you don’t share them so it would not necessarily come up.”
That’s fair. Plain yellow mustard nauseates me, but when it’s mixed into other things (such as barbecue sauce or marinades) it becomes tolerable.