I One of the most consistently amazing things in this modern world is what people will and won't eat. I think I could be amused around the clock watching through as 2-way mirror as people wolfed, rejected, winced, shoveled, picked and slurped their way through assorted cuisines. Having not been trained in behaviorism or nutrition, I feel as qualified as anybody to be astounded. I think the mayonnaise companies must have done some research, and I'm thinking of writing away and see if this phobia is as common as it seems to me to be. Someday I would like to understand why it can go bad at a picnic but almost never in the refrigerator.
Sour cream goes bad much faster.
People never quite shake their childhood eating habits , and if Mom put peanut butter on saltines, they do it all their lives, and feel poisoned if someone tries to feed them peanut butter on Ritz crackers. I'm sure we could fill volumes of research with other people's parents' odd food ideas. I have seen countless kids, especially in these days of yuppie kids, turning down lobster and roast beef au jus, and turning up their lower lips until Mom brings them a hot dog. I think it is vestigial childhood fears they can't shake based on the name of the food. I hated sauerkraut for years and wouldn't touch it.