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Am I the only one to find butter disgusting? It's just a blob of fat.

Now what really blows my mind is to learn that for some people, more fat is better.

I haven't tasted butter since I was a kid, some 25+ years ago. Maybe now I would find the _flavor_ delicious (doubt it) but so what? There's many things which might be delicious that I don't to put in my body.

EDIT: I'm European living in the USA - seems relevant to this thread.

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Why would less fat be better? Fatty foods have been high in demand for basically all of human history.

> It's just a blob of fat.

Once, in Italy, my family was served a straight up chunk of lamb fat. My dad took one for the team and gulped it. I was grateful at the time, but later in life I discovered pork shoulder, with its drippy cracklin... and now I wish I could go back to that little albergo and try their lamb fat.

I find the thought of eating fish and seafood abhorrent, as I do not respect them. However, I don't deny that some people find them tasty.

Try some butter on toast if it's been that long! I'm sure you'll enjoy it to some degree :-)

Thhen this will really blow your mind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salo_(food)

Similar (though IMHO better):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lardo

If you have been to restaurants during that 25 years, you almost certainly ate food cooked with butter, thus tasted butter.

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