[Espy]

Also, gross-out in terms of movies vs in terms of food = pretty different, I think. I don't watch horror or gross-out films, soooo.

And like...Since I grew up with parents who were relatively good (for first-generation Asian immigrants) with exploring different cultures, I learned to eat basically everything. The only things I don't eat are spicy foods (unfortunately) and certain foods whose texture and taste just don't appeal to me, rather than the /concept/ of that food being "gross". I'm not sure if that makes sense....? (Like, I don't eat olives, Western pickles, eggplants...)

Oh, and I'm a bit wary of pufferfish, but if I ever have a chance to try it out, I probably will.

But I do eat stuff that many people cringe at, and here're a few examples:
-Uni (Sea urchin)
-Sea cucumber
-Liver
-Pig/pork ears
-Ox tail (my mom was really creeped out by ox tail at first, and then started liking it after she realized ox tail soup is actually pretty good and helps with colds)
-Sea snails (Thisssssss. A certain type of small sea snail, pulled out if their shells en masse, boiled, and sprinkled with chopped garlic and soy sauce = one of my favorite dishes ever.)
-Mushrooms (*)
-Sashimi (yes, raw fish.)


Mushrooms are a bit strange for me. I'm totally fine with any sort of /cooked/ mushroom. But raw mushrooms (especially when they still have their stem-things or are in clusters), any sort of mold, toadstools, and sort of non-edible fungus...my fear of them is so strong I'm considering it a phobia.

For example, I hate biology and nature-related books and textbooks. There often are pictures of fungus and such, and staying on those pages for too long makes me queasy. I couldn't and still can't bring myself to touch those pictures. So, turning the page was often an anxiety-filled moment, with either "How do I flip the page without touching it?" or "Will I accidentally flip to a page with fungus?"

Not long ago, I was checking Tumblr on my phone, and there was a picture post about fairy circles. Mobile Tumblr stretches/shrinks all images in your dash to the width of your screen.

...Yes, scrolling past that was incredibly difficult.

I've had nightmares about toadstools. The two I can remember involve thousands of toadstools near me; one dream had a mass of white mushrooms coming at me in a wave, chasing me through a forest, and the other had these vivid red and white bulbs spring up all around me, trapping me in the middle of a gym.

...I could go on and on about this.

I suppose I would consider that to be "gross".