Would love to reply more fully some time (miracle fruit, subliminal smells, etc.) but life is rather hectic right now, with serious deadlines...
About the pies, though, the odd thing about it is the contrast between my perception of the smell (divine) and the taste (awful). I absolutely can't stand kidneys, even though it has nothing to do with squeamishness (I'll eat the sauce they're cooked in, or the pie crust) or smell (often very nice). Oddly, as a small kid I ate kidney but couldn't stand liver. After having neither for several years, I discovered that my preferences had reversed themselves.
