But there's still room in there for learning; I never used to like sushi, and now I love it.
You're a step ahead of me...I still can't get my head around raw fish. And oysters...not much chance. Escargot? Less chance. However, you can chalk snails up to the fact that it's a French dish and, let's face it, there's not much the French palate won't reject.
Think truffles. "Hey, what have you got there Pierre?"
"I dunno. It's something the pigs dug up."
"Really? Let eat it."
If you're talking about tastes in hair or fashion or social mannerisms, that stuff is all 100% learned.
I agree in reference to a global view of things like style. However, I think there are people who have an innate "sense of taste". Those are the people who just seem to know that "this goes with that" - the folks who others always comment on as "having great taste".
ryck
