The worse foods that I wouldn't eat were lima beans, carrots, meat, brains, intestines, male anatomy of animals. My growing up years, my parents didn't try anything really new unless it was a new hamburger or tuna helper. That stuff is ewwww as wel.
Nowadays, I eat carrots but I refuse to eat the other stuff. I do eat alot of other things and expose my kids to a variety of different foods and recipes. I absolutely love to cook and am in the process of writing a cookbook. Surprisingly my kids are very great guinea pigs. They know the rules are: if I don't eat it, I will not make them eat it. We all eat alot of fruit and that includes alot of the non-traditional fruit as well. Another good thing, my kids LOVE to eat fruit for snacks as opposed to candy and chips!
Nancy