Are there any foods that you generally hate or dislike, that which you have finally found a recipe or a dish, featuring the offending item, that you really enjoy?

For me it’s eggplant, but I have found 3 preparations that have made me take another look, or rather, bite.

The first one is a Middle Eastern dish called Makdous, which is preserved baby eggplants stuffed with walnuts. It looks like cadaver testicles, but it tastes marvelous.

The second one is Bharta a spicy Indian eggplant curry.

And the third one is Brinjal Pickle, a sweet and sour Indian condiment.