I cannot stand raw tomatoes. Something about the texture. Makes me gag involuntarily.
Tomato sauces are fine. Stewed, pureed, dried... Anything but fresh, raw, slimy tomatoes.
Some other veggies like cucumber have a similar effect on me... But you can usually just cut out the slimy, seedy bits and I'll be ok. Though I'm not a fan of raw cucumber either.
I hate pickles. Actually, I'm not a huge fan of much of anything that's been pickled. Something about the whole vinegar/brine thing is just too much for me.
Not exactly a dislike... But I'm allergic to an awful lot of different nuts... So, just as a general precaution, I don't eat
any nuts. Even the ones I'm not supposed to be allergic to. I don't want to order something that's supposed to have harmless almonds in it, only to find out that somebody was misinformed and I'm actually chomping on cashews.
Because of this, I've had to give up on
baklava. Absolutely love the stuff... And you can find it without pistachios and stuff... But I've had entirely too many unpleasant experiences.
Alcopops. Because booze should not taste like a used energy drink enema.
Alcohol is there for the purpose, not for the taste.
However, some people need to get past the taste, to get to the purpose.
I'm fine with good beer, though, myself. Or spirits if I'm mostly pursuing the purpose.
Granted, pure ethanol isn't terribly tasty... But I'm not sure I'd agree with your assessment that alcohol is only there for the purpose of intoxication.
Lots of interesting flavors dissolve in alcohol and not in water. You can throw various wines and spirits into a dish, cook off a good chunk of the actual alcohol, and still have a noticeably different flavor.
Look at some of the different types of whisky out there... You pick up all sorts of interesting flavors from the wood, charcoal, grain, and whatever else goes into making a batch. You can't tell me you'd get those kinds of flavors if you subjected plain water to those same abuses.