In my younger days, I couldn’t stand to eat mashed potatoes. They would make my stomach contract as if I was about to vomit (but I never did). And yes, it was their texture that did it. I still hate them to this day, but there’s no one forcing me to eat them.
You’d better not be Irish...
For me it was okay to eat mashed potatoes UNTIL or IF I hit one lump. At that point, then yes, I was in near vomit mode. Fortunately as I’ve aged I slowly overcame that reaction. Have no idea where it originated.
Yet to this day I prefer virtually any other style of potato over mashed.
When I hosted Thanksgiving or Christmas I always prepared parsleyed potatoes in olive oil and butter. YUM!
“But I could not get down, a lump of Cream of Wheat....”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ElFvNDJiDc