I’m a big fan of pickles on burgers. Relish too, for that matter. But if you substitute those two things for lettuce and tomatoes (especially tomatoes), I 100% understand where these poor folks are coming from.
And before anyone asks, yes, I’m fine with ketchup. Ketchup is different than tomatoes. Ditto tomato sauce. The problem is straight up tomatoes. They’re gross. So gross that I make Carin slice her own if she wants them on something I’m cooking. It’s a nice little compromise we have because I’m fairly certain she wants barf in her food almost as much as I want tomatoes in mine.
I will never be able to look at relish the same way.
I had tears in my eyes when it got to that part.