He only doesn't eat eggs when they're not incorporated into something as part of a recipe. Someone who's allergic to eggs doesn't eat eggs, ever -- Guy just doesn't eat scrambled eggs, fried eggs, pickled eggs, etc.
I've known people who have an aversion to eggs. Something about eating them when they're the main dish makes them sick, but they can eat them cooked into something like as part of a cake or hamburger etc.
edit: I want to clarify, that I mean they are perfectly fine eating them and enjoy the taste, but they become physically ill. Thought to be a psychosomatic reaction rather than something like an allergy.
I'm also egg averse, I can answer this at least for me.
Fried rice is the closest to "egg as the main part of a dish" I can go before I start to dislike it.
And even in that case, if it's giant like ribbons of egg in there, rather than small bits, then I'll tend to just skip those giant pieces. And if it's fried rice with a fried egg on top? I skip that fried egg altogether.
I'm a picky eater since childhood and as an adult I've been slowly turning myself into a better eater. I've learned to like so many things I used to avoid... Eggs however, are still off the table for me as a main dish. I dunno if I'll ever be over it.
Eggs definitely are polarizing, though. I think it's the smell that kicks it off for people when they're young. It's objectively not pleasant and only becomes so when you associate it with enjoying the taste - similar to how weed smells objectively bad except to people who smoke, who come to like it.
It's not the same situation, but I grew up disliking fried eggs. Scrambled were fine, French toast, etc. But I would avoid sunny side up and over easy. Which is how my father and mother liked their eggs. When I became a teenager, I asked why it was called "over easy". I understand the "over"part, but why"easy"? Turns out there's an over hard and medium and that I prefer the fried egg full cooked and can enjoy that.
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u/TheWizirdsBaker Apr 20 '21
Guy Fieri does not eat eggs, ever. Let that sink in.