Bleh! - The Most Disgusting Thing I've Ever Put In My Mouth

I've got a fairly strong stomach and very tolerant tastebuds. Part of the joy of traveling is to try new foods and new tastes. There is one place where this attitude has hit a brick wall. I have decided to draw the line at Chinese sausages. *never again*
When did this start? A few years ago I was in Hong Kong; one of the best cities for eating street food (I'm a big fan). I walked through some smaller markets, watched what people seemed to be eating and settled on trying some huge, long sausage thing that people were eating off a stick. I paid for the sausage and walked a little bit from the stall. The next set of events occurred with one smooth motion of my arm:

1. I raised the sausage to my mouth
2. I opened my mouth in anticipation
3. I placed the sausage in my mouth
4. I closed my lips and teeth in anticipation of biting off a piece of the sausage
5. My eyes opened wide and almost popped out of their sockets
6. I ripped the sausage from my mouth (faster than I could open it ... alas)
7. The sausage ended up in the nearest trash bin within arm's reach.

I was gasping at the taste and wondering if I'd been poisoned. Some quick surveillance of the stall indicated that other people were happily munching on the same sausage. *How is this possible?*
Back in Beijing, I recently had an opportunity to offer some excellent German sausage to a friend of mine (snide comments, as always, go here-->[] ). I thought that finally the Chinese might understand what they'd been missing. She ate some of the sausage, looked at me with a contorted face and said,"Bleh! That tastes awful."