OK, I haven't read every reply in this thread, but this one may be an important one that was previously missed.

Whenever I go to a certain grocery store in town here, I pick up a random cheese from the cheese counter that I haven't tried before. My most recent acquisition was a cheddar from The Netherlands called Mimolette. I found it quite enjoyable.

Then I made the mistake of reading the Wikipedia article on it, which states that some of the flavor from the cheese is generated by cheese mites, which are INTENTIONALLY INTRODUCED while the cheese is curing! Worse, the rind of the cheese is partially made from their dander and excrement!

Now that I know that, the rest of the cheese is likely to end up in the toxic waste disposal section of the local dump, along with my refrigerator. You can't be too sure about these things.

So, in conclusion, an additional food rule for me: No foods that have bugs as one of their standard ingredients.