Not liking a cuisine doesn't make one a racist

I'm not going to list the national foods that I don't eat. I'm not going to list the national foods that I won't even try.
My preferences are discriminatory. If you don't like the verb to discriminate, well that's just TFB.
In my world, it means, "to note or observe a difference; distinguish accurately." And there are some gustatory or olfactory sensations for which I simply do not care... cumin, cilantro, curry. I'm not a big fan of anything that burns my tongue or buccal walls. Things that smell of armpit or taste like soap are also not high on the lists of my meal plans.
So what's all this about and where's it coming from? I'm not a huge fan of many Mexican dishes even though the food trucks abound in my neighborhood at night. I walk past them. They seem busy and they clearly cater to a crowd. Personally, I prefer what I can make at home on my own. Japanese food is also not a big favorite. I don't eat sushi, sashimi, salted noodles.
Curiously, I do best at vegetarian restaurants and eat most anything on the table (I draw the line at raw kale). When I shared a discussion of what was for breakfast, I alerted my friend caller that I was including TVP balls to the meal. "I didn't realize they were still a thing," she told me. I wanted to b*tch slap her. "A thing? Would you say that about your Jewish tsimmis or cholent dishes? Me thinks nay, m'Lady!" I don't think of vegetarian food creations that may have been popular with the hippie set to have been 'a thing' relegated to a time that is no longer in the present.
But, then again, this is a person who has extremely rigid notions about which foods are and aren't appropriate for the different meals. When I told her that at one time I had eaten steamed white fish and raw salad for breakfast, she was aghast... even after I reminded her that her own mother had served waffles once a week during her childhood.
Anyway, I clearly have national food dish preferences. I do not think that that makes me racist. I was embracing my travels to Costa Rica and I cannot imagine not loving the food that they eat. I never had a bad meal there and I particularly loved their tropical drinks.
Well, that's my rant for the day. It's a 3-day holiday weekend and I need to get the oil changed as I have reached the 3 month or 3000 mile juncture.