>>>"I cannot stand the smell of anything pickled"
I'm almost permanently pickled, Micmak, but I don't smell!
(Well not THAT much, anyway!).
Actually I also can't stand the smell of vinegar but I had a gorgeous Stilton and mango chutney roll for my lunch today (eaten al fresco, in the glorious sunshine, outside the sandwich bar). I wish that things like mango chutney had been around when I was a kid!