Food you like but disgusting in other cultures

You could try a sprinkle of brown sugar on reduced milk.
That dish is called 'Rabri' / 'Rabarhi' / 'Rabdi', and some people find cow milk to be mildly sweet, and lower in fat than buffalo milk.

Individual tastes do differ a lot, and so do ingrained habits about food and the addition levels of sugar, salt, spice and sour flavors.
 
There was a TV series in the 80's, the Shogun. The story was about an Englishman in feudal Japan. In one scene he shot a pheasant and hung it up in front of the door. The native Japanese were shocked, but he calmly explained that he would leave it there for a couple of days "for better taste".
It is done like this even today.
That was a different age of TV, as far as I can remember at first he was dismissive of the Japanese culture, but he soon saw how crude his own was. I think there was another at the same time about someone called " Doors ".

Anyone mix marmite with peanut butter?
 
Coat your hands with a little cooking oil...old trick here for us.

Removing the sticky residue is a hassle if you did not coat your hands.
Just as if you are putting cream, a few drops completely coating the hands, and be careful with slippery knives, don't use too much oil.

You could try disposable gloves, I suppose.
 
Vegimite, lashings of the stuff on toast
I tried it after hearing about it on the news which Tom Hanks was lectured by Aussies when he posted a picture of it on toast (during his Covid quarantine) which had too much vegemite on. So I put it on toasted bread along with butter, the amount recommended by Aussies. My first impression was, that combo tastes like cheddar cheese. Not bad but difficult to find in the US and bit pricey.
 
A thin coating of oil for raw jack fruit, the ripe ones are not so sticky.
Some people use an upright blade on a stand, similar to those used for fish. Thick blade with polished very sharp edge. Safer.

I did say large fruit, different...

There are African and Indian varieties of Jackfruit.
I have a friend who got the seeds / saplings from Uganda.

The African variety is much larger, and sweeter when ripe, and more yield per hectare, compared to the Indian variety.
He has farmer groups visiting him here to learn, and take the seeds / saplings to South India, where it is a staple...not so much in the est of India.
The raw fruit has a meat like texture, and can be made into a very spicy curry.
The seeds are roasted, and may be stored, or used in flour after being milled.
It is revered, along with coconut in South India as a very useful tree.
 
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Folded, wooden base version.
Both hands can be used.