My dad taught me that I couldn’t say I didn’t like a food unless I tried it at least once. I have a photo of me eating a sheep’s eyeball. The Greeks allow no waste when cooking an animal.
After 61 years of marriage, my only comment in a diary would be SSDD. If you are military it means “Same s**t different day”. To a civilian when trying to be polite it is “Same stuff, different day”.
I have 2 rather nice paintings I watched the elephant paint. Her handler did not touch her at any time.