I don't like fruit salads because I don't like the various fruits touching. They alter each other's flavors and not in a goog way in my opinion. So I totally understand the folks that do not like their food to touch.
When i was first married - like 2 weeks married, my MIL told me that my husband's favorite piece of toast were the ones made from the ends of the loaf. So I very carefully took the new loaf out of the bag and and toasted them for my husband. He asked me why he got the crusts when he knew we must bought bread the day before. When I told him that his mother told me this was his favorite toast, he let me know that it wasn't and she used to give him the ends because she didn't like them. 41 years later we still laugh over it. Now we save the ends up in the freezer and use them for dressing when I bake a turkey or chicken. Actually I do love the ends toasted when I am making soft boiled eggs.