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Most autistic people are picky eaters due to sensory issues. I have sensory issues too, but not when it comes to food. I am a very adventurous eater and will eat things that neurotypicals find gross, like escargot and rattlesnake. I'm just bragging now, lol.
My gf ate some baby octopuses. I thought they would be these tiny barely visable soup thing. Nope it was a bowl of thumb sized baby octopuses, gutted and served.
Now I'm not even a regular octopus fan but that sight made me uneasy as hell. Didnt care about the flak of offering her a tic tac before kissing her.
Autism is about extremes, so it can go in the other direction too: hyposensitivity. Autism for me makes my sense of smell and taste poor, I tend not to notice tastes and scents others can detect, or I interpret them weirdly (example: I thought a cinnamon cereal tastes like how firework smoke smells).
I like trying new foods, rattlesnake sounds good to me, but undersensitivity also makes me eat when I’m not hungry because I crave flavors or spice. Meat is meat though, it isn’t gross just because it’s coming from an unfamiliar source, anything will taste good if you prepare it right.