This means that everyone has different tastes and preferences — what one person likes, another may not, and that's perfectly fine. It's a way of saying 'to each their own.'
A common folk saying that uses cheap vegetables to illustrate the diversity of human preference. It's often used to settle arguments about subjective matters.
It promotes tolerance and harmony by acknowledging that people are different. In a collectivist culture, this saying helps avoid conflict over personal tastes, keeping social peace.
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