I know only one white guy so far that actually really likes the dried fish. When we were in the UK earlier this year, despite my ban on cooking dried fish, I was woken up at 3am to the fire detectors going off, smoke and a wierd smell. Ran downstairs to find the missus trying to cook dried squid, saying she'd got a craving and missed it from home.
In the house in the Philippines its banned inside, but they can cook it in the garden. On the cargo ships I worked it was also banned for crew to cook it, but occasionally they would try and I remember one occasion when myself the Captain and Chief Engineer were forced to spend the whole afternoon drinking beer on the foredeck.