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To: Red Badger

Same here, mostly, except I simply could not eat bugs, spiders, scorpions — or cats or dogs. Go figure. I love snails, oysters on the half shell, fried squid ... all what many consider icky critters.

I still wonder about the first person to try oysters. He or she must have been hungry. Oh, and lobsters. When you think about it, they are as scary looking as they are delicious. Funny how we decide what we will and will not eat.

Lots to with culture and what you grew up with, I guess. In some cultures, bugs and worms are yummy. In others, birds nest soup, grilled porcupine, etc. (The first person to make birds nest soup must have been close to starvation!)


30 posted on 01/08/2024 12:34:13 PM PST by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: CatHerd

The Romans ate some of the weirdest stuff that today sounds disgusting..............


31 posted on 01/08/2024 12:44:41 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while l aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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