The older the culture, the more likely they will eat whatever is EDIBLE no matter how
bad it tastes. The older the culture the longer they have survived all kinds of
starvation events. OK OK .. so I am referring to the Chinese. We once went to a new
years celebration with Chinese friends and their family and one of the traditional
specialties was "sea cucumber". It was the nastiest, slimiest mess I have ever put
in my mouth and spit out immediately.

Sorry, but if it needs salsa or hot peppers or garlic up the ying yang in order to be
edible, or if it has to be hidden (zucchini) then it just isnt making it onto my
menu. Squirrel is good, but it is worse hell spitting out the shot than spitting
fish bones. Ingrid

On Fri, 30 May 2008 20:38:42 EDT, Gill Passman wrote:
I find it interesting how certain foods are acceptable to certain
cultures and how even those more adventurous still cannot pallet the
thought of eating certain creatures.....over here there is a move
towards marketing grey squirrels (may contain traces of nuts) but I
can't quite bring myself to try....kangaroo meat, crocodile and
allegator steaks have been available for years - but I can't quite get
my head around serving them up for tea.....