[ExI] bug eating again, was: RE: tabby's star dimming again

[SR Ballard]

Being retro-actively grossed out by food to me is just silly. You ate
it, you liked it, you didn't die.

Mentally, why is it okay for some people to eat raw fish, but not raw horse?
Why, in America, do we eat pigs but not dogs?
Why, in America, are things like shrimp and eels food, but
grasshoppers and snakes are "weird"?

It's just cultural, really. There are plenty of places in the world
that eat wood grubs. The idea kind of freaks me out, but that's
probably because I've never eaten it. Some people freak out about
pork, and not for religious reasons either. In Japan, for example,
eating fruit skins is horrifying. That includes grape skins!

Culture is weird. I admit I would feel some type of way if I were
trying to eat an eyeball, but I'd try anything else as long as you
didn't tell me what it was first. IMO it's better to try food then
find out what it is, so that your preconceptions about food don't
override reality.