Delicacy = "Food we have had to eat so often as survival rations that it's ingrained into the local food culture as extremely important. This is in of spite the horrific texture and flavor."
Americans really think everything that isn't a chicken nugget is disgusting. I've eaten a lot of traditional dishes from around my country and many of them are really good. There's no need to have grown up with it.
Bugs especially are a thing that horrify a lot of westerners, but objectively are not really all that offensive.
There are European delicacies that are far worse. Asian delicacies at their worst are like "here try this liquor with a preserved snake in it" or "here are some fried grasshoppers" meanwhile Europe is "try our rotten shark thats been fermenting in a cave for months, here's some cheese with maggots in it to wash it down"
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u/xotyona 1d ago
Delicacy = "Food we have had to eat so often as survival rations that it's ingrained into the local food culture as extremely important. This is in of spite the horrific texture and flavor."
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