Midgrat's decision to join the Abh Empire instead of Four Nation Alliance stemmed exactly from their culinary practices. He promises not to make any of those dishes when he makes a Midgrat style meal in Banner of the Stars II. His Abh colleagues, among whom cats are the preferred household pet, are generally not amused when he brings this up. In Crest of the Stars (the sequel series Banner of the Stars), Samson's home planet Midgrat considers cat a delicacy.The people of Ganymede only ate it while getting their colony operating and the various companies gathering the Rats had to find new markets once other food sources opened up. In fact, the little beasty is dirt-common and tastes horrible. Ganymede Sea Rats of Cowboy Bebop are claimed to be a delicacy by various restaurants, allowing it to be sold at exorbitant prices.Most everyone else finds them unusually dry. Asta loves the stuff since he grew up on them, and Charmy develops a taste because they remind her of Yuno. A minor Running Gag of Black Clover is that it seems the biggest export of the remote Hage Village (where the main characters Asta and Yuno came from) is a type of potato that seems to be an acquired taste.No Real Life Examples, Please! There may be Values Dissonance, and taste is subjective. For when it's just one particular chef's palate that's way out of the norm, see Cordon Bleugh Chef. See also Haggis Is Horrible and Asians Eat Pets, two SubTropes. When the food is from a more fantastic setting, it's Weird World, Weird Food.įor the non-culinary equivalent, see Americans Hate Tingle. If an animal which the diner's culture considers too gross to eat is consumed out of sheer desperation, rather than because it's acceptable fare among foreigners, that's Reduced to Ratburgers. Occasionally combined with Dinner Order Flub. Note that most Foreign Queasine is automatically Stock "Yuck!" material. Contrast with I Ate WHAT?!, when a person ingests something and then learns what it was. One common variant of this gag is for a person to enjoy the food at first but get Squicked out when he asks what it is.įoods like this may taste like feet and may appear as a Masochist's Meal, or more rarely, be considered tasty by a character, especially a Big Eater. For example, referenced in the page image is Hákarl, fermented Greenland shark buried in the ground for 6-12 weeks then cut into strips and hung to dry for several months. Plus, it's an easy challenge for a Reality Show to pull off. This is very much Truth in Television and often finds its way into fiction as well, where it is usually played for laughs. For the hapless traveler, encountering a new and very different food can be an unsettling experience of the Squick-tastic variety. The planet Earth is a very diverse place, with many different cultures, each of which has its own traditions, history, worldview, and menu.
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