Around the world there are lots of these wierdly disgusting foods. Marmite, Lutefisk, Durian, Sauerkraut, Kimchee(sp?) etc...
But I think one way in which they work - is that they help us define who we are. (and anyone who doesn't eat such-n-such must be a foreigner or wierdo?)
And of course we often call foreigners names related to the supposedly disgusting things they eat (that we wouldn't consider as proper food ourselves of course.) Eg: French=Frogs, Germans=Krauts etc...
But, of course, we are brought up eating the foods that help identify *our* culture. (So that *must* be right, mustn't it!?)
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