How many of you have eaten a bug? A snail? Caviar? You know those are fish eggs, right?

What about Octopus? Snake? Haggis? Squirrel? Groundhog?

Some of us are more adventurous than others. But on the whole, we eat what we are comfortable with, and we avoid what is not comfortable. And what is not comfortable is usually what is either not acceptable to us in our culture or just not in our daily habit of rituals.

For example, some of us might eat this:

But never would we eat this:

Or this:

What kinds of foods have you eaten that are rare or unusual? [Give people time to answer.]

Anyone eat a rodent? Some people for example might eat a squirrel, never think of eating a groundhog! Although a groundhog is just a land burrowing member of the squirrel family! And a squirrel is just a…