Hungry people are seldom very political with what they will eat.
Mike
When I was in High School, there was a Fast Food chain called Winky's that was cheaper than McDonalds. They abruptly went out of business, supposedly because they were serving burgers that contained non-USDA Inspected horse and kangaroo meat. And often, it is simply a matter of how people were raised.
Prior to the 1988 Seoul, South Korea Olympics, the U.S. Olympic Committee put a lot of pressure on South Korea to stop restaurants from serving dogs, which were considered a delicacy. They knew American and other visitors would be aghast and offended by the custom of eating what we consider pets.
I recall an interview with one Seoul Restaurant owner. He said, "They might be able to stop us from serving dog meat on the main streets. But they will never stop it completely, because once you have eaten dog, nothing else compares."
I will take his word for it. And this sort of thing is precisely why I never eat food from any Chinese restaurant here.
