每当你要对比不同饮食文化时都会发现,人们对哪些东西美味难挡、哪些东西令人作呕的态度存在着巨大差异。你想在早餐的吐司上抹点维吉麦吗?有一个美国小孩曾经这样描述这种又咸又苦的酱:“尝起来就像有人想做饭,但却做砸了一样。”牛肚是与面条最搭配的街边美味,还是略带些许腥臭,甚至不宜食用的“皮筋”?
Such strong differences of opinion about what's delicious and what's disgusting crop up whenever you begin to compare the way different cultures eat. Is Vegemite something you look forward to slathering on your toast in the morning? Or is it a salty, bitter mess that “tastes like someone tried to make food and failed horribly”, as one American child reported? Is beef tripe a savoury street food best eaten over noodles, or inedible rubber, tainted with a whiff of the latrine?
Such strong differences of opinion about what's delicious and what's disgusting crop up whenever you begin to compare the way different cultures eat. Is Vegemite something you look forward to slathering on your toast in the morning? Or is it a salty, bitter mess that “tastes like someone tried to make food and failed horribly”, as one American child reported? Is beef tripe a savoury street food best eaten over noodles, or inedible rubber, tainted with a whiff of the latrine?