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Exotic foods
Exotic foods is a term that is applied to culinary items which are considered unusual, novel, or taboo from the perspective of an individual's native culture. To many people living in the United States, eating foods such as reindeer, camel, or guinea pigs may be considered exotic.Food taboos exist in almost every culture. However, these taboos are never universally recognizable.
The concept of a food as exotic or taboo is almost always formed when an individual does not have exposure to the culture or group of people who consume the food as a regular part of their diet. Taboos are usually formed because cultural beliefs about other aspects of social practice clash with the unfamiliar practices of another culture. Some of the foods considered exotic or taboo by one individual may be a regular source of dietary nourishment for other individuals. These preferences may be developed in childhood and followed for the duration of an individual's life.
For some individuals, consuming a certain part of an animal may be considered unacceptable while consuming other parts may be considered acceptable. In other cases, consuming the animal whole is considered not acceptable. These rules are not universal and vary according to social norms, which change over time and place. In some cases, foods considered exotic may be attributed special meaning, such as in some culinary aphrodisiacs. For instance, oysters are considered an aphrodisiac in some areas of the costal United States.
Foods that are considered taboo among one group of people may be considered a delicacy by another. The development of taboos may have to do with the relative availability of different sources of dietary nourishment. Foods perceived as exotic by one group of people may come to be viewed this way because of a lack of knowledge of the cultural context in which they are consumed.
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