You may not be out of the woods yet on this one, Ken. Sneering at the eating habits of other cultures is an old pastime. The Old Testament's Book of Leviticus has God telling his chosen people what they could and could not eat. By implication, those who ate the forbidden foods were not on God's A-list. Besides pork, there are some 600 dietary proscriptions in Leviticus.
Food habits are a way of strengthening community ties.
The British for centuries described their rivals across the channel as frog-eaters, or frogs for short. Today in Houston, frog legs may not be a staple, but they cause raised eyebrows among only the Tiger Beat set. In Britain today, frog legs are considered a delicacy. The populations of those countries combined far exceed the population of the British Isles and the United States. Contrary to popular belief, this meat does not all go into pet food.