I think it might be more than just "culture". Bugs, maggots and worms are associated with disease, decay, and death. I doubt I've learned to jump when I see a

I think it might be more than just "culture". Bugs, maggots and worms are associated with disease, decay, and death. I doubt I've learned to jump when I see a spider, or gross out when I find maggots in the garbage can,there's probably a large portion of instinct there. I just about tolerate eating shrimp mainly because it tastes so darn good. If it would taste so so, I'd pass. The whole thing seem more related to lobbying so that large corporations can sell even cheaper junk to us as food. I have no doubts that they would scoop up and sell us processed waste directly from the sewer if they got away with it.