I think the current cuisine of a culture is related to its economic status. Westerners often turn their noses up at things consumed in, say, East Asia, yet man

I think the current cuisine of a culture is related to its economic status. Westerners often turn their noses up at things consumed in, say, East Asia, yet many of those same things were consumed in the west before industrial farming allowed us to be more choosy about our food. Go read about California during the gold rush, where an influx of people without appropriate food infrastructure pushed people to eat bears, cougars, songbirds, etc.