Eating caterpillars in the name of gratitude
And other acts hospitality
Today, write about an experience with a food from a culture outside of your own. Maybe you tried to impress your partner with a food from their childhood and botched it (or nailed it!). Maybe you tried to be a sport about trying something way unfamiliar to your palate while traveling. Or, maybe you shared a meal with a stranger when you didn’t even share a language. Whatever the case, let’s get into that today.
I’m immediately thinking of the time I ate a fried caterpillar to be a good sport and not look like that American who’d turn up her nose at generous hospitality. To be sure, it was… not delicious, but I’d do it again in the same setting, for sure.