One man's meat is another man's poison People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten or what can not be eaten . If you lived in the mMediterranean,for instance ,you would conside octopus a great delicacy , you would not be able to understand why some people find it repulsice. On the other hand , your stomach would turn at the idea of frying potatoes in animal fat- the normally accepted practice in many northern countried. The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives.