Food & Culture

Your list may differ from the list below.  And of course, some individuals of a particular culture may revel in any of the foods listed.  But as a general rule, the foods listed can offend those individuals for reasons of socialization, religious prohibitions, or habit.
 
 

Alcohol	many religious groups, including Baptists, Muslims, Seventh Day Adventists, Mormons, Christian Scientists, and Jehovah's Witnesses
Beef	Buddhists, Hindus, Chinese
Cheese	many Koreans, Japanese, Chinese
Deep Fried Foods	British and North American  Upper Class
Lobster	Muslims
Lamb	Chinese
Meat	Vegetarians
Pork	Jews, Muslims
Seafood	Jews

 

But, Northern Americans have their own food prohibitions which strike others as strange, including restrictions on consuming cattle organ meats (brains, eyes, intestines, kidneys), most insects, rodents, horses, etc.  In fact, you may be witnessing the evolution of a "food taboo" as fats, sugars, and salt, once valued staples of diets in Canada, become less popular with increasing interest in diet and health!