- Different cultures consider different foods to be delicacies or special foods eaten during celebrations. - What one culture sees as a delicacy, another may find unpleasant due to differences in tradition and culture. For example, Chinese make expensive bird nest soup while Japanese enjoy sea urchins and Australians eat locusts. A Central American tribe eats tarantula eggs. - The idea of eating insects, snails or spiders seems unpleasant compared to chicken or fish, but it is due to cultural traditions. Japanese eat seaweed but find cheese disgusting while Thais enjoy snakes and Brits eat eels but not snakes or squid like other Europeans. Cultural traditions define what foods each culture considers a delicacy.