Our tastes reveal who we are-and who we aren't. This program injects a perspective-changing awareness into conventional views of food, searching the globe for culinary traditions that disgust some and delight others. From rotten shark meat in Iceland to a goat fetus in India, from cooked rat in Togo to a stew made from bull genitals in Taiwan, the video showcases numerous unusual delicacies. It also reminds us that while mainstream, Anglo-American culture takes a dim view of dietary customs beyond its horizons, that kind of squeamishness can be a two-way street.

Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on May 27, 2010. Learn360 is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.

Worldwide Delicacies: Iceland (4:24) -- Food: Connection to the Past (1:46) -- Icelandic Delicacy: Rotten Shark (2:34) -- Proud Nation: Viking Feast Re-Lived (3:07) -- Indian Delicacy: Goat Fetus (2:16) -- Delicacies of Hybrid Cultures (2:57) -- Exclusivity of Indian Delicacy (2:56) -- Animal Fetuses: Taboo Delicacy (3:16) -- Togo Delicacy: Rat (2:27) -- Rat Hunting Party (2:04) -- Difficult Delicacies (2:33) -- Importance of Rat Hunting (3:00) -- Taiwan's Rare Delicacy: Bull Genitals (3:35) -- Food for Sexual Enhancement (2:24) -- Food for Joy and for Healing (2:44) -- Food Taboos: Mind Over Matter (3:42).