Kinda funny how picky people can be. I must be weird, I'll eat anything and everything. Gotta try it prepared a few different ways before I decide I don't care for a food.
You know what food program also failed? In the south they tried to market Coypu (Nutria/River Rats) as a good meat, even stocking it in grocery stores for a short time. The idea was that if enough people ate the meat, then it could curb the invasive problem and keep that meat from going to waste. Yep, people didn't like the idea of eating a water rat. Shame, if you ask me. And I believe Chicago or somewhere around there wanted to market Asian carp and also use it in food programs. It is actually a delicious fish, but most people think it is disgusting just because common carp taste horrible. In a blind taste test, most people can't tell asian carp from whitefish or cod. I know I'd buy it, I'd rather eat a tasty invasive than an overfished native fish.