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file Two Cambodian women sell grilled spiders in Phnom Penh's
central market. A popular snack along the banks of the Tonle
Sap, maybe, but will the kids eat 'em? By Jon Bonné updated
10/28/2005 3:25:27 PM ET 2005-10-28T19:25:27  It was Jeffrey
Steingarten, author of “The Man Who Ate Everything,” who most
recently insisted that we should embrace the universe of
foodstuffs around us. You've heard variations on this spiel: Try
everything once because (this part gets repeated in your most
motherly tone) if you don't try it, you won't know if you like
it.  Those principles are fine for Brussels sprouts and
sweetbreads. But seeing as it's the time of year when grossing
people out gets semi-official sanctioning from a semi-official
holiday, now is the moment to consider foods that push the
envelope of edibility.  We're not talking about haunted-house,
peeled-grapes-as-eyeballs gross. We're talking about food that
can churn your stomach without the aid o