{"id":21228,"date":"2025-06-20T09:34:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T14:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/studyabroad\/?p=21228"},"modified":"2025-06-23T09:42:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T14:42:44","slug":"the-rich-tastes-of-sicily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/studyabroad\/2025\/06\/20\/the-rich-tastes-of-sicily\/","title":{"rendered":"The rich tastes of Sicily"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Italy is known worldwide for its amazing culture and cuisine, and Sicily is no exception. One of the main reasons I decided to go to Sicily is because of that reason. Growing up I had been a pretty picky eater and have gotten a little better as I matured. However, I still have those root tendencies sometimes. A lot of our meals in Sicily were all together, and we didn’t order what we wanted, it was more so you get what you get kind of deal. I was fine with this until we had the first food that was sketchy to me. They gave us an eggplant lasagna, and I was very weary. I decided to try it because I was hungry and didn’t want to insult the cook, and I was impressed. It tasted great, and I never would have expected that. I even ended up ordering it when we went out to eat on our own. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Traditional Sicilian dinner. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I continued to be impressed with foods I was timid with, and it was great. However, we had one day that was all seafood. I grew up in the middle of the Midwest, so I was never exposed to any good and fresh seafood. They gave us whole fried fish, octopus tentacles, mussels and tuna pasta. I was lowkey so grossed out, but I knew this was something I needed to push through and try. With the encouragement from the close friends I had made, I tried it all. I wish I could say I loved it, but I was not a fan. However, that didn’t matter to me, I was just proud of myself for taking that step. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The seafood meal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to this program and these friends, I was pushed out of my comfort bubble and experienced even more of the culture that I never could have before. My younger self would be both shocked and impressed by me traveling to a new country by myself and trying all these new exotic foods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Learn more about this blogger\u2019s study abroad program: Sicily: Crossroads in the Mediterranean<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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