At least he'd been warned it would sound 'kind of awful,' even if 'kind of awful' might've been a mild understatement.

"I don't know what you were expecting, either, but I'd like to stress that it isn't as indiscriminate as it might initially sound. Eventually you'll learn some about how food's prepared, and sort of see... even if there are some parts of it you'll probably forever regard as kind of... well, probably horrible. This isn't helping." Burying her face in both hands, Sam tried not to laugh and succeeded before straightening to look Subzero in the optic again. "Thing is, we gotta eat. Food isn't just energy for an organic body---it's raw materials, too. Different foods are better or worse sources of the things the body needs to function, so the wider the variety is generally the better, but trust me, there are taboos. Anything self-aware? Widely recognized as off the table."

Through force of will she did not flinch, though the phrasing was unintentional.

"So to speak."