Today was soup for lunch. Because everyone else was eating whale. Again. This time, I asked a few questions of my lunch buddies, all of them in the second grade. "Have you ever eaten whale before? Do you eat whale at home? Ever seen it before?" Three of nine kids had eaten whale once before, at school lunch in grade one. The rest of them were as puzzled as I, had never seen the stuff before. "Teacher, what's this? Is it any good? It smells funny. And it looks funny, too." The teacher did a good job, though, assured them that whale is delicious and that no, it doesn't smell or look funny. She couldn't fool me, though. I didn't touch a bite.