Meat at JM Danslow in Gravesend

He said: “It tends to follow the trend of the television programmes - if there’s a chef on TV and they're pushing crocodile, ostrich or buffalo meat, then people will follow that.

"Uptown at the moment in the nice restaurants they're selling all this stuff.”

He urged experimental eaters to follow the likes of Australia and South Africa, where trying different meats is par for the course.

He added: “Yes, we’re very set in our ways.

Trevor Dayne and manager Scott Cassettari at JM Danslow's in Gravesend

"It’s one of the only industries that hasn’t really evolved in the last 20 to 30 years”

But we weren't convinced, so we took some of shop manager Scott Cassettari's fare out to the (almost) willing Gravesend public.

Find out what they thought when they met reporter James Snaith in our video above.

• Visit the shop in Windmill Street or call 01474 352641