It could just be a personal preference. I'm nauseated by the smell of cooked shellfish, and I'm not even allergic or anything. If it's as you say and the female protagonist had an unusual affinity for it, it's going to cause problems as her neighbors are sure to be complaining about the odors coming from her tiny apartment. Though if working class humans are paid so poorly they can't afford to eat meat in general it's going to be suspicious either way that she's cooking so much meat going forward. Maybe they'll get around that, and her recent unemployment, by opening a sashimi cart using aliens as the meat, lol.

It could just be a personal preference. I'm nauseated by the smell of cooked shellfish, and I'm not even allergic or anything. If it's as you say and the female protagonist had an unusual affinity for it, it's going to cause problems as her neighbors are sure to be complaining about the odors coming from her tiny apartment. Though if working class humans are paid so poorly they can't afford to eat meat in general it's going to be suspicious either way that she's cooking so much meat going forward.