I think the answer is “A” see that even though it wasn’t seen as a popular commodity before because it seems as though they could do anything with it, they feared that want ever they do to it might harm them. But,now since there was someone who did know what it was and knew how to cook with it, the others opinion about can change.
Oxymorons. Because there are many contradictions
A) varied
Varied/variety means there's many, which is said in the next sentence.
