Re: Momentarily verbal

"Jukka Aho" <jukka.aho@xxxxxx> writes:

Solo Thesailor wrote:

Rabbits -that are actually pets just like cats?

How about "rabbits--that are actually cute little creatures that
destroy your gardens"?

Never tasted one, but would if served. I don't see a problem with
viewing rabbits both as small game and pets - the same way as having
an aquarium does not usually prevent people from enjoying fish as
food.

Rabbit is quite good. One of my favorite kinds of meat, in fact.

I don't feel the same way about dogs (or cats, for that matter),
though. That's mainly because they have managed to convince me
they're somewhat intelligent beings with something of a personality,
each.

Perhaps more to the point, both dogs and cats fall into a class of
animals that are (historically, in European culture) roughly "more
valuable as workers than as food". If you're interested in this sort
of thing, I'd highly recommend Marvin Harris's _The Sacred Cow and the
Abominable Pig_ (aka _Good to Eat_).

And how about brains, sheep eyes, etc, can you eat them?

As far as I know, brains or sheep eyes don't belong to the normal
everyday cuisine here -and probably not in too many other Western
countries, either.

Brains ("sesos") aren't uncommon on the menu at the taco trucks one
finds in California. I haven't had them in a while, but I recall them
being pretty good, though not my favorite.

I suspect they could be available somewhere as an old-fashioned
local specialty, though, in which case I might try them if assured
they will taste like chicken.

If you want something that tastes like chicken, eat the chicken.

That's yet another kettle of fish - conscientious objection to food
items! The topic was touched upon in the above segment about dogs
and rabbits, but I'm not sure if we want to go deeper in
there. Frankly, I'm more interested in things like disliking onions
and tomatoes, since there, at least, it is all about the taste and
look of the stuff, instead of a moral dilemma about whether a carrot
has a soul or feelings, or is unfairly deprived of its natural
habitat.

You may think that you're joking there, but I used to have an Indian
coworker who said that her grandmother was an old-style vegetarian who
wouldn't eat anything that entailed the death of the plant, so root
vegetables were impermissible for her.

[1] I have suffered a "sauce bearnaice syndrome" once myself. Got
sick (for unrelated reasons) right after eating a muffin. Despite
all rationalization and self-persuation, it took years before I
could stomach that particular type of muffin again.

I once got violently ill after eating sushi (probably not due to it,
as my companion ate the same things with no ill-effects), and I had an
aversion to it that was so strong that I was seriously afraid that I
wouldn't be able to eat it again. It lasted for several weeks, as I
recall, and then it was a favorite food again. I had no problem with
cooked fish during that time.

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