tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039707457010939097.post4159771717343566047..comments2024-01-18T04:42:47.809-06:00Comments on BitterGrace Notes: What's for dinner?BitterGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18262639525430954930noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039707457010939097.post-40772284794287607272010-03-16T09:17:51.633-05:002010-03-16T09:17:51.633-05:00I can relate to this, definitely. Most of the meat...I can relate to this, definitely. Most of the meat I find myself around is dull, poorly cooked, factory farmed stuff that holds not the tiniest bit of temptation for me. I've even "cheated," here and there, over the years, taking a bite of the ground beef I'd prepared for my dog's temporary "soft diet" or continuing to eat vegetarian-looking dish after realizing it contained tiny bits of chicken or pork I'd originally missed. The result is always a distinct sense of "Blech! How did I ever enjoy this?" But every so often, I'll encounter a meat smell that makes my mouth water, my stomach rumble, and my animal brain itch with craving. The strongest example was when I was covering the wee city of Bath, Maine, for my last weekly newspaper job. The police station sat a block away from the local rib joint, Beale Street Barbecue. You could smell the pork smoking every day for several blocks in any direction, and it was amazing! Any time I needed to visit the cops there - at least once a week, but usually more - all I could think about was how much I wanted to go in there and order some ribs. I only covered that beat for a few months, so I never found out how long my willpower could hold out. If I ever do decide to eat meat again, that'll be the first place I go.jmcleod76https://www.blogger.com/profile/17756115118582961551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039707457010939097.post-41423161549160453962010-03-15T20:43:57.713-05:002010-03-15T20:43:57.713-05:00I have a theory about teeth. Pure carnivores, like...I have a theory about teeth. Pure carnivores, like felines, have exclusively incisors and other teeth designed for ripping flesh. Horses and cows, 100% herbivores, have teeth designed for chewing and grinding vegetable foods. We have, out of our 32 teeth, 4 "canines" or incisors; I think this means that our diets should be the same ratio, or 8 to 1 vegetable/grain foods to flesh foods. It just seems to make sense to me.Olfactahttp://olfactarama.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039707457010939097.post-40891745872640675952010-03-15T18:13:33.822-05:002010-03-15T18:13:33.822-05:00Flesh pleasures...tasted, inhaled and felt...distu...Flesh pleasures...tasted, inhaled and felt...disturbing and enlivening, every one of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com