On Thu, 27 Jan 2011, Wayne wrote:
> Yeah, I've seen the PETA crazies stuff. Logically, it should not be more
> gross than cow secretions, but it is.
Out of curiosity, how do you feel about eggs? Or, for that matter,
eating the flesh of a mammal?
Our distinctions between edible and not are fairly arbitrary. It's
okay to eat mammals, but not smart ones ( no dog, cat, horse, monkey, etc
). Most air and land creatures who scavenge for food are generally
off-limits ( rats, pidgeons, etc ) but aquatic scavengers tend to be
a delicacy ( crab, lobster ).
Seems like you can gross yourself out thinking about the origin of most
foods ( ewww, potatos grow in the first with bugs and worms! Honey is
regurgitated bee puke!! ), but I find most of them tasty anyway.
--
David Hillman
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