[Shop-talk] Best dishwasher? (and milk)

[Wayne]

On 1/27/2011 2:52 PM, David Hillman wrote:
> 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?

HeHe... eggs disgust me in many ways.  Don't think I've tried eating one 
straight up in about 43 years (I'm 44.5 now)  I grudginly accept they're 
an ingredient in many foods and do eat those.  Won't do shrimp 
(disgusting bottom feeding sea insects) or any seafood other than the 
occasional not-too-smelly fish.

Dead cows, dead pigs, etc -- YUM YUM.  Just no offal.  Tried game; 
didn't care for it.  Count me as a member of "People Eating Tasty Animals"

> 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 ).

Wow, that's a good succinct way to put it, David.  Had a Korean dorm 
mate in college;  Wan Ha said "Oh dog is GOOD".  I would like to 
introduce him to my current neighbor's dogs.

I understand there are some whack-job myopic Americans trying to get 
consumption of those "other" animals banned it other countries.

OMG -- I just remembered a gross one.  The wife had a co-worker 
(teacher) that grew up in very rural South Carolina.  She talked about 
eating "eggs and grubs".  Apparently Daddy would dig up grubs in the 
yard for bait and go fishin' in the morning;  any leftover grubs were 
thrown in the skillet with eggs for the family's breakfast.  (bwarf!!)

> 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.

I'm gonna go thoroughly boil a pack of ramen for dinner, then
go play in my garage.  <--- obligatory Shop Talk content.

-Wayne