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In the New Yorker...
Jeff Wrangler:
If you have not yet read Dana Goodyear's Nov. 4 article "Beastly Appetites," I recommend that you not read it over lunch. :P
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on November 11, 2013, 02:22:17 pm ---If you have not yet read Dana Goodyear's Nov. 4 article "Beastly Appetites," I recommend that you not read it over lunch. :P
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I haven't. Thanks for the heads up! Is it worth reading away from the table?
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on November 11, 2013, 08:12:36 pm ---I haven't. Thanks for the heads up! Is it worth reading away from the table?
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Yes, I think so. I found it interesting. It does kind of go all over the place from the international politics of whale fishing to how people in many countries other than the U.S. eat horse meat, but I still found it interesting.
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on November 11, 2013, 11:23:24 pm ---Yes, I think so. I found it interesting. It does kind of go all over the place from the international politics of whale fishing to how people in many countries other than the U.S. eat horse meat, but I still found it interesting.
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I often wonder about how different foods become acceptable in one country and not others.
I'm sure people in India are horrified that we eat cow.
Jeff Wrangler:
Jumping ahead to the Nov. 11 issue, I'm being charmed by the article about the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who. I've never seen an episode of Doctor Who, but being generally culturally aware, I have heard of Doctor Who, and I have a general idea about the show. I've even heard of the Daleks, although until I started reading the article, I had no idea what a Dalek was. Or a Tardis. ... 8)
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