Ayale-com.1027 net.cooks utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!yale-com!harley Fri Feb 26 01:14:47 1982 tongue expansion personally i avoid all mammals, including dogs, monkeys, & folks, because i find the meat unhealthy, often fatty or hard to digest (witness the training of babies' stomachs before they can eat meats), & i find that most mammal-rearing techniques (aside from the pleasant conditions given to cows & pigs raised at home) to be disrespectful of the animal's consciousness. nevertheless, there is an excellent cookbook, in respect to tom karzes article, which you may be interested in. it is TO SERVE MAN: A COOK- BOOK FOR PEOPLE, by karl wurf, published by the owlswick press. it contains some marvellous recipes from imitation ersatz mock turtle soup to menschliche sauerbraten. as for reptiles, it is not productive to eat them, as they reproduce so slowly that eating just one python puts a strain on the species. the same for smaller critters like iguanas & even frogs -- unless they are raised for the purpose, reptiles are not ecologically sound eating. insects, though, are fine by me. outside of hunter-gatherer economies in tropical areas, i think it would be hard to produce them in sufficient quantities to be important in the food supply. but that doesn't stop me from savoring whatever flies into my mouth. i'd like to share a somewhat more farfetched recipe with you all, however. i call it ENDLESS HOT & SOUR SOUP to a stock of vegetables add a few cups of fresh, loose, somewhat acidic shit, a block or two of tofu (chopped into cubes), & the head of one tile-fish. spice with turmeric, chile oil, lamphong pepper, & lemon peel. allow to simmer for about 1 1/2 hours, during which time you should prepare & drink 3 cups of tea. when the soup is done, urinate into the pot & serve immediately. the name "endless" derives from the fact that after having some of this soup, diarrhea is likely to ensue, producing materials for another batch. - steve harley (decvax!yale-comix!harley) ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.