November 19, 2010
Swallow Before Reading
I was not familiar with artichokes until after I was married. I now know what artichokes look like. In case you don't know, here is an artichoke:
An artichoke is not something that looks like food.
This is food:
So, I don't eat artichokes. And I don't care to try to eat artichokes. I have been to very fine restaurants. I have seen people eating artichokes. Very UGLY!
I have a rule that if instructions concerning how to eat something, an artichoke, for example, are required, that something, an artichoke, for example, is not "food." Many things are known by the misnomer, seafood, and similarly require instructions to eat ... these things are NOT food.
Why would any sane person ever consider eating something like squid:
According to the Miami New Times, Miami lawyer, Marc Ginsberg, distinguished himself by filing a lawsuit for Dr. Arturo Carvajal because Dr. Carvajal hurt himself eating an artichoke.
Here are my questions: 1) Doctor, why did you order the artichoke? and 2) If you didn't know how to eat an artichoke, why didn't you swallow your pride instead of the artichoke and ask the server?
And, Doctor, when you encounter something that doesn't look like food, don't eat it.
Posted by Bill at November 19, 2010 12:39 PMI remember when I was a boy scout, we learned about how the native americans in our area prepared acorns for consumption. Much pounding and repeatedly boiling; a very involved process. It resulted in a bitter, nearly unpalatable goo. And if it wasn't done right, it was toxic. I always wondered, "Why go to all that trouble for something that sucks?" and "How many people died before they figured out how to prepare it? And who decided they should keep trying?"
Posted by: Kyle at November 21, 2010 03:09 AMI live in an area where people spend lots of money on sea food in posh restaurants and they even have to take the shells off themselves. One waiter told my brother in law. It doesn't matter how you get inside the things the important part is to enjoy it.
Posted by: Anji at November 22, 2010 12:43 PM