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To: Rambi who wrote (44168)	12/29/1999 10:29:00 AM
From: jhild	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Looks like you have a bone to pick with him.

To: Rambi who wrote (44168)	12/29/1999 11:12:00 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

The chapter on eating human flesh in "Strange Food" begins with an anecdote about the author, his wife, and their friends eating the placenta after his wife gave birth to his first daughter, back in 1972. I remember feeling queasy when I first heard of the practice, but my sense of nausea has intensified over the years. In fact, I am making myself quite ill. Why am I even telling you this? Oh, I know, I was wondering whether vegetarians can eat their own placenta, and decided that vegetarians can (no animal was killed) but vegans can't (they don't eat any animal products, not even egg or dairy). So Gaugie (or MJ)can't make soup with Gaugie's femur head. I really am feeling quite queasy. Well, there is a chapter on durian. The author says that Singapore Airlines won't allow durian fruit to be brought on one of their airplanes. He says you can smell a durian fruit stand at least two blocks away. It doesn't smell as bad as it is reputed to smell or taste as good as it is reputed to taste, except when it is completely ripe, and then he agrees with Singapore Airlines. You can, apparently, buy it vacuum-packed in plastic.