TRICHINOSIS, n. The pig's reply to proponents of porcophagy.
Moses Mendlessohn having fallen ill sent for a Christian physician, who at once diagnosed the philosopher's disorder as trichinosis, but tactfully gave it another name. "You need and immediate change of diet," he said; "you must eat six ounces of pork every other day.""Pork?" shrieked the patient — "pork? Nothing shall induce me to touch it!""Do you mean that?" the doctor gravely asked."I swear it!""Good! — then I will undertake to cure you."
2009 Update: A former restraint on the chef's art that required specific foods to be examined carefully for thorough of the cooking. Trichinosis no longer constrains the Western diet as few foods remain specific, even upon examination. The worm is no longer in our meal but in our selves.
Trichinosis--"Cook it good," Mom used to say when we were to have pork for dinner. That advice still applies for all food that once breathed.
ReplyDelete[I guess the rest are still sleeping or got up late and had to hurry off to 'someplace'--so I'll be first here.)
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Bad word choice for this day when I feel like I am dying, and have even considered moving my desk and computer into the bathroom to save running back and forth.
ReplyDeletelike the smell of bacon in the morning--blending with the fresh
ReplyDeletebrewed coffee.Peace
Eww...worms. Yuk.
ReplyDeleteBut, please do pass the bacon to me. And the ham and beans of course.
Does Gretchen have to deal with these worms I wonder?
Worms deserve to live, too.
ReplyDeletePerhaps the worm will turn with the stomach.
ReplyDeleteTrichinosis, n. An intestinal parasite caused by underfunded swine odor management in Iowa.
ReplyDeleteOr sick with Gastroenteritis, Jim. Could be that.
ReplyDeleteSorry, Quilly. Feel better and stay away from luaus for awhile.
Smells like...napalm.
Great point, TLP. Future plot point, maybe.
"Crows gotta eat, same as worms" -Josey Wales.
Hobbes, no doubt.
Haha, Karen. As a former Iowa farmhand, I can tell you bad swine odor management maims but doesn't kill.
Worm in the ingredients like devil in the details
ReplyDeleteTrichinosis: a swine in drag.
ReplyDelete"a" swine? I mean swine...it's the lead in the water.
ReplyDeletehappy monday!
Tricky?
ReplyDeleteNo, sis. Those are just the dust bunnies under your bed preparing to attack.
Or like the terrier in the recycling bin, Ice.
ReplyDeleteYou too, brother Mule. Even wacky it's good to see you back.
Sauerkraut, did Quilly's spirit leave her body and enter through your nose?
Why people eat that stuff is something I will never understand.
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