Posted by Robert Dilley on January 08, 2001 at 20:16:15 from 205.189.37.81:
My daughters, all with the usual North American ability to consume endless numbers of hot dogs despite knowledge of their composition, are all revolted at the idea of eating tongue. When that point is reached in reading AR, there is a chorus of yucks and other grossed-out noises. It frequently occurs in their conversation as inedible food, on a par with snails and tripe. Why? One says that she couldn't eat it after thinking what cows do with their tongues, but (unlike cats) I can't think of anything particularly gross cows do do with their tongues. Just seems to be one of those things, and apparently they are not alone.
I can't resist irritating the purists by going off at a tangent. The Canadian culture joke is appreciated here. So is its European equivalent. The European Paradise has the economy managed by the Germans and the railways run by the Swiss. The British form the police force, the French do the cooking and the Italians are the lovers.
The European Hell has the economy run by the French and the Germans forming the police force. The Italians run the railways, the British do the cooking and the Swiss are the lovers.
Enjoy, or not, as the case may be.