5 things to eat before you die

I've had a burst of guilt. Chubby Hubby had tagged me for my first meme for a while two months ago and I never got around to posting it - Five things to eat before you die.


1. Something you've killed
I think everybody should eat something they've killed and it should be as far up the animal food chain as possible. Yes, yes you should. Can't go passing the buck all your life. Not that I'm buying into this whole great white hunter bollocks. I'm obviously suspicious of people that surround themselves with every modern comfort and their way of reaching back to their ancient past just happens to be shooting something. There's a time and a place but any more significance placed on hunting than 'killin' stuff' is bollocks. And yeah alright it's not very practical so check with your local council and try not to stuff it up, actually don't bother it's just too hard.
I dunno, buy a live lobster, kill it properly (they're fiesty if they wake up!), and pat yourself on the back. Or go vegetarian.

2. Uni
Not the place where I sent five yeards faffing around doing a Philosophy and Accounting double degree but the gonads of sea urchins. It's like a turd wrapped in a hand grenade. So why have it? Well it's gorgeous, it's like dessert for savoury people, a sweet salty buttery aromatic mousse made from the creamiest of cream. It's sweet like a really good champagne is, that's not really sweet at all. But why not just make a sweet salty aromatic mousse from the creamiest cream? Because you don't have to, because it just is as it is, untouched. And it's something you really shouldn't have in any rational world but you try it and it's good, geniunely good. You can't say that about sea cucumbers

3. A suitably effective hallucinogenic
Not suggesting for a minute that you go out and buy these or even enjoy them in a nice pastoral setting on a sunny day but, while not the most tasty of eating experiences, they do give more ride for your dollar than any other ingestible I can think of.
What it will teach you about food is the effect that small amounts of chemicals can have on your body. Compare this with the large amounts of beer required to get up to the level of "dancing" and the tardy side-effects of eating crap food, you can almost see the genesis of the organic food movement.
Other than that, there's little better for appreciating how tenuous our strongly held beliefs can be - my! carpet *can* undulate after all, and what a sharp little knife edge of perception and reason we live on. It'll also teach you that if things do get bad, they will pass with patience, that acceptance can trump struggle, and fear is illusory - very Tao.
Otherwise: play dizzy whizzy and fall backwards and look at the clouds.

4. Spam and Noodle Casserole
God help me the world of food is a relativist one. It's all bloody well we're busy, or we can't afford this, or but I liiiike it, or ooooh what a fucking food snob. It's getting so hard you can't even pop into the Scottish Restaurant on a Saturday morning and shout you must hate your children if you're giving them this shit anymore without someone feeling all aggreived. Thank you Spam and Noodle Casserole because you have taught me that there are absolutes and there is evil.

5. A Giant Bouncy Castle Made of Jelly
I don't know if this is feasible but the thought of dying and not having eaten this just breaks my heart.