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TWO PIECES

 

 

Dining In

 

Snake blood is for boys, not to be served in mixed company. It encourages virility, enlivens the sperm. Eel impresses small groups, but shark wows the crowds. It's evidence of coins jangling in pockets—bring it home for visitors as often as you can.

Always behead your own fowl and cook it right away. Never serve fish that's been dead an full day. Old flesh burns the kidneys. Your guests will complain.

We should also tell you that bread is dirty. It's baked in black ovens, eaten with sweaty hands. Wine chokes you slowly. Milk pollutes the blood. Your mother poisoned you with spleen-bloating filth. Now the damage is done: your insides are thick, the dragons are mad. Your cold is too hot and your hot is too cold.

 

 

 

 

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