It's not so much about the eating, though. I know I mentioned that, but... cooking is like the prelude to eating, like S'n'M stuff could be seen as a prelude to death, which is why it's so kinky (to some). Which is sort of what raised the question (that's a lie).
I'm not quite sure what point you're making with the cow heaven... is it that the act of cooking doesn't kill them, only the act of eating?
Not all food is dead, you're right. I was thinking mainly of fruits, though, and meat when I wrote that. And Douglas Adams' creature that was bred with the sole desire to be eaten. But mainly fruit and real meat.
Ok, if I were to go with the idea that apples et al want to be eaten to fulfil their purpose, it could become a near spiritual experience. The preparation therefore would be a celebration. But what about meat? Does meat want to be eaten? What would meat think about cooking shows? Is that its purpose? Is our purpose to be eaten? We're meat... If our purpose is to be eaten, then not a lot of us are fulfiling our purpose. :P
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Date: 2008-08-05 10:53 am (UTC)I'm not quite sure what point you're making with the cow heaven... is it that the act of cooking doesn't kill them, only the act of eating?
Not all food is dead, you're right. I was thinking mainly of fruits, though, and meat when I wrote that. And Douglas Adams' creature that was bred with the sole desire to be eaten. But mainly fruit and real meat.
Ok, if I were to go with the idea that apples et al want to be eaten to fulfil their purpose, it could become a near spiritual experience. The preparation therefore would be a celebration. But what about meat? Does meat want to be eaten? What would meat think about cooking shows? Is that its purpose? Is our purpose to be eaten? We're meat... If our purpose is to be eaten, then not a lot of us are fulfiling our purpose. :P