A few years ago I read some article about tertiary parts in Chinese cooking. A photograph in the article showed raw chicken feet about to be cooked and eaten. So then I dreamed that I ate raw chicken feet. Why did I dream about it? It is nightmarish to think of polluting my insides by incorporating bad things.

What you eat is the most basic choice you have. As a choice, it has morals attached to it. To eat is to mediate the boundary between what is external and what is internal. Think of the body as an open container-- something pure and intact, but able to be infiltrated. To eat impure foods is to contaminate yourself.
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