Horse steak, pig innerts and such

"If the president ever apppoints you liaison to the intelligentsia or if you find yourself at the Havard Faculty Club for any other reason, you will be well advised to order the horse steak. That shows that you are one of us. The horse steak has been on the menu since the World War II meat shortages, and the Harvard cognoscenti, always alert for new taste thrills, found it gamier and more interesting than plain old cow streak, especially when washed down with an amusing little Australian Pinot Chardonnay. So it stays on the menu, a permanent fixture. Horse steak is the symbol of the open, questing mind, which is how Havard likes to think of itself" (quoted, The Money Game, Adam Smith)

Eccentricities signifies abnormality, undeniably any form of eccentricities possess a measure of exclusivity. While in many cases, more desirable emotions of eclusivity is being projected to overshadow the un-norm. The westerners digusts at Chinese that eats everything, but have you ever wonder why Chinese eat every single part of a pig, from head to toe? Because they are poor, and have to make full use of the whole animal, during the olden day war times, that's my theory. Therefore, it becomes a "permanent fixture" on the menu, not unlike the horse steak. The Germans' eat pig trotters, the French eat Foie Gras etc.

Well, probably the chinese is just happy and contented to enjoy their own pig innerts and trotters and not care about what others say about them (乐在其中), while giving it a twist will definitely increase the taste of exclusivity, as a delicacy.

Having said that, still interested to taste the horse steak with chardonnay. Besides trotters, one of my favourite dish of my mum's cooking, maybe i would say i quite like pigs ear.