Juneau Food

"Even the most hardened people have trouble stopping themselves.
Without fuss or prelude they break off from what they are doing, sit
down, and talk about the desires that have been welling up inside them.
Food, of course, is one of the favorite subjects. Often you will
overhear a group of people describing a meal in meticulous detail,
beginning with the soups and appetizers and slowly working their way to
dessert, dwelling on each savor and spice, on all the various aromas and
flavors, concentrating now on the method of preparation, now on the
effect of the food itself, from the first twinge of taste on the tongue
to the gradually expanding sense of peace as the food travels down the
throat and arrives in the belly. These conversations sometimes go on
for hours, and they have a highly rigorous protocol. You must never
laugh, for example, and you must never allow your hunger to get the
better of you. No outbursts, no unpremeditated sighs. That would lead
to tears, and nothing spoils a food conversation more quickly than
tears. For best results, you must allow your mind to leap into the
words coming from the mouths of others. If the words can consume you,
you will be able to forget your present hunger and enter what people
call the 'arena of the sustaining nimbus'. There are even those who say
there is nutritional value in these food talks -- given the proper
concentration and an equal desire to believe in the words among those
taking part."

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