Goat and chicken are somewhat anomalous
words in our language; often we use separate terms for an animal and
its edible flesh. Maybe because ground cow or thin-sliced salty pig
abs sound a bit off-putting. Or maybe not. We eat fishes and usually
call them by the right name, except Patagonian toothfish which sounds
profoundly inedible. We eat duck and rabbit more often than
sweetbreads or lights, no euphemisms required. This is all because
yesterday I ate a mess of curried goat. Also jerk chicken, which,
isn't it enough to dismember, cook, and devour the bird without the
character assassination?
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