Byzantine Blog
Probably the only vaguely interesting thing about me is that with my wife, Mary Reed, I co-author the John the Eunuch mystery series set in sixth century Constantinople. But that doesn't stop me from dwelling here on the boring minutiae of the rest of my life, present and past, along with the occasional word about writing.
Read/Post Comments (0)
--Michel de Montaigne
Let Them Eat Goat
Every year, I used to go to a folk festival where you could sample all manner of ethnic foods. I kept putting off the Jamaican Curried Goat. The meat chunks swam in a red sauce. They didn't resemble goat. They could have been chunks of anything. Something more palatable than a goat. Their siren bleat called to me.
However, I was never much of a meat eater. What if goat tasted like the venison my father brought home once when I was a kid? Or the squirrel? But what if it didn't? What does goat taste like? Is it worth the chance?
I always found an excuse to avoid the goat. "Curried goat probably won't sit well with Korean Kimchi," I'd tell myself. Next year, I'll have the goat instead. But I never did.
And now I'm a vegetarian.
Life is filled with missed opportunities.
Read/Post Comments (0)
Previous Entry :: Next Entry
Back to Top
