Re: "eater of broken meats" was 10 Science Fiction Novels You Pretend to Have Read (And Why You Should Actually Read Them)

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From: Jasen Betts
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 06:47

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On 2012-07-16, Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> wrote:
> Carson Chittom <carson@wistly.net> writes:
>> Kurt Busiek <kurt@busiek.com> writes:
>
>> > You, on the other hand, are a rascally, worsted-stocking knave, and an
>> > eater of broken meats.
>> I'm fairly sure I'm going to regret asking, but how does one *break*
>> meat?
>
> Yeah, I always wondered about that myself. Perhaps Shakespeare meant
> a savage who dispenses with cutlery and instead simply rips raw meat
> chunks from a carcass.

In shakespeare's day meat didn't only mean animal flesh, but also included
other foods like bread, 

And in 1608 when king lear was published very few english people (if any)
ate with a fork.

http://larryavisbrown.homestead.com/files/lear/lear_IIb_notes.htm#broken%20meats

> A buddy of mine used to live on a Caribbean island. He told me about
> the local butcher simply slamming down a dull cleaver on a side of
> beef to cut off portions for customers. The cleaver shattered bones
> and left lots of tooth breaking chips sprinkled in the meat.

I had a chicken curry in Fiji in 1981 that had bone bits in it.

Tooth enamel is harder than bone, 

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