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: Spehro Pefhany
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:02

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On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 21:45:38 -0500, 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.
>
>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.

The Chinese way of cutting chicken etc. is pretty much that way
(except that the cleaver is kept sharp). Right through the bones and
all. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd3npEWPz0A

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