[Sca-cooks] ack! I can't eat rabbit!

[Pixel, Goddess and Queen]

In conversation a couple of weeks ago with my sister the zookeeper, she
told me about an article she'd read recently. Apparently the body has a
defense mechanism to keep you from eating things that would kill you, by
causing a violent dislike of foods that are associated with making you
sick. In her case, it's butterscotch schnapps.

People who scoop ice cream for a living tell me that they can't eat it,
that it takes a while for that aversion to go away. I have this problem
with cake frosting, Olwen has the same problem with marzipan--we've worked
with it too much and we overdosed. I think what you're experiencing is a
variant of the toxicity reaction, and that it will go away but it might
take a while.

Luckily, frozen bunny will keep, although the cat would probably enjoy it.

Margaret



On Tue, 6 May 2003, Laura L wrote:

> I am hoping that this is a temporary problem. After deboning 14 rabbits,
> then chopping the same 14+1 more, making pies out of them, and baking 12 of
> them for feast on Saturday, I baked one (of the previously unbaked 3) last
> night, took one bite and had to spit it out.
>
> Honestly, it tasted fine, it tasted like it was supposed to taste, I just
> couldn't eat it. My husband thinks that I'm insane. I think its because I
> spent something like 9 hours working with the damned things.
>
> *sigh* even the thought of rabbit is making me a bit queasy.
>
> And rabbit is/was one of my favorite meats.
>
> Any one else with a similar experience that they have since conquered? any
> tips or tricks? words of encouragement? After I disected a shark in 10th
> grade, I couldn't eat any fish that smelled "fishy" (like canned tuna) for
> about 7 years!
>
> I have 3/4 of a pie in my fridge, a whole one in the freezer and a rabbit in
> the freezer as well.  I have a feeling the cat is going to get the whole
> rabbit.
>
> Irmgart