The Philosophy of Food | Wednesday, 3rd Period

[sharp_as_knives]

The desk was back at the front of the room this week, with the students' chairs wherever they cared to put them. The food was covered, this time with identical silver lids.

When everyone was listening, Hannibal stood behind the table and spoke.

"While I like to think that food can truly be an art form, I am well aware that not everybody shares that opinion. Nor does everybody have that option. Art, preference, culture - many things affect how we think of food. One of those is economics. Availability." He looked at them all seriously. "Not everybody gets the best food. Not everybody gets food they can eat. Some people are lucky if they get anything."

He gestured at the dishes. "So. Each of you gets one of these. No peeking. When you each have your own, we'll uncover them all. If you don't like what you have, feel free to try to get something else. Barter, bargain, trade, give away, or steal, whatever you like, remembering that you may still need to see each other later. Consider this a hands-on experience."



[OOC: If you play and want to do it randomly, just click a dish below and see what you get. But feel free to check them all out and mod your results for the most interesting playing. :) ]

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Re: Post what you got, try to get someone else's!

[never-dull.livejournal.com]

"There is virtually no part of an animal that is not cuisine to someone," Hannibal said. "Unless it is toxic; and sometimes even that is no deterrent."

Re: Post what you got, try to get someone else's!

[3girls-1core.livejournal.com]

Zhahar looked much more skeptical about eating them, now knowing what they were called and Sholeh was making gagging noises in the back of her head. Good thing she didn't have enough control of the body to make those noises audible to everyone.

*They were...are good!* she told her sister sternly.

::Says you,:: Sholeh declared. ::Zee and I didn't get a chance to try them. So, ew.::

"You can have a couple," she told Mavis. "There's enough to share."

"I'm far more used to sharing than I am not," she told Professor Lecter. "It's a pretty big deal back home. Only the most selfish eat everything when there was someone nearby with nothing."

Re: Post what you got, try to get someone else's!

[never-dull.livejournal.com]

"By that definition, there are many who are selfish." Hannibal nodded at the dishes. "There would be little point in this exercise if everybody could be relied upon to trade and share fairly."

Re: Post what you got, try to get someone else's!

[3girls-1core.livejournal.com]

Zhahar shrugged. "I grew up where everything was tight, but when we worked together, nobody went without. Not everyone here can say the same, I bet."