Unspeakable Hunger

Have you ever been really hungry, but just not able to think of a specific food you want to eat? Not starving, mind you (since when I'm starving I'll eat anything nearby), just really hungry. I'm having that dilemma. Sandwich? That's pretty much all I eat. I'm bored of them. Teriyaki Bowl? Had that yesterday. Taco Bell? Meh. Don't want it, and it isn't particularly healthy. All the other fast food options pretty much fall into that category.

So what do I do? And perhaps more confusing, why is this happening at all? It isn't that I don't have an appetite. It's that my brain is subverting it with boredom, disgust, and moral outrage.

My theory is that what my body actually needs to eat is something that my brain won't let it acknowledge. Some socially unacceptable and possibly reprehensible food. Like human flesh. Or, I don't know, grilled dog paws, or cajun hippo eyes or something. Even bringing it out into the open doesn't help. Disregarding how difficult it might be to legally obtain a shank of human leg meat for lunch, I still don't think I could stomach it. Too many years of anti-cannibalism media exposure, I guess.

Maybe a hot dog. With enough chili on it, I might be able to overlook the "not-quite-pork" flavor. And the fingernail pieces.

Comments

[the wife]

is this a good time to ask you why you were sprinkling my arm with BBQ sauce last night?

[Dean]

You KNOW *that* had nothing to do with food.
It's a folk remedy.
For rickets.