"A significant part of the pleasure of eating is in one's accurate consciousness of the lives and the world from which food comes," offers Berry (235).
However, I believe this statement to be much too generalized. For instance, I personally do not find eating certain foods pleasurable in any way if I know where it comes from. Foods like meat; if I knew which cow I was eating while I bit into a cheeseburger, I would probably throw up. I consider myself a pretty compassionate person and have considered becoming vegetarian on multiple occasions for the sole reason that I feel bad for the animals that I consume. I've never been able to do it though - I just like chicken and beef too much. If I know exactly which animal my meat comes from, it becomes too personal. I would never eat my friend and that is exactly what I would feel like I was doing.
In contrast, my dad has grown a vegetable garden for many years and the taste of a home-grown tomato is unlike anything I have ever tasted. I agree with Berry that knowing where my food is coming from makes eating it more pleasurable, IF and only if we are talking about vegetables or fruits.
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