PROMPT: Favorite Restaurant

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What is your favorite restaurant?

I can’t tell you, precisely, but I know it has one location, is authentically itself, and is what some might describe as a dive. Interestingly, you can find it anywhere in the world if you know where to look.

PROMPT: 5 Everyday Things

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What are 5 everyday things that bring you happiness?

A breath of air when I’m suffocating.

A drink of water when I’m thirsty.

A bit of bread when I’m hungry.

Sleep when I’m weary.

Company when I’m lonely.

PROMPT: Couldn’t Live Without

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What are three objects you couldn’t live without?

Digestible non-toxic protein, digestible non-toxic fats, and digestible non-toxic carbohydrates.

Also, water and air, but they are non-commoditized (to a large extent, anyhow.)

Also, certain vitamins and minerals, but they would be subsumed in a good mix of the aforementioned three.

PROMPT: Budgeting

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Write about your approach to budgeting.

First, use what you’ve got to put food in your face. If there’s left over, acquire suitable shelter. If there’s some left, buy a book.

PROMPT: Candy

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What’s your favorite candy?

Chocolate covered nut.

PROMPT: Snack

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What snack would you eat right now?

Fried crickets.

PROMPT: Grocery Store Items

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List your top 5 grocery store items.

1.) carrots; 2.) bread; 3.) peppers; 4.) onions; 5.) rice

Don’t know whether this is supposed to be by weight, value, volume, or frequency of purchase. Each would yield a different response.

PROMPT: Eating Meat

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What are your feelings about eating meat?

I have no strong feelings. Everything that lives becomes food, so I don’t see a sound moral argument against meat. There is certainly a nutritional argument against eating excessive quantities of meat (which I would grant many meat-eaters do) but this is not an argument for dropping meat altogether. I accept that there is a reasonable environmental argument, but — counterpoint — it’s delicious.

I see no argument at all against choosing to eat vegetarian or vegan, so I certainly wouldn’t try to talk anyone out of their decision to do so. (i.e. The “you can’t get enough protein” argument is bullshit.)

PROMPT: 3 Favorite Meals

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What are your family’s top 3 favorite meals?

Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner. (Chronologically, not in order of preference.)

Paper masala dosa for breakfast; Thai red curry for lunch; mixed fruit for dinner.

PROMPT: Specialty

What food would you say is your specialty?

I make a mean pot of steamed rice.