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> Michael Siemon wrote:
>> It is also, if well done, so damned "pretty" that I can hardly imagine
>> even the most squeamish of fellow diners having any problem watching
>> me eat the raw stuff, even if they demur on having it themselves!
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> It *is* quite pretty. That's about all I like about it. Honestly, I
> don't "get" what the big deal is. I think a lot of people who ooh and
> aaahh over it simply do so because it's trendy.
>

I have a deceased relative who always said that people ate this or that
because it was trendy and ate it with no regard to taste; for instance, that
no one could really tell the difference between jug wine and $50 wine if
they were put to the test; that Long John Silver served fish as good as the
best fish houses, and on-and-on-and on. It didn't take me long to realize
this particular relative, IMO, was just plain CHEAP!
Dee Dee