Day 1
Meat shopping spree.
It's hard for me to look
directly at meat again, after witnessing the events that were
the first stinkymeat project. However, I can now take control
of the rampant nausea. I can suppress the mental trauma. Stinkymeat
is begging for resurrection, and it is now the middle of August.
As promised - it's now time
to do it all again.
The stinkymate and I interviewed
many different varieties of beef and meat-like products for this
new scientific experiment. As we walked through the grocery store,
I came upon a profound realization:
There is really a lot of
sick food product on the market.
We narrowed
down our selections to 6 total items. As before, the criteria
involved with our picks usually came down to finding the cheapest
crap we could get our hands on. Whereas these sausages aren't
as obviously processed as the hotdogs from the first project,
they do still have a certain pre-packaged appeal. They also appear
to have something to do with beer. This excited the stinkymate.
I made the purchase.
Sausage: $1.50
Nothing matches
the texture value of oysters. The store didn't have any fresh,
so I settled for canned. Please note the background item, "fish
balls."
As I said -
a LOT of sick food product.
Oysters: $2.49
I decided to
keep one of the original choices. The salmon.
I expect it
to stink gloriously.
The woman working
in the meat department was extremely helpful with all of my meat
related questions. She picked out a delicious looking salmon steak
for me, skin included. She had to ask her boss if it was all right
if we could take her picture, however. I told her it was for science.
That seemed to make it ok.
Salmon: $3.91
I needed chicken
- and a small slab of chicken just didn't seem like it would be
enough. I wanted to find some sort of game hen, or quail - I settled
for a bagged "young chicken."
It's rather...
juicy. The bag it was in did not feel pleasant to the touch. I
somehow felt responsible for slaughtering a baby chicken as I
bought it.
Chicken: A bargain price at $3.79
I don't know
what possessed me to get dog food. I do have to admit, some of
the brands looked pretty appetizing. Huge portions of gravy lathered
steak, 'prime cuts', and 'premium pieces' really started to get
my stomach growling.
I picked the
only can that had a picture of a dog on it.
Dog food: $0.34
Since I was
now pretty hungry, the stinkymate and I stopped by a fast food
place on the way home. There, we made our final selection: A fast
food burger.
This happy
employee was more than willing to have her photograph taken. We
didn't even have to explain what for. I appreciate that kind of
blind, trusting cooperation.
All items are
now in the fridge, anxiously awaiting their final destiny. Tomorrow,
they will be planted in their new location for thorough scientific
examination.
Total cost: $12.03
Yes, I know.
They won't all fit on one plate.
I have
a plan.
Day
2
