Interviewed

So, as I have stated previously, Kellie and I do not yet have internet in our flat. In the interim, we have been walking to the Potterow student center to the use their wifi connection. This afternoon, as we were checking email and posting pictures on facebook, we were approached by two reporters and asked to take part in a story they were doing about meat-eating among students. Apparently, with rising food prices, some students have turned to cheaper types of meat, particularly organ meats. They proceeded to produce five styrofoam containers filled with cooked bits of organ meat - sheep's heart, cow's liver, kidney, etc. We were asked to try some of these items and tell them if they would be something we would consider eating. Very odd. Of course, the oddness of this situation was nothing compared to the foulness of the meats we were asked to try. Words cannot describe their grotesqueness. After we provided the interviewers with our objective opinions of the dishes, we were asked to pose for pictures... with the trays of organ meat... in the middle of a student center crowded with new university students, who looked on at us, these silly Americans, as if we were mad. After it was all over, Kellie and I could not get a cup of coffee to wash the taste out of our respective mouths fast enough. Another strange Edinburgh afternoon.