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Eating individuals
Nick denies that we eat individuals. Well, I think we eat oysters (whether
of the oceanic or "mountain" variety) as individuals, or so I am told, not
being an oysterphage myself.
Also when we eat Raoul, we eat him as an individual. :-)
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