The end

During the last few chapters in Pollan's book, Omnivore’s Dilemma, Pollan talks about mainly hunting and gathering food. He talks about finding mushrooms and the thrill of hunting, even though he hates to admit it. On his hunting excursion, he is trying to find wild pigs in this forest. It is interesting how he talks about certain things that make it known that a pig was in the direct spot before he was. Obviously the hoof prints show the pig was there, but there was also markings on the tree and mud scraped on the tree bark to show the pig had rubbed up against that tree. I have never gone hunting, but if I had the chance I would. It sounds somewhat exhilarating, even though I love animals there is just something about finding all these clues to lead to a prize almost like a maze or game. In chapter 20, looking at Pollan’s rules/list for making the “perfect” meal it kind of makes me wonder. To me, cooking is about making a wonderful taste. Without things like herbs and spices I don’t think his meal will be that great. I thought it was very interesting how he tried to gather his own salt though and in turn found how much our world really does need to clean up. All in all I think Pollan didn’t make the perfect meal, he even said he broke his rules to make the perfect meal. We all know there is no such thing as perfect and if there was no one would know what it was. Pollan taught me a lot of things about the food I eat and I think I will think twice before eating things like fast food and commercialized foods.