Blog #6

In Chapter 15 of The Omnivore’s Dilemma Pollan begins talking about the hunter/gatherer food chain. Pollan makes an entire meal out of food that he had hunted and gathered himself. Pollan talks about how this is not practical present day but is just a good thing to get connected to the earth. This is because you never actually have to hunt or gather to survive but can just go to the market.
In Chapter 18 and 19 Pollan describes the process he went through to get the food for his meal. In 18 Pollan and his friend Angelo shoot a wild pig, Angelo is especially helpful for Pollan because he teaches Pollan almost everything about hunting and gathering. In 19 Pollan talks about how he gathered the fungi for his meal.
In Chapter 20, titled “The Perfect Meal”, talks about the best meal in Pollan’s opinion. It is quite impressive how Pollan put together his meal that he hunted and gathered all of the food because I could never do something like that.
Overall I am glad that this book is over, I agree with most of his views but the reading was just to dry for me and was a struggle to get through.