We certainly have a lot of faith and perhaps trust in the people who package the food we purchase from the supermarkets etc. I am saying this because I wonder how we know that a chicken hot dog is a chicken hot dog?
Please bear with me for a moment. I promise I am not having a Matrix moment here. I know that there are guidelines about these things, but let’s examine this for a moment.
Let’s assume that we have been eating chicken for many years, so we are familiar with its taste. So, with this knowledge, we purchase and consume a packaged chicken hotdog, and in fact, it does taste like chicken. We like it, and so we continue to eat it for many years. Then, one day we purchase, cook and eat it, but, to our surprise, it tastes nothing like chicken. So, we speed walk to the refrigerator to double-check the package, and indeed, it does say chicken hot dogs. So, what should we do? Should we take it back to the store, or should we believe what the package says and ignore our tastes, bud?
What are we to make of this?
Oh, this reminds me of an episode of a show I saw. It was about a real-life chef who was given a meal with meat in it. The waiter told the chef that the meat was fresh, but even before the chef put it into his mouth, he knew it was frozen and not fresh meat. Nevertheless, he ate it, and the taste convinced him that it was frozen meat. Later, the chef, who prepared the meal, confirmed that it was frozen meat.
So, should the chef have ignored his knowledge and tastes bud and believe the waiter? What should we do in situations like these?
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