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Most of all he liked grilled mutton kidneys which gave to his palate a fine tang of faintly scented urine. He liked thick giblet soup, nutty gizzards, a stuffed roast heart, liver slices fried with crustcrumbs, fried hencod's roes.

The familiar passage is worth quoting for the pleasure it provides: Mr Leopold Bloom ate with relish the inner organs of beasts and fowls. Introduced in terms that emphasize his tastes-not just for meat but for organ meat-Bloom is initially defined by a catalogue of his gastronomic preferences. The Leopold Bloom of Joyce's Ulysses is perhaps the most famous carnivore in modernist literature. Such gourmandizing was rare for Joyce, who generally came closer to Stephen's indifference to food than to Bloom's enthusiasm.

#Pillars of eternity 2 shark meat windows

I stand fascinated before the windows of grocer's shops' (SL 116). As he writes of this period, 'I don't believe I ever was in better health except for the sedentary life 1 lead. The early letters from Rome and Trieste frequently reference meals, partially to evidence Joyce's well-being and partially to justify his frequent requests to his brother, Stanislaus, for more money. Third, that nearly a month later he complains, 'I am still suffering from this indigestion' (6 Nov. Second, that he begins drinking wine at 1:30 and continues throughout the day.

First, that meat and bread figure in every single meal. (SL 116)Īs he writes, 'There is literally no end to our appetites.' There are several things to notice about this list. Veal cutlets, bread, salad, grapes and wine. Roast veal, bread and grapes and vermouth. Roast veal, bread, gorgonzola cheese and wine. Soup, roast lamb and potatoes, bread and wine. He provides the 'full and exact list': 10:30 A.M. On 8 October 1906, James Joyce went out into the countryside near Rome with Nora and, in the words of his letter to his brother the next day (9 October 1906), 'ate and drank the greater portion of several larders' (SL 116).