"You know," she says idly, when Alloran seems to be recovering from his trance, "Feta is just one kind of cheese. Well, one kind of one type of cheese. There's thousands of cheeses out there, and each one is unique."
She finishes her mix and scoops out a spoonful of dressing. "Here. This is salad dressing, which is a kind of cool sauce that goes on salads. This type is creamy, meaning that it uses dairy products - which come from cows, yes. Dairy is made from milk. Milk is used by cows to feed their young, but they overproduce it, so we take what's left and make food from it. Not just cheese - milk can be made into all kinds of things. Cream, butter, yogurt - it's essential for baking, for cream sauce, even for helping feed human young - cows, and other milk-giving animals, are very important. If you see one," she says, entirely seriously, "tell it thanks for the hard work."
She's not setting him up. Saturday was raised by a devout animist; cows work hard, so they deserve respect.
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"You know," she says idly, when Alloran seems to be recovering from his trance, "Feta is just one kind of cheese. Well, one kind of one type of cheese. There's thousands of cheeses out there, and each one is unique."
She finishes her mix and scoops out a spoonful of dressing. "Here. This is salad dressing, which is a kind of cool sauce that goes on salads. This type is creamy, meaning that it uses dairy products - which come from cows, yes. Dairy is made from milk. Milk is used by cows to feed their young, but they overproduce it, so we take what's left and make food from it. Not just cheese - milk can be made into all kinds of things. Cream, butter, yogurt - it's essential for baking, for cream sauce, even for helping feed human young - cows, and other milk-giving animals, are very important. If you see one," she says, entirely seriously, "tell it thanks for the hard work."
She's not setting him up. Saturday was raised by a devout animist; cows work hard, so they deserve respect.