Questions: Food & Beverage

All 50 US states have set their minimum drinking age to 21 although exceptions do exist on a state-by-state basis for consumption at home, under adult supervision, for medical necessity, and other reasons. (Although most states have kept it at 21 to get federal transportation funds since 1984.)

-Proponents of lowering the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) from 21 argue that it has not stopped teen drinking, and has instead pushed underage binge drinking into private and less controlled environments, leading to more health and life-endangering behavior by teens.

-Opponents of lowering the MLDA argue that teens have not yet reached an age where they can handle alcohol responsibly, and thus are more likely to harm or even kill themselves and others by drinking prior to 21. They contend that traffic fatalities decreased when the MLDA increased.

What's your opinion?

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The Slow Eater - We all know the type: After everyone else has finished their meal, you'll find this person plodding along, eating one little bite at a time. When sitting down at the table, the slow eater takes his or her sweet time -- and is always the last person to finish the meal.

The Fast Eater - There's a good chance you or someone else in your family fits the description of the fast eater -- and if you grew up with a fast eater, you probably developed a habit of fighting for seconds. This person tends to barrel through meals, cleaning the plate before the rest of the table has finished even half of their meal.

The Adventurer - The adventurous eater is always looking for the next gastronomic adventure. When it comes to food -- and probably other areas of life -- this person is a thrill-seeker and a risk-taker.

The Picky Eater - This person may never have grown out of their childhood likes and dislikes, or the tendency to turn up his or her nose at an unfamiliar cuisine. This eater can often be found asking a waiter if the dish can be served without sauce or with dressing on the side.

The Isolationist - One of the more unusual eating types, approaches the plate methodically, eating one food item in its entirety before moving on to the next.

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One of my darkest secrets is that 50% of my Youtube subscription box is made of food channels, so while watching Mike Chen's food travels at Strictly Dumpling and hearing him talk about all the kinds of meat he as a self-proclaimed meatatarian favors, I realized the horrific reality that I would probably be unable to answer should I have to face the same question.

What kind of meat do you like the most?

My mind wandered off to pictures of dry-cured Jamon, but all of a sudden I started picturing myself unable to exist without a stockpile of fish roe or smoked salmon.
To this moment I found no reliable scientific method to decide so instead I chose to mention two of my most favorite meat products that most people worldwide probably haven't heard much of.

#1 Schwarzwälder Schinken (Black Forest Ham)
No, not the processed meat garbage that you have overseas, the REAL Schwarzwälder is a dry cured ham much like Jamon or Prosciutto, with a flavor profile more reminiscent of bacon that usually packs a greater amount of fat than its two drier cousins.
No day goes by without my fridge housing at least a pound of this beauty.

2# Smoked Bacon
"It ain't bacon unless it's smoked." -- Jamie Oliver (2013)
Bacon you ask? But that thing is everywhere!
I get you, that was exactly what has been on my mind since forever, until I kept running into foreigners considering me crazy for eating my bacon raw.
But why? I thought everyone eats their bacon raw!
It wasn't until later that I realized that overwhelming majority of mass produced bacon is not actually "smoked" and thus is not safe to eat without further preparation.
Apparently, most of the bacon in my country is locally produced smoked bacon that most lovers of sad rubbery bacon worldwide don't get much experience of, which explains the dissonance.

So what is your favorite kind of meat fellow meat eaters?
Do you like meat from a particular animal? Or a certain meat product?
Or are you perhaps one of the dreaded veggiesauruses?