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I've talked to other people on the other places I frequent about this...

First, I'm going to make a statement:
I don't ever eat steak. I also don't eat ribs... or like KFC. If something has bones still in it, has fat visible along it, or if there is gristle or any other of those things that simply is not meat as I see it... I don't want to eat it.
Which, that means I don't like some bacon because of the white on it, I don't like anything off the bone... trying to eat fish that had bones still in it... tedious. sweatdrop It was good but too time consuming, then stared getting cold.

Secondly... the only meat I've really ever wanted to ever consume was beef, pork, chicken, and seafood. Buffalo was ok... but what I'm getting to is deer.
Deer to me is something majestic to look at... not something I would expect to ever see on my dinner plate. So, I am like an odd ball because my uncle actually hunts deer up in the northern states and will fill a cooler for my parents to take back down south, and it gets consumed. Ground deer, deer steaks...

So, with all of that in mind of my meal preferences... there is my next statement.

When the time came around that the deer meat was being used, I had flatly stated I did not want to eat it. No one of course would understand why, and Mom somehow assumed it was because I was only being stubborn and didn't want to eat it. So, she sneaked some into some chili.
Damn... was I pissed. I ended up not eating it after I took a bite, and I made something else for myself.
Then... eventually I had another bowl of chili that was fixed up... or so I would think. This time around she made a mix, half beef half deer. I was so pissed for nearly being tricked again.
As they say, third time is a charm. I was getting so tired of them being all "aw, what's wrong with eating deer? just try it you'll like it". That's... sort of what I was avoiding. sweatdrop
So, I did sit there and have a bowl. I had another. I think I tried a third one... the point was that I did like it... and couldn't help myself really.
And... I think that sometime after, or the next day I was just in a slightly better mood, although somewhere in my mind I also thought "I just had deer... and I liked it... gonk "

Ok then... so that wasn't a big deal, hmm?
What about the deer steak, does anyone ask?
Well, each time one was made up, I would smell it.
...
I would go down stairs and then find it was a deer steak cooking... so I would high tail it out of the kitchen.
But, anyway... so not eating steak, of course there's going to come a time when I'm at a friend's house and have to eat the meal prepared. The first night I was visiting him his father prepared a chicken fried rice. Was good...
But... come the second night, we went to Applebee's for lunch... so we really couldn't just eat out again... we stayed at his house for dinner. I had made a comment of not liking steak not moments before his father came up to me and asked how I liked steak... then announced he was going to be making steaks for dinner.
So, I had steak... I guess it's actually a normal thing to eat steak by not trying to chew it apart as I was accustomed to. sweatdrop
But, I did eat that steak. I ate the mushrooms with it, and I ate the salad first. It was all delicious.
Maybe a bit too much...

I couldn't help but think about how good it was the rest of that night. I was with my friend and stuff trying to watch The Grudge... but he turned it off because I couldn't stop laughing at it.
Anyway, good times come to an end, so I drove home...
Went to bed after chatting on IMs a bit...

My god. The next morning.
I woke up there in bed. I can't remember the time... I think everyone else was sleeping.
But, anyway, to me it was too early to get up. Yet, I also didn't go back to sleep.
It's like... I was laying there, and felt so happy... just... bliss.
It's like, the word "feral" comes to mind as well. I was laying there happy as could be, and like rolled over to a much more comfortable position, and was so happy just... being there. heart

I eventually did get up... the feeling passed after I guess an hour or a few. Shocking to me.
I got ready for the day as usual. I then got online... and the moment I saw my friend get on, I told him about it.
He was sort of out of his norm though... so he really didn't know what to think or how to reply to me saying that the steak was so good and that I had woken up like that, blissful and "feral". (And yes, this guy knows I'm a dragon.)

Do you know what I think after all this?
I... want that deer steak. Deer chili... it's torture that the only source is my uncle. gonk

Well, I've been taught to chew up my food. I could probably be getting that from Dad... he always manages to find a bit of bone or something in his burgers because he chews it that thoroughly.
The reason I don't, as a result, like the things off bones and stuff is that... well, I just can't stand eating off of the bones and of trying to chew up fat/gristle. It makes me gag. sweatdrop
I like having servings of vegetables though... and... when offered a choice of like vegetable fried rice or to have meat with some vegetables... I would much rather have the wider variety... or mix them. Well, given again that it's only actual meat there.
I really don't mind eating shrimp though... like, I even eat the shrimp with the bit of tail left on. Doesn't really bother me there.
And... um... I guess I didn't mention it earlier, but like... my favorite meal at a restaurant would be chicken fried steak, and mashed potatoes... ordering a salad to have beforehand. To me, it's a good balance of the meat and the vegetables as a result. And... no bones.

I don't really know if it's such a good thing for me to even be thinking there is a connection between the steak, and just how... good... it was... and of my draconity.
I just really didn't know what else to think... so asking around, people had said that getting nutrients you normally don't could give you a good feeling, maybe my tastes have changed...
To me though... it doesn't explain the exact feeling I had. I would think, if it was simply a good feeling that I would just be in an uplifting mood, no? sweatdrop

Slightly silly here, but it would cause me to sing:
4laugh "I like bananas 'cause they have no bones!! Doo doo doodoo... something that rhymes with bones..."