It doesn't even have to be food gone bad, per se, just wrong. The *only* moment in all of Infinite Jest that I think succeeded at disgusting me at the level DFW intended was when he wrote about Don Gately boiling pasta for an hour.
(Which is, as it's a result of it just never having occurred to Don to check the box for instructions, a wonderful character moment, but OH MY GOD.)
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Date: 2011-06-24 11:16 am (UTC)(Which is, as it's a result of it just never having occurred to Don to check the box for instructions, a wonderful character moment, but OH MY GOD.)