Slug on the cutting board!

[Kelena]

My lanai is delicious, but I don't lick it (I admit to not always being so pristine and prissy in that regard, but I don't lick my lanai). I do, however, have cuts on my feet a lot, so I don't want to step on a slimey slug trail. When I see a slug or a buffo, I have the same reaction that some people might have to seeing a rattlesnake. And before the real snakes get here, I think Hawaii should develop a similar phobia about the invasive species already here. A little extremism in defense of the ecoculture is probably a good thing.

I realize I am very conservative and perhaps a little bonkers in this regard (oh, no -- an eccentric guy on Hawaii Island? Can't have that now can we?!). I do rinse off bananas before I eat them. Sometimes.

I try not to let my hunger overwhelm my naturally cautious nature. Sometimes that cautious nature makes me refuse perfectly good produce. If I think it might be tainted, I just can't enjoy it.

I'd throw that board away quicker than you can say shave and a haircut.