"Foodie" Note -- for the Enthusiast

              It has been said that those who do not study the sins of the past are condemned to repeat them.  In fact, in many instances, there are no solutions to current dilemmas than to look to the past.  Take cannibalism, for example.  Until current puritanical social taboos are rescinded, there is little information widely available regarding such practices.  As subversive as the internet can be, the resources available for cooking and preparing human are a scant few.  Even rotten.com makes no mention of proper consumption of mankind.  Some of the more unfortunate incidents in our nation’s history in which cannibalism was the logical alternative have been curiously devoid of instruction.      

               Take the Donner Party, for example.  How were the members of this ill-fated excursion prepared?  George Donner was from North Carolina, but also lived for a while in Texas, so were they smoked over wood and hot coals like a North Carolinian would have done?  If so, what kinds of wood would have been used?  Hickory?  Mesquite?  What cut did they prefer?  How quickly did the ribs go?  The only mention of cooking techniques found in research was the word “roasted” but this term is generic at best. 

                The Uruguayan rugby team whose plane crashed in the Andes survived for two months on the carcasses of their teammates, but little more mention is made of any technique other than they kept the meat packed with snow to preserve it for the long winter ahead.  Again, no discussion of dry rub versus wet marinade, or if any sauces made from local Andean flora enhanced flavor or not. 

                So to fill this void, we are happy to provide the gourmand community with “Foodie,” a short dark comedy horror film that answers all of these questions and more.  Our short film is our gift to the adventurous eater because, after all, there is a little foodie in all of us.

Rev. Eryk Pruitt works at a popular four-star restaurant in Durham, NC where he swears humans are served, but not served.  He is the screenwriter and co-producer of “Foodie,” a short dark comedy horror film that is being filmed in late summer of 2011.  For more information, visit http://www.foodie-themovie.com/ or project information at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/reverenderyk/foodie-a-short-dark-comedy-horror-film