I believe the choice was spaghetti mixed into the chili along with a grilled cheese sammitch. This had followed the notion of chicken soup with a peanut butter sandwich for dunking.
I thought it might be simpler just to have the grease IV'ed directly into the blood stream. Saves time, obstructs the arteries more efficiently and faster, and may be less caloric.
Well...
By injecting the grease into your veins, you would end up not "taking advantage" of the protein in the meat and beans (in the chili); the fiber from the beans (in the chili); the protein in the cheese (in the sammitch); the calcium in the cheese (in the sammitch); the protein in the peanut butter (sammitch); the good oils in the peanut butter (sammitch); the general curative nature of chicken soup...
But, most importantly, you would deprive yourself of the physical and psychological pleasure of eating and dunking.
*And just remember, that most traditional recipes for the most common
dim sum call for pork fat, although, some places end up using hydrogenated vegetable shortening. And don't forget the high fructose corn syrup used to sweeten most commercially available duck and sweet and sour sauces.
