# Re serving man would a sedentary, obese person be tastier and more tender than a muscular athlete?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 18, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-serving-man-would-a-sedentary-obese-person-be-tastier-and-more-tender-than-a-muscular-athlete/728204 "2015-08-18T18:49:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-serving-man-would-a-sedentary-obese-person-be-tastier-and-more-tender-than-a-muscular-athlete/728204/41 "2015-08-20T21:32:46Z")

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In his book (Published by Owlswick Press) To Serve Man - A Cookbook For People. He was of the opinion that the ideal man to eat was an athelete who had dieted down to a certain weight class. I believe he recommends wrestlers. If you really want, I can try to find my copy and post the passage in question.

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**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-serving-man-would-a-sedentary-obese-person-be-tastier-and-more-tender-than-a-muscular-athlete/728204/42 "2015-08-21T01:02:28Z")

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All Wrong. The best would be a Fox News employee.  
You’d have Two reasons to throw up and it would help you maintain your weight.

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**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-serving-man-would-a-sedentary-obese-person-be-tastier-and-more-tender-than-a-muscular-athlete/728204/43 "2015-08-21T02:59:37Z")

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I think the female Fox News employees might contain too many toxic chemicals for safe ingestion. All that tanning spray, hair bleach, makeup, fake nails. Just sitting in that toxic stew under hot lights for years. Can’t be good.

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**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-serving-man-would-a-sedentary-obese-person-be-tastier-and-more-tender-than-a-muscular-athlete/728204/44 "2015-08-21T15:21:44Z")

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Wouldn’t you want a plump, sedentary young woman? No real intramuscular connective tissue to deal with (sedentary, young), no gamy flavor from male hormones (female), and probably due to the lack of exercise and attendant chub, you’d have fine marbled meat.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-serving-man-would-a-sedentary-obese-person-be-tastier-and-more-tender-than-a-muscular-athlete/728204/45 "2015-08-21T15:53:07Z")

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Dibbs in the brisket.

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