For the last few months he’s been eating raw meat he lets spoil in a jar in his kitchen because, he says, there are innumerable health benefits.
“Lamb tastes like sour cherries. Chicken tastes like burnt peanuts. It’s nasty at first. I’m starting to enjoy it now,” said Simic, who has Serbian roots and moved to Chicago at 18. “I can eat rotten meat and I’ve never gotten sick and I’m looking and feeling better, too.”
