he had been raised in a family of ravenous meat-eaters where medium-rare meant the cook had breathed hard on the steak and the concept of well-done was unknown ; he loved hot sauces and hot peppers ; he did not believe in fruits and salads unless one was badly constipated ; he 'd eaten like that his whole fucking life , still ate like that , and would probably go on eating like that until they slammed him into a hospital bed and started feeding him all the right things through a plastic tube .