A "step above" the infamous "cast-iron stomach", this term refers to a digestive tract that's supposedly so "bulletproof" that the eater can consume virtually
anything that's even "remotely edible", such as burned/fermented dishes, food that's gone so
stale that "even da
dog won't touch it", etc.
A
local farmer-
family was gonna just toss a whole heaping bushel-basket full of overripe vegetables that they didn'
t wanna try to sell, but I hastily begged them to let me have the produce, since I have a stainless-steel stomach, and so I really didn't mind stuffing my face on
squishy cucumbers, woody-skinned hubbards, and semi-flabby zucchini for da next few weeks, since it saved me something in Food Stamps. A bit of an insipid-tasting chore, to be sure, but fortunately I happen to really like cukes and squash. so it worked out okay for me.