Weird Things People Eat

[cmjh10]

I think everything people eat is strange--at some point in human history, everything we currently consume was just a strange object that nobody had eaten before. I mean, how weird is it that once upon a time, someone saw a round white object fall out of a chicken and thought "mmm, I would love to crack that baby open, heat it up a little bit, and insert the contents into my mouth"? Odd, right?

Or how about the guy who discovered cows milk was good. WTF was he doing down there? :wideeyed:

 

[DistrictCyclone]

Or how about the guy who discovered cows milk was good. WTF was he doing down there? :wideeyed:

As if that's not odd enogh, can anyone name another animal that drinks the milk of another species?

 

[cmjh10]

As if that's not odd enogh, can anyone name another animal that drinks the milk of another species?

We are the only ones. We are so ****ed up as a species.

 

[Mr Janny]

I think everything people eat is strange--at some point in human history, everything we currently consume was just a strange object that nobody had eaten before. I mean, how weird is it that once upon a time, someone saw a round white object fall out of a chicken and thought "mmm, I would love to crack that baby open, heat it up a little bit, and insert the contents into my mouth"? Odd, right?

agreed.
Think about the first time some cavemen accidentally left some grapes out in the sun, while they went hunting. When they came back with no mastodon, they're all bummed because there's nothing to eat. Then one of them was like "Screw you guys, you can starve if you want. But me? I'm eating these shriveled old grapes!" And the other cavemen just made fun of him and said stuff like "Look at Jerry! He's eating old grapes! Gross! What a moron!"
Fast forward a couple weeks, and Jerry's sitting pretty. Got the biggest cave. All kinds of women around. Still eating old grapes. And those other guys? They're dead... after Jerry bashed their heads with his club for making fun of him. There's a moral here, folks.

 

[GrindingAway]

As if that's not odd enogh, can anyone name another animal that drinks the milk of another species?

You can't milk without opposable thumbs (at least that's the excuse I'm going with).

 

[cowgirl836]

I think everything people eat is strange--at some point in human history, everything we currently consume was just a strange object that nobody had eaten before. I mean, how weird is it that once upon a time, someone saw a round white object fall out of a chicken and thought "mmm, I would love to crack that baby open, heat it up a little bit, and insert the contents into my mouth"? Odd, right?

I wonder about stuff like that all the time. Like how did they discover meat? Or figure out what causes babies?

Our cats drink cow's milk.

 

[ISUME]

You can't milk without opposable thumbs (at least that's the excuse I'm going with).

You can suck it out

 

[DistrictCyclone]

agreed.
Think about the first time some cavemen accidentally left some grapes out in the sun, while they went hunting. When they came back with no mastodon, they're all bummed because there's nothing to eat. Then one of them was like "Screw you guys, you can starve if you want. But me? I'm eating these shriveled old grapes!" And the other cavemen just made fun of him and said stuff like "Look at Jerry! He's eating old grapes! Gross! What a moron!"
Fast forward a couple weeks, and Jerry's sitting pretty. Got the biggest cave. All kinds of women around. Still eating old grapes. And those other guys? They're dead... after Jerry bashed their heads with his club for making fun of him. There's a moral here, folks.

Of all the lol-able content in this post (and there's a lot), I think my favorite is that you decided to name the caveman "Jerry". Jerry the Caveman, lol.

 

[NickTheGreat]

Or how about the guy who discovered cows milk was good. WTF was he doing down there? :wideeyed:

1000 pts for the Calvin and Hobbes reference?

 

[NickTheGreat]

I wonder about stuff like that all the time. Like how did they discover meat? Or figure out what causes babies?

Our cats drink cow's milk.

Discover meat? It's not like meat comes from a mine deep into the center of the earth. Animals are BORN with that instinct to eat. :twitcy:

 

[theyork]

As if that's not odd enogh, can anyone name another animal that drinks the milk of another species?

my favorite bedtime snack is pickled okra followed by a swig of milk.

when i was a kid i used to eat ketchup with my peas. it was mainly to mask the disgusting flavor of canned peas though.

 

[DistrictCyclone]

1000 pts for the Calvin and Hobbes reference?

I will like your post, but Fitzy will probably like it AND rep it.

 

[cowgirl836]

Discover meat? It's not like meat comes from a mine deep into the center of the earth. Animals are BORN with that instinct to eat. :twitcy:

I'm thinking along the lines of the milk question. Did they look at a cow one day and say, you know, we already drink that white stuff, why don't we cut it open and cook up the insides? I suppose it's just all instincts and trial and error. When Jerry's brother Uga died after eating mushrooms, they all probably decided to stick with the grapes.

 

[theyork]

I wonder about stuff like that all the time. Like how did they discover meat? Or figure out what causes babies?

Our cats drink cow's milk.

recently watched a documentary about some tribes in papua new guinea (arguably the most isolated peoples in the world) and they saw no connection between sex and pregnancy. spirits, of course, caused a woman to become pregnant.

what a ***** that must be. randomly get pregnant at the will of the gods.

 

[GrindingAway]

I'm not sure if this is what OP as looking for, but on Wednesday I ate a hotdog cooked in a truck on the side of the road in Mexico. The truck was spliced into a nearby power line for power and had a guy working on the transmission inside of it next to the people cooking. There was a sink on the back though that drained into a 5 gallon bucket so I assume the cook washed up and everything was sanitary.

To answer the two questions everyone has:

1) It was amazing. By far the best hotdog I have ever had and quite possibly one of the best things I have ever ate.
2) Less than an hour.

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[cowgirl836]

recently watched a documentary about some tribes in papua new guinea (arguable the most isolated peoples in the world) and they saw no connection between sex and pregnancy. spirits, of course, caused a woman to become pregnant.

In their defense, spirits can often result in a pregnancy.

 

[ruxCYtable]

I have heard of people eating vegetables, fish and skim milk. WTF???

 

[cmjh10]

I have heard of people eating vegetables, fish and skim milk. WTF???

Whats wrong with the first two?

 

[urb1]

I think everything people eat is strange--at some point in human history, everything we currently consume was just a strange object that nobody had eaten before. I mean, how weird is it that once upon a time, someone saw a round white object fall out of a chicken and thought "mmm, I would love to crack that baby open, heat it up a little bit, and insert the contents into my mouth"? Odd, right?

I bet the first person to eat an egg did it on a dare.

 

[Mr Janny]

recently watched a documentary about some tribes in papua new guinea (arguable the most isolated peoples in the world) and they saw no connection between sex and pregnancy. spirits, of course, caused a woman to become pregnant.

wine and spirits, maybe. They help, anyway.