Who figured out we can eat this crap????

[jonnyGURU]

Think about it.

Mushrooms are a fungus. Who figured out that these things are edible? Better yet! Who figured out that certain ones are poisoness (or in some cases, halleucegenic!)?

Escargot. Lets pop open a slimey snail and eat it. What the heck! Ewwww!!!

Here's one for you: Frog legs. Some guys romping through the Okeefenokee and get hungry. He decides he wants to rip the legs off of Kermit? I don't get that.

Strange. Just strange.

 

[Killbat]

*psht* *glug glug glug*

 

[AMDJunkie]

Hey, if you're some peasant in the middle of a famine with nothing to eat, I think you'd eat grosser stuff than that. Anyway, escargot and frog legs aren't bad.

 

[yakko]

Killbat,

I think you're right.Although he can be quite amusing when intoxicated.

 

[jonnyGURU]

What are you drinking there, Killbat?

Beer?

There's another prime example!

Who's idea was it to take a bunch of grains and FERMENT THEM!?!?

Sheesh!

 

[jonnyGURU]

no no no.... it's my WIFE tht can be amusing when she drinks.

At least I don't come on here and go "HEY EVERYBODY! I'VE BEEN DRINKING!"

Pull-eaze!

 

[kamiam]

froglegs??? did someone say FROGLEGS ?YUUUUUMMMMMYYYY...fingerlickinggood!!!yum yum...gimme some...gimme some!!!

 

[RSI]

lol

 

[rgb7]

jonnyGURU:

Interested in fungi are ya?

http://www.herb.lsa.umich.edu/kidpage/factindx.htm

 

[jhu]

what about cow's milk?

"hey, let's squeeze this and drink whatever comes out!"?!?

 

[lupin]

haha..
you ever eat a BAT johnnyGURU?? Seriously, I ate a couple and they taste good.

 

[RGN]

jonny, didn't the French think of eatin' those items?

 

[geno]

Can someone explain pig's feet? Or how about tripe (cow intestine)? The list goes on and on, too many anomalies to mention

 

[Preyhunter]

I think they discovered all of this stuff on Survivor, right before eating rats.

 

[Mday]

what do you think pickles, cheese and yogurt are....

ROTTEN FOOD... think about THAT.

 

[jadinolf]

Heck, just imagine eating dead cow or dead chicken.

Sounds bad when you say it that way, doesn't it?

 

[WombatWoman]

I wonder how many people died of tetradotoxin poisoning from eating fugu (Japanese puffer fish) before some bright individual learned how to prepare the critter for human consumption.

Another odd one: any southerner worth his/her salt has tried boiled poke greens at least once. This tasty vegetable dish must be boiled twice, and rinsed thoroughly after the first boiling, or the eaters will become dreadfully sick to their stomachs. What genius discovered the boil, rinse, boil sequence?

And who was the first person brave and curious enough to bother peeking inside something as forbidding-looking as a pineapple when looking for something tasty to eat? Amazing.

 

[Wingnut]

Wow jonny,
You really are into this edibles thing lately, huh?

My question is...I was in the grocery store the other day in the poultry section and low and behold, there they were! Nasty looking putrid white chicken legs packed like they are on everyone's table every night, with a chicken toenail poking out of the plastic , and I'm not talking drumsticks here. What the hell would someone use chicken legs and feet for? :Q

Wombat Woman...Den Mother! COOL! When did that happen?

 

[Mday]

you know, the title would sound so strange without the word "this"

 

[Mday]

and i have a feeling the people who found out we could or could not eat certain things are long dead...

 

[Wingnut]

Yeah well, I'm the one that discovered you could lick a toad and get happy!

 

[WombatWoman]

Wombat Woman...Den Mother! COOL! When did that happen?
Sigh. Must have been while you were hiding under a rock in that cave, Wingnut.

 

[A5]

All I really got to say is: Sweetbreads. Look it up.

 

[element]

WW lol@tetradotoxin...I remember seeing that in the film "The Serpent And The Rainbow" creepy movie. hehe

 

[Mday]

and we cannot forget about coconuts...