Hard Plant Tissue
Jan. 19th, 2020 08:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysabetwordsmith ... and our ancestors.
Let me just point out a few things:
* Most early hominids had bigger, stronger teeth and jaws than modern humans.
* Hit it really hard with a rock and most hard things become soft things. This was probably the first scientific discovery of the hominids.
* Fire makes most hard foods softer.
* Acid does the same for some.
* And fermentation. Although we no longer think it's a good idea to nail ducks to a wall for 2 weeks before eating them.
* It's amazing what people will eat when they get hungry enough.
Let me just point out a few things:
* Most early hominids had bigger, stronger teeth and jaws than modern humans.
* Hit it really hard with a rock and most hard things become soft things. This was probably the first scientific discovery of the hominids.
* Fire makes most hard foods softer.
* Acid does the same for some.
* And fermentation. Although we no longer think it's a good idea to nail ducks to a wall for 2 weeks before eating them.
* It's amazing what people will eat when they get hungry enough.
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Date: 2020-01-20 05:44 am (UTC)Mudbugs of all sorts. Some of these things are even considered delicacies now, when as late as 200 years ago they were considered trash fish. (Lobster.)
And we *do* nail larger four-foots to the wall for as long as six weeks before eating them. Poultry, not so much. And always in winter...
Yes ...
Date: 2020-01-20 05:53 am (UTC)Hanging until the duck's body rotted off its neck and fell to the ground, not such a great idea. :/