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ysabetwordsmith) wrote2020-01-19 08:29 pm
ysabetwordsmith) wrote2020-01-19 08:29 pm
Hard Plant Tissue
... 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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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 ...
Hanging until the duck's body rotted off its neck and fell to the ground, not such a great idea. :/