Why would anyone eat that?

I think it was a matter of survival as to why people thought of eating the things they do. Don't forget chocolate covered ants, I think I've had one or two of those before. I'm not sure why anyone would want to eat some of the things that they do. Hmm, sorry I can't think of anything else, food wise, that is nasty to eat. Kiwi Fruit is good though, I haven't had one of those in a while. Have a wonderful day / night / whatever time it is there mylotting.

Run the same movie with people eating eggs raw and all parts of animals raw; Perhaps no longer so surprising? all the best urban

Imagination is a big help. I am vegetarian by choice. It makes me happy. I don't have to think about pig or cow on my plate, I rather pet them... I don't want to mention other animals, wings are for fly not fry... Kiwi? any time...I love all fruits and I am mostly fruitarian.... During the summer time I eat mostly fruits and some Raw veggies... I wish people use their imagination before they eat... Survival is the other side of the story, but we don't have that problem in most countries, except people who die because of limited access to water and any food... HUGS

Alright a food topic! Right up my alley! OK, throughout history, people have gone through times of great starvation. Drought, blight, pestilance, etc. During those times, people get despirate. They try to eat anything that doesn't try to eat them first. And sometimes, even stuff that tries to eat them first (shark, crocodile or alligator) to survive. I have had or seen recipes for the following: Locusts and honey (Based on the Bible Cookbook) bee lava soup ( Native American Indian tribe cookbook-forget which tribe or tribes, but has to be Woodland Eastern Indians, other than clothes, don't have tribal books from other areas) bug juice-the real bug juice made with red ants (Some survival camp book I found at the library) Most books from other cultures or survival books have all kinds of stuff to eat that you would never think of eating. People must get really, really hungry!

Living in a place where the staple food is olives often sets me thinking how people discovered to eat them. When they are on the trees, even when ripe, they are inedible, very bitter, no one eats them. To make them edible they have to be soaked in salt water which is changed regularly for forty days - who discovered this, who had forty days and patience enough to know that this was how the olives became edible, how did the word spread. I can understand that in the areas here where little grows apart from olives that wild greens were eaten, and snails, but who actually found out how to make an inedible fruit edible. Fascinating subject this one.

There are variety of eatable foods on the earth which we can eat. There are many fruits and vegetables as well as seafoods also which looks ugly but they are very beneficial for health. That why we would eat it for good health. Kiwi fruits looks ugly but it taste well. I like it. Try it you will like it too.

Bee larva, not lava, sorry.

Wow! I know you are in Florida as I am and you don't like shellfish!?! I hate seafood, I don't eat fish. I especially can't stand the thought of eating shellfish, oysters, clams, muscles, lobsters, shrimp, anything like that. I always think that lobsters and shrimp look just like insects. I am not too keen on eating cockroaches and the like and I equate lobster and shrimp to cockroaches. I guess the first people that ate these things must have been extremely desperate. That is the only thing I can think. I personally would rather eat grass than a clam or lobster. Yuck! Have a nice day and happy myLotting!!!

Hi Jo, My first thought when you started talking about the different seafoods and why anyone would eat them, makes me think that it may have first been eaten by people that lived along the coast and fished for food as a part of their survival. And it slowly became a delicacy to new comers. But like you I can't help but wonder how and why anything was first tasted and eaten. Hugsssss leenie

I often wonder who was the brave soul that first ate some of the things we eat. Mushrooms are my first question. So many are so deadly poison and others have terrible side effects, how did they ever figure that one out?

seems that one's mouth's functioning is directly linked to his mind, if you have ever lived near the shore living by fishing for years or dacades or for your whole life,how you can resist them since they keep coming into your eyes... but have you ever heard of people eating infants,that gotta be more gross

hi, i guess human are very curious creatures! they like to try something new all the time as they get bored so fast. one who lives in jungle get meat and hunt for meat and one who lives by sea gets seafood and fish for one! So it's a survival thingy. If you were sent to desert (ex:place that you've never been to), and you need to eat for living. What would you do? Say 'NO' to desert lizards which is the only thing you can survive on? Once you start eating it, others who's with you will eat it too! after a decade, you get it grilled lizard instead of raw! Life has to go on and people forget how 'eewww' a lizard could taste!

even I was thinking this question these days when I saw people eating insects. so sick when I saw them. i can't imaging how i can put a insect into my mouth....but my brother tell me that long ago ,it is also same to eat crap and tomato. maybe after a long time, most people will accept the insects as a delicious food.

Eating animals as been the most normal thing for the human being! Since the age of caverns we humans started to hunt animals that age it was just an instinct that persons were developing themselves trying to find new things to eat and survive... Most of the sea food comes from the seamen that were searching for new lands and exploring this world, so they have to eat something mainly they were fishers and they were able to eat any fish but some of them just do not survive to that life, eating sea food can be really healthy but at the same time really dangerous. That men just do not cook their fish they eat it like it is, can you imagine someone making fire n a boat? Maybe it's not a good idea! There were places were just not a single animal appears so if it's near the sea the persons who live there must have to fish or if it's here any fish they have to find other way to survive there like eating bugs plants anything they just try anything to survive. So from that age people were just looking for ways to survive and expand their knowledge, today we just explore the good and bad things they found out it's just that all about exploring. There is no need to eat the things the ate on the past ecause today is really easy to choose what we want to do and have. Be happy, nice topic! myLot 4 life :D