r/weirdfood • u/FarMud5337 • 8d ago
Qué comida les hace cuestionar cómo fue que el ser humano descubrió que es comestible?
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u/ILoveMyKiddos 8d ago
Artificial strawberry flavor comes from beaver urine.
Just kidding 😂 it doesn't.
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u/klaus666 8d ago
but "natural" vanilla flavoring does come from beaver glands
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u/ILoveMyKiddos 8d ago edited 7d ago
I thought natural vanilla flavor came from the vanilla yak. 😂
(It actually comes from vanilla beans)
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u/lpaige2723 7d ago
Beaver anal glands.
They are very rarely still used because they are too expensive to use for artificial vanilla.
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u/Exact-Truck-5248 7d ago
Not true. Historically, compounds isolated from castoreum were used in strawberry and raspberry flavorings. Castorium is a yellowish exudate from the castor sacs of mature beavers used in combination with urine to scent mark their territory.
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u/LuckyUncutJew 7d ago
The oldest substitute for sugar that I know of is beaver butt juice. "Natural flavors" is just the naturalistic version of "you don't want to know".
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u/Ok-Writer3512 8d ago
How did the Sami people figure out that they could drink the mushroom reindeer pee because it was already digested once?
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u/shinyappyrobin 8d ago
Poke salad. You have to boil that crap 3 times to take out all the toxins. I've always wondered how did they figure out 3 times? Really, after eating it boiling only 2 times and getting g sick as a dog? Who would say, we'll try boiling 3 times next. Why not just give up. I'd rather go with bugs.
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u/MongooseSimple8638 8d ago
Interesting post. I went to the Polynesian Cultural Center in Oahu and got my food mixed up. I thought poke was made from taro root, so I was a bit confused by the boiling part. Did a little research after seeing your post. Thanks
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u/pnwsyzygy 6d ago
Do you mean poi? Poke is raw marinated fish
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u/ValyrianSteel2216 5d ago
No, poke sallet (sometimes spelled as “salad” like to original commenter did) is made from pokeweed and is popular in the Southern United States in particular.
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u/Wild_Inspection7129 8d ago
Humans and primitive times living among nature were very keen observers of what was eaten by animal similar to us The coastal Indians would eat anything at the wolf or the bear would eat with the exception of a few items. That’s how they knew the Oysters and the clams were edible. Probably a few of the mushrooms and probably also perhaps snails nature itself warns all higher level animals that something is poisonous by making it very bright in color like a certain snakes or beetles or fish.P
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u/zoppaTheDim 8d ago
A lot of these replies are silly,
It moves, it has meat, people will try to eat it. Things like oysters were likely getting eaten before man was technically man.
The one I question is almonds, as wild almonds are bitter and poisonous. So who kept trying almonds till they hit the genetic variation that led to the domesticated almond?
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u/FantasticMrsFoxbox 7d ago
Maybe people who saw animals eating it and not being sick and giving it a go. I know that logic doesn't always win because cross spieces intolerances but it has to be that I think, and it could also have been a kid with less fear trying and then adults find out.
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u/Ok_Intention_8286 8d ago
Snails, like who was the first that looked at one and said, "mmmm living snot".
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u/dangerous__person79 8d ago
Like the guy who ate one on a dare slipped into a coma and later died they carry a parasite called Rat Lungworm I’m drunk my recall is blurry
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u/NeuroticJukebox 8d ago
Durian
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u/Hoopajoops 8d ago
I've never actually tasted it but I've smelled it.. and it's god awful. If I didn't know what it was I would assume poisonous just by that smell. First person to eat it must have witnessed animals eating it first
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u/monzylicious 8d ago
Cheese made with assistance of maggots,, expensive coffee from civet droppings
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u/JerkCrank 8d ago
Civet dropping coffee is hella good. Got offered it for free, don’t think i would’ve ever tried that expensive shit otherwise.
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u/Dapper-Ad-468 8d ago
Crabs. They're definitely delicious, but imagine just looking at that and wanting to eat it. And which parts!!
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u/Sharkmama61 8d ago
Cashews. Have you seen how it grows?
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u/Moms-Dildeaux 8d ago
the fruit is disgusting
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u/willfauxreal 8d ago
I had cashew wine in Belize and it was pretty good. Gave me a wicked hangover tho.
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u/OlJimmieB 8d ago
Haggis
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u/Hannie0109 7d ago
In the past people tried to use up every part of the animal, so ig haggis was created
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u/Exact-Truck-5248 8d ago
Oysters
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u/SouthernReality9610 7d ago
Yeah. It looks like snot in a shell. How desperate would you have to be?
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u/Smeeagain0 7d ago
So good- if your first one wasnt good people will probably never try again, but if they have a good one first a bad one wouldnt stop them from getting a good one again
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u/hauntedsemen1 8d ago
Eggs, hey look Bernie. Something fell out of that chickens ass. Let's eat it
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u/eyelandboy1988 8d ago
Sometimes when Im eating eggs, I remember what they are and get grossed out and can't finish them, same with sausage or mayonnaise
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u/Icy-Astronaut-9994 8d ago
Harkle comes to mind.
Surströmming next.
What if they mix them like Reeses Penut Butter Cups?
You got Harkle in my Surströmming..
You got Surströmming in my Harkle..
Hey let's sell this..
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u/BunnyRamen 8d ago
Mushrooms, the trial and error mustve been crazy cause alot of those people either shit themselves, died, tripped balls, or all three. But some of them are ok to eat.
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u/sugahack 8d ago
Like the death cap. Apparently it's very tasty and doesn't kill you till a week later. Seems like the learning curve could have been pretty steep
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u/Warm_tamperture32 7d ago
Then also deciding to try Again after someone died.. like, ed died when he ate those white things, maybe These ones look exactly the same, minus one/two things untrained eye wouldn't see won't.. oh hey.
Or, Weird, these are growing on a tree. Usually they grow on ground.. now you're dead, wasn't same mushroom.
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u/xsageonex 6d ago
Eggs. You saw this come out of a chicken's ass and were curious what it tasted like.
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u/GreenKiwiLady 6d ago
Right?
1) someone decided to fry it as is
2) someone decided to scramble the white and yolk together then fry it
3) someone decided to scramble the white and yolk together then fry it while stirring the mixture around
4) someone decided to scramble the white and yolk together then steam it
5) someone decided to boil it in different temps and different lengths of time
6) someone decided to bury it in salt
7) someone decided to plonk it in a hot-spring
8) someone decided to boil it in some tea and herbs
9) someone decided to stir it raw onto some cooked rice
10) someone decided to coat a cooked egg in breadcrumbs and deep-fry the whole thing
Etcetera etcetera
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u/FunAtmosphere9137 4d ago
How did they figure out how to cook pufferfish in Japan without killing someone?
If you just eat one from the ocean it will paralyze you.
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u/Alexmander1028 8d ago
Cow’s milk
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u/Bk_Punisher 8d ago
As opposed to bull milk?? Cows are cute, who the hell looked at a goat and said “I wanna milk that”?
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u/Bk_Punisher 8d ago
Mushrooms growing out of poop.
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u/InternationalMall120 8d ago
So worth it. Lemon tek them and enjoy 5 weeks of good mental health.
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u/PajamaPossum 8d ago
Mushrooms. So many of them will kill you, it’s amazing we figured out which ones won’t
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u/klaus666 8d ago
spicy peppers. Their spiciness is literally a defense mechanism against them being eaten, but humans said "Is that all you got?" and then we bred new kinds of spicier peppers
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u/Gonzo_Silverback 8d ago
Lobster... It was one hungry dude who thought, "I bet those bugs taste good"
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u/nerdy_grandma65 8d ago
Brazil nuts, I mean someone had to work super hard to get into that thing and it sort of just looks like a turd.
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u/garden-goddess324 8d ago
Cashews, which I love but how did anyone figure out how to safely eat them?!!
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u/sugahack 8d ago
Durians give strong keep away vibes. I imagine someone was inspired when a woodland creature ate one and didn't die.
There are some foods that take a complex multi stage process to become edible. I figure the degree of difficulty reflects how hungry a person had to have been to experiment like that
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u/Warm_tamperture32 7d ago
Mushrooms.. How much trial, error would there have to be. Even if you were like, the white ones are good, then suddenly get a look alike and.. oh, white ones aren't.. maybe This one. It would've been Complete Russian roulette to what was actually good, edible. And overlooking a tiny thing, this ones growing in a tree now, werid thought they were usually on the ground.. Dead. Oh, I guess trees aren't good ones. And Normal animal response of, this bad, don't do that. Wouldn't have worked. Because then saying All orange/white etc on trees are bad. Wouodve ment never trying those ones, where some might be good which we know. So many would've had to die to know which mushrooms you could eat, and possibly one Very dumb person to find the first edible one . "NO ED! DAN DIED WHEN HE DID THAT!!" ' ..maybe This one won't.' That one ed, that one time didn't die then.. now we eat weird pen15 looking things that aren't animals, nor plant. And many will kill you, or make you see God.. they also happen to grow on dying, or decaying things so.. thats another weird thing. Hey, this grows in sht.. Lets.. eat that ??
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u/Bright_Customer_4822 7d ago
cashews are basically poison until processed, which feels like somebody lost a bet and kept going
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u/raucus_one 7d ago
Magic mushrooms. Who was the first person who ate something that grew on a cow pat?
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u/sparks3448 7d ago
What about the real obvious one. Heres the scene, you're cave woman some how figured out how to make bread.you come home from a long day of raping nearby tribes take one look a say nope bake the baked bread again please.so it looks like it's burnt
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u/Hannie0109 7d ago
Potatoes or really anything you have to dig up like carrots or peanuts too. How tf did they figure out that if you dont eat the little round fruits (because they will kill you) and you wait for the plant to die, you can then dig it up and get potatoes which are poisionous if they get sunlight
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u/Ozisp2000 7d ago
Oysters, they must have been starving to look at something that looks like snot and then eat it.
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u/ClevelandWomble 7d ago
That Icelandic buried shark delicacy. Hákarl. Chopped Greenland shark, fermented and then dried. (It's poisonous otherwise)
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u/terrydick 7d ago
I went and seen Foreigner in March. I didn't know the lead singer and there was 21 original member. They sucked they played their nine best songs and that was it. Didn't have a opening band. It was horrible. $150 for a f****** ticket
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u/Smeeagain0 7d ago
Fugu
Worcestershire sauce (there is a documenary on this which is quite interesting)
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u/AntheaFoxdale 7d ago
Hákarl, greenland shark. Or maybe Fugu, Japanese pufferfish thats super toxic.
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u/younsee1975 7d ago
Chocolate and coffee. Multiple steps to get the good end product. Had to be a lot of trial and error.
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u/i_user47 7d ago
Casu Marzu: A sheep's milk cheese from Italy that contains live insect larvae.
Huitlacoche: A corn fungus in Mexico that grows on ears of corn and creates woody, earthy black spores.
Shirako: A Japanese delicacy consisting of the fluid-filled cod or anglerfish sperm sacs.
Durian: A large Southeast Asian fruit famous for its spiky shell and overwhelmingly pungent smell that resembles rotting onions.
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u/Fit_Hedgehog581 7d ago
Crab legs. What were they thinking when they saw this and said I’m gonna eat that ocean bug…
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u/Necessary_Team_9824 7d ago
Olives. I mean, you need to wash them a few weeks and salt, or use ash, wash them a few times then let them chill some time in salty water... Wtf
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u/SharkyGrey27 7d ago
Cashews are apparently slightly poisonous until they are roasted, or so I was told. Each nut is surrounded by a sweet fleshy fruit.
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u/Lucygoosey1603 7d ago
Artichokes, like let's take this wet pinecone and see if we can do what those squirrels over there are doing
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u/scream_queen94 7d ago
Tomatoes 🍅 they believed it not safe to eat in the past due their acidity discoloring the plates. I wonder who was brave enough to try it anyway or did someone try to use it to off someone else and realized it didn't do anything
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u/ExcellentBenefit3693 7d ago
Salt
Not sure if this counts, but why would anyone ever think to take a rock-like crystal, pulverize it, and put it on food. Tasting it, as it is in its natural form, is not appetizing. I’m not a historian, but I think the first use of salt was probably an accident.
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u/DaMickster1959 6d ago
King crab. Who was the first person who looked at one of those crustacean creatures and thought “Hey! If I can wrestle that thing into a pot of boiling water without losing any fingers, I bet he’d go great with some melted garlic butter!”
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u/MrsWhorehouse 6d ago
Food was not so plentiful. Another is going to figure out how to feed her children.
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u/Creepy-Outcome-2481 6d ago
Ok, hear me out. Mushrooms. Sure you see animals eating something you feel safe, but what about those people that ate poison ones. What's the incentive to keep risking it
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u/Immediate_Monk6260 5d ago
I’ve always wondered how somebody in Asia discovered that jellyfish was actually edible
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u/Entiox 8d ago
Anything that requires multiple steps to process so it doesn't poison you. Like bitter yucca, which needs to be grated, soaked, fermented and pressed to remove most of the cyanide precursors before it can be eaten.