Brains are easy. Evolutionarily, we're scavengers and omnivores. Brains are spicy and nummy.
Plus, our ancestors no doubt learned from watching the hordes of prehistoric zombies that were responsible for humanity's Uncanny Valley response.
You know what they say about payback? Well I'm the bitch.
Fred ,'Life of the Party'
Natter 48 Contiguous States of Denial
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 04, 2006 2:08:49 pm PST #4468 of 10007
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
DawnK - Dec 04, 2006 2:13:41 pm PST #4469 of 10007
giraffe mode
If you were a seven year old girl or a ten year old girl, do you think you would like these as stocking stuffers?
Lee for validation, I got them for my then-14 y.o and then-9 y.o last year and they were a big hit with both genders (plus my 40-something brother loved his set too!)
Jesse - Dec 04, 2006 2:16:07 pm PST #4470 of 10007
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
As much as brains squick me, I can't see any people who had to hunt and kill their own food turning up their noses at any part of any animal. Seems more reasonable to put the whole thing over the fire than wrestle with a pineapple or a coconut, actually.
I can't believe there was this whole conversation, and no one brought up coffee!! That's a lot of brouhaha to go through to get through the ultimate deliciousness. At least a pineapple or coconut could have been busted open before someone wandered past it, and then the good stuff is pretty clear.
Theodosia - Dec 04, 2006 2:18:19 pm PST #4471 of 10007
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I can't believe there was this whole conversation, and no one brought up coffee!! That's a lot of brouhaha to go through to get through the ultimate deliciousness.
Much less figuring out that a weasely endproduct is worth brewing!
Jessica - Dec 04, 2006 2:22:47 pm PST #4472 of 10007
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I can't believe there was this whole conversation, and no one brought up coffee!!
I think because the history of coffee is better documented (at least online) than the history of artichokes. Goats getting high ---> goatherders getting high --> "hey these coffee-balls are kind of nast, what if we just boiled it?" --> Starbucks
Jessica - Dec 04, 2006 2:24:14 pm PST #4473 of 10007
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Ooh, and relatedly, check out this NES controller-controlled espresso machine!
Jesse - Dec 04, 2006 2:26:46 pm PST #4474 of 10007
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I think because the history of coffee is better documented (at least online) than the history of artichokes. Goats getting high ---> goatherders getting high --> "hey these coffee-balls are kind of nast, what if we just boiled it?" --> Starbucks
A-ha. I feel bad for the people who ate the boiled coffee-balls before they realized all the good stuff was in the water. But what about the roasting?
Cass - Dec 04, 2006 2:29:03 pm PST #4475 of 10007
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
As much as brains squick me, I can't see any people who had to hunt and kill their own food turning up their noses at any part of any animal.And the brains are treasure trove caloricly speaking. Prehistoric power bars. In a gooey way.
Theodosia - Dec 04, 2006 2:29:26 pm PST #4476 of 10007
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
People were already preparing medicines by various methods include drying and smoking (as in smoked ham, etc), so roasting would just be one more step to try, really. I suppose we owe a debt to the shamans and would-be wizards and witches of pre-history.
Jesse - Dec 04, 2006 2:29:30 pm PST #4477 of 10007
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ooh, and relatedly, check out this NES controller-controlled espresso machine!
I thought, Oh, is that what Nespresso is all about? (Note that the website plays music, but it also includes George Clooney, so it may be worth it.)