Stuff You Want To Know.

[bertha katzenengel]

I want to know who first looked at a coffee bean and thought, "how about if I burn that black, then grind it up, filter water through it, and drink the result?"

I want to know who that person was so if I get to heaven (for surely s/he is there) I can give him or her a big fat kiss and worship that person for eternity.

What do you want to know?

[Midlodemocrat]

1. Who is the person that decided frog's legs were edible?

:puke:

[underpants]

2. Crabs too

Someone must have been REAL hungry...I'll bet it was a "learning experience" :puke:

[Beware the Beast Man]

3. In regard to the coffee bean-

I read somewhere that a farmer in the middle east, many centuries ago, noticed his goats acted peculiar every time they grazed near a certain plant, which turned out to be coffee.

[bertha katzenengel]

4. Fascinating! Thanks, Man!

But then, where did the roasting/brewing idea come from? Weird minds want to know!

[Beware the Beast Man]

7. I think they treated it the same way one brews alcohol.

Since Muslims were forbidden to drink alcohol, they drank coffee instead. I'm sure it was all a happy accident. :)

I think this may have been the book:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0465054676/qid=1118324960/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/104-4387509-1395907?v=glance&s=books

[lpbk2713]

5. Or grinding up tobacco leaves

rolling up the chewed up pieces, lighting them up and inhaling the smoke?

[kick-ass-bob]

6. I want to know how someone didn't give up on opening

a coconut.

Why didn't they just say "aw fuckit. it's not even worth it."

[Hugin]

8. Along those same lines...

There's several roots and tubers which are poisonous
until cooked in very specific ways...

All I have to say is whoever figured out how to cook
them must've been *very* hungry.

First: "Well, there goes Frank..."
Second: "Too bad, check his notes."
First: "Okay, first Chuck seared it. (and died) Then
Mike soaked it in salt water. (and died) Then Ralf
buried it for a week. (and died) Then Carl boiled it.
(and died) Then Ramon boiled it again. (and died)
Then Clarence baked it. (and died) Frank roasted it on
a spit. (and died)"
Second: "It's too bad this is the only thing around
to eat."
First: "Yeah, I'm going to try what the others did...
Except, I'm going to deep fry it at the end."
Second: "Great! Be sure to keep notes."
First: "Dang, I'm hungry!"
Second: "Me too."

or something like that...

:)