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| The Creative Omnivore |
It has occasionally occurred to me that humans as a species have historically been amazingly creative (and brave) when it comes to eating. We will eat damn near anything that moves - fish, birds, big lumbering beasts, little ones, you name it - and we'll eat pretty much any part of them, too (haggis is proof positive of this). We'll even get milk from them, or use their poo to make better plants.
We'll eat anything that doesn't move, too. It seems like practically every plant that isn't a completely deadly neurotoxin is used as some sort of seasoning or medicine. We'll even use things we can't even *see* like yeast for bread, or all sorts of mold for cheese.
It gets really crazy when you think about the impossible resourcefulness that's involved in even simple stuff - a sandwich has bread made from yeast, a bacteria (I think), wheat, and just the right amount of heat; then there's the meat of course, and cheese made from a cow's milk and fixed in just such a way with bacteria; a bit of oil and vinegar made from nuts and grapes, probably with cilantro and other bits of grasses.
We've lost a bit of that creativity; I'm a capital offender on this. But I still am amazed at how resourceful we are about, well, finding food.Labels: food |
posted by Steve @ 4:25 PM  |
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