12-13-2022, 01:49 AM
Can you imagine the first conversations among our ancestors regarding foods like eggs or milk..."You see that bird over there? The first white round thing that drops out of its butt, I'll eat it!" Or how about "You see that cluster of long tubes hanging under the belly of that four legged beast over there? You squeeze one of the tubes and I'll drink whatever comes out" ? Humankind has overcome a lot of food aversions over the years. I remember the first time I went cod fishing and saw all the cysts (worms) in the fillets. The skipper told me the commercial operators passed the fillets over a light source to locate the cysts, flick out the cysts with the knife tip and the fillets were good to go. I happened to mention this to my mother in law and that was the last time she would eat my cod. Too bad for her- they're one of my favorite fish to eat.