Can you eat zombies?

sagat2

Say I was locked up snugly in a secure bunker with the zombie hoarde kept at bay behind massive steel doors and food supplies started to dwindle, could I realistically capture a zombie or two and roast them over the fire with a bit of BBQ sauce and safely consume the flesh?

ScumLord

sagat2 wrote: »

Say I was locked up snugly in a secure bunker with the zombie hoarde kept at bay behind massive steel doors and food supplies started to dwindle, could I realistically capture a zombie or two and roast them over the fire with a bit of BBQ sauce and safely consume the flesh?

It's rotten meat so I'll guess no.

questionmark?

Yes of course you can just make sure the juices run clear by sticking a fork in near the bone, add a little salt to taste and maybe a sprig of parsley to garnish if you can get your hands on some!

SmileyPaul

*sniff sniff*

I smell my bait for Z day

see you guys soon ^^

RogueFaye

like in that situation you got a choice?

You're dead either way, why not give it a try? you might like it....

degrassinoel

diseased/infected meat & canibalism.. why would ye want to?
rather eat cement and hope for rescue than willingly infect myself

Mahatma coat

I'd err on the side of caution there, You can make Diesel out of them tho

sagat2

Thanks for the replies, I've done a bit of digging and it appears that even when you boil rotten flesh to destroy the bacteria toxins created when the bacteria was present remain in the meat and will make you sick. There goes my plan to turn the zombie apocolypse on it's head by running amok feasting on the living dead.

ScumLord

Within no time at all (maybe depending on the time of year) nature will quickly take over just about everything. Moss and other vegetation will start growing on everything, it's shocking how quick it happens.

If your stuck these things could keep you going, a human can last weeks without food.

aaronjumper

Even IF it was possible, I doubt a shot of BBQ sauce
would fix the taste.

The thought of it alone is enough to make
me want to fall on my chainsaw.

StarskyJones

sounds tasty

RogueFaye

sagat2 wrote: »

Thanks for the replies, I've done a bit of digging and it appears that even when you boil rotten flesh to destroy the bacteria toxins created when the bacteria was present remain in the meat and will make you sick. There goes my plan to turn the zombie apocolypse on it's head by running amok feasting on the living dead.

well yes Toxic is a by product of bacteria, but there are 2 factors.
Toxicity is depends on dose, we can not say for definite the level of toxicity and our resilience to it at this moment without any animal testing.
2nd is, we are Assuming the zombie's Look-a-like rotten meat is due to bacteria hence we have the byproduct of toxicity.But at this moment we have no facts on the actual cause of this,surely you can have a skin Rash but that doesn't make you're meat inedible. We would need to get a sample of said meat and do a toxicity test.
Would u rather die of starvation, of Toxic or eaten alive by zombies? you're choice.

Mahatma coat

Oh the Mahoosive Irony of the Living Surviving on Zombie Brains

sorry No, I really really dont thik it would be a smart idea, want to test it out, Get a pork chop. leave it in the sun for a day or so, would you eat it??????

ChaseThisLight

I don't know...I saw Les Stroud take part of a fish he'd found, that an animal had left behind...it was rotting...and he cooked it and ate it. Said it was dangerous, but would do in a pinch if one was starving.

So I suppose you could say the same about zombie meat - but really, why risk it? Something in their chemistry causes them to be undead, and they spread it by bite, maybe fluids. You'd probably wind up infecting yourself.

Mahatma coat

what ya didnt see on the telly was the doseof the squits he had after it tho

ChaseThisLight

Mahatma coat wrote: »

what ya didnt see on the telly was the doseof the squits he had after it tho

Yet one more reason to not try eating the rotted zombie meat.

Paul.M92

Ok, realistically I would capture 1 zombie (or a part of 1 zombie). Chop it up really, really finely and then use the rotted flesh to grow plants. Eat the plants and it willbuy you some time. Also, how would you even try to catch one without letting a load in??? :eek::eek:

Asphyxia

Decaying flesh!! No thanks.

SmileyPaul

Paul.M92 wrote: »

Ok, realistically I would capture 1 zombie (or a part of 1 zombie). Chop it up really, really finely and then use the rotted flesh to grow plants. Eat the plants and it willbuy you some time. Also, how would you even try to catch one without letting a load in??? :eek::eek:

oh yeah! lets let our plants absorb the virus and THEN eat it! thats safe

Akrasia

Here's a hint, even the zombies won't eat zombie meat.

Not a good sign.

In that situation, mcgyver tactics would be yer best bet. Find some way to cause a distraction and give yourself a chance to slip out, and bunker down somewhere with a better canned food supply (local cash and carry would be a good option)

ChaseThisLight

SmileyPaul wrote: »

oh yeah! lets let our plants absorb the virus and THEN eat it! thats safe

I'm still stuck on how exactly flesh - rotted or not - grows plants. Either way, I'd definitely not eat them.

Brenireland

Would you not just go to Lidl,they have a good deal on american food this week!

SmileyPaul

ChaseThisLight wrote: »

I'm still stuck on how exactly flesh - rotted or not - grows plants. Either way, I'd definitely not eat them.

meat breaks down and contains nutrients, those nutrients are absorbed (and become after a long period of time) by the soil and then are eaten up by the plants who think it's yummy

why do you think people say that areas around volcanoes are very fertile, it's not coz of the volcanic ash and stuff like that, it's coz volcanoes kill people and people turn into yummy soil :P

yes I made the last bit up

Paul.M92

SmileyPaul wrote: »

why do you think people say that areas around volcanoes are very fertile, it's not coz of the volcanic ash and stuff like that, it's because volcanoes kill people

Actually. Volcanic soils contain a nutrient called aluvium, it's kind of like a powerful fertiliser and without it, the salt in the soil would kill the plants....

SmileyPaul

Paul.M92 wrote: »

Actually. Volcanic soils contain a nutrient called aluvium, it's kind of like a powerful fertiliser and without it, the salt in the soil would kill the plants....

you seemed to have left out the bit when I said I made that whole bit up

smart arse :D:D:D:D

anomalous

in the sequel to the book "Day by day Armageddon" (Beyond exile) the main guy comes across a camp of people

after he has killed them he recons the area and realises they were capturing and eating zombies (slow zombies)they were also using live humans to power a mill by hooking him up to a mill wheel with zombies - the zombies would keep walking towards the human

so basically if you start thinking it would be ok to eat them whats next...?

(seriously good books would highly recommend them author J.L. Bourne)

phill106

Been reading how to survive a zombie apocalypse and it actually specifically mentions there flesh is toxic to us.
Does that count as gospel?

Simon Gruber Says

Get Bear Grylls on the case. He seems to eat anything. Could become the outbreak celebrity chef.