how did they find that out

the_pen_turner

i ha a discution with a friend aboutstuff that would be really odd to find out


some milder ones
milk, who thought to drink that from an animal
eggs , same



to more wierd ones
those coffee beans that are eaten by a goat and collected from the dung and made into coffee



how did they find this out

what other things do you wonder about like this

FortySeven

Who first had the idea to roll a dried tobacco leaf, light it and smoke it?

I suppose, if you didn't have boards.....

Mr. FoggPatches

How do you find out you can ski jump has always been a burning topic around these parts

In ancient times, they would take an animal, kill it, and eat every part.

What would be so unusual about someone trying the milk, or once they figured out fire, how to use it to cook the eggs previously eaten raw.

How long did that conversation last? Did it break up with no conclusions? That's what I'd like to find out.

FortySeven

Whoever first milked a soy. For the life of me I can't find the teat....

Arghus

Think about the stuff they had to drink that didn't work before they hit upon the right idea.

endacl

Soufflé?

RobertKK

the_pen_turner wrote: »

i ha a discution with a friend aboutstuff that would be really odd to find out


some milder ones
milk, who thought to drink that from an animal
eggs , same



to more wierd ones
those coffee beans that are eaten by a goat and collected from the dung and made into coffee



how did they find this out

what other things do you wonder about like this

People didn't have supermarkets and food was not plentiful like today.

Humans use to be all lactose intolerant after the first few years of life, but a gene mutation happened a few thousand years back in central Europe that allowed humans to drink milk for life rather than when only a baby/toddler.

Austria!

the_pen_turner wrote: »

milk, who thought to drink that from an animal

Calves

Grayson

FortySeven wrote: »

Who first had the idea to roll a dried tobacco leaf, light it and smoke it?

I suppose, if you didn't have boards.....

Coal as well. Who thought throwing rocks on the fire was good?

eet fuk

Honey. Like they just said fúck it I wanna see what these bastards are hiding

Cortina_MK_IV

A lot of it must have been accidental, just stumble across it. Not that far back but like Viagra, wasn't it heart medicine.

eet fuk

Cortina_MK_IV wrote: »

A lot of it must have been accidental, just stumble across it. Not that far back but like Viagra, wasn't it heart medicine.

Nah that stuff comes out the ground like spuds. Known to the Mayans for centuries

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

eet fuk wrote: »

Nah that stuff comes out the ground like spuds. Known to the Mayans for centuries

Spuds is another one, them feckers will kill you raw. Was everyone just so excited when they found out about cooking that they went 'f*ck it let's try this on everything, even the poisonous stuff. Especially the poisonous stuff! There are no bad ideas in brainstorming!'

FortySeven

Imagine how many of our ancestors gave their lives discovering our culinary delights?

Ug and Og we salute you!

Orion

the_pen_turner wrote: »

i ha a discution with a friend aboutstuff that would be really odd to find out


some milder ones
milk, who thought to drink that from an animal
eggs , same



to more wierd ones
those coffee beans that are eaten by a goat and collected from the dung and made into coffee



how did they find this out

what other things do you wonder about like this

Milk - obvious. Kids drink milk from their mother. So do cows/goats/sheep. Easy to work that out out.
Eggs - other animals will eat hen's eggs if allowed. So they were tried and goddamn tasty.

Coffee is crap whether in goat crap or not so dunno about that one.

Orion

RobertKK wrote: »

People didn't have supermarkets and food was not plentiful like today.

Humans use to be all lactose intolerant after the first few years of life, but a gene mutation happened a few thousand years back in central Europe that allowed humans to drink milk for life rather than when only a baby/toddler.

Actually most mammals including humans are lactose intolerant. Pasteurisation kills the good bacteria that breaks down lactose. All mammals can drink raw milk because of the L. Casei bacteria. Sound familiar? That's because of Actimel seemingly inventing the bacteria that is naturally occurring in milk and putting in their yoghurts.

Edups2.0

Orion wrote: »

Actually most mammals including humans are lactose intolerant. Pasteurisation kills the good bacteria that breaks down lactose. All mammals can drink raw milk because of the L. Casei bacteria. Sound familiar? That's because of Aptimel seemingly inventing the bacteria that is naturally occurring in milk and putting in their yoghurts.

Isn't aptimil baby formula

Orion

Edups2.0 wrote: »

Isn't aptimil baby formula

Actimel I meant.

pablo128

The fella that discovered how to make Ecstasy tablets deserves a medal.

ChunkyLover54

pablo128 wrote: »

The fella that discovered how to make Ecstasy tablets deserves a medal.

The Nobel E's Prize.

FortySeven

pablo128 wrote: »

The fella that discovered how to make Ecstasy tablets deserves a medal.

He lived in California, sunny all day. He had one of the finest women I've ever seen and a limitless supply of pills.

He diidnt need any medal!

padd b1975

Musical instruments.

NiallBoo

Cortina_MK_IV wrote: »

A lot of it must have been accidental, just stumble across it. Not that far back but like Viagra, wasn't it heart medicine.

The story goes that when it went to human trials (as a heart treatment), the subjects kept coming back saying "this is great stuff altogether, can I have some more?"
...then eventually someone asked them what was so great about it.

Robsweezie

how did they change so quickly in stars in their eyes?

whiskeyman

Always amazed that weird is spelt wrong by so many...


:pac:

R P McMurphy

Cortina_MK_IV wrote: »

A lot of it must have been accidental, just stumble across it. Not that far back but like Viagra, wasn't it heart medicine.

It still is used for that purpose. Especially common for premature babies

exaisle

whiskeyman wrote: »

Always amazed that weird is spelt wrong by so many...


:pac:

I'm amazed how many people wrongly use an adjective when an adverb is needed...

Badly Drunk Boy

whiskeyman wrote: »

Always amazed that weird is spelt wrong by so many...


:pac:

I think a lot of them are totally wired!

exaisle wrote: »

I'm amazed how many people wrongly use an adjective when an adverb is needed...

'Wrong' can be used as an adjective and an adverb (and a verb and a noun).

HellSquirrel

Milk and eggs seem reasonably straight-forward, although there's a fun legend about the potato (well, probably not fun for the people involved, assuming it's true).

But the story is that Raleigh brought potatoes back to Europe and introduced them as a novelty. At a fancy party in ...presumably the Spanish, but possibly English, court, the potatoes were proudly cooked as a delicacy from a distant land.

Problem was that they weren't used to tubers and instead of cooking the ugly, bulbous bits, they cooked the leaves. The really nastily poisonous bit. After the vomit had been cleaned up and many, many apologies had taken place, potatoes were quietly sidelined for a good while until someone dared have another shot at them.

I don't know if it's true, but I want it to be true

donegaLroad

HellSquirrel wrote: »

Milk and eggs seem reasonably straight-forward, although there's a fun legend about the potato (well, probably not fun for the people involved, assuming it's true).

But the story is that Raleigh brought potatoes back to Europe and introduced them as a novelty. At a fancy party in ...presumably the Spanish, but possibly English, court, the potatoes were proudly cooked as a delicacy from a distant land.

Problem was that they weren't used to tubers and instead of cooking the ugly, bulbous bits, they cooked the leaves. The really nastily poisonous bit. After the vomit had been cleaned up and many, many apologies had taken place, potatoes were quietly sidelined for a good while until someone dared have another shot at them.

I don't know if it's true, but I want it to be true

I heard a story that Sir Walter Raleigh saw how smaller in stature the south Americas and brought the potatoe back to Europe to use as a weapon against the Irish. Spuds have a high glycemic index, so they are ok for a quick boost of carbs. The Irish diet previous to this was mainly oats which is an infinately better food, but the potatoes were introduced to weaken the Paddy.