Ancient Humans Cooked And Ate Giant Land Snails Around 170,000 Years Ago

IFLScience (change your ****in' name!) ^ | April 4, 2023 | Russell Moul

[telescope115]

Snails on the barbie!
I luv me some snails in garlic butter!

[telescope115]

Making my mouth water…😛

[glorgau]

They probably started cooking them after noticing people getting various debilitating parasites from eating them raw.

[SunkenCiv]

Your post is nonsense.

[SunkenCiv]

lol... I used to eat after midnight at a diner where they actually had something they didn't *call* the big salad, but was one. I got healthier just eating there, or broke even anyway, because they also had excellent blue cheeseburgers.

[SunkenCiv]

While all the swift hunters were off risking their lives far from the villages, all the kids and slow adults were eating like this. :^)

[SunkenCiv]

Insect diets show that hunger — and the double dare — drives humans to do odd things.

The wildcrafting of what we call the chicken revolutionized human diets, beginning with chicken fried lice.

[SunkenCiv]

I was revolted by the very look of escargot, served as it was at that time and place with the remains of the eye stalks visible — but was assured that, put it on the fork, close my eyes, pop it in. Taste sensation.

[Telepathic Intruder]

The double dare and running with mouth open.

[Monkey Face]

I agree wholeheartedly! I didn’t try snails...I watched as a friend ate them, and all I could see was rubber. I thought I heard it squeak in her teeth. Much like a pencil eraser.

I draw the line at octopus, squid, snail, and sushi. I’m a carnivore and prefer my meat red or at the least white, like pork or chicken and turkey.

Although I spent the first five years of my life on an island, I’m NOT a seafood fan. Period.

FReegrards,

‘Face

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[central_va]

We’re gonna need a bigger drawn butter boat.

[SunkenCiv]

These snails are a shell of their former selves.

[Salman]

It’s not really a “giant” snail if you can hold it in your hand. /smirk

[null and void]

Humans also ate a lot of insects and insect larvae.

I think I'll rustle up some grub...

[dfwgator]

[Leep]

Supersize me!

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Helluva cave painting. Hunters with spears attacking a Mastodon sized snail.

[Larry Lucido]

Wahlburgers used to let me get a bleu cheese burger salad. I miss them.

[GaltAdonis]

I wholeheartedly agree on squid.
I've done a good bit of surf fishing, and jetty and bridge
fishing in my life - and squid is bait - case closed.
If I tried to eat it, I simply would not be able to get it past my nose.

Squid is bait to be used to catch something else that is edible by humans.
And don't tell me about how good calamari is - It's still squid.

[Monkey Face]

I promise, I’ll be the last person to try and convince you to eat squid. Calamari by any other name would still be an octopus with bones. No thanks.

‘Face

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