SC - questions about african food- Recipe

[Pamela S Keightley]

Dear Helen,
 Good question. I wondered  about how American Indians discovered you
had to wash acorn meal a couple of times to be able to eat it. I think
that man learned a lot by watching what animals eat. Many animals eat
acorns, but the stuff is bitter. Ok, lets try washing it?
  As for sea foods, some sea gulls take clams and drop them from on high
to crack them open. Cave man duck, but man see gull eat, man do. Shell
fish GOOD. Little shells on rocks? Good, too??
 Animals' keener sense of smell tells them when something is good to
eat, well most of the time.  My dachshund was confused there for awhile
about the difference between wet dog  food and other dog's poop.
  The desperation factor could be another teacher. Fermented cabbage,
Caviar or bread fruit smells pretty bad, but tastes good.
 Lightening and forest fires probably account for the discovery that
roasted nuts were good. Burning tobacco smelled good, so good you would
take the trouble to make your own fire and breath the smoke, so good,
you would create a way to guide the smoke to your mouth. I understand
that other burning herbs also can act as drug deliver systems. Blame it
on the lightening.
Fellow Wonderer,
Pamela Hewitt, the Harper
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Helen wrote:
> 
> >I want to know, who thought " I bet if I spend days processing this poisonous
> root I can get
> >it so I can eat it and not die"?
> 
> I have that question about a lot of things.  I want to know who thought:
> " If I wait for low tide and get the strange ugly rocks out and pry them open
> they will taste good."  "If I dry these leaves and roll them up they will taste
> good if I set fire to them right by my mouth."
> "If I take these poisonsous nuts and shell them and roast them they will taste
> good and not kill me."
> 
> Just wondern'
> Helen
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