Re: Anthropophagy

Brett K. Heath (hcmth019@huey.csun.edu)
13 Dec 1994 06:58:38 GMT

AGALVIN (agalvin@aol.com) wrote:
> There is no solid proof that humans have ever consumed other humans as a
> protein source. So, the idea that humans taste like pork is rather far
> fetched....
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> I do know though that bear meat is notoriously tough and grainy as well as
> not very tasty. The reason for this is that they are omnivorous. Given
> the fact that humans are omnivorous, it seems to follow that we would
> taste like other omnivors. That is, not very good. Notice that all of
> the major meat staples are herbivorous......
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As one ingnoramus to (obviously!) another, how did you come to the
conclusion that pigs were herbivores?

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