I have just cooked myself a snack. I fear that it may incur the wrath of the day staff here, but as I will not be at work for a few days, that's a risk I'm willing to take. So, what did I cook? Something really old fashioned: Kippers. If you don't know what they are, they are Herrings that have been smoked, and they are absolutely delicious. However, they do leave in their wake, a very strong smell, stronger even than Herrings that have not been smoked. The smell, separated from the taste, might preclude one from wanting to try them, which set me thinking. When someone, thousands of years ago, accidentally created cheese, what persuaded that person that the reeking mass that had been milk yesterday, before it was left in the sun all day, was, in any way, shape or form, edible? Who looked at a Crab, or a Lobster, or Oysters, and thought: "Mmmm! Tasty!" (Although having tried Oysters, and finding them akin to a cross between snot and a rubber band, I think they should have been left well alone). Brazil nuts. They come in a huge pod, and the unshelled nuts must have had to wait for the Iron age for tools to open the bastards.😄
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