• lath@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    More like random forest fire makes animals crispy. Caveman smells something weird. Finds an already cooked meal. It tastes better than their regular food. Starts burning everything and tasting it.

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    2 months ago

    They probably encountered cooked meat after a forest fire and tried to replicate it. A pig that died hiding in a burning log, cooked low and slow for hours, is basically barbecue.

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    2 months ago

    Whoever discovered cheese:

    • Damn, my milk spoiled
    • I’ll leave it out a bit longer maybe it fixes itself
    • It’s better now!
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      2 months ago

      There’s an old Arab folk tale that cheese came from a merchant packing the milk under a pile of goods on a pack animal, and only remembering it after the end of a long journey!