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[–] NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca 39 points 5 days ago (10 children)

I’m fascinated by the existence of so many foods. Who decided to boil tree sap for 3 weeks to make maple syrup? Who agitated cows milk vigorously for 20 minutes to discover butter? Who saw cheese for the first time and decided to still eat moldy milk?

I thank those nameless humans for their service to society.

[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Butter was discovered by accident when humans were still nomadic tribes. Milk was transported in animal skin bags and the agitation from travel turned it into butter. Probably being chased by something or running very fast.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It's proposed that cheese was discovered the same way, when the rennet in sheep stomach sacks used to transport milk curdled the milk into curds and whey.

[–] NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 days ago (3 children)

The question remains - how hungry must they have been to still eat that?

[–] FrChazzz@lemmus.org 8 points 5 days ago

As the old saying goes: " 'twas a brave man who first ate an oyster." (Pretty sure this is an Oscar Wilde quote)

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[–] Knossos@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

For every person that managed to make maple syrup there must be several that made a stew from danger-mushrooms.

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[–] dellish@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I think there's a lot of "dare you to eat that" in food history.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 14 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I think a lot of it boils down to, "we either eat it or starve."

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[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

There's also a lot of " Tom didn't make it" and "Not gonna do that again" in food history.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

The first one would have been obvious by the time Europeans reached the Americas because reducing things to increase the intensity of flavours by removing water would have been a known cooking technique for a long time by then (and I'm guessing would have been figured out soon after the invention of pots). Then, it would have been a matter of someone who was aware of that technique tasting raw sap, realizing it was sweet, then trying to extract the sugar through reduction, then discovering it's still pretty good as a syrup rather than dry sugar.

And extracting sap from trees goes way back, as that's what frankincense and myr were (and disappointing to find out these "precious substances" just smell like church).

[–] CaptainBasculin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yogurt is also very interesting, as its bacteria originates from ants. Who would think "hmm ants have infested my milk container but hey let me taste what they did to milk anyways"

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 days ago

You can just leave milk out at room temperature for a few days and you'll get yogurt. There's tons of lactobacilli floating around in the air and on every surface. You might need ants for a specific strain, but you don't need them if you just want any yogurt.

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

blue cheese was discovered from a guy eating lunch in a cave, and leaving it unfinished to go talk to a pretty girl. when he came back months later the cheese had molded into blue cheese and he ate it and it was good

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[–] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Who though to stab a tree and collect the juice? I want that mf knighted

[–] NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Right? And trees that leak, like pines, have sap that tastes like absolute ass. You’d think they’d avoid tasting tree sap at all costs

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[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 71 points 6 days ago (10 children)

I learned the other day that British have a delicacy called the toast sandwich which consists of a slice of toasted white bread between two slices of untoasted white bread with optional butter in between.

[–] plm00@lemmy.ml 41 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] frog@feddit.uk 32 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Is this a struggle meal that beats all struggle meals?

[–] rainwall@piefed.social 20 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Cost one side of the middle slice in butter, the other side in honey.

Now youre there.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 8 points 5 days ago

An 1861 recipe says to add salt and pepper to taste.

Woah, slow down there Guy Fieri.

[–] VibeSurgeon@piefed.social 17 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Delicacy is maybe not the word I'd use, but it certainly exists

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[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago

Well now I have a delicacy called the toast sandwich.

That actually sounds kind’a dynamite.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 days ago

Sweden: hold my sandwich cake!

Smörgås tårta.

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[–] schuelermine@leminal.space 5 points 4 days ago

You may be interested in the German name for a type of rusk, “Zwieback”, which literally means “baked twice” (though with archaic, fossilised grammar)

[–] GreenCrunch@piefed.blahaj.zone 35 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Has anyone tried cooking it again? Projections show an incredible increase in flavor!

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Update: my house burned down

[–] mouse@piefed.world 26 points 5 days ago (2 children)

That photo looks more like a pancake than toast

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

Yeah it does look a bit thin

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[–] mossberg590@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Answer: people said the crust was the best part of the bread. How can we get crust on more of the bread? Slice the bread and bake it again.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 8 points 5 days ago (6 children)

And then you have those people who cut the crust off bread.

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 15 points 5 days ago (4 children)

In Germany we call bland white bread "toast bread" because it can only taste good when toasted.

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[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 14 points 5 days ago (7 children)

try making a loaf of bread with like 6-12 tbsp of chestnut honey, specifically chestnut. Eat some fresh but let it cool and toast it after. It goes with everything and it smells amazing. I eat it with ice cream for an unparalleled ice cream sandwich that make those store bought bricks look and taste like dirt in comparison.

It's crazy because chestnut honey smells and tastes kinda not food like IMO. Like a mouthful of worn pantyhose that has done an office shift and then inhale through the nose. Not saying I've done that but that's just the image I have in my head from trying chestnut honey on its own.

[–] swab148@startrek.website 6 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Like a mouthful of worn pantyhose that has done an office shift and then inhale through the nose

How'd you find my diary?

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[–] krisevol@lemmus.org 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Just wait until you try doubled fried french fries. It's the only way i eat then now.

[–] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Every potato should be cooked twice. It's the correct way

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[–] petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I like to buy Chewy Chips Ahoy!™ and then finish cooking them.

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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

Probably first did it to kill off mold

[–] wet_bones@lemmy.4d2.org 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Dat Maillard reaction tho....

[–] Geldaran@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)
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[–] SuluBeddu@feddit.it 1 points 3 days ago

In Italian we have both "biscotto" (double-cooked) for cookie and "ricotta" (re-cooked) which has no translation, both are also done cooking something twice

[–] BigBrainBrett2517@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'll bet it was the french. Those motherfuckers LOVE maillard.

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