As the saying goes, Tao gives birth to one, life gives birth to two, and people eat everything ...

The insects that are "crunchy and crunchy" in Mr. Baye's eyes, the large intestine sashimi that Mr. Yu Qian loves, and the clean and hygienic cow dung cakes on the streets of India ...

In my impression, there is nothing that people can't eat as long as they dare to talk.

But I'll bet you that 99.99% of the following wonderful recipes have never been heard of.

NO 1 hippopotamus soup

At present, the earliest known soup appeared around 6111 BC. According to textual research, it is a pot of hippopotamus soup.

The latest recipe for hippopotamus soup was recorded by Samuel Becker, a British explorer, when he explored Africa in 1864.

He put all the skin, meat and fat of a hippo in a pot and stewed the soup.

He also cut off the hippo's head, cooked it, pickled it with vinegar, and sprinkled it with onions, peppers and salt. It is said that it tastes better than ox head meat.

According to local Africans, hippopotamus's fat is so delicious that it can even be eaten raw with seasonings.

Forget it, I'll go to yue for a while ...

No 2 riding a pig with a golden rooster

At first glance, it is estimated that many people will think that the name of this dish is a gimmick.

For example, "ants climb trees" is actually minced meat vermicelli; Another example is snowballing, which is actually bean flour cake.

But this golden rooster riding a golden pig is literally a chicken riding a pig.

This dish was mentioned by Guillaume Tilea, a French chef in the 4th century, in his cookbook. It is said to be designed for religious festivals.

The specific method is: roast a pig and a chicken, while roasting, fill the chicken's belly with stuffing, then coat it with egg liquid, then put the chicken on the pig, put a paper helmet on the chicken, and then stick a pike on the chicken's chest.

If this dish is for the nobles, you should cover the chickens and pigs with gold or silver foil.

NO3 Fried Cow Breast

In the 7th century, British politician samuel pepys wrote in his diary that he ate a good cow breast at dinner.

According to records, cow breasts must be soaked in warm water for 4 hours, and then cooked slowly with salt water until they become soft. By doing so, the milk residue can be removed.

Cooked cow breasts can be sliced, covered with egg liquid and bread crumbs, and then fried until golden. The children next door are greedy ... ouch ...

According to people who have eaten it, its taste and texture are similar to that of cow tongue, but it is chewy.

No4 cotton-wool burger

How to take out dentures when swallowing them? Just eat a "cotton burger".

At the beginning of the 21th century, a man almost drowned while swimming, and swallowed his false teeth in a panic. In the hospital, he ate a delicious sandwich instead of an injection or medicine. The difference is that there is a thin layer of cotton wool inside. A week later, the dentures that had been wrapped in cotton wool were successfully excreted.

However, I would like to remind you here that this kind of "folk prescription" is just for fun, and you should consult a professional doctor if you encounter similar situations. Never imitate it.

NO5 Fried Scarab Larvae

Peter Lund Symonds, an anthropologist in the 9th century, once introduced in his book that Scarab Larvae can also be made into a delicious dish.

People will soak this white worm in vinegar to make it spit out the soil in their bodies.

then roll them into the dough composed of flour, milk and eggs, fry them in a pan until they are slightly yellow, and you can eat them.

It is said that the fried beetle larvae are crispy and melt in the mouth, and many diners want to have a second one after eating one.

NO6 fat maggot snacks

In the 1921s, an explorer from Denmark had a big meal of reindeer meat with the local Inuit while crossing the polar regions of America, and the dessert session after the meal left a deep impression on the poor explorer.

When the plate containing horsefly larvae was served, these huge, wriggling fat maggots stunned the explorer and his friends. They watched helplessly as the locals put this disgusting bug in their mouths and chewed it happily, making a strange noise between their lips and teeth, as if they were chewing cockroaches.

Looking at the evolution of human diet, it is actually a history of exploring nature. In the long years, we have explored a variety of ways to cook food, so that "eating", which was originally for survival, has become an art and enjoyment on the tip of the tongue. Those wonderful recipes that seem hard to understand now, that is, some small notes on the road of human diet evolution, have also become interesting and unique memories ...