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ELI5: How did early humans figure out what plants and animals were safe to eat? Especially foods lik (by Sparky)
ELI5: How did early humans figure out what plants and animals were safe to eat? Especially foods like the puffer fish which has to be prepared a specific way to avoid being poisoned
I kind of remember reading something along the lines of cooking the food by over cooking it as muh as possible and eating it. If it's safe, cook it a little less the next time and keep doing so until it would make them sick.
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I kind of remember reading something along the lines of cooking the food by over cooking it as muh as possible and eating it. If it's safe, cook it a little less the next time and keep doing so until it would make them sick.
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