I think I'm going to start bumping this thread every time I point people to the article to explain what human meat tastes like.
See, you'd think that this isn't something which would come up at all, but here we are, barely a month later and...
There was a case in Germany about a guy called Armin Meiwes who advertised online for people willing to be eaten as a sexual act, two volunteered but only one went ahead, the other apparently had a last minute change of heart and asked to be driven home, which Meiwes graciously did. Non culturally driven cannibalism (bear in mind historically a fair few cultures have honoured the dead by eating them) is more common than many people realise. I've encountered a fair few people thus inlined in a professional capacity, but mutually consensual cannibalism is a more unusual event in the modern world. The important question here is.....would you like ketchup with that?
I chew my nails and cuticles so I have an idea what my skin tastes like. I have also tasted my own blood from cuts so I know what that tastes like. I might be willing to try prepared human flesh from a proper amputation or if a person willed their corpse to be prepared. It would have to be properly cooked and from a non-infected area. I would not eat meat from @Dayton Kitchens infected stumps just because of the possible contamination risks, but if they were amputating his leg for medical purposes and he willingly offered some for free I might be willing. I could see problems with charging for human meat so it would have to be something volunteered and properly prepared. For that matter, if people wanted to eat me after death I would actually probably go for it considering my spiritual beliefs on meat consumption. I think modern methods of burial are wasteful and if my dead body could nourish life of any sort after my demise I would hope to be consumed as long as my meat did not harm the consumer.
I am not really sure why people are so creeped out by the idea of cannibalism. I get where it is dangerous and there are moral and ethical concerns. I could see a spiritual person perhaps feeling this would be problematic. I can understand it from the meat is murder people. In my personal philosophy human flesh would not be sacred at all. I could see wanting to make something special about it. I would taste it for the sake of tasting it, but that would not be a big piece, but if I were to eat a meal of it I would want to make it an event and show respect to the contributor. It would seem an interesting way to know and understand a person if on their death you enjoyed consuming them as you discussed their presence in your life and society. You could almost make it very enlightening and humanizing. For anyone interested there are a couple of anime which explore the idea of eating humans or sentient beings as a theme. One of my favorites is a Title called eccentric family where one of the main plot arcs involves making tanuki stew. Tanukis are shapeshifting beings which take human form and live among humans and they are eaten by the powerful humans one night a year.
Historically many cultures have used cannibalism as a means of honouring the dead, be they family members, perceived wise chieftans, honourable enemies slain in battle. The revulsion we experience at that is as much a question of our cultural norms as anything inherent to the act, much as we tend to be averse to the idea of horse or dog meat which is common cuisine in parts of the world. By and large though that's very different from the horror movie/zombie stereotype of the act which is generally shown to be essentially a form of violence in one way or another. As I alluded to above there are a certain subset of people whose violent proclivities do in fact lean in that direction but the guy in the OP is much more aligned with the former, he and his loved ones were honouring that part of his body and giving closure to him over what must have been an incredibly traumatic event in his life. Not sure I'd want to partake but must confess a certain admiration for their willingness to go the extra mile for their friend and there are far more unhealthy ways to cope with the loss of a limb.
I guess if I were stranded on a mountain and had to eat human flesh I would, but otherwise no thanks.
Yes, but if it were the annual WF Phuket Junket that crashed, and you were the sole survivor, who would you nibble on first?
Now that is a good question, if we all crashed and had to eat someone who would it be first? I am thin and stringy and potentially diseased. So I am not a prime candidate. I am thinking @Tuttle or @Marso would make a good first choice. In all reality I think we can all agree to cook up @Dayton Kitchens first as he serves no real use for anyone, and from his pics he seems to be a decently thick fellow. We just make sure to cook the meat well. I am pretty much figuring tuttle and marso are fat and lazy and they would be next. I would say @oldfella1962 needs to be saved for his endurance, health and strength. I think @garamet or @Dinner could go next. I think they sound pretty healthy and delicious. Am I putting way too much thought into this?
We're not playing survivor. There's only one survivor, and you're it. Who would you eat first from the crash of WF Phuket Junket Flight #815? You may assume Marso was piloting. Assume enough firewood and spices available for preparation unless sushi is your thing.
If you look at the records of the Donner Party, the people who died most frequently were not the old or young or sickly, but young males shooting each other over card games. A metaphor for 'Murica if there ever was one.
Apparently, there's some talk floating around on the interwebs about Alex Jones and cannibalism. Found it. He's gonna eat your ass!
