It not worth it Calvin, the human body is not very nutritious. A group of 25 hunters could live off a Mammoth for 60 days but the same hunters would eat for less than a day on a human.
“I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout.” – Jonathan Swift (1729)
The author, Paul Theroux once asked a man whose ancestors were cannibals what we tasted like. The answer was, honestly, Spam. This may explain the popularity of the canned stuff in Oceania. Spam, the original taste of home!
When i was a kid, anytime i asked what we were having for dinner my mother always said “roast leg of Rob”. Fortunately she was fibbing or I wouldn’t have a leg to stand on.
During the Siege of Paris from 1870-1, Parisians took to eating zoo animals and their own pets. I remember reading an extract from a historical diary at high school in which a Frenchman stated he had eaten a dog the previous night and that it didn’t taste bad but it had left him with a strong sense of guilt especially when he looked at a living dog in the street.
The only sliver of human meat I’ve consumed would be my blood from when I bit my tongue or flossed too hard. It has a somewhat sweet and salty yet metallic flavor that can’t really be compared to anything else.
“Go be disgusting somewhere else” is a line I wish I’d used on my kids. Still — I could usually out-gross them any day. (Comes of having three brothers.)
Calvin, the Internet will be available soon. It will answer all your questions! (Perhaps not always correctly, but there will be no shortage of references if you want to compare the answers.)
I think when I was a kid, some kids were told to be disgusting elsewhere. So they were disgusting at school. My parents didn’t want us to be disgusting ANYWHERE.
BE THIS GUY almost 4 years ago
It all tastes like chicken.
Concretionist almost 4 years ago
My first “real” cookbook (The Joy of Cooking of course) had diagrams explaining where the various cuts were on several different kinds of animal.
Templo S.U.D. almost 4 years ago
had to bring it up when dinner is being prepared
codycab almost 4 years ago
Try eating yourself, Calvin and find out.
sapepgoldman almost 4 years ago
Can’t figure out if this strip was rare or well done
Alexander the Good Enough almost 4 years ago
Compared to most other animals of a similar size, humans just aren’t very meaty…
rimose almost 4 years ago
It not worth it Calvin, the human body is not very nutritious. A group of 25 hunters could live off a Mammoth for 60 days but the same hunters would eat for less than a day on a human.
whahoppened almost 4 years ago
She knows…And your dinner menu may have just changed!
Yontrop almost 4 years ago
Yes Calvin, you would be veal.
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member almost 4 years ago
“Do you like your sister-in-law?”
“Sure”
“Well, eat more”
DaveG1960 almost 4 years ago
You need that book, “To serve Man”…
nosirrom almost 4 years ago
“I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout.” – Jonathan Swift (1729)
Eric Klein almost 4 years ago
She should have sent him to read A Modest Proposal by Swift.
TampaFanatic1 almost 4 years ago
Hannibal Lecter probably had the same questions as a strapping young lad!
LilyGilder almost 4 years ago
The author, Paul Theroux once asked a man whose ancestors were cannibals what we tasted like. The answer was, honestly, Spam. This may explain the popularity of the canned stuff in Oceania. Spam, the original taste of home!
A Hip loving Canadian... almost 4 years ago
If inquisitive minds think like that, I don’t want an inquisitive mind.
CreeperBoy101 almost 4 years ago
“Go be disgusting somewhere else” Calvins mom just created The Infinite Loop.
jpayne4040 almost 4 years ago
In your case, it’s more of a warped mind, Calvin!
ForrestOverin almost 4 years ago
Could use a little salt!
BearsDown Premium Member almost 4 years ago
“Donner. Party of 2.”
M2MM almost 4 years ago
I asked questions like this, but got the answers! Very literal people in my household.
Earnestly Frank almost 4 years ago
Mmmmm….Roast leg of insurance salesman!
(see Flanders and Swann)
NeedaChuckle Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Owing to all the chemicals we eat, humans are unfit for human consumption. I actually read that somewhere.
MS72 almost 4 years ago
Ribs! Yum!
Doug Taylor Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I don’t want to know who or what is in a “Kids Meal”
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I don’t think about the subject as a rule, but I wonder if people taste like chicken? Actually, probably pork.
theincrediblebulk almost 4 years ago
When i was a kid, anytime i asked what we were having for dinner my mother always said “roast leg of Rob”. Fortunately she was fibbing or I wouldn’t have a leg to stand on.
Troglodyte almost 4 years ago
What’s eatin’ ya, kid?! :D
admiree2 almost 4 years ago
A future supermarket reader…Inquiring Minds Want To Know
jel354 almost 4 years ago
This is where one of Calvin’s Dad’s outlandish stories can serve a purpose.
gantech almost 4 years ago
Guess you just can’t keep a good man down…
Calvinist1966 almost 4 years ago
During the Siege of Paris from 1870-1, Parisians took to eating zoo animals and their own pets. I remember reading an extract from a historical diary at high school in which a Frenchman stated he had eaten a dog the previous night and that it didn’t taste bad but it had left him with a strong sense of guilt especially when he looked at a living dog in the street.
aerotica69 almost 4 years ago
MMM……Calvin scallopini.
Otis Rufus Driftwood almost 4 years ago
A much later strip had Calvin get in trouble for wanting to discuss cannibalism in class. Aren’t those usually red flags?
Calvins Brother almost 4 years ago
Hobbes is ready for a snack.
dsom8 almost 4 years ago
Just remember, it was Watterson who came up with this.
DCBakerEsq almost 4 years ago
I love tots.
Goat almost 4 years ago
The only sliver of human meat I’ve consumed would be my blood from when I bit my tongue or flossed too hard. It has a somewhat sweet and salty yet metallic flavor that can’t really be compared to anything else.
listmom almost 4 years ago
“Go be disgusting somewhere else” is a line I wish I’d used on my kids. Still — I could usually out-gross them any day. (Comes of having three brothers.)
WCraft Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Actually, a logical question. And, you don’t even want to know about the hams!
gbars70 almost 4 years ago
Its Ok Calvin; don’t eat your heart out.
Teto85 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Mmmmmmm Long Pig.
Robert4170 almost 4 years ago
Arthur C. Clarke wrote a short story called The Food of the Gods that applies to this.
mi_sbs almost 4 years ago
i think we can guess where the rump roast is.
chfabbro almost 4 years ago
Calvin, the Internet will be available soon. It will answer all your questions! (Perhaps not always correctly, but there will be no shortage of references if you want to compare the answers.)
ekke almost 4 years ago
Calvin should research the (very real) history of the Alferd E. Packer cafeteria!
edonline almost 4 years ago
“Donner Party. Now serving the Donner Party.”
Otis Rufus Driftwood almost 4 years ago
I think when I was a kid, some kids were told to be disgusting elsewhere. So they were disgusting at school. My parents didn’t want us to be disgusting ANYWHERE.