The first people to eat something were probably pretty feared by their cohorts.
Imagine how much courage someone would need in order to be the first person to eat food.
Everybody would be sitting down, starving to death, and then one guy would finally jump to his feet, muttering, “screw this…” before he shoved a handful of leaves into his mouth. Everybody around him would have been like, “dude, what are you doing? That’s where you TALK out of!” And he’d be like, “yeah, but we all have upset stomachs—we might as well try everything.”
Then a few minutes later, after a few more handfuls of leaves, he’d be like, “man, my stomach feels worse than it did before…”
A few days later, everybody would still be starving to death, but he’d jump up again and go, “screw this,” shoving a small tree branch into his mouth. Everybody around him would be like, “dude, what are you doing? That’s a TREE BRANCH!” And he’d be like, “yeah, but we all STILL have upset stomachs—we might as well try everything.”
Then a few minutes later, after a few more bites of a tree branch, he’d be like, “man, my stomach feels worse than it did before AGAIN…”
A few days later, everybody would still be starving to death, yet again, but he’d jump up, ONE LAST TIME, and go, “screw this,” shoving a live chicken into his mouth. Everybody around him would be like, “dude, what are you doing? That’s a LIVE CHICKEN!” And he’d be like, “yeah, but we all have upset stomachs—we might as well try everything.”
Then a few minutes later, after biting a live chicken a few dozen times, he’d be like, “man, my stomach feels worse than it did before… Next time, I’ll light the chicken on fire before I put it in my mouth.”
So, that’s exactly what he did.
He burned the chicken, but he burned it too much, yet he still ate the ashes. However, he realized that the chicken looked most tasty after he only put a little fire on it.
So, he slaughtered another chicken, put a little fire on it, and ate it. It was burned just right.
And so, “chicken,” the same as we prepare it today, was invented.
Until next time,
Michael. J. Erickson, CEO & Co-Founder
