Think about this next time the pork is savory and your appetite keen… Human flesh is generally reported by the cannibal to taste quite a bit like pork, so that means that the pork we enjoy so much tastes like we are eating humans.
Cannibalism may challenge us to define what is or is not beyond the pale of acceptable human behavior; but ultimately, only a cannibal can really tell you if you taste like a pig.
the Porcine Oracle
Additional information:
- Cannibalism from Wikipedia, where one individual of a species consumes all or part of another individual of the same species as food.
- Long Pig from the Urban Dictionary where you’ll learn about a temple where rites of mystery were enacted, and priests and elders fed on the “long pig that speaks.”
- And lastly, a visit to the legendary shores of the Marquesas, a small group of islands in the eastern portion of French Polynesia, historically known for cannibalism, tribal warfare, tattoos, war drums, sexual immorality, “puaa oa” and all sorts of other cool stuff…