# Re serving man would a sedentary, obese person be tastier and more tender than a muscular athlete? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 18, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-serving-man-would-a-sedentary-obese-person-be-tastier-and-more-tender-than-a-muscular-athlete/728204 "2015-08-18T18:49:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-serving-man-would-a-sedentary-obese-person-be-tastier-and-more-tender-than-a-muscular-athlete/728204/1 "2015-08-18T18:49:04Z")
Just wondering if a fat, sedentary human being would be preferred as a taste treat for discriminating cannibals vs a muscular athletic person. Any data points on this? Extrapolations from eating animals with similar physiological differences? ---
**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-serving-man-would-a-sedentary-obese-person-be-tastier-and-more-tender-than-a-muscular-athlete/728204/2 "2015-08-18T19:03:28Z")
I think that the fatter ones would taste better. Beef usually tastes better when it is nicely marbled as opposed to lean and stringy. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-serving-man-would-a-sedentary-obese-person-be-tastier-and-more-tender-than-a-muscular-athlete/728204/3 "2015-08-18T19:15:50Z")
Need a quick answer? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-serving-man-would-a-sedentary-obese-person-be-tastier-and-more-tender-than-a-muscular-athlete/728204/4 "2015-08-18T19:21:35Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Need a quick answer? Long pig tastes best cooked low and slow. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-serving-man-would-a-sedentary-obese-person-be-tastier-and-more-tender-than-a-muscular-athlete/728204/5 "2015-08-18T19:34:47Z")
I don’t believe that the zombies give a damn, but the athletic type can, of course, run faster than the fat guy. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-serving-man-would-a-sedentary-obese-person-be-tastier-and-more-tender-than-a-muscular-athlete/728204/6 "2015-08-18T19:37:44Z")
I’m not overweight, I’m “marbled”. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-serving-man-would-a-sedentary-obese-person-be-tastier-and-more-tender-than-a-muscular-athlete/728204/7 "2015-08-18T19:49:09Z")
Nacho-fed human is the best. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-serving-man-would-a-sedentary-obese-person-be-tastier-and-more-tender-than-a-muscular-athlete/728204/8 "2015-08-18T19:51:59Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > I’m not overweight, I’m “marbled”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-serving-man-would-a-sedentary-obese-person-be-tastier-and-more-tender-than-a-muscular-athlete/728204/9 "2015-08-18T20:05:25Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Extrapolations from eating animals with similar physiological differences? A friend’s brother started raising chickens to eat (not for eggs), and I had some one night for dinner. Huge difference from the Foster Farms you buy at the grocery store ! The home raised chickens were much tougher, and far less flavor. Not sure how much of this is diet (and possibly hormones) vs. exercise. But it was clear there is a reason commercial chickens live pretty sedentary lives. From this I would assume the same holds true for humans - more fat, more sedentary would be preferred. Athletic, though leaner and better for you, would not be as appetizing. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-serving-man-would-a-sedentary-obese-person-be-tastier-and-more-tender-than-a-muscular-athlete/728204/10 "2015-08-18T20:14:06Z")
I have to say: I am SO relieved I am not the only one to ever wonder about the OP’s question. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-serving-man-would-a-sedentary-obese-person-be-tastier-and-more-tender-than-a-muscular-athlete/728204/11 "2015-08-18T20:15:56Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > I have to say: I am SO relieved I am not the only one to ever wonder about the OP’s question. Adds name to list. ---
**Author:** ![Grotonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c2a13f/32.png) [@Grotonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grotonian)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-serving-man-would-a-sedentary-obese-person-be-tastier-and-more-tender-than-a-muscular-athlete/728204/12 "2015-08-19T01:21:42Z")
What parts of a human would be eaten? Is the flesh on a human thigh like eating a chicken leg? Because we don’t eat leg meat off cattle, right? If someone could be helpful, maybe list what parts of a human we could eat and the comparison they would make, like human leg-frog leg, human arm-chicken wing, etc. Asking for a friend. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-serving-man-would-a-sedentary-obese-person-be-tastier-and-more-tender-than-a-muscular-athlete/728204/13 "2015-08-19T01:36:27Z")
In World War II, Japanese ate the leg of an American POW with soy sauce. “It was very healthy”. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-serving-man-would-a-sedentary-obese-person-be-tastier-and-more-tender-than-a-muscular-athlete/728204/14 "2015-08-19T02:10:52Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > I have to say: I am SO relieved I am not the only one to ever wonder about the OP’s question. Also adds name to list. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-serving-man-would-a-sedentary-obese-person-be-tastier-and-more-tender-than-a-muscular-athlete/728204/15 "2015-08-19T02:12:54Z")
Bonus question: do you think they’d know to cook the obese person differently than the muscular athlete? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-serving-man-would-a-sedentary-obese-person-be-tastier-and-more-tender-than-a-muscular-athlete/728204/16 "2015-08-19T02:32:36Z")
Why do you guys do this to me? You know I’m going to have to mention the veal. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-serving-man-would-a-sedentary-obese-person-be-tastier-and-more-tender-than-a-muscular-athlete/728204/17 "2015-08-19T02:48:40Z")
> [@Grotonian](#): > > What parts of a human would be eaten? Is the flesh on a human thigh like eating a chicken leg? Because we don’t eat leg meat off cattle, right? > > If someone could be helpful, maybe list what parts of a human we could eat and the comparison they would make, like human leg-frog leg, human arm-chicken wing, etc. Well, on The Walking Dead, they ate BBQ Bob’s leg. Looked like a leg of lamb. Kinda. Without mint jelly, of course, it’s the zombie apocalypse. A thigh would be nicely-muscled from carrying the body around, and on a heavy person would have decent fat on the outside to help keep it from drying out during cooking. You might want to tenderize the thigh, though, since it does so much work it might be tough. You’d think the glutes might be like a good steak. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-serving-man-would-a-sedentary-obese-person-be-tastier-and-more-tender-than-a-muscular-athlete/728204/18 "2015-08-19T03:15:54Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > I have to say: I am SO relieved I am not the only one to ever wonder about the OP’s question. What? Does Zim got notice that the invasion will come soon? 🙂 You have plenty of company, a fitness gym got into a controversy when their ads were protested by hefty people in San Francisco back in 1999. [http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Persons-of-heft-protest-health-club-s-ad-3305257.php](http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Persons-of-heft-protest-health-club-s-ad-3305257.php) > [@](#): > > 1999-02-16 04:00:00 PDT SAN FRANCISCO – Despite protests from fat activists, a health club is refusing to budge from its new ad that suggests that overweight people will be the first to be devoured by hungry space aliens when the invasion comes. > > The ad for 24 Hour Fitness, which has shown up on a South of Market billboard, depicts an artist’s vision of a space alien and reads, _ **“When they come, they’ll eat the fat ones first.”** _ > > Fat activists find the ad demeaning and took to the sidewalk in front of one of the fitness chain’s outlets Monday to show their displeasure. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-serving-man-would-a-sedentary-obese-person-be-tastier-and-more-tender-than-a-muscular-athlete/728204/19 "2015-08-19T03:21:44Z")
There’s only one way to find out. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-serving-man-would-a-sedentary-obese-person-be-tastier-and-more-tender-than-a-muscular-athlete/728204/20 "2015-08-19T04:00:04Z")
A cannibal tells some anthropologists a long series of incredibly heroic tales that his assistant has pulled off over the years . Just as he finishes, the assistant comes hopping in on one leg and can’t even speak because he is missing his tongue and his lips as well. One of the anthropologists exclaims, “Oh my God, did he get injured when he was saving the baby from a shark or when he pulled your whole family from a burning building?” The cannibal replies, “No, it is just when you have a man this good, you don’t eat him all at once.” :rimshot: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-serving-man-would-a-sedentary-obese-person-be-tastier-and-more-tender-than-a-muscular-athlete/728204.md?page=2)