# Who are the tenderest people? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 28, 2007, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-tenderest-people/420786 "2007-09-28T08:46:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-tenderest-people/420786/21 "2007-09-28T20:56:39Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] Bite me. [/QUOTE] And where’s it going to end? ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-tenderest-people/420786/22 "2007-09-28T21:02:10Z")
What about Sumo wrestlers? They have a lot of muscle but it’s also got a lot of fat in it and they are regularly massaged as well, I assume. Or will _any_ athleticism at all doom you? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-tenderest-people/420786/23 "2007-09-28T21:14:52Z")
I’m going to go with Eskimos and Inuits. Reletively short, squat body shape with lower surface volume to help retain body heat as per Allen’s rule, and a diet high in protein and animal fat. I bet they’re delicious. The toughest, Masai. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-tenderest-people/420786/24 "2007-09-28T21:23:01Z")
Found this: > [@](#): > > The body composition of 74 adult Eskimos (33 males, 41 females) has been determined by a Deuterium oxide dilution method. The figures for lean mass are comparable with those for the white population when reported on an absolute basis, but are larger if expressed per unit of standing height. Percentages of body fat (average 13.4% in males, 22.6% in females) are at least as high as encountered in many series of college students, despite very low skinfold readings; the possibility is suggested that body fat has a different regional distribution in the Eskimo. [http://www.springerlink.com/content/pr1185m40506v24g/](http://www.springerlink.com/content/pr1185m40506v24g/) Very low skinfold readings indicating different regional fat distrubution? That means good marbling! ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-tenderest-people/420786/25 "2007-09-28T21:54:47Z")
[QUOTE=Sage Rat] \ Or will _any_ athleticism at all doom you? [/QUOTE] No, but steer clear of baseball players and Pro Bicyclists. You’d think the hippie types would be more organic, free range types, but they have plenty of _other_ chemical additives, IYKWIM ;| ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-tenderest-people/420786/26 "2007-09-28T22:09:10Z")
[QUOTE=wolf in second hand clothing] What about the legs of paraplegics? [/QUOTE] That sounds simultaneously tasteless and tasty, at least to us cannibals. I bet they’re good pan-fried in garlic butter. ---
**Author:** ![Yag\_Rannavach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/858c86/32.png) [@Yag\_Rannavach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yag_Rannavach)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-tenderest-people/420786/27 "2007-09-28T22:34:31Z")
[QUOTE=Usram] That sounds simultaneously tasteless and tasty, at least to us cannibals. I bet they’re good pan-fried in garlic butter. [/QUOTE] You’re confusing semen with legs. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2007, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-tenderest-people/420786/28 "2007-09-29T19:56:24Z")
Why stop at babies? If the placenta is any indication, then let’s go hog-wild and eat fetuses. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2007, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-tenderest-people/420786/29 "2007-09-29T20:18:46Z")
As a naval officer I abhor the implication that the Royal Navy is a haven for cannibalism. It is well known that we now have the problem relatively under control, and that it is the RAF who now suffer the largest casualties in this area. And what do you think the Argylls ate in Aden. Arabs? Yours etc. Captain B.J. Smethwick in a white wine sauce with shallots, mushrooms and garlic. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2007, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-tenderest-people/420786/30 "2007-09-29T20:33:58Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] Why stop at babies? If the placenta is any indication, then let’s go hog-wild and eat fetuses. [/QUOTE] Plus, I hear it cures spinal cord injuries. (That’s why Christopher Reeve was so pro stem cell research.) ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2007, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-tenderest-people/420786/31 "2007-09-29T20:56:26Z")
So, to sum up. Eunich Eskimo office workers would be tender, well marbled, and _easy to catch._ North! To Alaska. I might eat an Eskimo fast food worker, even if it sounds counter-Inuitive. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2007, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-tenderest-people/420786/32 "2007-09-29T22:45:52Z")
[QUOTE=SiXSwordS] You’d think the hippie types would be more organic, free range types, but they have plenty of _other_ chemical additives, IYKWIM ;| [/QUOTE] I’m having a Futurama flashback. “Ooooh dude ! My hands are HUGE !” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-tenderest-people/420786.md?page=1)