# Would You Eat Human Flesh? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 27, 2008, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-human-flesh/439437 "2008-02-27T23:50:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-human-flesh/439437/1 "2008-02-27T23:50:28Z")
Assuming it were legal and that the person you’re eating donated their body while of sound mind, of course. I think I would at least try a little nibble. I’m faintly curious and have been since reading one too many books about the occult as a teen. I had a special interest in vampires and werewolves and cannibalism always figured heavily into the latter. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-human-flesh/439437/2 "2008-02-27T23:52:43Z")
No, I would still find the idea too gross, and, besides, I bet it’s nothing special. ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-human-flesh/439437/3 "2008-02-27T23:54:05Z")
I think I might, just to try it. I really like meat! ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-human-flesh/439437/4 "2008-02-27T23:54:51Z")
Depends on the condiments. What are you offering? ---
**Author:** ![T\_SQUARE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de053/32.png) [@T\_SQUARE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T_SQUARE)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-human-flesh/439437/5 "2008-02-28T00:00:29Z")
Yeah, I’d give it a try. On edit, I don’t know what I’d do if it turned out to be the best meat I’ve ever? ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-human-flesh/439437/6 "2008-02-28T00:02:33Z")
I don’t generally like the taste of carnivores but if you could round up a juicy vegetarian, count me in! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-human-flesh/439437/7 "2008-02-28T00:03:44Z")
What do you mean “_would_ you?” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-human-flesh/439437/8 "2008-02-28T00:03:53Z")
If it gave me super strength like in Ravenous. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-human-flesh/439437/9 "2008-02-28T00:08:51Z")
Flesh: No. Brains: Yeeeeeees. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-human-flesh/439437/10 "2008-02-28T00:08:56Z")
They call it “Long Pig” for a reason. It tastes like pork, certainly not like chicken. The difference between long pig and real pig is that long pigs eat too much weird crap plus the skewer tends to puncture the anus and intestines on the spit contaminating the meat. Long pig is worth a try but don’t try winning any barbecue contests with it. Standard pork recipes will work but the meat is expensive and hard to come by unless you raise it yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-human-flesh/439437/11 "2008-02-28T00:23:15Z")
Sure. I like to eat adventurously. ---
**Author:** ![MTRG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@MTRG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTRG)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-human-flesh/439437/12 "2008-02-28T00:26:56Z")
[QUOTE=Shagnasty] They call it “Long Pig” for a reason. It tastes like pork, certainly not like chicken. The difference between long pig and real pig is that long pigs eat too much weird crap plus the skewer tends to puncture the anus and intestines on the spit contaminating the meat. Long pig is worth a try but don’t try winning any barbecue contests with it. Standard pork recipes will work but the meat is expensive and hard to come by unless you raise it yourself. [/QUOTE] you mean it tastes like…dare I say it… BACON! ---
**Author:** ![Purgatory\_Creek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@Purgatory\_Creek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purgatory_Creek)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-human-flesh/439437/13 "2008-02-28T02:50:44Z")
I don’t think I’d be able to eat human flesh because I’d have too many images running through my head of things I’ve seen human flesh do (seriously, Art Garfunkel naked?) and I’d lose my appetite. ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-human-flesh/439437/14 "2008-02-28T02:55:40Z")
Hmmm, the Dopers seem to be taking your modest proposal seriously. As am I. I’d give it a shot, under your controlled, reasonable, and legal circumstances. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-human-flesh/439437/15 "2008-02-28T03:13:50Z")
[QUOTE=Aesiron] Assuming it were legal and that the person you’re eating donated their body while of sound mind, of course. I think I would at least try a little nibble. I’m faintly curious and have been since reading one too many books about the occult as a teen. I had a special interest in vampires and werewolves and cannibalism always figured heavily into the latter. [/QUOTE] Only if I were sure to starve otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-human-flesh/439437/16 "2008-02-28T03:15:13Z")
Would there be bacon salt? ---
**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:** [February 28, 2008, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-human-flesh/439437/17 "2008-02-28T03:22:43Z")
IIRC, wasn’t there a tribe in Papua New Guinea who practiced cannibalism as a funeral rite (eating pieces of someone already dead, at least), and ended up infecting themselves with some serious disease, “kuru”, I think the name of it is. Sort of a human version of Mad Cow. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-human-flesh/439437/18 "2008-02-28T03:40:46Z")
[QUOTE=Guinastasia] IIRC, wasn’t there a tribe in Papua New Guinea who practiced cannibalism as a funeral rite (eating pieces of someone already dead, at least), and ended up infecting themselves with some serious disease, “kuru”, I think the name of it is. Sort of a human version of Mad Cow. [/QUOTE] Yeah, you cook it and cook it and cook it, but it still tastes like prions. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-human-flesh/439437/19 "2008-02-28T03:42:45Z")
If it were safe, I’d like to try. Then again, I said the same thing about dog meat yet never could bring myself to actually ingest any while I was in Korea. I think the psychological hurdle might be a bit too high. ---
**Author:** ![coffeecat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coffeecat/32/3405_2.png) [@coffeecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffeecat)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-human-flesh/439437/20 "2008-02-28T03:53:20Z")
Anyone seen **Mangetout**? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-human-flesh/439437.md?page=2)