fact of the day

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A little piece of trivia...

 

Fact of the Day: cooking

 

Humans cook food (especially meat) to sterilize it, to break down

factors that may be toxic, to break down polymers in the food that are

otherwise difficult to digest (such as tough meats or starchy foods),

or simply because it tastes better that way. Humans have been cooking,

cleaning, or fermenting their food since before recorded history.

Cooking probably decreases the health value of the food because it

destroys many vitamins. One troop of macaque monkeys has learnt to wash

certain foods before eating and some snakes, dragonfly larvae, and

pitcher plants digest or rot their prey before assimilating it,

 

**** but no other known animal deliberately cooks its food.

 

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