Saturday, January 12, 2019

The " Eat Anything" Professor...!

We all have one or two little quirks that we don't like to mention...I know I do. However, some folks go overboard with these quirks from time to time. Here is an example from Listverse.

William Buckland



Photo credit: Museum of the History of Science, Oxford

William Buckland was the first trained geology professor at Oxford and avid fan of eating anything. While teaching at Oxford, he dropped a large hyena skull onto the lap of a student and asked, “What rules the world?” When the student didn’t answer, Buckland cried, “The stomach, sir! [It’s the stomach that] rules the world. The great ones eat the less, the less the lesser still . . . “

Guests at Buckland’s house would be treated to this philosophy to the fullest extent. Typical dinners at the table included strange delicacies: Crisp mice in golden batter. Panther chops. Rhino pie. Trunk of elephant. Crocodile for breakfast. Sliced porpoise head. Horse’s tongue. Kangaroo ham. And all of this while a live hyena and monkey roamed freely about the house. There is even a likely apocryphal story of Buckland eating King Louis XIV’s heart, in which Buckland says, “I have eaten many strange things, but have never eaten the heart of a king before,” and promptly shoves the heart in his mouth. Delightful.

Professor or not, it sounds to me that this guy wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer, ya know?

Coffee in the kitchen again today. Sorry about that.

10 comments:

Mamahen said...

Once again, all I can say is WOW! The kitchen is nice too...it's the company that makes it so:))

Gorges Smythe said...

I'd say that he was more than a little odd. - lol

Momlady said...

Odd duck, that. Never apologize about the kitchen. The kitchen is the heart of the house....warm and cozy. Friendly. Can't say that about mine, though. It's all open.

bigfoot said...

With enough gravy anything will taste good. Or ketchup.

Dizzy-Dick said...

I was hungry until I read your post. YUK!!!

Rob said...

Crisp mice in golden batter? Way to different for me this morning I'm afraid...

JO said...

I think this man was a bit of a nut case myself. Sure glad I wasn't ready to eat breakfast.

Never worry about having us in the kitchen like others said its the heart of the home and good friends come to gather.

HermitJim said...

Hey Mamahen...
Kinda boggles the mind, huh?
Thanks for coming over today!


Hey Gorges...
I do believe you're right about that.
Thanks for stopping by this morning!


Hey Momlady...
He was an odd duck for sure.
Thanks for the visit today!


Hey Bigfoot...
Gravy sure can't hurt, that's for sure!
Thanks for the appearance this morning!


Hey Dizzy...
I can see how that could happen.
Thanks for the visit today!

HermitJim said...

Hey Rob...
Does kinda push the limit a bit, that's for sure.
Thanks for stopping by this morning!


Hey Jo...
It does make one lose the appetite and that's a fact.
Thanks dear, for dropping by this morning!

Sixbears said...

. . .and people think I eat strange things.