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NILS
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by NILS » Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:24 pm
Dragonclaws wrote:, but it's tasted to me as vaguely reminiscent of Earl Grey tea...
Must be the bergamot!
Dragonclaws wrote: I think it's impressive that humans can survive on that stuff, especially the blood soup.
Drinking/eating blood is not so unusual...
Think of indigenous peoples in Africa for example:
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Besides Creutzfeldt-Jakob a healthy snack...
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Dragonclaws
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by Dragonclaws » Wed Feb 09, 2011 5:20 pm
NILS wrote:Dragonclaws wrote:, but it's tasted to me as vaguely reminiscent of Earl Grey tea...
Yeah, that's the usual reaction.
That's interesting. I've heard that the human body can't handle the consumption of more than just a tiny amount of blood and will vomit up any blood drinks consumed by wannabe vampires. Maybe it's just psychological for Americans.
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Jeannedeorleans
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by Jeannedeorleans » Thu Feb 10, 2011 2:18 am
Dragonclaws wrote:
That's interesting. I've heard that the human body can't handle the consumption of more than just a tiny amount of blood and will vomit up any blood drinks consumed by wannabe vampires. Maybe it's just psychological for Americans.
It's really a matter of taste and culture. In my country, blood cube is so common and mixing fresh blood with food is common in the northeast (it losses popularity though due to parasite issue). I can't imagine how people from western world could handle that.
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