Day 5 : Who was it?

Have you ever wondered who was that first person who decided to boil some leaves in water and drink it? And not stopping there, but going on to add sugar to make the taste tolerable. I mean why was he so resolute on making it palatable?? And was he the same person who decided to add milk to it?? Don't get me wrong, I've got nothing against Tea. But who was this guy and why was he so keen on creating it?

Who was the first guy to dig up the soil and find weird looking brown coloured plant parts which are in no way consumable and then think, "I should try peeling it and boiling it and then eating it". He'd just managed to create the staple food of the West - the mashed potatoes. And he too didn't stop there. Plain mashed potatoes are tasteless. He just HAD to eat it somehow and went on to create Gravy to have with.

Okay I do agree with you if you just thought "Necessity is the mother of all inventions". Maybe he didn't have anything else consumable in his immediate vicinity. But what about the person who decided to dip the flesh of flightless birds in water and spices and boil it till it looks or tastes nothing like the conventional method of cooking - Frying. And then who thought "This requires some Wheat/Rice derivative along with it. And some Pepsi." Who was it??

Who was the guy who thought, "I'm gonna let my fruit juices stay out in the open till they ferment and taste like p!ss and then proceed to drink it?" I understand anybody can get hooked on it once they've had it for the first time. But it does take a certain level of stupidity to begin with to attempt to consume intentionally spoilt beverages. Or maybe he was a genius to have started one of the largest multi-million trillion dollar industries - Alcoholism.

More recently, who was the guy who decided to make linear strings of dough that can be cooked in the broth of chicken in 2 minutes to be consumed as either Breakfast, Lunch or Supper by any and every person on this planet?? And who decided to add MSG and Lead to it? (Those of you who didn't get the reference please proceed to read Day 1. And those who did get it - You see what I did there?? Shameless blog promotion.)

There are just few examples of how our Pioneers were in some form either stupid, mentally deranged or maybe absolutely f**kin' brilliant.

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PS:  I mixed Pepsi and Fanta. I'm an Intellectual Giant

PPS: I got no relevant visual aid related to this topic, So here's a pic of a cat.

PPS: More stuff lined up. *Thumbs up*