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Though they do have that nice spicy scent, akin to incense you'd smell at a Catholic Church, there is defo a hint of dry rot.

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[–] [email protected] 77 points 1 day ago (4 children)

The British urge to eat mummies still going strong

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Well, they were eaten as medicine for centuries. Not to mention as a paint and possibly for fires...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

Cat mummies have been used as fertilizer too.

[–] TheFogan 17 points 1 day ago

My god this is an outrage, I was going to eat that mummy! Fry has got to go!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 22 hours ago

Described by William Dampier, a 17th-century British pirate as "extraordinary large and fat, and so sweet, that no pullet eats more pleasantly".