There is a famous study from the 1930s involving a group of orphanage babies who, at mealtimes, were presented with a smorgasbord of thirty-four whole, healthy foods. Nothing was processed or prepared beyond mincing or mashing. Among the more standard offerings-fresh fruits and vegetables, eggs, milk, chicken, beef-the researcher, Clara Davis, included liver, kidney, brains, sweetbreads, and bone marrow. The babies shunned liver and kidney {as well as all ten vegetables, haddock, and pineapple}, but brains and sweetbreads did not turn up among the low-preference foods she listed. And the most popular item of all? Bone marrow.
( Mary Roach )
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