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One of our quirks as a species is that we think our food is bland if it doesn't have enough poison in it.
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In D&D dwarves have resistance to poison damage and advantage on saving throws against poison, so they would be the ones with food no one else could eat safely.
To everyone else, dwarf food seems bland. Since the dwarf cooking it couldn't add any of there normal spices. "Can humans eat rocks? I don't think so, better skip them." (Then skips the salt)
Fun fact; you shouldn't swallow pebbles. You can digest them, but they are rich in toxic minerals, to the point that your kidney gets overwhelmed.
I’m so glad I learned that I could digest rocks as an adult. I don’t think the second part of that warning would have been enough to deter me as a kid.
oh btw there's these clay eating people all around the world.
detoxing is not real lol, unless you're eating activated charcoal.
We have organs that specifically exist to remove toxins from the body, if foods have positive health effects it's not due to "detoxing".
Structure of the clay: maybe beneficial
Toxicity: small amounts
What about boulders?
If it fits, it shits?
When the dwarves invite you over for dinner, steer clear of the mushroom stew.
If they're gully dwarves its be best to just pass on it entirely.
Somehow that has me imagining Japanese dwarves being especially fond of that one pufferfish dish that's toxic unless cooked just right.
Fugu.
afaik it's not exactly the science it's always made out to be, you just remove the poison gland, you know, the part with all the poison