Brains or fish? Fish or brains? [elanya]

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I am just finishing up one thing I forgot about, which is the arcaheology CD thingy for my arch, class. The section I just finished was on subsistence stuff. Part of it talked about food preservation, and I was given a bunch of different, um, foods, I supose, and told to order them according to which spoiled first. Two of the items on the list were raw fish, and brains!

So, I can't make a real poll, so this will be informal. Please reply below with your thoughts on which spoils first: Fish or Brains. I don't now what kind of brains, but the fish was salmon, and it looked like fillets, if you think that is relevant. Later, I will reveal the exciting answer!

If you like more boring things to play with, you can also try to guess if nuts or wheat spoil faster.

For extra bonus points, describe to me a situation in which it would be important to know which spoils first (brains or fish).

Have fun :)

Mood::

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I think fish would spoil faster, especially if the brains were enclosed in the skull still. Less exposure to oxygen, etc. Also, fish muscle is a wetter and less dense tissue, I think.

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exposed brains, for the record.

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Using only Logic (TM) as my guide, I conclude that fish spoils faster. I know that fish spoils quickly, but I don't have any idea whether brains spoil quickly or slowly. Therefore, I conclude that it is much more likely that fish spoils faster.

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I would have to go with fish spoiling faster. I know that brains can act as a preservative when rubbed into an animal's hide (this act also makes the leather more supple).
The only time I can think that this would be important would be in a subsistence/survival situation where you have brains and fish available to eat. Which ever one kept longer you could put aside in case the next day you didn't have something to eat.
Also I believe that nuts keep longer as long as they are still in their shell.

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Are you talking nuts as in legumes or nuts as in people who are less than sane?

Shy mental patients' brains last longer ....

Cheers!

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I believe legumes were intended ;)

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Technically, since fish HAVE brains, the quickest the fish could fully spoil would be at equal speed to the brain without fish. Thus, either brains spoil first, or the first spoils at the same time as the brain.

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Look, now pay attention! Fish fillets vs exposed brains! No making up your own conditions ^-^

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I will buck the trend and guess brains. Brrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnsssssssssssssssssssss.......

I would imagine wheat spoils faster.

One scenario where knowledge of spoilage would be useful is if you had to store both of those items. A, I don't know, fish-and-brains warehouse.

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