The first barbecue
So, my wife and I were talking about the Noah's Ark Found thread last night. Both being on diets, she jokingly pointed something out that lead to an interesting discussion. She said Noah and the family had to be really hard workers and would have had a rough year on the ark. But what a reward when they got off, the world's first barbecue!
That got us thinking. How would that have been for them? Having always eaten fruits, vegetables, grains and the like, meat wouldn't have been considered food. It would be like God telling us now that we could eat trees. Breakfast a maple branch, for lunch a pine sandwich and dinner a thick piece of walnut? How would they have reacted to God all of a sudden saying that these beasts of burden, these pets and creatures that you have tended for their milk are now to be eaten?
Then we wondered, where would you start? Imagine Shem, Ham and Japeth standing next to a cow they just killed for food. What part do you eat? Do you start with the stuff on the outside or the stuff on the inside? Do you cook it? Eat it raw? Boil it? Would you want the first bite?
Pondering minds want to know!
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Permalink Reply by Brian Guiley on -
That would be a rather drastic dietary change.
A few items that might speak to this. Depending on how far men fell before the flood, some may have delved into this, but my opinion is probably not.
Skins were likely used for clothing, patterned after what God made for Adam and Eve from the first sacrifice.
Abel brought sacrifices to God from the flock, and Noah sacrificed animals to the Lord as one of his first acts after the flood. This would indicate knowledge of butchery, and probably which parts were "usable" - though this may have been done on animals that died naturally before (for sacrifices) versus hunted after (for food).
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Permalink Reply by Arthur Smith on -
PS - I really meant this to be a light-hearted thread. Not anything actually theological... ;)
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Permalink Reply by Justin Poe on -
LOL...who knows I guess. Makes for some interesting thought though. Good thing I didn't get off the ark, I would have slaughtered every piece of meat around and future generations would have been out of luck to say the least. I'm a meat and potatoes guy.
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Permalink Reply by Terrance Egolf on -
Arthur, as you know, I believe that at least some humans were already eating meat before the flood. So the thanksgiving barbecue would likely been anticlimactic, or simply a novel experience. I'm sure they either already knew or suspected that eating meat would be a consequence of the flood, because there were so many more pairs of the clean animal kinds provided for compared to the unclean. Why would they be called clean vs unclean unless they were to be eaten? The odd animal was to be used for sacrifice, to be sure. The other six animals of each were to start the new herds, and to provide a source of meat after the ark's supplies gave out.
I imagine after they somehow got out of the ark, by climbing down rope ladders, or by chopping a hole through the hull, that it was a very somber moment to look out on the vastness of the just-greening wasteland, and realize that those eight souls were all that remained of humanity. I'm sure that righteous Noah offered up prayers of thanksgiving for their lives, but it must have been a bitter-sweet celebration.
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Permalink Reply by Caleb Hines on
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The Levites were to eat the sacrifices (e.g. Deuteronomy 18:1), so it seems likely that Noah et al might have eaten their sacrifice. I imagine it would have been similar to when God told Peter to eat the unclean animals in Acts. "But I've never eaten anything unclean!".
Less seriously:
"Hey Japheth, you know what would make this taste better? Some of those -- what do you call them -- tomatoes? Just squash them up and coat the meat with it. You'll never know the difference!"
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Permalink Reply by Brian Guiley on
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Cooking method is also interesting to ponder. Plainly they used fire for the sacrifice, but that was usually burning everything up. I'd say they probably applied techniques from the cooking of the vegetation initially, so I'd say boiling would be one of the first methods.
On a like note, I've wondered about Heaven, since there won't be any death any longer, where I'd get my "prime rib" fix. Knowing of course that just about everything there will be different, I joke that God may have a "steak" flavored tree that I'd be eating from all the time. :)
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Permalink Reply by Terrance Egolf on
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Yeah, and what about no OCEAN? I'm a retired navy guy, and I love sailing. Maybe there will be another water world we will be able to explore.
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Permalink Reply by Brian Guiley on
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Terrance Egolf said:Yeah, and what about no OCEAN? I'm a retired navy guy, and I love sailing. Maybe there will be another water world we will be able to explore.
Doesn't it say there will be only one sea.... Just really big? Like it was in the beginning? Have to look into that. Also like the idea of exploring other worlds in Heaven... This might make good material for another thread.....
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Permalink Reply by Terrance Egolf on
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Nope. No more sea.
1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. (Revelation 21:1, ESV)
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Permalink Reply by Brian Guiley on
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Terrance Egolf said:Nope. No more sea.
1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. (Revelation 21:1, ESV)
Hrm. Pity. But there is the River of life. Maybe the sea disappears until the city descends and then reforms. Or maybe there isn't a sea. Will be interesting whatever it is.
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Permalink Reply by Kevin W Anderson on -
I wonder if they sang "This is the feast of victory of our God...."
As for food in Heaven try Rev 19:9Then the angel said to me, "Write: 'Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!' " And he added, "These are the true words of God."
Will we say grace? You bet! LOL
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