Illegal Foods

So I saw this over at BoingBoing and thought that I just had to post a link to the original site: gridskipper . It's basically about food that is illegal to eat in the states. The thing that really freaked me out was this:

Mellified Man: Mellified Man was a manmade dish popular in ancient Arabia. According to Mary Roach, author of Stiff, men 70-80 years old, on death’s doorstep anyway, would cease to eat food, instead partaking solely of honey. Pretty soon, they would be mellified, that is, “he excretes honey (the urine and feces are entirely honey).” Soon he dies and is placed in a honey-filled coffin which is then sealed for 100 years. At the end of the 100 years, the goop is eaten up.

Seriously!