This story goes back a way, back to May of 2008 before Wall Street wiped itself out, but I remember at that time this story about "the world's most expensive hamburger".
the city’s most expensive burger, the Richard Nouveau consists of 10 ounces of Kobe-raised beef crowned with a thick “lobe” of seared foie gras, 25 grams of shaved black truffles, and aged gruyere cheese. It comes enthroned on a brioche bun anointed with a homemade truffled mayonnaise and garnished with more shaved truffles. Oh, and gold leaf flakes from Japan, which has the yummiest gold.
I didn't know that gold could be "yummy" LOL. But apparently metal-love knows no bounds of strange perverted forms of association between certain humans and these so-called "precious" metals.
7 comments:
Matt,
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Clonal,
I would caution them over there about the silver... looks like gold may be ok but with the silver, some people develop a silverish/blue skin color if it builds up in their bodies after a while of eating/drinking it and it looks like you cant get rid of this coloring...
There are 3 "precious" metals but I can only find records of people currently eating gold and silver... no mention of copper today I guess copper is feeling left out of the action...
This is strange but yet interesting behavior...
rsp,
Ayurveda, the traditional medicine of India and Southeast Asia, uses metals, gems, herbs, etc., in combination in both remedies and rejuvenation tonics that have been in use for thousands of years. See for example Wikipedia-Bhasma.
Tom,
for silver at least it looks like moderation is key....
rsp,
iow I would advise the metal-lovers/eaters to take it easy on the silver at least...
rsp,
I just pray the prices of mercury and lead go up...
They say "deathly yellow" is the new blue. All the rage in the coming season, for the Austerian fashionista.
Of the three elements discussed here, gold, silver, and copper, the human body has no use whatsoever for gold or silver.
Copper is a required mineral but only in trace amounts. Amounts above trace levels can be fatal and should be avoided.
No study has ever been able to demonstrate any benefit from the consumption of silver. Consuming it 'in moderation' isn't recommended. It shouldn't be consumed at all. See this.
Of the three, gold is the safest to ingest because it appears to be chemically inert in the human body. The high price of gold and its relative scarcity means no one ever consumes that much of it for us to know what the effects might be of immoderate consumption.
The Roman triumvir Crassus once consumed a large amount of gold from which he died, but that gold was in a molten state, which probably had something to do with why it proved fatal.
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