Cooked Spuds

[Mich the Tester]

I think these were African sweet potatoes.

Oh, that clears it up. Did they make bush chips with them? Hmmm, delicious, especially with barbecued guinea fowl.

[EternalOptimist]

Oh, that clears it up. Did they make bush chips with them? Hmmm, delicious, especially with barbecued guinea fowl.

no, we are talking Homo Habilis here, not Homo Jamie Oliver.

more like
grunt = (oh fck , I dropped the sweet potatoes on the fire by accident. mm they taste quite nice actually)

rather than
'would you like some bush chips with that dear ? gives you more energy when you have to fight that Mastadon you know'

[Mich the Tester]

no, we are talking Homo Habilis here, not Homo Jamie Oliver.

more like
grunt = (oh fck , I dropped the sweet potatoes on the fire by accident. mm they taste quite nice actually)

rather than
'would you like some bush chips with that dear ? gives you more energy when you have to fight that Mastadon you know'

But they had large brains? Surely they were intelligent enough to throw together a quick seabass with smoked eel reduction and cockle with cucumber foam, lightly sprinkled with lime zest and accompanied by a glass of verdejo, just as the odd looking chef in Haarlem did last night?

[EternalOptimist]

But they had large brains? Surely they were intelligent enough to throw together a quick seabass with smoked eel reduction and cockle with cucumber foam, lightly sprinkled with lime zest and accompanied by a glass of verdejo, just as the odd looking chef in Haarlem did last night?

No , you are getting confused with Homo Erectus. Habilis or HAB were/are not that keen on fish.
Homo Hab was not a great fan of the tuna munching

Plus the large brain bit is relative, they were probably cleverer than a labour minister, but not as clever as a dog, for example