Putting Your Foot in Your Mouth, And Eating It Quiz

Answer: Autosarcophagy

The article appeared in one of Pakistan's newspapers, 'The Daily Times'. The man apparently became hungry and couldn't find anything in the house that he wanted to eat. His sister telephoned the police when she found him making the sandwich.

When the ambulance personnel arrived, he offered them a toe, stating that it tasted like chicken. He was taken to hospital.

Autocannibalism is also a term for eating oneself, as is autophagy, but this primarily refers to the body in effect feeding on its own tissues internally.

Phycophagy is a term for eating seaweed.
Podophobia is a fear of feet.
Zoosaprophagy is a term used for eating rotting animal substances.

Answer: Acridophagy

The company grasshopper.com, was originally called 'GotVMail Communications', when it was formed in 2003. The company offers advance telephone numbers, 'Freefone' numbers and other methods of communication to businesses. They focus on small businesses and use the phrase "Empowering entrepreneurs to succeed!"

Grasshoppers are eaten in many countries including Mexico, Thailand and Japan.

Bacteriophagy is as it sounds, eating bacteria.
Batrachophagy is eating frogs.
Entomophobia is the fear of insects.

Answer: Nail eating

The literal meaning of onychophagia is 'nail eating', which derives from the Greek 'onych', which means finger or toe nail, and 'phagia', which means eating. The term is used to describe excessive, frequent nail biting.

Lee Redmond, who hadn't cut her fingernails since 1979, was involved in a road accident in January 2009, she was described as having sustained serious injuries, and was devastated as she broke all of her nails in the crash.

Answer: Lily of the Valley

As per 'Recipes4us.co.uk', chrysanthemums have a bitter peppery taste and can be used in salads. Violets are said to be, "excellent crystallised", and honeysuckle can be used to garnish desserts and salads. Although honeysuckle flowers are edible, the berries should NOT be consumed as they are poisonous.

All parts of the plant, Lily of the Valley, are very poisonous when eaten. Some suggest that after handling such a plant, hands should be thoroughly washed.

Answer: Arachnophagous

There is apparently nothing to support the 'swallowing of spiders whilst asleep theory'. 'Mythbusters', on the Discovery channel states that most spiders are more wary of us than we are of them and that our breathing whilst asleep would put a spider off.

However, spiders are considered to be a delicacy in some countries, for example, fried tarantula is considered to be a delicacy in Cambodia. The legs are described as being rather crunchy, whilst the body meat is likened to chicken.
Melliphagous means eating honey.
Necrophytophagous is the eating of dead plant matter.
Euryphagous basically means having a 'normal' diet.

Answer: Horse meat

Until the 1990's, when the French government altered laws regarding the selling of horse meat, it could only be bought at specialist shops known as, 'boucheries chevalines' and not at usual butchers shops. Horse meat is readily available in France, Belgium, Canada, and many other countries in the world.

Celebrity chef, Gordon Ramsey, found himself in the mire with British horse lovers, when he offered horse meat to people on the street in his television programme, 'The F Word', in 2007. Their response was to dump horse manure outside Claridges hotel in London, where one of his restaurants is located.

Answer: Alliaphagy

Garlic is a popular herb worldwide. It also is known for its medicinal qualities and is said to assist in the prevention of heart disease and high cholesterol. It belongs to the same family as onions and leeks.

Phagology is the study of eating habits.
Phyllophagy is eating leaves.
Tachyphagy is an eating disorder where food is eaten really quickly.

Answer: Omophagia

Steak tartare, although a French dish, is said to have originated in the days of Ghengis Khan. The Tartars, a united force, including Mongolians and Turks, under Khan's leadership, supposedly placed the raw meat under the saddles of their horses, to soothe them. They apparently found that the meat was tender from rubbing against the saddle and the horses back, so they were able to eat it raw.

Opiophagy is as the word suggests, eating opiates.
Thermophagy is the eating of hot food.
Vermiphagia is eating worms.

Answer: Mycophagy

Mycophagy is the eating of fungi, in particular mushrooms. I have never picked and eaten wild mushrooms, but many people do. Extreme care must be taken as many people have died foraging their own mushrooms and eating them, as they have been poisonous.

Ichthyophagy is eating fish.
Hematophagy is again as the word suggests, drinking blood.
Ants live in a formicary, formiphagy is eating ants.

Answer: True

Opsophagy primarily means eating delicacies, usually fish, for example caviar.
It also means 'ingesting' other delicacies, for example desserts and other rich foods.