Post #584824 by bigbrotiki on Wed, Apr 13, 2011 5:53 PM

On 2011-04-12 14:37, JOHN-O wrote:
If anyone is a fan of pre-1930's fiction and knows of a depiction of people being boiled alive in a pot, that would be interesting to know about.

Now when surfing the Interweb for earliest cannibal cauldron images, the oldest image that comes up continuously depicting cannibals is this German one from 1590:

But WHERE is there a big pot in the picture, you ask. Well, I am assuming that today's culinary preference for barbecuing instead of boiling has made this image so preferential on the net.

But good old Theodor used his imagination when he illustrated the reports of explorers and came up with over 1500 illustrations in two volumes. Here's the one with the pot:

Now that looks just like the famous Mauna Loa cauldron mug!:

Ok ok, so it's not WHOLE whities sitting in the pot - but we get the picture.

I might have posted this earlier, but this is one of my favorite Cannibal Cauldron jokes:

Maybe because it reminds me of my favorite Cannibal Cauldron video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbv8p1YfJbI

Pia was clearly paying homage to Joy Lansing