A man who got his foot amputated after figuring in a motorcycle accident in 2016 asked his doctors if he could keep it. The reason? So he could make some ‘foot tacos’ for 10 of his most open-minded friends.
Extremely brazen Reddit user, ‘IncrediblyShinyShart’, posted this outrageous and fascinating story with the photos to prove it.
Fair warning: if you’re squeamish, look away.
“They salvaged my foot but I would never be able to walk on it. I elected to have it amputated,” he wrote in the AMA. “Only the foot was damaged, but with below the knee amputations the want to do it higher up so there is a balance between having enough stump to make for a good lever and having enough room beneath for prosthetic equipment. If they amputated low it would make it difficult to put good hardware underneath.”
“I asked the doctors to keep it. I signed some papers,” he said.
Three weeks after the successful operation, IncrediblyShinyShart invited his friends over for a brunch of human shin fajita tacos.
He served his appendage with “no sauce, cooked with some lime, onions and peppers”.
The surprisingly sumptuous meal was followed by fresh apple strudel, quiche puff pastries and fruit tarts complimented with gin lemonade punches and mimosas.
“So my friends and I always had this joke, If you could try human flesh in an ethical and health way, would you. And we always said of course. Well the opportunity came up and I called them on it.”
You would think that people would never willingly do this for free. But not this guy’s friends.
“I called folks who might be amenable. It was only about 2-3 oz that I took off the leg so it couldn’t be a big group,” he said. “Plus only people I knew very well.”
“I had one person back out, and it’s totally understandable. I think there was a lot of ‘wait really’. Kinda hoping that I’m joking. But it was all happy people who showed up that day. Lots of dark jokes.”
“There were some people very dear to me there, who supported me through that time and who’s friendship I will cherish.”
I’m sure the question on everyone’s mind right now is how well the foot tasted. With regards to this, he said, “On this scale I would give it a solid 6.5, but keep in mind that I have had a lot of good food. So it’s way better that a hot dog or regular burger.”
“Maybe equal with regular bacon, which is pretty decent. But nowhere near as good as butter seared sea scallops or a rare sous vide tenderloin seared in grape seed oil in a cast iron pan.”
Good to know, I guess.
“It was from a healthy part of the amputation, I’m a healthy person, waste not want not, and they [my friends] all consented. As far as I know they are all still cool with it. It’s a fun weird thing,” he added.
If you’re still in disbelief, there are actual pictures of the amputated foot, which you can find here. That is, if you’re tough enough to stomach it.
As for me, I might be avoiding meat for a long, long time.