An Acquired Taste

The compulsion to eat non food items is referred to as pica which comes from the Latin word for magpie. Sometimes the things being ingested such as dirt or mud are actually being consumed because of dietary issues,but that doesn't always apply. A 42 year old man in India was admitted to the hospital complaining of abdominal pain and weakness. The doctors did an ultrasound which revealed a mass in his stomach. It took five surgeons five hours to remove 40 knives which the man had swallowed over a two month period. After he survived the surgery the man explained that he had an uncontrollable urge to eat knives and he liked the way they tasted. Tasted? I don't know about everyone else but I have never noticed cutlery having a flavor. It is clear to me that this man needs to move to Florida!