>How, when and why someone decided to try and eat a rock they just
>mined in order to see if it's edible is beyond me. :)

Old King Bumi of Omashi probably ate actual rocks too, and just randomly noticed that jennamite was tastier than gneiss. Dude was crazy. :)

>Although now that I think about it (and my memory fails me to remember
>specifics), wasn't there a scene in a movie/tv show about making rock
>soup?

"Stone soup" is a classic fable about cooperation and community-building; it's presumably been retold and repackaged a million times in modern popular culture.

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