• ox0r@jlai.lu
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    1 year ago

    Fuck yes, people freak out about eating crickets or shit but then proceed to eat a huge spiderlike creature that’s mushy inside (crabs)

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      1 year ago

      To be fair, I had ice cream with crickets all over them, and honestly it had a kind of woody / pukey aftertaste that I couldn’t get through. I wondered if part of the problem is you can’t de-vein the little things. Aren’t you basically eating their shit?

      I can de-vein a shrimp, and I only care for lobster tail.

    • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.net
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      1 year ago

      I actually wanna try those crickets I heard they sell at a baseball stadium somewhere in the Eastern side the states. Apparently, they are the most popular concession there and they come in a variety of flavors like sour cream & onion.

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        Crickets actually aren’t bad on their own. We did a “Fear Factor” themed fundraiser for Katrina relief back in high school. We made cricket sugar cookies, cricket-covered chocolate strawberries, flavored mealworms, things like that. Things weren’t selling as well as we would have wanted, so, being the weird kid with an extra bag of crickets, I stated that I would eat a live cricket for every $20 that was pledged. That ended up raising an old extra $140, and I ate 7 crickets in front of my classmates. They were relatively tasteless, and, since I found that it didn’t gross me out, years later, when I was an educator at our local aquarium, I would use, “Wanna see me eat a live bug?” strategically to bribe my summer camp kids into staying calm. If they were well behaved for an hour after lunch, I would pop one of the feeder crickets into my mouth. It brought much joy and disgust to the 10 year olds.

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        1 year ago

        Crickets when fried are basically like chips, but with more texture (crunchier)

        Definately a level 1 level of trying insects.

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        1 year ago

        They are decently popular in Mexico. From what I have heard it tastes like the fry batter and seasoning so basically delicious.

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        1 year ago

        Grilled crickets taste like chicken with walnut imo

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      1 year ago

      Almost like they have actual meat on them?

      Trying to gaslight into “eat the bugs” isn’t going to work

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        1 year ago

        They’re pretty much all meat? Bugs aren’t empty. Chill out man

        I’m not trying to convince anyone, I do think the double standards are pretty stupid. I never ate a tarantula but I’m sure its pretty meaty.

        Also everyone uses gas lighting in different contexts so I think the word should be banned. I don’t have a clue anymore what it is supposed to mean.

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          When I was in Cambodia, I saw street vendors frying up tarantulas, with lots of locals gathering around for snacks.

          I’m not sure I’m ready to eat that, but they seemed to like it.