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[–] [email protected] 99 points 9 months ago (3 children)

fuck you i didn't want to have read that

[–] [email protected] 53 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Fun fact, there is an acceptable level of bug parts allowed in food products. And the level is not zero.

[–] NABDad 51 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Fuck man, bug parts are probably some of the healthiest things in your food.

The shit has micro plastics in it. Stuff that fucks up the kids you don't even have yet.

Bugs are no big deal. Except they also have micro plastics in them.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 9 months ago

The worst is not the bug, it's where the the bug has been and what it has eaten...

[–] somethingsnappy 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Friend is an epidemiologist. Someone ran their coffee maker at their cabin after a while away. It tasted funny. Mostly because there was a BAT in it.

[–] NABDad 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] somethingsnappy 6 points 9 months ago

Not sure about the taste, but they definitely got the IgG shots and therapeutic vaccine series. I'm not sure they had encountered someone that had ever had steamed bat carcass before.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

There hadn't been any rabies cases near Wuhan for years back in '19

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

I actually do have a small amount of mealworm protein every month. I was just trying to fuck with that other guy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Humans have likely eaten bugs with their food by accident for as long as humans existed. Bugs are everywhere, and its impossible to be meticulous and get them all out always.

[–] FlyingSquid 1 points 9 months ago

I've eaten insects willingly. I've had crickets, I've had ants, I've had beetle larvae. They were all fine.

What I haven't eaten is roaches. Because roaches are fucking nasty.

[–] GrammatonCleric 17 points 9 months ago

psychic damage inflicted

[–] x4740N 15 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Well here is a half moth that I once got in a prepackaged salad I bought once

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Prepackaged leafy greens are the worst offenders for quality control issues by far

[–] TheLowestStone 17 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I worked in a restaurant that purchased local produce. One day a guest sent back a salad because it had a butterfly in it. That bastard had submerged in water for 30 minutes, rinsed and run 3 through a salad spinner three times, then refrigerated for about 2 hours. Yet there it was, covered in dressing and still fucking alive.

Greens are kind of a mine field. Bugs love them and lots of them are specifically designed to hide and live within them. Let's not even get into e. Coli.

[–] BigDiction 8 points 9 months ago

Sensitive to moisture, temperature, crushing, short shelf life, can’t really pasteurize, and most commonly eaten raw. Bugs can be gross but the most potent threat is bacteria!

[–] gibmiser 3 points 9 months ago

Where's the other half?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Looks like a cicada