Eating Bugs and other Creepy Crawlies

Stephen · 02-07-2012, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by tore

Someone was keeping them at the biological institute where we were students and, of course, because of the way they reproduce, they couldn't keep them from multiplying and so we got to take some home for free.

LOL. Sorry I'm just enjoying my own joke. It read in your first quote like you kept vegetarians as pets. This last quote makes it even funnier.

ilovethesun · 02-07-2012, 05:22 AM

Yikes! That scared me. Aren't insects supposed to be poisonous?

Howard the Duck · 02-07-2012, 05:40 AM

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Originally Posted by ilovethesun

Yikes! That scared me. Aren't insects supposed to be poisonous?

not all of them

some are edible

Paedantic Basterd · 02-07-2012, 10:07 AM

I'm not sure if I could bring myself to do it, though I do get pretty adventurous when I travel and given the opportunity abroad I might do it.

Guybrush · 02-07-2012, 10:14 AM

If I came across a food stall selling bugs, I might be more concerned about the shopkeepers hygiene than the food he sells. Not because all foreigners are dirty, but part because I got food poisoning from eating a burger at the local kebab here last year .. It was a pretty unpleasant experience and since, I've been a lot more sceptical in regards to food preparation.

Paedantic Basterd · 02-07-2012, 10:17 AM

I had sushi from a food court in Edinburgh once, and spent the next day with food poisoning, and still went to Loch Ness anyways. I now tend to either prepare my food myself, or just eat stuff that's had the **** deep-fried out of it when I travel.

PoorOldPo · 02-07-2012, 05:37 PM

Used to eat bugs as a kid, or at least I pretended to do it because I loved scaring the **** out of girls. It worked, haha. Think I was around 4 or 5 though.

Freebase Dali · 02-07-2012, 05:48 PM

I've eaten freshly killed dragonfly wing muscles as a kid.
It has a very specific flavor of freshly killed dragonfly wing muscles that's sure to impress.

How to eat:
1. Catch dragonfly.
2. Remorselessly tear each wing section apart from each other (slowly and agonizingly, so you don't remove just the wing. The back should split open down the middle).
3. Remove wings in such a way as some slimy brownish strips of stuff come off.
4. Eat that.
5. Grow up and join internet forum.

Thom Yorke · 02-12-2012, 06:12 PM

DoctorSoft · 02-12-2012, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Thom Yorke

What the **** is wrong with this guy?

02-07-2012, 10:14 AM	#5 (permalink)
Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	If I came across a food stall selling bugs, I might be more concerned about the shopkeepers hygiene than the food he sells. Not because all foreigners are dirty, but part because I got food poisoning from eating a burger at the local kebab here last year .. It was a pretty unpleasant experience and since, I've been a lot more sceptical in regards to food preparation. __________________ Something Completely Different

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PoorOldPo Blue Pill Oww Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Luimneach, Eire Posts: 1,107	Used to eat bugs as a kid, or at least I pretended to do it because I loved scaring the **** out of girls. It worked, haha. Think I was around 4 or 5 though. __________________ https://www.instagram.com/hennas.lullaby/

02-07-2012, 05:48 PM	#8 (permalink)
Freebase Dali Partying on the inside Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5,584	I've eaten freshly killed dragonfly wing muscles as a kid. It has a very specific flavor of freshly killed dragonfly wing muscles that's sure to impress. How to eat: 1. Catch dragonfly. 2. Remorselessly tear each wing section apart from each other (slowly and agonizingly, so you don't remove just the wing. The back should split open down the middle). 3. Remove wings in such a way as some slimy brownish strips of stuff come off. 4. Eat that. 5. Grow up and join internet forum. __________________

02-07-2012, 05:22 AM	#2 (permalink)
ilovethesun Groupie Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 0	Yikes! That scared me. Aren't insects supposed to be poisonous?

02-07-2012, 10:07 AM	#4 (permalink)
Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	I'm not sure if I could bring myself to do it, though I do get pretty adventurous when I travel and given the opportunity abroad I might do it.

02-07-2012, 10:17 AM	#6 (permalink)
Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	I had sushi from a food court in Edinburgh once, and spent the next day with food poisoning, and still went to Loch Ness anyways. I now tend to either prepare my food myself, or just eat stuff that's had the **** deep-fried out of it when I travel.

02-12-2012, 06:12 PM	#9 (permalink)
Thom Yorke Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,848