• xkbx@startrek.website
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    2 months ago

    Can I just put them in my mouth but not eat them if I want to scare children by opening my mouth so that they make that noise so children will think that the noise is coming out of my mouth and then fly out at them for the coup de grace?

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      2 months ago

      Nah, this has been a thing for a WHILE. My great grandma had cookbooks from the 1930s with recipes for cicadas.

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    2 months ago

    Yeah, but the experts were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should

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    2 months ago

    As someone with a shrimp allergy, I have to be careful with my coffee too. Certain regions, such as Colombia, are notorious for high removedroach content in their coffee.

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      2 months ago

      Certainly, if I were to eat a cicada, I would choose to eat them when they’re in what we call the teneral state or when they’ve just molted, and they’re still soft," Benson said. "They don’t have the wings fully developed, and I wouldn’t eat a cicada raw; I would cook it.”

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      For a long time; crab, lobster, crayfish were seen by the upper class as bugs of the sea and were very inexpensive. It’s only relatively recently did they become hella expensive. My 8th birthday party, I remember getting a pound of snow crab legs (including sides) for $6.99 at a nice seafood restaurant. I was born in the 90s, so it wasn’t that long ago!

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      You’re making me think of all the drug commercials that says “Don’t take this drug if you are allergic to this drug.” removed, how do I know if I don’t take it first?