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[–] [email protected] 58 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

https://xkcd.com/1268/

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I hate to break it to people, but this universe is the one where people occasionally eat spiders.

Consider: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fried_spider

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

nope. nope. a bazillion times nope.

these spiders, though....

recipe

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Awesome, how do you find enough spider eggs to fill it though

[–] __nobodynowhere 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

fried alongside the garlic until "the legs are almost completely stiff, by which time the contents of the abdomen are not so runny."

not so runny.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Like how people eat eggs or drink cow milk, things are weird but people do it anyway

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

The relevant xkcd strikes once more!

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 weeks ago

Call me Mr. Frog then, because I fkng love those wet bugs. Especially fried 🍤🍤🍤🍋

173-753637760

[–] ineffable 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Man, three body problem is such a good show! I cannot wait for the second season and I just got the books

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'd be fine with eating bugs too if they grew large enough for me to not have to eat the exoskeleton as well.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And can be properly gutted and de-veined.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I don't really see the point of deveining. It doesn't change the flavour and the digestive tract is entirely safe to eat

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

shrimps is bugs

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm making tempura bugs for dinner. On a night when everyone else gets nachos and pizza. Don't you feel sorry for me?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Add some rolly polly chowder on the side

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

I'm a firm bug centrist—non-hemipterans can be bugs but they have to be from a terrestrial lineage.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Australia calls one of our salt water crays "Balmain bugs"

They're especially popular as a Christmas food