so so gross

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  • mamamc03
    mamamc03 Posts: 1,067 Member
    As they say, God made dirt, so a little don't hurt!
  • agthorn
    agthorn Posts: 1,844 Member
    Even organic foods have it.
    Organic foods are probably "worse" for stray bugs because they don't use chemical pesticides.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    Meh... IMO, the only difference between a crab and a spider is size and butter.
  • Yakisoba
    Yakisoba Posts: 719 Member
    Meh... IMO, the only difference between a crab and a spider is size and butter.

    ^^^
  • Grimmerick
    Grimmerick Posts: 3,342 Member
    I always wonder what I might have eaten over the years from fast food places. I am sure at some point someone has probably done something gross to my food, even if it was dropping it on the floor and serving it anyway. This is why I can't really eat fast food anymore. But I still go to restaurants *sigh*
  • KimmieBrie
    KimmieBrie Posts: 825 Member
    Ok - yuck - but I'm already over it and actually it's making me want to go dip into the office Halloween candy....

    There are nasty things about food... and most food even... but you can't starve so if it tastes good...

    My husband went to a pig farm once... he said it was a horrific experience to watch the poor pigs squealing before getting killed.
    They are very intelligent too. Well he swore off pork... but now he's back at it. This too shall pass.
  • PBJunky
    PBJunky Posts: 737 Member
    Yummy

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  • nothingisred
    nothingisred Posts: 292
    Meh... IMO, the only difference between a crab and a spider is size and butter.

    :laugh:

    I've heard about insect parts in foods before, and about swallowing bugs whilst you sleep. It doesn't bother me in the slightest. If I've been eating this stuff for years why should it bother me now? As long as I can't see it, I don't mind.

    Besides, in places like Latin America and Southeast Asia people eat insects all the time. It hasn't done them any harm, so I think we'll survive some microscopic parts in our food. I'm pretty sure all the chemcials and additives in our foods are a lot more disgusting and damaging to us than insect parts anyway!
  • SueGeer
    SueGeer Posts: 1,169 Member
    If you really knew what was in your food, you'd never eat anything.

    If it doesn't kill you, you know it's safe :laugh:

    Sue :smile: x
  • Wynterbourne
    Wynterbourne Posts: 2,225 Member
    isnt red food coloring made of crushed bugs?

    Only Red #4 *not* Red #40.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Eh. I've ingested my fair share of bugs when I've gone running over the years. Probably more than is in food.
  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
    Never knew about carmine before. Does that mean ketchup doesn't count as vegan?


    Looked up red #40. Apparently it's "coal tar."

    I'll stick to eating the bugs...
  • Hellbent_Heidi
    Hellbent_Heidi Posts: 3,669 Member
    Seriously? I think this is the best thing I've ever heard to help me stay away from chocolate!! :sad:
  • Wynterbourne
    Wynterbourne Posts: 2,225 Member
    Never knew about carmine before. Does that mean ketchup doesn't count as vegan?


    Looked up red #40. Apparently it's "coal tar."

    I'll stick to eating the bugs...

    Hehe, technically anything with Red #4 isn't vegan. And I just checked my ketchup... no artificial colors.

    Oh and #40 was originally coal tar, but now it's mostly petroleum... lol. Big improvement.
  • tam120
    tam120 Posts: 444 Member
    you know you swallow like 1 and half spiders in your sleep a year? lol
    Just sayin.

    This is a myth, apparently mouths aren't a hospitable environment for spiders so they tend to not enter. :sick:
  • morganhccstudent724
    morganhccstudent724 Posts: 1,261 Member
    I did a paper on this in one of my classes. I can stomach just about everything except for........







    Peanut Butter!!!! I open a jar and it always comes to mind the amount of bugs I am getting ready to digest. :sick:
  • unmitigatedbadassery
    unmitigatedbadassery Posts: 653 Member
    My perspective is that people have been eating bugs in other countries for a very long time. They're far healthier than most Americans so no harm, no foul.

    Besides: bug = protein
  • lawkat
    lawkat Posts: 538 Member
    If that grosses you out, you shouldn't look on YouTube for videos of what goes on in slaughter houses. You will lose your lunch.
  • witheredorchid
    witheredorchid Posts: 164 Member
    Read Upton Sinclairs "The Jungle" We've got it pretty good now a days.
  • terihaddad
    terihaddad Posts: 114 Member
    isnt red food coloring made of crushed bugs?

    I'm pretty sure it is :/

    ewwwwww
  • pammypk1
    pammypk1 Posts: 83 Member
    Why oh why did I click on this O.O
    Yep!
  • Beezil
    Beezil Posts: 1,677 Member
    Bug parts are among the least gross things the FDA allows in food imo. lol
    My neighbor likes to eat live crickets, so I don't really consider eating bugs that bad, as long as I don't have to know I'm eating them or feel them moving around in my mouth. ;)
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