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[–] saltnotsugar@lemmy.world 80 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

I think the problem is we don’t have huge ol crickets that are lobster sized. Otherwise you’d have Red Locust and all you can eat grasshopper legs.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 28 points 3 weeks ago

Unlimited soup, salad, and stickbugs.

[–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah it’s this. We don’t eat the shells/outsides of lobster (at least most probably don’t). I don’t want to eat exoskeleton.

[–] MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social 11 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Yeah, chitin is really hard to digest and sensitive stomachs will have issues.

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[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 weeks ago

I think the problem is we don’t have huge ol crickets that are lobster sized.

take it back

[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Idk. There are some big fucking snails out there

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 14 points 3 weeks ago

Snails are good, too. Creamy and tender, reminded me of scallops.

They were doused in butter/garlic, so that may have been part of the reason, but still

[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Snails are used in some cuisines (France). I've had them. They're not bad.

[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Snails are an excuse for the French to down a stick of butter.

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[–] shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah but they're molluscs.

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[–] protist@mander.xyz 57 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

The line of arthropods that broke off to become Insecta did so in the Devonian Period, roughly 400 million years ago. Centipedes evolved in the fucking Silurian. Comparing these two groups is kinda like comparing raccoons, possums, and platypuses to fish.

[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 34 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's almost as absurd as comparing fish to fish

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] RedAggroBest@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Ichthyophobia isn't cool. Take your hateful beliefs elsewhere.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Tell yourself what er you need to in order to enjoy that crawfish.

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 20 points 3 weeks ago

dont need to tell anything just need to eat it

[–] protist@mander.xyz 13 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

I'll tell myself it's juicy and delicious

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[–] wer2@lemmy.zip 35 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't eat cereal without milk, so why would I eat my bugs without saltwater.

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[–] frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world 25 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Idk where this myth started from but shrimp and lobsters are crustaceans, a separate class of arthropods within the phylum arthropoda. arthropoda is a massive phylum and bugs belong to the class insecta. lobsters and shrimp belong to crustacea so calling shrimp bugs is like calling whales hippos because they're both from the clade artiodactyla /nerdmode off

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 11 points 3 weeks ago

One of the definitions of bug is "small arthropod with many legs"

Take your nerdmode into the shop, its database is defective.

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[–] diemartin@sh.itjust.works 22 points 3 weeks ago

Fixing the bugs

[–] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 21 points 3 weeks ago

one side takes regular baths.

[–] urheber@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 3 weeks ago

i Don't eat cereal without bugs, why would i eat my Water without Them?

[–] hark@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

lukewarm coffee: gross

hot coffee: great

it's almost as if different things are different

[–] MonkeyBrawler@lemm.ee 15 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

You mentioned the same thing, at different temperatures. It's literally the same THING.

A shrimp is not the same thing as a Megaloblatta Longipennis.

[–] Bgugi@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Thought you were just shitposting with that name...

Now I just wish you were.

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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] GluWu@lemm.ee 7 points 3 weeks ago

Shrimps are pretty rich

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Are we suggesting that Scorpion would taste similar to lobster?

[–] Cypher@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They’re different, scorpion isn’t as sweet as lobster meat.

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[–] shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I used to love shrimp but in the past few years I've started going off it, not sure why.

[–] MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social 29 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Non-alarmist answer: tastes can change over time for no real reason. Some mild reasons it could change is pallet fatigue, prep and cook time seeming not worth it and so you crave it less, and changes in overall perception. A person who is slowly becoming vegan for moral or health reasons will naturally stop wanting certain meat products.

Alarmist answer: I don't know man. You've probably got some weird cancer or something.

[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

*palate fatigue

I work in wine importing so this is a mistake I make all the damn time.

pallet- thing used to strap stuff to so they can be put on containers (for container trucks and ships).

palate - roof of your mouth or an alternate word for your taste

Palette- painter’s thing for holding paint.

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[–] felsiq@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Increasingly alarmist answer: you’ve heard about eyestalk ablation and it’s subconsciously ruining your enjoyment of farmed shrimp

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[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Im only down with eating clean bugs that are large enough to have enough substance to be worthwhile or whatever makes it into processed foods and “foods” that I eat (jelly beans arent really food and frequently have shellac and that comes from a specific beetle.)

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (12 children)

Counterpoint: lobster is delicious

Why are you okay eating cow meat and not house cat meat?

[–] MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social 10 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

House cats: overwhelming over weight so mostly fat. And not the type that pigs and cows are. Feral cats: riddled with diseases and malnourished.

Cows: mostly muscle and with a marbling of fat.

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[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago

Why are you making assumptions about what I'm ok with?

[–] Anamnesis@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

I don't eat either of them

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