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Tried Escamiles today. Basically the eggs/larvae of a type of ant in Mexico. They call it Mexican caviar and it goes back to the Aztecs. Makes a hell of a taco, it was delicious! If you ever have a chance I highly recommend it. Yes my guacamole was loaded with chapulines (grasshoppers) too

Maybe a bit too insectivorous for me

Mmm I ate a big steak earlier. You can have mine

I'd try it! There are two things I'lll never try again, Goat cheese and Liver.

I’d try it. But the grasshoppers in the guacamole? Naw bruh. I ain’t about that.

Japhy wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2026 3:52 am Maybe a bit too insectivorous for me

I have a policy that if it’s not going to kill me I’ll eat anything at least once. Then I’ll decide if I’ll try it again. This was freaking delicious.

Diver43 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2026 4:00 am Mmm I ate a big steak earlier. You can have mine

I have steak all the time. Love it, but I like variety.

Freezer wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2026 9:46 am I'd try it! There are two things I'lll never try again, Goat cheese and Liver.

Goat cheese is not my favorite but it has its place. My wife stuffs chicken breasts with it and it’s not bad. I’d never put it on a cracker and eat it.

Beef liver is also not a favorite, but turn liver into pâté, Liverwurst or Foie Gras and I’m all in.

CPJ 2.0 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2026 12:09 pm I’d try it. But the grasshoppers in the guacamole? Naw bruh. I ain’t about that.

They have a nice smoky flavor and a good crunch and they are ground up so they look more like a spice that a bug.

Sent the picture to my wife and after the Agave worms incident and this she says she ordering food for me from now on

Wambli Ska wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2026 4:09 pm

CPJ 2.0 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2026 12:09 pm I’d try it. But the grasshoppers in the guacamole? Naw bruh. I ain’t about that.

They have a nice smoky flavor and a good crunch and they are ground up so they look more like a spice that a bug.

The only thing that should crunch in my guacamole is the tortilla chips I’m dipping in it. 100% a texture thing.

Thread derail cause it’s what we do…
Roasted garlic, squirted out of the peel onto som crunchy French bread, with some butter and goat cheese….that’s some good eats.

You'll eat bugs and be happy.

No thanks but if you like it more power to you.

Food is food. As long as it tastes good and doesn’t kill me its all good.

CPJ 2.0 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2026 5:07 pm Thread derail cause it’s what we do…
Roasted garlic, squirted out of the peel onto som crunchy French bread, with some butter and goat cheese….that’s some good eats.

I’ve had that and it’s AMAZING!!! Try a drizzle of pesto on it.

CPJ 2.0 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2026 5:06 pm

Wambli Ska wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2026 4:09 pm

CPJ 2.0 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2026 12:09 pm I’d try it. But the grasshoppers in the guacamole? Naw bruh. I ain’t about that.

They have a nice smoky flavor and a good crunch and they are ground up so they look more like a spice that a bug.

The only thing that should crunch in my guacamole is the tortilla chips I’m dipping in it. 100% a texture thing.

Actually I go back and forth on it. I like my guacamole with and without the grasshoppers. To me there’s no wrong answer.

A favorite uncle, the one that taught me to shoot shotguns and fly fish told me early on not to eat bait

Sounds great. I'm in!

shotgunshooter3 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2026 7:10 pm Sounds great. I'm in!

Another one of the 1,234,682 reasons I like’ya

I’d eat just about anything, looks great! Hell I make coffee out of a snowbank!

"Watch out where the huskies go, don't you eat that yellow snow."

You folks say, "It's not bad" ....you didn't say "It's good!"

Goat cheese tastes like an old goat smells! It's the only thing in this world worse than liver!

One more "food" for the bucket list:

Excerpt from this morning's Revolver.news:

"Researchers have figured out a way to use genetically engineered microbes to break down certain kinds of plastics and turn them into ingredients to make little 3D-printed cookies. Doesn’t that sound yummy? A little cookie made out of some guy’s old water bottle.
This is being pitched as a possible two-for-one solution to plastic waste and future food shortages."

The World Economic Forum declared agriculture a new taboo a couple years ago. We are already seeing Europe ban large scale farming. Expect agricultural substitutes to continue, insects, now genetically engineered plastic waste, and coming soon soylent green. Dont be deceived it aint made from soybeans.

Freezer wrote: ↑Thu Aug 27, 2026 12:36 pm "Watch out where the huskies go, don't you eat that yellow snow."

You folks say, "It's not bad" ....you didn't say "It's good!"

Goat cheese tastes like an old goat smells! It's the only thing in this world worse than liver!

There’s nothing worse than liver.
I used to LOVE Boudin sausage. Pork, rice, and……liver. At the time I LIKED IT, I didn’t know it had liver in it. Couldn’t really taste it. Then I googled it one night while having som, cause I considered making it. Saw it had liver. Then the next bite, I could taste the liver.
In my head? Yep. Don’t care. I could recognize the liver once I knew it was there.

CPJ 2.0 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 28, 2026 3:00 pm

Freezer wrote: ↑Thu Aug 27, 2026 12:36 pm "Watch out where the huskies go, don't you eat that yellow snow."

You folks say, "It's not bad" ....you didn't say "It's good!"

Goat cheese tastes like an old goat smells! It's the only thing in this world worse than liver!

There’s nothing worse than liver.
I used to LOVE Boudin sausage. Pork, rice, and……liver. At the time I LIKED IT, I didn’t know it had liver in it. Couldn’t really taste it. Then I googled it one night while having som, cause I considered making it. Saw it had liver. Then the next bite, I could taste the liver.
In my head? Yep. Don’t care. I could recognize the liver once I knew it was there.

Yep, our acceptance or rejection of what constitutes “food” or even what is considered “delicious” is usually a mix of culture and mental preconceptions. For years I hated Oat Milk even after I had it, because when I first tasted it my brain already hated it since it was “vegan” and I was ready to compare it to actual milk, which it is NOT!

Then I questioned myself, since I love oatmeal what was my real problem with it? I worked to wipe my brain clean and try again and if the label had originally said liquid oatmeal I would have gotten here easier. Added a little vanilla, a pinch of salt and sugar to it and damn!!! Breakfast in a glass

Wambli Ska wrote: ↑Fri Aug 28, 2026 4:33 pm

CPJ 2.0 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 28, 2026 3:00 pm

Freezer wrote: ↑Thu Aug 27, 2026 12:36 pm "Watch out where the huskies go, don't you eat that yellow snow."

You folks say, "It's not bad" ....you didn't say "It's good!"

Goat cheese tastes like an old goat smells! It's the only thing in this world worse than liver!

There’s nothing worse than liver.
I used to LOVE Boudin sausage. Pork, rice, and……liver. At the time I LIKED IT, I didn’t know it had liver in it. Couldn’t really taste it. Then I googled it one night while having som, cause I considered making it. Saw it had liver. Then the next bite, I could taste the liver.
In my head? Yep. Don’t care. I could recognize the liver once I knew it was there.

Yep, our acceptance or rejection of what constitutes “food” or even what is considered “delicious” is usually a mix of culture and mental preconceptions. For years I hated Oat Milk even after I had it, because when I first tasted it my brain already hated it since it was “vegan” and I was ready to compare it to actual milk, which it is NOT!

Then I questioned myself, since I love oatmeal what was my real problem with it? I worked to wipe my brain clean and try again and if the label had originally said liquid oatmeal I would have gotten here easier. Added a little vanilla, a pinch of salt and sugar to it and damn!!! Breakfast in a glass

I agree, mostly. But liver is **** disgusting regardless of preconceptions.

Hell, I tried an Impossible Whopper at Burger King. Didn’t care that it was vegan “meat”. Not sure what it was made from, but tossed in with the rest of the burger it was decent. IF you didn’t know it was ground up dirt, leaves, and soybean buttholes, you’d think it was a real whopper. I’ve had worse real burgers. It basically had the same calories and fat etc as real meat, it just….wasnt meat to satisfy folks who believe cows are pets.